The 2023 National Rowing Championships (NRC) held on September 28-30 on Quamichan Lake, British Columbia once again demonstrated Alberta’s prominence within the sport of rowing. Consider the following: NRC Medal Winners are as follows GoldRobert Davis – Junior Men’s 1xKarissa Riley – U23 Lightweight Women’s 1xAxel Ewashko (Composite Crew with Row NS)– U23 Men’s PairChelsea…
Summer Recap It has been a busy summer within Alberta Rowing. With the fall now upon us, it may be easy to forget what we as a province accomplished but it was an impressive two months as evidenced by the following Rowing Participation Thanks to the efforts of our clubs across the province, Alberta seems…
Lakeland Camp:As communicated in past submissions the Lakeland Rowing Camp is open to all registered ARA athletes. The camp will be held from July 21 to 23 in Vermilion, Alberta and are hopeful that as many athletes as possible will attend. We promise to make it with your while. If you haven’t already registered and…
Lakeland Camp:As communicated in past submissions the Lakeland Rowing Camp is open to all registered ARA athletes. The camp will be held from July 21 to 23 in Vermilion, Alberta and are hopeful that as many athletes as possible will attend. We promise to make it with your while. If you haven’t already registered and…
Boat Race Rowing is one of the world’s oldest sports and the races that have come to define it are some of the most storied traditions the world over. In England there is the “Boat Race”, a 165 year-old competition between Oxford University Boat Club and the Cambridge University Boat Club In the United States…
NextGen PartnershipThe NextGen program is a development pathway that provides athletes with training opportunities in their province while engaging with RCA Development programs. Since its inception back in 2017 the province of Alberta has largely been excluded from this program with the bulk of Rowing Canada’s resources going to support NextGen Performance Hubs in Ontario,…
ARA Erg ChampionshipsThe Central Alberta Rowing Club played host to the 2023 ARA Erg Championships on Saturday March 6, 2023. With over 110+ athletes in action across 7 different clubs it provides inspiration to this writer to get in shape for the 2024 version. Until then we are left to recollect on an event that…
Rowing Canada Coaches Conference. The 2023 Rowing Canada Coaches Conference held in Victoria B.C from January 27-29, represented the first time that coaches across Canada congregated in person to celebrate the sport of rowing in nearly 3 years. The two-day affair concluded with the Rowing Canada Excellence Awards Banquet which celebrates the achievements of athletes,…
Happy New Year! A Happy New Year to all of our coaches, officials and athletes. We at the ARA hope that we can build upon our successes that our clubs and university programs witnessed in 2022 and make 2023 an even memorable year than last. A World without CSG or WCSGAs we move into 2023,…
A Holiday Poem (A revival from years past) Twas the night before Christmas and all through the BoathouseThe ergs were a humming to the sounds of Struass.The shells were slung on the stretchers with careIn hopes that St. Nick could some-how repair. Another erg done had my legs feeling like ledWhat was I thinking. I…
