by Gill | May 8, 2019 | Always Oarsome
WE DID IT! Just back from my annual get together with a group of friends who met 35 years ago. So last year on said annual get together I gave them a mission which they chose to accept. For one afternoon on our next get together in Chester we would take to the...
by Gill | May 17, 2018 | Challenge NRC, Rowing, Teamwork
26th September 1984 111 fresh faced 18 – 21 year olds, with a couple of mature students thrown in, arrive at North Riding College (NRC) in Scarborough to enrol on a Batchelor of Education Degree course with Honours. I was very excited to be moving away from home...
by Gill | Apr 2, 2018 | Rowing, Teamwork
BR umpire(TC) “ I could do with a pint of whatever they were on 🙂 They claimed to be sober… hmmm!” Response from one of said WRC rowers “ …Not a drop despite what TC says. Pure good fun and great team spirit.” Northwich Spring Head, Easter Sunday and April Fools day...
by Gill | Mar 20, 2018 | Indoor Rowing, Rowing, Teamwork
Roll back ten years and I would be the person who understood the difference that sport could make and just how important it is to have in our lives. However I had never really taken part, never really felt like part of a team, never practised until I was really good...
by Gill | Feb 7, 2018 | Indoor Rowing, Racing, Rowing, Teamwork, Warrington Youth Rowing
A couple of hours a week I spend some time coaching children from local secondary schools as part of the Warrington Youth Rowing programme. They are predominantly Year 9 so around fourteen years old and have attitude by the bucket load! Backed by British Rowing these...
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