April 2018 – Rowing PEI

2018 Rowing PEI Information and Registration – this weekend!

Saturday April 28, 2018 10 :30 a.m. – 2 :00 p.m.

Sport P.E.I. House of Sport

40 Enman Crescent – Room 234*note change

Competitive/Advanced Fitness *new this year

Under the guidance of a former high performance rower and coach, we will be offering a program for those 16 to 100 years old, male and female, who are interested in taking their fitness abilities to the next level. Workout times/days will be determined by the training group and boat availability.

L2 Training Sessions *new this year

All L2s are invited to take part in a safety refresher and an introduction to our new Skills and Drills package. We will share some fun ways to amp up your rowing experience as well as introducing our new Double on the Dock option, allowing even more flexibility to get out on the water.

The first session will be Saturday April 28th from 2-4 p.m. at the House of Sport, right after our registration. Please email Nancy at rowingpei@gmail.com to sign up. There will be more sessions in May and June.

New for 2018! FOUR PACK PUNCH CARD

If you have completed Learn to Row in any previous year, you can purchase a punch card for 4 rows for $100 in 2018.

If you decide you want to become a member for the rest of the 2018 season, the $100 will be subtracted from your $330 membership fee.

This is ideal for someone who wants to get back into rowing after a break, or if you aren’t sure how this year’s schedule will work out for you.

Learn to Row 2018

Cost of Learn to Row is $130

The first training sessions for the Learn to Row will be either:

Saturday June 9th 12:30-4:30 p.m. or Saturday June 16th 12:30-4:30 p.m.

Other membership categories and fees are available here: https://rowingpei.ca/2018-online-registration/

Rowing PEI members will be on hand on Saturday to answer your questions and help you to register.

You can also register online.

SAVE THE DATES! The docks go in at the Charlottetown Yacht Club on Saturday May 5th and the plan is to bring our boats to the dock on Saturday May 12th.

Red Island Regatta – Saturday August 25, 2018!! SAVE THE DATE!

Red Island Coastal Rowing Tour – Sunday August 26, 2018

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Here’s to a great 2018 season!

Hope to see you soon.

Rowing PEI Board – Daphne Dumont, Brian Higgins, Nancy Russell, Lea Bryden, Joeanne Woodard

Michelle Boss can’t wait to watch the world’s best coastal rowers compete in her home waters in Victoria, British Columbia. The competition stirs fond memories for Boss, who competed at two world coastal championships – Istanbul in 2010 and Bari, Italy in 2011. “Each experience was different but I loved it both times. There is an interesting mix of rowing skill and nautical experience that apply. Some of the racers had one or the other, but the top coastal rowers have both.”

Racing in the women’s single sculls at the 2011 World Rowing Coastal Championships in Bari, Italy

Boss started rowing in 2004 after her karate club closed and she was looking for a new sport. In 2010, she entered a 42-kilometre race in Lac St. Jean, Quebec. That experience didn’t end well as the weather turned bad, her crew experienced epic waves out on the large lake and the boats took on water. Although they weren’t in coastal boats at the time, she still found something appealing about the experience and the concept of ocean rowing.

Boss believes the World Rowing Coastal Championships in Victoria is a great opportunity for Canadian rowers, “I think anyone who rows and has a bit of a sense of adventure can try coastal rowing. It’s especially true if you also have a bit of experience being in waves for example when kayaking, sailing or surfing.” “I went to Istanbul with almost zero coastal rowing experience. While I wasn’t as fast as those with experience, I learned a lot, had fun and met a great community of coastal rowers from around the world.”

Boss now works for Rowing Canada as a National Team Coordinator. She’s also part of the organizing committee for WRCC 2018. “Hopefully I can help the organizing committee put on an event that allows lots of rowers experience the excitement of coastal rowing.” She’s particularly excited about the venue and what it will offer to coastal rowers from around the world. “I think the location here on the west coast will provide for some interesting racing. While we don’t have the bigger rolling waves like I experienced in Istanbul or Bari, our little islands and channels create currents and chop that is really fun and can be quite challenging.”

World Rowing featured a story on Michelle in December 2011!

Information session this weekend

Fun, challenging and exhilarating: Canadian masters rower pumped by coastal championship experience