The Orillia Rowing Club is hosting a Dance and Silent Auction.

There will be a dance lesson with renowned instructor Ken Atkinson at 8 p.m. Orillia's LIttle Big Band will provide the live music. Indian food will be served as a snack at 10 p.m. Shine up your dancing shoes...Everyone can dance!!

Date: Saturday September 18th, 2010

Time: 8 pm

Place: Aladdin's Banquet Hall, 1035 Mississaga St. W in Orillia.

For tickets, please call the boathouse: 326-3519

ATTENTION: ALL ROWING CLUB MEMBERS

You can earn your volunteer hours helping out during this year’s “Row-For-Gold” summer camps for children aged 11years to 15 years:

 You would:

Please contact Don Salmon, This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
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 Back by popular demand...the Jake Gaudaur Tour!

 Saturday, August 14

Row the shorelines of Lake Couchiching where World Champion sculler, Jake Gaudaur Sr. trained! Download (pdf file) all the details and registration form here.

Open to all members of Ontario Ontario Adventure Rowing Association (OAR Touring) clubs.

Nutrition Seminar and Information Night

2010 is our 10^th Anniversary!

Come and see what rowing is all about!

Plus… Learn healthy eating practices for athletes

Thursday, April 22, 2010

Helping Hands meeting room

210 Memorial Ave, Unit 126B, Orillia (rear entrance and parking)

6:30 – 7:30 pm - Information session about Orillia Rowing Club programs (free)

7:30 – 8:30 pm – Nutrition Seminar ($2 plus donation for the food bank)

Learn what to eat while training for sport and healthy active living.

Includes a chance for a door prize, handouts, recipes and taste testing!

Everyone welcome!

Note: No charge for 2010 ORC members and cardholders; food bank donation appreciated.

Registration opportunities for the 2010 ORC rowing season will be available from  8:30 – 9:00 pm.

RSVP: Please phone 326-3519 and leave a message to confirm your attendance – seating is limited.

 Put yourself in an Orillia Rowing Club seat and help the club celebrate 10 years on the water in Orillia!

Indoor Rowing Event – Let’s Get Active together!

The Orillia Rowing Club invites all Regional Rowing Clubs Erging enthusiasts and all local and regional students and masters wanting to row indoors

Sunday, April 11, 2010

Registration 9:30 a.m.

How to Erg Clinic 9:45 a.m.

Group Warm up to follow

Erg Events begin 10:15 a.m.

Male, Female

- Bantam(under 15)

- Under 17

- Under 19

- Under 2

- Senior (under 27)

- Masters (27+)

1000 M and 500 M Events

Sunshine Raquet & Fitness Club

10 Kitchener Street, Orillia

$10.00 per person

RSVP appreciated by April 9

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February 2010

ORC Junior Boys achieve great results

Orillia Rowing Club Junior Boys competitors recently raced at the Canadian Indoor Rowing Championships at the Hershey Centre in Mississauga and achieved great results!
 
Both Adrian Banks and Colm Shannon raced 2000 metres in the Junior A Mens category with Adrian finishing 4th in a time of 6:36.2 minutes and Colm finishing 11th in a time of 6:53.3 minutes.  The competition was very tight with 27 competitors.  Adrian's time was a personal best finish for him.  Adrian is racing in his second year of Junior A Men's Age Category, while Colm is in his first year of racing in this age bracket.  Congratulations to both these rowers!
 
They are continuing their training to prepare for the start of their on-water rowing season.  The first regatta to be attended by racers from the Orillia Rowing Club will be Head of the Martindale Regatta on May 8 in St. Catharines.
 
Orillia Rowing Club Registration for all club programs including the Spring Student Rowing Program and the Intro-to-Row Program will be Tue. April 6 and Thur. April 8 at the Barnfield Point Recreation Centre from 6:30 - 8:00 pm.  The Spring Student Rowing Program is a 9-week program for students that starts on Tue. April 13.  It consists of 4 weeks of conditioning training off the water, followed by 5 weeks of rowing on the water.  For more information, please call 326-5276.

Regional Winter Training for Masters – by Jurgen Schuber, Barrie Rowing Club

Thursday evenings from 6-8pm and Saturday and Sunday mornings from 6:30am – 8:30am

Masters rowing in Canada is an ever growing group, these athletes are over the age of 27 and are looking to continue rowing and competing at a provincial, national, or international level.  As a masters rower, our abilities, goals, commitment and training falls in a variety of levels, although our hearts have two common themes, one that we love rowing, and two that we enjoy being social with other rowers who are equally passionate.  The winter is about to descend on us so it’s time to make those dry-land training schedules and commitments.  Through a joint effort between several of the North Central Region Clubs we would like to offer all masters who are interested in training with other like minded masters, a facility and program that will keep you motivated and interested all winter.

Our home site is the Barrie Rowing Club, that will be our erg training facility, as well as a jump off site for other cross training activities such as snow shoeing and skiing.  The BRC is a heated boathouse that will soon house 14 ergs, matted stretching area, showers and change rooms, and Free Yoga!.  For insurance, facility and management costs we require all attending masters whom are not current members of the BRC, to register with the BRC as a Winter Training Member.  This is a $50 package which will be required with signed liability form before any activities are done within the club. 
This is an exciting opportunity for our area, we hope that this will be the ramp up to a combined effort in competing at the Masters Worlds in St Catharines next summer.  There is also work being done to develop a U23, U19, U17 program for competitive athletes to train and compete in more competitive, larger boats with athletes from other clubs in the region, all under one united club banner. 

Please join us Thursday evenings from 6-8pm and Saturday and Sunday mornings from 6:30am – 8:30am.  As a note we offer free Yoga at the club Thursdays from 7:15 – 8:15 so get the erging done and join the yoga class.  When the snow flies we will be heading out for alternate activities or coffee after the Weekend Morning Practices.  Jim Esmonde is also offering a FREE circuit style training class immediately after the Saturday erging session; this will also be available to any who are interested.  We are all looking forward to seeing a lot of excited and eager masters this winter.
 
Jurgen Schubert
(705) 818-0954
Barrie Rowing Club
Head Coach

Sunday August 30th 2009

Five Orillia Rowing Club members participated in the Canadian Sculling Marathon hosted by the Ottawa New Edinburgh Rowing Club recently. The Full 42 km and Half 21 km distance Marathon competitions took place off of Petrie Island in east end Ottawa. Orillia Rowing Club members, Diana Ruhe, Barb Davidson, Rhonda Lauer, Kristi Cole and Julie Newton (pictured left to right) finished the full Marathon 44km course on both the Ottawa and Lievre Rivers, looping Petrie Island twice, in a time of 4 hours 21 minutes bringing home a medal as first in the masters’ women coxed quad category.
 

Rowing the course of the Canadian Sculling Marathon where this masters’ women coxed quad crew brought home a first place medal in their category at the Canadian Sculling Marathon. All crew members shared rowing and coxing positions during their 4 hour 21 minute time.

 

The social event in August has had a date change from August 18th to Tuesday August 25th. 

Please join us for: SWEEP NIGHT

Meet at the boathouse at 7:00 p.m. on August 25th for an opportunity to:
·      Learn and Practice ‘sweeping’
·      Race in a boat (sweeping) or on the erg (in case of poor weather)
·      Eat and drink at a local establishment: we will go out after the row.
·      Plan for the fall head races: meet potential crew mates
·      Say goodbye to some of our dedicated boathouse staff who will be heading back to school.
 
Please sign up at the boathouse or email Barb ( This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it ) to indicate that you are coming.  We will need to know numbers to book a spot for the after-row eats.
 
See you on the water!

ATTENTION ALL ROWERS – Join the travelling rowing party!

July

August

Register by signing up at the boathouse or contact: