Lawrence Farquarson - London Youth Rowing

12/08/21 • 51 min

S3 Ep.4 If you heard my interview with Andy Triggs Hodge last year you may remember him talking about the brilliant charity, London Youth Rowing, which does fantastic work changing young people's lives through rowing. I was keen to get one of their coaches on the podcast to talk in a bit more detail about their work. So step forward Lawrence Farquarson.
Lawrence has been a coach at LYR since 2012. In this interview we talk about:

How Lawrence got involved in LYR
NJIRC (National Junior Indoor Rowing Championships) and why they're so great
What LYR does
A day in the life
Why avoiding rowing jargon is helpful
Why the young people in the LYR programmes aren't expected to row on water unless they want to
The biggest misconceptions about rowing
The perceptions about rowing among working class kids
Expansion of LYR into Yorkshire
The difference that rowing makes to young people
The importance of promoting exercise because of how it makes you feel, not how it makes you look
Whether there's a difference of approach between male and female rowers
How you can support London Youth Rowing
Race the Thames 2022

You can find more about London Youth Rowing here
The email for enquiries that Lawrence mentioned is [email protected]
If you'd like to get involved in Race the Thames (and I strongly recommend it), the link is hereFind out more about NJIRC here

How Lawrence got involved in LYR
NJIRC (National Junior Indoor Rowing Championships) and why they're so great
What LYR does
A day in the life
Why avoiding rowing jargon is helpful
Why the young people in the LYR programmes aren't expected to row on water unless they want to
The biggest misconceptions about rowing
The perceptions about rowing among working class kids
Expansion of LYR into Yorkshire
The difference that rowing makes to young people
The importance of promoting exercise because of how it makes you feel, not how it makes you look
Whether there's a difference of approach between male and female rowers
How you can support London Youth Rowing
Race the Thames 2022

Previous Episode

Napoleon Griffin on male breast cancer, diversity in rowing and the joy of sculling

S3, Ep 3. As many of you know, I was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2018, and had a mastectomy, chemo and immunotherapy, and since then I've been on a bit of a mission to inform people about things they might need to know about the condition. Which is why I was so thrilled when Napoleon Griffin agreed to come on the show. As both a rower and a male breast cancer survivor, Napoleon and I had LOADS to talk about.
You can find Napoleon on Instagram here
We talked about:

Coming to rowing later in life
Background as a track and field athlete
Discovering he had breast cancer
The importance of getting any symptoms of male breast cancer checked
The treatment and the mental battle
Second run-in with cancer
The financial implications of having cancer
Finishing treatment - regenerating
The resources available re male breast cancer
The importance of self-examination for men as well as women
Getting fit after cancer and the benefits of being fit in bouncing back (and outcomes)
Learning to scull in Puerto Rico with sharks and manatees!
Rowing vs running
Making history as the first all black quad at US Masters
Diversity in rowing
World Masters 2022
Plans for a breast cancer survivors' 2022
How cancer changes your attitude to life
Representing your country at international events
Athletes Without Limits