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Leicester Rowing Club has partnered with British Rowing and joined as an accredited club into their Explore Rowing programme.  Explore Rowing aims to attract more adults into rowing and make their introduction into the sport as easy as possible via the purchase of more stable boats. 

Explore Rowing Fleet

Leicester took delivery of their Explore Rowing boats in March 2011 and were named in keeping with their Exploring heritage.

Type

Name

Named After

1x

Dippers

Sarah Outen

1x

Iduna

Ellen MacArthur

2x-

Beare

Robert Dudley the illegitimate son of the 1st Earl of Leicester

2x-

Mischief

Henry Bates

4x+

Nimrod

Ernest Shackleton

4x+

Discovery

Captain Scott

Routes and Challenges

The Explore Rowing programme also looks to offer more than just training and traditional rowing racing.  Explore Rowing has lots of fun and varied routes and challenges which anyone and everyone can take part in.  For a full list of whats available check out British Rowing's Explore Rowing page.

Leicester Rowing club plans to host its own events including tours which take our Explore Rowing boats out onto the waterways of Leicestershire.

Learn To Row

Interested in learning to row?  Check out our Learn To Row page for full details and how to apply