Learn to Row at Northwich Rowing Club!

Do you know your rigger from your rudder? Did you know that a cox is not just an apple?

If you don't but you'd like to, then rowing could be the sport for you! Northwich Rowing Club offers a 10 week 'Learn to Row' course, running at various intervals throughout the year. The course will cover the basics of rowing and introduce you to a club proud of it's rowing achievements on and off the water!

You must be 18 or over, in good health and able to swim 50m in light clothing. The course costs £50; £5 to be paid at the first session and if you enjoy it and wish to continue, the outstanding £45 in week 2. Open to men and women.

If you are interested in Learn to Row or would like more information please email nrclearntorow@hotmail.co.uk

This ARA Leaflet contains some helpful information.

Northwich's Learn to Row leaflet

Click on the picture for some of Laura's pictures from the first night of the first course in June 2007.

LEARN TO ROW FLOATS EVERYONE'S BOAT

They may not be potential Olympic champions (yet) but the graduates of NRC's first Learn to Row course throroughly enjoyed their ten weeks splashing about on the river Weaver. In spite of the summer's unpredictable weather, the course has been a huge success, with eighteen people taking up their oars at the beginning of June and fifteen completing the course.

Run by club secretary, Laura Hind and coaches Rachel Hooper and Mike Bulmer, Learn to Row aimed to take a group of beginners and teach them the basics of rowing before offering them the chance to fully take up what can often seem a demanding and difficult sport.

The course finale was a 'best of three' regatta and barbeque, attended by many club members and friends and families of the new oarsmen and women. Joined by some experienced rowers for the racing, it ended 2-1, with the winning crew made up of Ellen Preece, Zoe Walker, Dave Booth, Graham Williams, Martin Horne, Kevin Over, Barbel Howarth, Carolyn MacRitchie and cox, James Morrison.

The triumphant winners and disappointed runners up in the Learn-to-Row regatta.