Burton Leander Rowing Club is the premiere rowing club in Burton on Trent and celebrated its 150th Anniversary in 1997. The club has seen successes at national and international level, with wins at Henley, The National Championships and The National Schools Regatta. Members of the junior squad regularly attend GB trials, the most recent selection was Liam Rose who competed in the GB vs France Regatta in Abbevile sur la Somme, France.
We are fortunate to have approximately 6KM of row able river, with an exciting regatta course, over 1100m from the Leicester Line Railway Bridge to a point just before the Ferry Bridge, and a straight sprint course over 450m. Burton Leander aims to enable its athletes to meet their aspirations through the provision of excellent training facilities both on and off the water, this includes Olympic weights facilities, Concept 2 rowing machines and quality coaching alongside a full fleet of racing boats.
Steve King Sports took the win in the inaugural Burton Leander Pubs and Clubs regatta and after a tough group stage where all competing teams played each other for points the top four crews progressed through to the semi finals. HMS Mutton were favourites from the group stage winning all but one of their races and faced the Cripwell Crabs who they beat by 1 length. The other semi final was made up of the Elms Devils and Steve King Sports , although hopeful after being the only team to beat HMS Mutton in the group stage the Devils lost out narrowly to Steve King Sports who then went on to take victory in the final by three quarters of a length.
Burton Leanders winning form continued this weekend with 8 wins ranging from Elite down to Junior 12. The event took place over an 1100 metre upstream course on the river Severn and takes place over 2 days. Burton Leander were out in force with 25 boats entered over the weekend all hoping to get a win and continue their form from Leicester Regatta just 3 weeks ago. 
