National Coaches Week 2021
National Coaches Week 2021 National Coaches Week, September 18-26, 2021 is a chance to say a huge thank you to all the staff and volunteer coaches across BC who help to make rowing great! This year has been an unusual…
2021 Canadian Indoor Rowing Championships
2021 Canadian Indoor Rowing Championships The 2021 Canadian Indoor Rowing Championships (CIRC) took place February 6-7, inviting competitors for a weekend of virtual racing together in real time. CIRC is one of the longest continuous championships in Canada for indoor…
The Faces Behind Rowing BC
The Faces Behind Rowing BC - JANE GUMLEY In her own words: I started rowing at the Delta Deas Rowing Club, day 1 was exciting! It was a small group so I learnt how to row in a 1x right…
The Faces Behind Rowing BC
The Faces Behind Rowing BC - DAVID MIEGE In his own words: In the mid-1980s I was working at a backcountry skiing operation. One of the clients found out I had plans to go to the University of Victoria. He…
The Faces Behind Rowing BC
The Faces Behind Rowing BC - HOWIE CAMPBELL In his own words: I joined rowing in Edmonton in January. It was about minus forty the first day I joined the team. I spent the first five months of my “rowing”…
The Faces Behind Rowing BC
The Faces Behind Rowing BC - LEANNE SAVAGE In her own words: My first introduction to rowing was in 2006. I was asked by a friend if I wanted to be part of her Corporate Rowing Challenge group. I had…
The Faces Behind Rowing BC
The Faces Behind Rowing BC - KRISTJAN JOUBERT In his own words: I first started rowing for Dawson College in Montreal. They had both an intro to rowing physical class you could take and a rowing team. My first day…
The Faces Behind Rowing BC
The Faces Behind Rowing BC - SHEREE MOFFATT In her own words: In 1995, my daughter came home one day and told me she wanted to take up rowing in Maple Bay. I did not know what she was talking about,…
The Faces Behind Rowing BC
The Faces Behind Rowing BC - RICHARD TULL In his own words: My first contact with rowing was seeing a pair being rowed by two UBC Rowers off for the summer, on Kalamalka Lake just outside Vernon in the early…
The Faces Behind Rowing BC
The Faces Behind Rowing BC - MIKE PEARCE In his own words: The first time I rowed was as a first-year student at UBC on the novice team. I started rowing down at Vancouver Rowing Club in the old barge.…