NEWS
ORC at the 2009 Canada Summer Games
June 30, 2009
Congratulations to ORC members Samantha Kayser, Mariel Boomgaardt and Sarah Black who made the team that will be representing Ontario at the Canada Summer Games next month in Prince Edward Island.
ORC head coach Siobhan McLaughlin will also be there as coach of the women's Ontario team.
The rowing events will take place on the Southwest River in Clinton, PEI from August 17-21.
No rowing July 2 morning
June 30, 2009
Just a reminder that the club will be closed on the morning of July 2 with no morning rowing. There is too much junk in the river from the Canada Day fireworks the night before and spectators who view them from boats for safety.
Afternoon practice and the first ARL night will be held as normal later in the day on July 2.
We will though be cleaning up the grounds for a wedding at the boathouse at 10:00 am on July 2 so anyone who wants to come out to help should be at the parking lot by 7:00 am.
Canada Day at the ORC
June 30, 2009
All members are invited to come down again this year to the ORC for the annual Canada Day party and fireworks. There will be a barbecue and bar and of course the club is the best spot in the city to watch the fireworks at 10:00 pm.
It's also the second year for the Athletes' Fund Silent Auction that will be held as part of the Canada Day party. Last year we raised mre than $1700 to help ORC athletes compete internationally.
We are also looking for contributions for the auction and you can read all about it here.
The club opens at 5:00 pm on July 1, 2009 for the party.
ORC wins at US Rowing National Championships
June 28, 2009
Congratulations to Morgan Jarvis who won the lightweight men single category at the US Rowing National Championships in West Windsor, New Jersey on the weekend.
Jarvis was one of two ORC rowers in the final of the event with Paul Amesbury finishing fifth. Jarvis and Amesbury also qualified for the men’s lightweight double final and finished fifth in that event.
Cristy Nurse and Julie Shearer from the ORC took sixth place in the womens double final.
Getting boats into three finals was a very strong performance for the group of seven senior athletes from the Ottawa Rowing Club who traveled to the US championships.The other ORC rowers at the event who did not make it as far as finals were Tina Roic, Elia Macaluso and Chris Mamen.
Crews from the London, Ont. Training Centre for Rowing Canada won two other events in the 21 categories at the championship which featured the best rowers in the United States including many from US world and Olympic crews as well as the best collegiate rowers in the United States.
Details of the results of the US National Championships can be found here and full results can be found here.
ERA Regatta details - Saturday July 4
June 25, 2009
Here are the details for the athletes traveling to the ERA Regatta on Saturday July 4, 2009 at the Olympic Basin in Montreal.
There is a bus for junior athletes leaving the club at 4:30 am and returning approximately 10:00 pm. Cost for the bus is $45 per athlete - cheques and completed athlete travel information forms should be given to your coach no later than Thursday July 2.
There are some open seats on the bus if seniors want to travel on the bus. Please let your coach if you are interested in taking the bus - seats for sneiors on a first-come first-served basis.
We are also looking for parent chaperones for the bus and to help with snacks under our (almost) brand new tent. If you are interested in coming on the bus and helping please send an email to Chris Waddell.
You can download the ERA Regatta fact sheet here and complete on screen then print the athlete travel information form here that must be returned to your coach with your bus payment.
Glebe Collegiate wins National Capital High School Regatta
June 6
Glebe Collegiate repeated as winners of the annual National Capital High School Regatta held on the Ottawa River Saturday.
The school dominated the event with its crews winning 10 of the day's 18 races including senior mens and womens eights and senior mens and womens coxed four races.
The victories gave Glebe an easy points win with 68 over runner-up Colonel By Secondary School with 39. Ashbury College scored 32 points to take third with Lisgar Collegiate in fourth with 21 - one more than Kingston Rowing Club.
Full results of each race and final points totals are available here.
During the day 's rowing, crews from Ashbury and Colonel By each won two races while single race victories went to rowers from Osgoode Township High School, Lisgar, Kingston Collegiate and Vocational institute (KCVI) and Frontenac - both from Kingston.
Liliane Page wins Wes Kuran award
June 6, 2009
The Ottawa Rowing Club is pleased to announce that University of Ottawa rower Liliane Page is the winner of the 2009 Wes Kuran Award and $500 cash prize. The award honours a club memberinwho is a full-time university student who combines rowing accomplishments with excellence in academic achievement and volunteer service.
Liliane is studying chemistry, working this summer in the labs at the National Research Council and rowing with the ORC in preparation for her second year on the U of O rowing team. She is also extremely active at the ORC, volunteering for many activities and last year was the club's female novice athlete of the year.
Liliane received her award from Wes at the National Capital High School regatta at the ORC. Congratulatons to Liliane!
New Safety Policy for ORC
April 24, 2009
As discussed at the annual meeting at the start of March, as a result of consultations among the club executive and members volunteering to review the Safety Policy, the ORC will begin 2009 with revisions to our safety poliicies. The new policy incorporates Rowing Canada guidelines and is in keeping with similar policies at other clubs.
Among the highlights are:
Mandatorty viewing of the RCA safety video annually by all rowers and coaches.
Junior rowers must always be accompanied by a coach/safety boat.
Coxies must wear PFDs.
During ‘Cold Water Rules’, rowers in singles must wear an inflatable PFD.
Coaches must leave the dock with crews under their supervision.
Coaches must return to the dock with crews under their supervision.
Log books (used when rowing unaccompanied by coach/safety boat).
‘Return to dock’ curfew time for evening rows
We will also conduct an annual review of all our safety policies.
ALL club members must read and be familiar with all the club's safety policies. The new policies can be found here.They will be reviewed with rowers at the Athletes’ Meeting on Saturday morning, April 25.
Learn to row session dates
April 20, 2009
Interested in learning to row? Dates for this year's five-evening sessions are now posted here. Pick your session and complete and return a registration form with payment to sign up the session that fits your schedule. |
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