We're working hard to make the Head of the Rideau regatta another great success this Sunday, September 24! We do need some time to recharge our batteries following the regatta and so the ORC hours will be a little shorter on Monday, September 25. We will be open 1pm to 8pm on Monday. We look [...]
Head of the Trent regatta is coming up on Saturday, September 30. ORC members that plan to race in the regatta should read this information package for important details, dates and useful information.
The Head of the Rideau draw is now posted here. Late entries will only be accepted on race day (with a late fee) at the registration desk. Questions? rideau@ottawarowingclub.com.
Very generously, junior rower parent and yoga instructor, Caroline Elson, has offered to deliver a yoga class on Tuesday mornings in the ORC boathouse. This yoga class is open to members of the ORC who may not be rowing in the early mornings and to the many parents that drop off their rowers in the [...]
Make history with the ORC! We're 150 years old this year and we're marking the occasion with a brand new Hudson Super Predator 8+! This isn't any 8+...it's the Kinoje, sleek and fast like the Northern Pike that makes the Ottawa River its home. Team Ontario will race it at the 2017 Canada Games, then the [...]
With pleasure, the Ottawa Rowing Club invites you to participate in the 45th annual Head of the Rideau Regatta. The Ottawa Rowing Club is celebrating 150 years of rowing excellence Canada's oldest rowing club, founded in 1867, the year of Canada's confederation! The club's first president was Canada's first Prime Minister, Sir John A. Macdonald. The Head of the Rideau Regatta [...]
Big thanks to our friends at the CTV Ottawa Morning Live show for visiting us on August 30th for their broadcast. Miss the show that morning? Click here to watch! Great chance to see the ORC and crews from University of Ottawa and Carleton rowing teams during fall training camp. Thanks to everyone for making [...]
You can still order your ORC limited edition commemorative 150 gear in celebration of our 150th birthday in 2017! This gear is only available during our 150th year of rowing excellence. We've gone way back to our historic roots with the gear which showcases the original crest of the Ottawa Rowing Club, along with a [...]
St Catharines ON - August 13 - ORC senior and junior competitive crews brought home five Henley gold medals on the weekend to add to the three Henley golds that the ORC’s masters crews won on August 6th, as the 135th Royal Canadian henley regatta week of racing wrapped up. The ORC’s Josh King closed [...]
Ottawa (ON) - The Ottawa Rowing Club kicked off an exciting period of racing this past weekend during the Royal Canadian Henley Masters Regatta in St. Catharines, ON, the most prestigious and high profile summer regatta in North America. The ORC’s masters team ended a successful Henley Masters weekend with three gold medals in quad, [...]