• Northwich Rowing Club was founded in 1875 in the Crown and Anchor Hotel, Northwich (now Lloyds Bank)

• The boathouse was built in Lock Street, on the Winnington Bank (opposite the rear of what is now McDonalds)

• The first regatta was held on Witton Brook in 1880 with just two events which were confined to members.

• In 1890 the regatta moved to Riverside.

• 1900 saw the first regatta win for the club at Chester in the Maiden coxed fours (now referred to as ‘novice’)

• The club relocated from Lock Street to the Riversdale Estate in 1907. The new building incorporated a boathouse with changing facilities and a committee room.  

• The first senior (now ‘elite’) win was at Agecroft Regatta which was the first ‘open’ regatta held in 1909 and the first Whit Monday Regatta in 1912.

• In 1917/18 ‘lady subscribers’ were admitted to the club. Women were not allowed to become full rowing members of the club until 1975.

• NRC experienced mixed fortunes in the 1920s and 30s with membership dwindling to just 16 people in 1935, the club’s diamond jubilee year.

• Revival followed the WWII and the club prospered socially, financially and competitively during the next two decades.

• A new clubhouse was built adjacent to the existing boathouse in the early 1960s.

• The first Head of the River race was held in 1959 and there were 17 entries. NRC now attracts a huge entry for their spring and autumn heads.

 

In more recent times…

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• The first female athlete to represent Great Britain in a 1x at the Junior World Championships was NRC athlete Adrienne Grimsditch. There is now a long history is junior success from the club at international level.

• The club became part of the Project Oarsome Scheme in 1996 which saw the beginning of a significant growth in junior membership and parent volunteers.

• The foot and mouth outbreak in 2001 forced the regatta to move from the established location on the ‘meadows’ down to the lower stretch of the river.

• 2001 saw the club welcome home Matthew Langridge from the Junior World Championships as the first ever GB athlete to win gold in the 1x

• 1998 saw Joyce Hooper become the first female club Chairman.

• Matthew Langridge was the first ever Olympian from the club in 2004 (Athens) and went on to three further Olympics where he won Silver (Beijing), Bronze (London) and Gold (Rio)

• The town granted Matthew Langridge freedom of the town as part of an open top bus parade and homecoming following his gold medal in Rio.

• 2006 saw the introduction of the club Adult Learn to Row programme.

• 2009 saw Clare Briegal become the first female captain for the club

• In 2017 the club ran their regatta close to the original site of their first boathouse and as part of the Northwich River Festival.