ABOUT US

The Ottawa Rowing Club (ORC) founded in 1867 is Canada’s oldest rowing club, a non-profit, volunteer-driven, community organization annually serving members from ages 12-70+ years from the Ottawa and Outaouais region.

The ORC offers Adult Instructional and Youth Day Camp programs to introduce and develop skills. The ORC has Junior, Senior and Master programs that focus on training and competition taking athletes to a number fo regattas across Ontario, Quebec and the US. The club also provides a Recreational program for general fitness in a more social environment. The ORC accommodates adaptive rowing in all programs.

The ORC has a partnership with both Carleton University and uOttawa providing boats for training and competition at OUA Regattas. The Club has aproximately 80 University students rowing out of the Club in the fall.

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Boathouse Rentals & Events
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Call: 613-241-1120
Email: rowing@ottawarowingclub.com

Board of Directors

Peter Thompson
President
president@ottawarowingclub.com

Amelia Krelove
Vice President, Administration
vp.administration@ottawarowingclub.com

Grayson Gray
Vice President, Competitive Programs
vp.competitive@ottawarowingclub.com

Andrew Harfield
Vice President, Recreational and Instructional Programs
vp.recreation@ottawarowingclub.com

Craig Law
Treasurer
treasurer@ottawarowingclub.com

Julia Fournier
Registrar
registrar@ottawarowingclub.com

Andrew Thompson
Secretary
secretary@ottawarowingclub.com

Meghan Jolley
Athlete Representative
athlete.representative@ottawarowingclub.com