We tie up for the academic year and reflect on the pride we have for our coaches and student participants. We are grateful to the schools for taking part and facilitating AAYR within their curriculums, allowing this opportunity to be reality for pupils. We now have the summer to take stock, work on the background jobs and prepare for a new intake in September.

Once again a group of ex-AAYR students are invited to a Summer Rowing Camp at St Edwards School in Oxford. All students involved have remained in the sport, rowing at their local clubs.

This month we saw our annual youth regatta where we were able to see the participants of our programme compete against each other in friendly competition. We were able to award our trophies to their deserving winners and we were also able to welcome our VIPs to see the charity in action.

Once again, half-term holiday rowing camps take part at a number of our bases. The aim of these camps is to encourage the youngsters to join their local clubs.

Selected students from the AAYR indoor event in January travel to compete in London at the National Junior Indoor Rowing Competition (NJIRC) ran by our friends at London Youth Rowing. We had a couple of medals come home with us too!

It’s a new year and Birchwood High School welcomes students from across the programme to compete at the All Aboard Youth Rowing Indoor Championships.

The All Aboard Youth Fundraising dinner happened again this month, supporters of the charity gathered and raise money for our cause. We were thrilled to be joined by guest speaker, Gregg Stevenson, who spoke eloquently about his Paralympic experiences and how rowing has the power to change lives.

After a well-deserved summer break, it was a pleasure to welcome back coaches, students and school staff to our sites. We spent the first sessions getting to know the new environments and settling into new routines of rowing!

A group of ex-AAYR students are invited to a Summer Rowing Camp at St Edwards School in Oxford. All students involved have remained in the sport, rowing at their local clubs.

The annual regatta takes place with over 70 quads taking part in the event. It is a great success and runs smoothly. The Graham Miller trophy is awarded for the first time, to the youngster that has made the greatest improvements to their academic and personal life.

Holiday rowing camps take part at a number of our bases. The aim of these camps is to encourage the youngsters to join their local clubs.