The Ottawa Rowing Club (ORC) is continuing to closely monitor the COVID-19 situation and is adhering to the recommendations that Ottawa Public Health, Provincial, and Federal Governments have made with respect to helping prevent the spread of the virus. Consequently, the ORC will be officially closed for a minimum of 14 days with an earliest [...]
Members of the Ottawa Rowing Club Community, The ORC recognizes the importance of monitoring the COVID-19 situation closely and we intend to take all necessary precautions to protect those part of the Ottawa Rowing Club Community. The safety and well-being of our staff, volunteers, and athletes is out utmost priority. With the ongoing developments surrounding [...]
Dear ORC members, In response to the COVID-19, the ORC training at the YMCA is cancelled until further notice given the YMCA facility closure. ORC Program coaches will work with athletes to arrange alternate individual training at this time instead of ergometer sessions. The ORC Head Coach will direct coaches when group training sessions can [...]
The Ottawa Rowing Club is pleased to announce the appointment of Zak Lewis as the club’s full-time Head Coach. As Head Coach, Zak will work with our team of dedicated and hard-working volunteer coaches to establish strong, vibrant rowing programs from recreational to masters to competitive rowing. Zak will also be the primary club contact [...]
Thank you to everyone who raced in today's ergatta! The results can be found here. Our next ergatta will be May 2 at the ORC - mark your calendars!
Thank you to all of our members that attended the AGM on February 13. We'd like to recognize the hard work and dedication of outgoing Board members, Lilianne Page and Marika Kay. Lilianne had served as Secretary and Marika as Club Registrar. Big thanks to both for their service. We'd like to thank and welcome [...]
On Sunday, February 9, junior rowers from the Ottawa Rowing Club competed at the Canadian Indoor Rowing Championships in Mississauga, ON. The CIRC is a major competition in the rowing off-season where athletes race a 1,000m or 2,000m distance on rowing machines. ORC was well represented by our junior crew, finishing the weekend with 5 [...]
We'll be hosting our winter ergatta on Saturday, February 22, which also happens to be Indoor Rowing Day in Canada! Your 2k raced will be added to metres rowed on ergs by rowers across the nation. The goal is to collectively log enough metres to row the distance across Canada. The ergatta will be held [...]
The ORC’s Annual General Meeting will be held on Thursday, February 13, 2020 from 7pm to 9pm. The meeting will be held at Manor Park Community Centre (100 Thornwood Rd). There is street parking available. All ORC members are encouraged to attend, with sign-in starting at 6:30pm. The AGM Agenda is as follows: Roll CallMinutes [...]
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 [...]