2018 President's Award Winner: Andrea Lynch On March 28th, Andrea Lynch, member at the Burnaby Lake Rowing Club, was awarded the 2018 Sport BC President’s Award. Sport BC established this award in 1994 to promote and celebrate the spirit of…
#LeveltheField Elevating Sport Through Gender Inclusion and Mentorship At Rowing BC our Vision is that British Columbia is the leading rowing community in Canada. Our Mission is to Create and enhance quality opportunities for all British Columbians to discover, pursue…
Preparations begin for the 2018 BC Summer Games The BC Summer Games is an important part of the athlete and coach development for those who want to be on the high performance pathway. For U17 athletes, it is a first…
Congratulations are in order! RCA Coach Development Grants The recipients of this year's RCA Coach Development Grants were announced at the January 2018 RCA Coaches Conference. Congratulations are in order for Rowing BC, Lillooet Rowing Club, Rockies Rowing Club and…
World Rowing Coastal Championships: FISA Awards 2018 to Sidney, BC The World Rowing Federation (FISA) has awarded the 2018 World Rowing Coastal Championships to Sidney, BC. The regatta will take place October 11-13, 2018. A new rowing society - OARCA Coastal Rowing…
RCA Launches New Online Regatta Tools RCA will be launching a new, online event sanction application process through the RCA Web Registration System. Along with this, all events in Canada will move to having registration and payment processed through RegattaCentral.…
Off the Beaten Track: Rowing to Alaska Coastal rowing is getting a lot of hype with the recent announcement of the World Coastal Rowing Championships coming to Sidney, BC in October 2018. For Rowing BC Board Member, Janice Mason, the…
Highlights for BC at the 2018 RCA Annual Awards Left: Performance Coach - G. Szybka | Middle: 1968 Canadian Olympic Men's 8+ | Right: U19 Athlete of the Year - K. Stephens The 2018 RCA Annual Awards Banquet took place…
Rowing Hall of Fame Honours BC Athletes Left: Ilse Loomer accepting on behalf of the 1956 Men's 4- pictured in the middle | Right: Alan Roaf presenting to Tricia Smith BC athletes were well represented in the 2018 incoming class…
Next Steps from AGM Regatta Discussion During 2017 the Rowing BC Regatta Committee focused on learning and becoming efficient at processing sanction applications. While regatta sanction will remain a critical part of the Committee work, the focus of the group…