ORGANIZATIONS

RowOntario: www.rowontario.ca

RowOntario is the governing body of the sport of rowing in Ontario. There are 50 member clubs and some 9000 individual individual members. ROWONTARIO's club membership grows by at least one club per year.

Rowing Canada Aviron: www.rowingcanada.org

Originally founded in 1880, Rowing Canada Aviron (RCA) is the national governing body of the sport of rowing in Canada with 15,000 registered members at all levels: novices, juniors, university students, seniors, and masters. RCA is a member of the Canadian Olympic Committee and FISA. 

International Rowing Federation (FISA): www.worldrowing.com

“Fédération Internationale des Sociétés d’Aviron” in French, or the English equivalent “International Federation of Rowing Associations” is the governing body of the sport of rowing. FISA sets the rules and regulations for the practice of the sport, in all its forms (elite, adaptive, and soon coastal and indoor), and organizes sanctioned World Rowing events. Founded in 1892, FISA is the oldest international sports federation in the Olympic movement.

Canadian Secondary Schools Rowing Association: www.cssrarowing.ca

The Canadian Secondary Schools Rowing Association was formed to organize and run rowing championships between participating Canadian Schools. Last year over 100 Canadian schools - 82 from Ontario - participated in the annual regatta.

The Masters Rowing Association: www.mastersrowing.org

The Masters Rowing Association (MRA) is a non-profit organization, dedicated to promoting the amateur sport of rowing to masters men and women at both the recreational and competitive levels.

EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS / SUPPLIERS

Concept II: www.concept2.com

Whether you want to purchase new oars or an indoor rowing machine, this is the site to visit.

Hudson Boat Works: www.hudsonboatworks.com

Rowing Shell Suppliers of the Canadian National Team. Based out of London, Ontario, they also build excellent touring shells.

Regatta Sport: www.regattasport.com

An online Canadian rowing sport equipment supplier. In addition to selling rowing equipment and clothing, the site has classifieds, a message board, electronic greeting cards, games and a wealth of other services and information.

Kaschper Racing Shells : www.kaschper.com

Manufacturer and retailer of racing shells, based in Lucan, Ontario. Visit this site to learn about Jakob Kaschper's boat building dynasty.

MISCELLANEOUS RELATED LINKS

Rowing News: www.rowingnews.com

Published in the U.S. this is THE magazine for rowers wanting to stay on top of all the news in the rowing world. In addition, every issue presents articles on nutrition, training techniques,  incredible photography,and a feature article that covers a current rowing issue in-depth. Best of all, you can visit this site and view sample pages of current issues at no cost.

Craftsbury Sculling Camp: www.craftsbury.com/sculling/camps/home

Craftsbury Sculling Center is located in Vermont, USA and offers 3 day, 4 day, and week long sculling clinics. Director Norm Graf was a visiting coach at the Sudbury Rowing Club for several years.

Adaptive Rowing: http://adaptiverowing.shutterfly.com/

Mairin Viol, a member of the Adaptive Rowing Committee, has put together a webpage of photographs to showcase adaptive rowers. Using the Shutterfly website she has titled the page  “Adaptive rowing”. Included are rowing photos from various adaptive rowing events, and comments from other members of the website.