View from the kitchen
Sitting in my kitchen writing this news letter is a sad indication of the situation that we find ourselves in. White stains on my fingers and the smell of fresh [...]
View from the Coach
We stopped operating on 17th March and sadly, there was no Youth Rowing activity until Sir Thomas Boteler braved the sunshine on the 21st of September. The shadow that Covid-19 [...]
A message from Sir Steve!
What a wonderful message of encouragement and motivation from Sir Steve Redgrave CBE - winner of five consecutive Olympic Gold Medals, not to mention the three Commonwealth and nine [...]
View from the Coach
We stopped operating on 17th March and sadly, there has been no activity since then. The shadow that the dreadful Covid-19 has cast will be remembered for decades to come. [...]
Henley Regatta Charitable Trust agree to fund further expansion
The Henley Regatta Charitable Trust have agreed to fund a further expansion and as such Northwich Youth Rowing will (hopefully) be starting in September. They will be based at Northwich [...]
WYR and MYR keeping safe but we’ll be back!
Like so many other organisations, Warrington Youth Rowing and Mersey Youth Rowing had to close their doors on 17th March due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. Naturally the safety of [...]
British Rowing Award Nomination
We are incredibly excited and proud to have been shortlisted in The British Rowing Awards for the Rowing Project of the Year category. Thanks to everyone who makes our programme [...]
We’re off to Northwich!
September 2016 saw the first school take part in the Warrington Youth Rowing programme. Three years later, we took our life changing initiative to Liverpool and launched Mersey Youth [...]
NJIRC 2020
7am. Friday 28th February 2020. 16 adults. 26 children. It must be NJIRC Day! Yes last Friday saw pupils from both Warrington Youth Rowing and Mersey Youth Rowing head [...]
View from the Gym – February 2020
This half term has been very cold and as such we have been doing all of our work in the gym or indeed, any indoor space that we can utilise. [...]
Indoor Rowing Champs – another huge success!
One of the highlights of our year is the Annual Indoor Rowing Champs which provides all our rowers with the opportunity to represent their schools in an indoor rowing competition. [...]
View from the Launch – December 2019
The Christmas Holiday is on the near horizon and it has been another eventful half term. The Warrington Schools have settled into the winter routine, which sadly means that the [...]
View from the Gym – March 2019
Sadly we are still in the gym for the majority of our sessions. We had a brief respite when the summer visited February but it soon ran off, thinking [...]
View from the Gym – Feb 2019
The New Year has seen us working in the gym at Warrington Rowing Club for two reasons. Firstly it’s been very cold and secondly it has been an opportunity for [...]
View from the Launch – 14 December 2018
This will be the last View From The Launch of 2018. Where has that year gone? It’s been a big year for WYR. We have done lots of things, hopefully [...]
View from the Launch – 23rd Nov 2018
This two-week block has been notable for the continued emergence of the wonderful Warrington Youth Rowing kit. I know some schools are still getting orders together but I would think [...]
View from the Launch – 9th November 2018
Half term is now a distant memory and the long slog towards Christmas is well under way. Eight weeks for most schools does feel like a long time, even for [...]
View from the Launch – 19th October 2018
Half term is upon us and our students are now well and truly into the swing of things. All 8 schools are up and rowing or should I be politically [...]
View from the Launch – 5th October 2018
Well the new year is now under way and this is our review of the first couple of weeks. Sadly this report will no longer be weekly as the responsibility [...]
View from the Launch – September 2018
View From The Launch September 2018 A new year beckons and lots of new opportunities present themselves. Lets hope we can build on the huge success of the [...]