KW Rowing Club

For anyone who wants to enjoy first class rowing....

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Celebrate!
Excellent results for the Canadian Women's eight!

Canada races to women's eight bronze at world rowing championships | CBC Sports Canada's women's eight rowing team continued its medal-winning ways at the world championships on Sunday in Racice, Czech Republic.

Sahweet!

Plans for next year?

Beautiful teamwork, and the results are.....

The volunteer trailer has had an upgrade!
All volunteers need to check in here for their shifts. If you would like to volunteer Al still needs people to check photo ID at the dock. Message us

Something to think about, you can row until.....👍👍

Rowing Through the Ages: Anne Cresswell Anne Cresswell is 84. In the past 16 years, she has set 34 age group world records on Concept2 RowErgs, including 16 she still holds today. Three of her records she has held onto for over 14 years!

If you can, these hard working athletes would appreciate your help.

Help send Canada’s rowers to the 2022 World U23 & U19 Championships in Italy! Canada’s U23 team is heading to Račice, Czech Republic to compete at the World Rowing U23 Championships this July! This is your chance to “SHOUT OUT” your support to these 19 athletes and contribute to their success on the international stage.

In the last few years of the KWRC there was talk of putting together crews to participate in this event. Sadly those dreams were sunk by factors out of our control.
Wishing every Masters, coaches, officials and volunteers for this year's event to have a great time and nothing but fantastic memories!
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It's almost time! ⏰

The 2022 RCA 🇨🇦 Cascadia Masters Championships start tomorrow in Delta, BC 🙌

Schedule and results: https://bit.ly/3o1RmCq

Missing the thrill, the competition and the friends at the regattas.

NFLD women rowers rock on the Rock. Breaking through a barrier to do the 2,450m full course! Congratulations to those women and those who will keep rowing the distance and breaking records.

KWRC had crews of women who went from novice to medal winning in 5k "Head" races in the fall, in one short season.

If you were part of those crews, drop a memory, pictures and stories for our visitors.

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In historic first, women's rowing teams take on St. John's Regatta long course | CBC News For the first time ever this weekend, two women’s crews raced the long course on Quidi Vidi Lake, an option formerly reserved only for men.

Ohhhh to have been able to get this far.
KWRC is missing the water, volunteers, and rowing on the Grand.
SCRC volunteers rock!

The Henley Island Helper Booth. HIH will still be serving their famous regatta dogs this weekend but now they serve a full breakfast from 8-11 am on their patio. All $ goes back to rowing. The booth is now staffed by volunteers from the SCRC Recreation Rowing program.

For anyone looking to try this sport and see if it will catch your spirit, head over to your local club and get into a shell!

Come Try Rowing Day is Saturday, May 28, 2022 at the Cambridge Rowing Club Boathouse
Discover rowing with us on National Come Try Rowing Day!
We are partnering with Rowing Canada Aviron to host a free, fun and safe introductory rowing session. This event is for university and college students.
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Start time: 10:00 am

Duration: Approximately 3 hours plus time for lunch time

Cost: This is a free event. Lunch will be provide.

Location: At the Cambridge Rowing Club Boathouse which is located at 251 George Street, at the Riverbluffs Park, just off George Street North in Galt - across from Dickson Park. More directions are at: www.cambridgerowingclub.on.ca/contact.html

Registration closes May 26th at the end of the day.

For more information email: [email protected]

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To register go to:
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SCRC with another successful Mother's Day Regatta!

Parents at the SCRC Mother’s Day regatta tried out the seating and race watching venue in front of the new training centre

Did you know that like the SCRC, the KWRC was also run by passionate volunteers?
BTW, we were heartbroken when we were told to leave our clubhouse.
We did however, donate as many of our shells, equipment, and cash on hand as possible to the Cambridge Rowing Club and others.
We are still heartbroken about that decision and the fact that there is now an effort to find "something to do with the space" rubs salt in our wounds.
We'll post some facts about the now dissolved KWRC over the summer.

Missing the 5 or 6am practices?
I am.

The new Island Training Center looks amazing at every time of day, but we’re partial to 6am Niagara 2022 Canada Summer Games (credit: )

This is a complete WOW!

💥 WORLD RECORD ALERT💥

An astounding 5K overall World Record from instagram.com/tomgeorge1994! He held an average pace of 1:29.3 for 5000 meters. Tom also sits in the exclusive sub 5:40 2K club. Tom rowed in the British Rowing M8+ in Tokyo. Amazing work and a huge congratulations from all of us at Concept2.

Good to see the Ottawa rowing club on the water! Have a great summer!

The KWRC would have been able to post this too, but we are permanently closed after more than 20 years. Our facility was deemed to be written off according to our sports contacts. Now we understand that they are looking for something to do with our former Club House, after renovations. 😐

Wishing everyone a great race day, and that KW had crews involved.

The first race since 2019 has officially started! Going to be a great day at the Early Bird regatta! 📸: Michelle Kerr

A great example of how rowing creates teams that support each other and their collective club, with support from more.

In addition to the return of the Early Bird Regatta this Sunday, the Henley Island Helpers' breakfast will be back!

Ahhh, to be able to have crews on the water in Kitchener and to be able to send them back to participate in the Early Bird regatta...this brings back memories.
Those were great times.
Will rowing ever be supported in Kitchener by those who could have? It is sad that after more than 20 years of having the KWRC, it was closed because the former Club House was not going to be worked on...yet a few years later.....

Weekend Preview: Early Bird Regatta Runs on Sunday - Row Ontario The high school regatta season gets off to an early start this weekend as the Early Bird Regatta will be hosted on Sunday from Henley Island.

For any sporting organization that is fortunate enough to have support from their local leaders, here is an opportunity for more funding.
We wish other sports orgs the best.

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$7M in Sport & Rec. Funding for Ontario Ontario Sport & Rec Business.

Still promoting rowing, even though the KWRC is no longer in operation...

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✨ Introducing our 🆕 Rowing Safety modules! ✨

These 6️⃣ self-paced, interactive modules can be accessed on our website 💻📱 and are for new and returning rowers as well as coaches, umpires, and others in safety related decision-making roles 🚣

More: https://bit.ly/3LSqajH

When communities have come together to create and grow...
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Congratulations St.Catharines!

Although we are forever closed, we still share local, provincial and around the world rowing news, stories and events
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We are now open for registration for our 2022 Adult and Youth Learn-to-Row Programs. For more information please visit our website, or contact us at [email protected] or 289-969-4394

Great to see clubs open and expanding!

Rowing is such a tough sport, and a fantastic experience!

KWRC women were all of the description and more!

“The world needs strong women. Women who will lift and build others, who will love and be loved. Women who live bravely, both tender and fierce. Women of indomitable will” ❤️- Amy Tenney

World Rowing - World Rowing launches its first-ever Women in Coaching Toolkit World Rowing is delighted to launch its Women in Coaching Toolkit, aiming to support member federations with the recruitment, development and retention of female coaches in rowing.