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Chariots and Horses: Life lessons from an Olympic Rower

Double Olympic silver - a regatta to remember for the eights.

News

Junior Update

May 2013: National Junior Selection Camp list for 2013 (pdf)

Spring Trials East

May 04 and 05, 2013: Link to Regatta Central site for RCA's Spring Trials East - Day One results (link to RowOntario).

2013 Canadian Masters

April 2013: RCA Canadian Masters Championships (Aug. 23-25, Welland, ON) - Bulletin #1 to download.

National Spring Trials

April 22, 2013: National Spring Trials West (April 19-20, Burnaby Lake) - results in pdf to download.

Canada's Sports Hall of Fame

April 2013 : Rowing Canada Aviron looks forward to seeing the women's four (1992) in Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame

Para-Rowing Centres of Excellence

April 2013: RCA announces new Para-Rowing Centres of Excellence in Nova Scotia, Ontario and BC

World Cup 1

March 22-24: Canada wins a gold (LW 1x) and bronze (W8+) at World Cup One in Australia. Full results: www.worldrowing.com

National Development Trials

March 2013: Bulletin #1 of National Development Trials (pdf file). Note: trials are held in the west (April 19 and 20) and the east (May 4 and 5).

Junior Selection

March 2013: National Junior Team selection process now posted here.

World Cup 1

Feb. 26, 2013: Canada's Team Announced for World Cup One in Australia (Mar. 22 to 24)

Conference and Annual Awards

Jan. 29, 2013: Conference wrap-up and annual award winners summary here.

Announcement

Jan. 2013: Talent ID expert Peter Shakespear to join RCA's HP staff. More here.

RCA Conference

Nov. 2012: Register today for Rowing Canada's annual conference (Jan. 24 to 27) and AGM. Online registration closes Jan. 15, 2013. More here.

National Rowing Championships

Nov. 9 to 11, 2012 : National Rowing Championships in Victoria, BC. More here.

Congratulations

Oct. 17-18, 2012: Men's eight wins "Partners of the Year" and Derek Porter inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame

Media Release

Oct. 16, 2012: Rowing Canada Aviron Fills New Position in Men's High Performance Program

RCA Irow Champions

Oct. 2012: Olympians visit clubs and schools to share their experiences, full story here.

RCA Announcement

Oct. 01, 2012 : Rowing Canada Aviron looks to 2016 with new coaching leadership structure

Row for Gold/Row for Life

Sept. 2012 : Check out videos from clubs submitted for our Row for Gold for Gold/Row for Life contest. Please also download and print the RCA "Try Rowing" poster with your club info.

Paralympic Regatta

Aug. 31 to Sept. 02: Final wrap up of the Canadian results at Para-rowing regatta here. More results on www.worldrowing.com. See 2012 Para-rowing team list here

Canadian Masters Championships

Aug. 27: 2012 Canadian Masters (Montreal) results now posted.

Non-Olympic

Aug. 2012: Team Canada - Non-Olympic and Junior Worlds (Bulgaria) and final summary of results.

Olympic Regatta

July 28 to Aug. 04: Congrats to our silver medal winning women's and men's eights. The Olympic regatta - see links and bios here. Or go directly to www.ctvolympics.ca for broadcast info.

Under 23 Team

July 15, 2012 : Canada's U23 women's four wins gold, and women's single (Carling Zeeman) picks up bronze at World U23s. Background: 2012 Under 23 World Championship team announcement. Full results (July 11 to 15) on www.worldrowing.com

2012 Olympic stamp

July 2012 : Canadian rowers symbolize Olympic drive, hope on 2012 stamp. Click here for more info on the Canada Post products. Full Olympic team list here.

In Memoriam

July 2012: Long-serving member of RCA's executive committee, Peter Brook, passed away last week. A celebration of Peter’s life will be held on Thursday, July 19th, 2012 at 2:00pm at Par Place, just outside of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. See the online guestbook here.

Henley Win

July 01, 2012: Canadian women win at Henley Royal in England

Olympic Team Announced

June 28, 2012: Official Olympic RCA/COC announcement.

Row for Gold/Row for Life

June 2012 : With the Olympics and Paralympics right around the corner. Rowing Canada Aviron would like everyone to get on board for Row for Gold Row for Life 2012!

World Cup 2012

May 25 to 27 2012 : Three medals for Canada (silver men's pair and women's eight, and bronze in men's eight) at World Cup. Rowing Canada Aviron World Cup daily updates. Full team list here. Check out the new Lucerne to London 2012 "behind the scenes" BLOG from HP director Peter Cookson. For results see www.worldrowing.com

Tribute

April 03, 2012 :Rowing Canada Aviron shares its sympathies with Dr. Gord Sleivert's family and the sport community on the news of his sudden passing.

RCA Announces New Supplier

March 07, 2012: Rowing Canada Aviron has partnered with Ludus Tours. More here.

Pan Am Regatta

Oct. 15 to 19, 2011: Eight medals overall ! Daily Canadian summaries here. Follow the results on the official site here. Also follow our twitter feed or on our RCA Facebook page. Here is a list of the 2011 Pan American Games team.

World Championships

Aug. 28 to Sept. 04, 2011: Canadian Team updates will be posted here. World Championships begin on Sunday - start lists are now posted. Check Facebook for pictures of the Canadian Team. Athlete bios here.

Worlds Team

Aug. 2011: Canada's Team for the 2011 World Rowing Championships

Junior Worlds

Aug. 03 to 07, 2011: Final World Rowing Junior Championships Canadian summary. Results on www.worldrowing.com. More on the Junior Team in the Junior section

Under 23

July 20 to 24, 2011 : Women's eight wins gold in record time, and lightweight women's single picks up bronze! Summary here. Follow the Canadian Team's progress at www.worldrowing.com