Warrington Rowing Club

Warrington Rowing Club

Motto	Deus dat incrementum; God gives growth/increments
Location	Howley Lane, Warrington, Cheshire
Coordinates	53°23′17″N2°34′01″W / 53.388°N 2.567°W / 53.388; -2.567
Home water	River Mersey
Founded	1986
Affiliations	British Rowing (boat code WTN)
Website	warringtonrowing.org.uk

Warrington Rowing Club is a rowing club on the River Mersey, based at Howley Lane, Warrington, Cheshire. ^[1] The club colours are primrose yellow, white and royal blue. ^[2]

History

The club formed its first boathouse in 1985 at Old Quay in Howley. Later that decade the club bought three pre-fabricated cottages in Hull and rebuilt them at the present site to form its second boathouse in 1989. The club created a Head of The Mersey race before its landmark Lottery Grant. Training time and facilities were given to Bridgewater High School and then Lymm High School. ^[3]

The third and current boathouse and clubhouse were commissioned in 2012. ^[3]

The club has produced eight national champion crews, with the most recent being at the 2025 British Rowing Club Championships. ^[4]

Honours

British champions

Year	Winning crew/s
1992	Women J15 2x [5]
2010	Women J15 2x [6]
2011	Women J16 2x [7]
2013	Women J14 1x [8]
2014	Women J15 1 x [9]
2016	Open J16 4x, Open J18 2x [10]
2018	Open J18 4x [11]
2025	Women club 4x- [4]

Notable members

• Andrew Collier (b.1939) (Gen. Sec.: Soc. Educ. Officers; Schools Adjudicator) ^[12]

References

1. "Club details". British Rowing.
2. The Umpires' Handbook British Rowing, 2020: at p.47.
3. "Club History". Warrington Rowing Club.
4. "All results". Row results. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
5. "Rosewell, Mike. "MacLennan's attack pays off." Times, 20 July 1992, p. 25". Times Digital Archives.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
6. "British Rowing Championships 2010". British Rowing.
7. "Full archive of results". Web Archive. Archived from the original on 13 March 2017.
8. "BRITISH ROWING JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2013". Web Archive. Archived from the original on 13 March 2017.
9. "Juniors defy weather to flourish at Brit Champs". British Rowing.
10. "2016 British Rowing Junior Championships results" (PDF). British Rowing.
11. "2018 British Rowing Junior Championships results" (PDF). British Rowing.
12. Collier, Andrew John, (born 29 Oct. 1939), Schools Adjudicator, 1999–2005; General Secretary, Society of Education Officers, 1996–99 (Treasurer, 1987–92; President, 1990). WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. from https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-11506.