The RCA Annual Meeting is scheduled as a Teleconference September 24th, 2015. Full details, including the agenda, can be found here: RCA Annual Mtg
2015 WCSG Wrap Up
The municipality of Wood Buffalo, Alberta extinguished the cauldron to the 2015 Western Canada Summer Games on Sunday August 16, 2015 putting an end to a successful games for Alberta athletes. Rowing at the 2015 Western Canada Summer Games featured some of this nation’s best U19 rowers with the likes of national team athletes Patrick…
2015 Athlete Support for Henley Regatta
Since 2006, the Alberta Rowing Association (ARA) has provided athlete assistance for qualified athletes attending the Royal Canadian Henley Regatta. The 2015 version of the Royal Canadian Henley Regatta will mark the 10th consecutive year the ARA has committed funds towards this program, demonstrating our commitment towards the development of athletes in club programs throughout…
July 2015 Monthly Bulletin
WCSG TEAM The 2015 WCSG Team has been selected. The ARA wants to congratulate everyone who tried out for the team. Regardless of whether or not you one of the 17 athletes selected to the team, you should be extremely pleased with yourself. The erg scores needed to simply attend the selection camp were aggressive…
Alberta Athletes Named to National Squads
Congratulations to the following: Under 23 National Team Women’s Four – Nicole Hare – Calgary Rowing Club This year’s 2015 World Rowing U23 Championships are taking place in Plovdiv, Bulgaria from July 22-26. Following an intensive selection process, Rowing Canada Aviron (RCA) has assembled a large team to travel to Europe this summer. A total…
ARA Coach Education Funding available
The ARA would like to develop 3 male and 3 female RCA performance coaches for the 2017 Canada Summer Games. These individuals should take on leadership roles within their club coaching structures in addition to their active role on the provincial team, as such, the ARA would like to ensure that the proposed education and…
June 2015 Monthly Bulletin
What a Start May 1 is commonly referred to as the start of the rowing season here in Alberta and if the first 38 days provides any indication for the season ahead it promises to be quite a year. A quick recap of the month is as follows: Olivia McMurray of the CRC attended RCA’s…
May 2015 Monthly Bulletin
In Memoriam The ARA acknowledges the passing of Justin Fryer who left us on April 18, 2015. Justin was widely known for his volunteer efforts within Rowing Canada where he served as President of Rowing Canada Aviron from 1999 to 2002 and Past President from 2003 to 2006. When he retired from the board, Justin…
2015 Regatta Sanctioning Documents Released
The 2015 Regatta Sanctioning Documents have been updated and are now ready for distribution. The new sanction documents are: Event Sanction Process — Overview Information to Support the RCA Event Checklist Event Sanction Application Event Report The new forms are the result of the amendment to the CARA By-law on Sanction and the related new…
April 2015 Monthly Bulletin
ARA Coaching Conference The ARA in conjunction with the CARC is very excited to be hosting its sixth annual coaching conference on April 25, 2015 in Lacombe, Alberta. Unlike past coaching conferences where material has largely focused on the competitive coaching stream, this conference will focus exclusively on the LTR coach. It is our opinion…