The Ottawa Rowing Club, Canada’s oldest rowing club established in 1867, will be hosting the Tulip Relay Rowing Regatta on Dow’s Lake on Saturday, May 12. Racing will begin at 10am and wrap up by 12pm. The second edition of this event will feature Ottawa Rowing Club rowers racing over a 250m distance of Dow’s [...]
The Ottawa Rowing Club is home to so many amazing, motivated, selfless volunteers! We feel really lucky to know and have them in our community – we want you to know them too. Here’s another edition of Project #ORCvolunteerlove, where we ask volunteers a series of questions. We’ll post new volunteer Q&As each week. Their [...]
Thank you to all of the junior rowers and parents who attended our junior parent information meeting this past Saturday, May 5. We appreciate your time and hope the meeting was informative and helpful as we kick off another successful spring rowing season for our junior programs. For any junior rowers or parents who were [...]
The Ottawa Rowing Club has the BEST volunteers! And, boy, do we need our volunteers to make this year another success. A number of special events coming up this spring and summer for the club... May 26, 8am to 12pm, National Capital High School Regatta The NCHSR is the ORC's premier high school regatta. Typically [...]
Are you the parent of a junior rower in the morning or afternoon program? Or are you a parent with a son or daughter (12-17 years old) who has an interest in rowing, but you want to learn more? Join us on Saturday, May 5, at 8:15am (following junior competitive practice) for this information session. [...]
The CN Ride for CHEO is taking place this Sunday, May 6. Some major routes to the ORC may be affected between 6am and 1pm. If you plan to come down to row on Sunday, check out the list of closures here and plan accordingly!
The Ottawa Rowing Club is home to so many amazing, motivated, selfless volunteers! We feel really lucky to know and have them in our community – we want you to know them too. Here’s another edition of Project #ORCvolunteerlove, where we ask volunteers a series of questions. We’ll post new volunteer Q&As each week. Their [...]
Thanks to all those who raced at our spring Ergatta today! Results can be found here.
The ORC will be hosting it's annual Tulip Regatta on Dow's Lake on Saturday, May 12, 2018. This regatta is open to experienced, competitive junior, senior, recreational and masters ORC members. The entry deadline is Friday, May 4, 2018. You must be a 2018 registered member of the ORC to participate in the regatta. ORC [...]
Good news! The ORC docks are scheduled to be installed this Saturday, April 21. The docks will be put back in the water and the club will be cleaned up and prepared for us to start operations on Monday, April 23. Work on Saturday, April 21 will begin at 8am. We need as many helping [...]