The Wes Kuran Scholarship – for a deserving university athlete – will be presented at the Annual General Meeting of the Ottawa Rowing Club in mid-February. The Scholarship was established to honour Wes Kuran in recognition of his service to the Ottawa Rowing Club as President (1997-2006) and for his long service to the club [...]
Thank you to all who celebrated with us this past Saturday evening at the President's Banquet! And big congratulations to our deserving President's award winners who were recognized that evening: Service Award - Ed FournierCoach of the Year - Tan HoVolunteer Appreciation - Ryan FazzariSweep Crew of the Year - Caroline Wang, Olivia Rice-Hui, Rachel [...]
The Ottawa Rowing Club is seeking a Head Coach to help build it’s rowing programs for the coming decades. The Head Coach will work with a team of dedicated volunteer coaches to establish strong, vibrant rowing programs from recreational to masters to competitive rowing. A full job description can be found here. Interested candidates should submit a [...]
Winter is coming and that means winter training is around the corner! The Ottawa Rowing Club will return to the Taggart Family YMCA (180 Argyle Ave) for 2019/2020 winter ORC member training. You can find info about the Taggart Y here. The Taggart YMCA is offering a 6 month pass (this pass is available to [...]
Our dock removal and club closing will take place this Saturday, November 9, beginning at 8am. This is a giant task that requires help from many. Please make yourself available that morning to contribute. We would also like to start de-rigging boats and dismantling outdoor racks on Friday, November 8 beginning at 4pm and could [...]
The water temperature is 10 degrees and falling. Cold water rules are now in effect. This means all 1x scullers must be wearing and inflatable pfd around their waist, all 2xs or 2-s must carry pfds in the boat with them, all rowers must row with a safety boat, nobody is permitted to row past [...]
Crews from the Ottawa Rowing Club (ORC) raced this weekend at the 56th annual Head of the Charles regatta in Boston, MA. The Head of the Charles regatta is one of the largest and most competitive regattas in North America attracting more than 11,000 athletes and thousands of spectators for racing over a three mile [...]
It's getting darker and colder at the ORC and our open hours will shorten as of Friday, October 18: Mondays and Wednesdays 2pm to 8pm Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays 2pm to 6pm Saturdays and Sundays 7am to 12pm
Peterborough, ON - Crews from the Ottawa Rowing Club traveled to Peterborough, ON this past weekend to race at the Head of the Trent Regatta. The Head of the Trent Regatta is one of the premier regattas that ORC crews race at every Fall. The Regatta is a head style race over a distance of [...]
Big thank you to all of our volunteers, officials, coaches and competitors for another great Head of the Rideau regatta! Results can be found here.