PEI Shines at Indoor Rowing Day 2026

A huge thank you to everyone who took part in Indoor Rowing Day in Canada 2026!! PEI easily surpassed our goal of 255 kilometres, taking us tip to tip across the Island. We collectively rowed 363 kilometres, improving on our 321 kilometres from last year!! WOW! Congrats to everyone who did their first half marathon or 10k or whatever the number. A great team effort! AND we added to the national tally, which took us virtually across Canada from coast to coast, with more than 625 rowers logging 6,103 kilometres!!! #indoorrowingdayincanada #peiproud

2023 Info Sheet – Indoor Rowing Day in Canada – Coast to Coast 2023

Save the Date: February 26, 2022

Coast to Coast – Indoor Rowing Day in Canada is back for 2022!

Please join us Saturday February 26, 2022 from 9 am to noon in your time zone. Collect kilometres on the indoor rowing machine, submit them to us and help us travel from Coast to Coast — or C2C!!

In 2020, hundreds of rowers across Canada took part in our first ever national event, helping us to travel across the country, more than 5,514 kilometres. We missed 2021 because of the pandemic, but are back this year.

Our goal is to create a wave of indoor rowing featuring your photos and videos on social media as we move through the time zones across Canada.

The event will begin at 9:00 am in Newfoundland and Labrador, then spread west from there.

If public health rules allow, you are encouraged to invite your members or the general public to hop on a rowing machine and be part of this national event on Saturday February 26th.

If we are unable to gather, we will hold the event VIRTUALLY, from coast to coast to coast!

In person or virtually, this is an exciting opportunity to connect with the rowing community in your area and increase the profile of indoor and outdoor rowing. There are a few ways to encourage participation of this event:

Team challenge within your club
Challenge another club
Relay style
Come and Try! A new way to introduce the sport to the community

The more, the merrier!

This event is organized by the Provincial Advisory Council (PAC) of Rowing Canada Aviron, which consists of representatives from all provincial rowing associations.

*******Let us know you will be taking part!! This is also where you will send your kilometres on Indoor Rowing Day in Canada:canadianindoorrowing@gmail.com

For more information, please contact:

Peter Walsh (Alberta Rowing Association) pfwalsh@shaw.ca

Nancy Russell (Rowing Prince Edward Island) rowingpei@gmail.com

FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA:

FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/Coast2CoastIndoorRowingDayinCanada

TWITTER:

https://twitter.com/C2CIndoorRowing

INSTAGRAM:

https://www.instagram.com/coasttocoastindoorrowingday/

Indoor Rowing Day in Canada – Coast to Coast 2020

It’s free! If you are new to indoor rowing, or looking for a refresher, we will have coaches happy to help you get started.

For all the latest information, LIKE or JOIN the event on Facebook:

National event: Indoor Rowing Day in Canada – Coast to Coast 2020

P.E.I. event: P.E.I. Indoor Rowing Day in Canada – Coast to Coast 2020

To sign up for Indoor Rowing Day on PEI: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70a044caeaf2ba20-recreational1

Red Island Indoor Rowing Challenge includes intense relay competition

Thirty competitors gave it their all at the 2nd annual Red Island Indoor Rowing Challenge on Saturday February 23rd at the Ride and Row studio in Charlottetown.

This year’s challenge attracted members of Rowing PEI, Ride and Row and CrossFit competitors from the area, as well as some Islanders eager to give indoor rowing competition a try.

The event featured races of 500 metres, 1,000 metres and 2,000 metres as well as a 4 by 500 metre relay, which provided lots of excitement as team members made the transition on and off the rowing machine.

The Concept 2 rowing machines at Ride and Row were connected together and the race was projected on a big screen so racers could see their “boats” moving along the course.

The winners were:

500 metres

Fastest female rower – Mary MacLean

Fastest male rower – Mark Wakelin

1,000 metres

Fastest female rower – Mary MacLean

Fastest male rower – Allan MacKinnon

2,000 metres

Fastest female rower – Heather Pringle

Fastest male rower – Roy Vandermaar

Fastest men’s relay team – B’Rows Makin’ Waves – Allan MacKinnon,

Bobby McKinnon,Tim Brown,Stephane Breau

Fastest women’s relay team – Rowing Pains – Sarah O’Connell, Erin Williams, Mary Trainor, Ellen Christie

Fastest mixed relay team – Low Speed, High Drag – Jill Edwards, Laura Younker

Tim MacPhee, Kris McKinnon

The mixed relay was particularly exciting as the teams sprinted to what looked like a photo finish, with identical split times. Low Speed, High Drag finished in 7:08.5 while competitors on the Ride and…Throw Up finished at 7:08.6.

Live videos and photos from the event are available on the Rowing PEI Facebook page.

Rowing PEI wants to thank Kelley MacQueen at Ride and Row, the P.E.I. Department of Health and Wellness and Rowing Canada Aviron for their support of the Red Island Indoor Rowing Challenge.

Race Results
103

Place,Time Rowed,Meters Rowed,Boat/Team Name,Avg. Pace,ID,Bib Number,Class
1,01:30.3,500,Mark Wakelin,  1:30.3,,0,
2,01:34.9,500,Tim Brown,  1:34.9,,0,
3,01:41.5,500,Brian Higgins,  1:41.5,,0,
4,01:55.2,500,Les MacKay,  1:55.2,,0,
5,01:59.9,500,Mary MacLean,  1:59.9,,0,

Detailed Results

Place,Lane,Rower Name,,Time,Distance,Avg. Pace,ID,Class

1,5,Mark Wakelin,,01:30.3,500,1:30.3,,
2,1,Tim Brown,,01:34.9,500,1:34.9,,
3,2,Brian Higgins,,01:41.5,500,1:41.5,,
4,3,Les MacKay,,01:55.2,500,1:55.2,,
5,4,Mary MacLean,,01:59.9,500,1:59.9,,

Race Results
103

Place,Time Rowed,Meters Rowed,Boat/Team Name,Avg. Pace,ID,Bib Number,Class
1,06:25.7,2000,B’Rows Makin’ Waves (BMW),  1:36.4,,0,
2,00.0,0,Empty,,,0,
2,00.0,0,Empty,,,0,

Detailed Results

Place,Lane,Rower Name,,Time,Distance,Avg. Pace,ID,Class

1,3,B’Rows Makin’ Waves (BMW),,06:25.7,2000,1:36.4,,
2,1,Empty,,00.0,0,,,
2,2,Empty,,00.0,0,,,

Race Results
103

Place,Time Rowed,Meters Rowed,Boat/Team Name,Avg. Pace,ID,Bib Number,Class
1,03:22.1,1000,Allan MacKinnon,  1:41.0,,0,
2,03:22.3,1000,Mark Wakelin,  1:41.2,,0,
3,03:43.8,1000,Mike Gibson,  1:51.9,,0,
4,04:25.4,1000,Mary MacLean,  2:12.7,,0,

Detailed Results

Place,Lane,Rower Name,,Time,Distance,Avg. Pace,ID,Class

1,3,Allan MacKinnon,,03:22.1,1000,1:41.0,,
2,4,Mark Wakelin,,03:22.3,1000,1:41.2,,
3,1,Mike Gibson,,03:43.8,1000,1:51.9,,
4,2,Mary MacLean,,04:25.4,1000,2:12.7,,

Race Results
103

Place,Time Rowed,Meters Rowed,Boat/Team Name,Avg. Pace,ID,Bib Number,Class
1,06:59.3,2000,Roy Vandermaar,  1:44.8,,0,
2,07:50.8,2000,Brian Higgins,  1:57.7,,0,
3,08:01.6,2000,Alex Forbes,  2:00.4,,0,

Detailed Results

Place,Lane,Rower Name,,Time,Distance,Avg. Pace,ID,Class

1,2,Roy Vandermaar,,06:59.3,2000,1:44.8,,
2,3,Brian Higgins,,07:50.8,2000,1:57.7,,
3,4,Alex Forbes,,08:01.6,2000,2:00.4,,

Race Results
103

Place,Time Rowed,Meters Rowed,Boat/Team Name,Avg. Pace,ID,Bib Number,Class
1,07:58.6,2000,Heather Pringle,  1:59.6,,0,
2,08:03.5,2000,Corinne Giasson-Jean,  2:00.9,,0,
3,08:39.9,2000,Andrea MacDonald,  2:10.0,,0,
4,08:48.8,2000,Cassidy Doucette,  2:12.2,,0,
5,09:25.5,2000,Dinah Arviko,  2:21.4,,0,

Detailed Results

Place,Lane,Rower Name,,Time,Distance,Avg. Pace,ID,Class

1,1,Heather Pringle,,07:58.6,2000,1:59.6,,
2,4,Corinne Giasson-Jean,,08:03.5,2000,2:00.9,,
3,2,Andrea MacDonald,,08:39.9,2000,2:10.0,,
4,3,Cassidy Doucette,,08:48.8,2000,2:12.2,,
5,5,Dinah Arviko,,09:25.5,2000,2:21.4,,

Race Results
103

Place,Time Rowed,Meters Rowed,Boat/Team Name,Avg. Pace,ID,Bib Number,Class
1,07:08.5,2000,Low Speed  High Drag,  1:47.1,,0,
2,07:08.6,2000,Ride and ..... throw up,  1:47.1,,0,
3,08:08.7,2000,The Coastal Coasters,  2:02.2,,0,

Detailed Results

Place,Lane,Rower Name,,Time,Distance,Avg. Pace,ID,Class

1,2,Low Speed  High Drag,,07:08.5,2000,1:47.1,,
2,3,Ride and ..... throw up,,07:08.6,2000,1:47.1,,
3,4,The Coastal Coasters,,08:08.7,2000,2:02.2,,

Race Results
103

Place,Time Rowed,Meters Rowed,Boat/Team Name,Avg. Pace,ID,Bib Number,Class
1,07:26.0,2000,Rowing Pains,  1:51.5,,0,
2,07:38.8,2000,Andrea and Crew,  1:54.7,,0,
3,00.0,0,Empty,,,0,

Detailed Results

Place,Lane,Rower Name,,Time,Distance,Avg. Pace,ID,Class

1,2,Rowing Pains,,07:26.0,2000,1:51.5,,
2,4,Andrea and Crew,,07:38.8,2000,1:54.7,,
3,3,Empty,,00.0,0,,,

Here is the schedule for the 2019 Red Island Rowing Challenge!

Please note: We are starting earlier to accommodate a ten minute warmup on the rowing machines for each event.

Let the organizers know ASAP if there are any issues: rowingpei@gmail.com

If you are not paying by eTransfer before the event, please bring $10 cash on Saturday.

If you want to eTransfer, send $10 to rowingpei@gmail.com and make the answer to the security question “rowing”.

Please bring a water bottle and towel, if needed.

See you Saturday!

Race #1 10:40 a.m. (warmup 10:30 a.m.)

Mixed 500 metres

Lane	Competitor	Time	Note
Lane 1	Tim Brown
Lane 2	Brian Higgins
Lane 3	Les MacKay
Lane 4	Mary MacLean
Lane 5

Race #2 10:55 a.m. (warmup 10:45 a.m.)

Men’s 4 x 500 relay

Lane	Competitor	Time	Note
Lane 1	B’Rows Makin’ Waves (BMW) Allan MacKinnon Bobby McKinnon Tim Brown Stephane Breau
Lane 2
Lane 3

Race #3 11:20 a.m. (warmup 11:10 a.m.)

Mixed 1,000 metres

Lane	Competitor	Time	Note
Lane 1	Mike Gibson
Lane 2	Mary MacLean
Lane 3
Lane 4
Lane 5

Race #4 – 11:40 a.m. (warmup 11:30 a.m.)

Men’s 2,000 metres

Lane	Competitor	Time	Note
Lane 1	Allan MacKinnon
Lane 2	Roy Vandermaar
Lane 3	Brian Higgins
Lane 4	Alex Forbes
Lane 5

Race #5 – 12:05 p.m. (warmup 11:55 a.m.)

Women’s 2,000 metres

Lane	Competitor	Time	Note
Lane 1	Heather Pringle
Lane 2	Andrea MacDonald
Lane 3	Cassidy Doucette
Lane 4	Corinne Giasson-Jean
Lane 5	Dinah Arviko

Race #6 – 12:30 p.m. (warmup 12:20 p.m.)

Mixed 4 x 500 relay

Lane	Competitor	Time	Note
Lane 1	Low Speed, High Drag Jill Edwards Laura Younker Tim MacPhee Kris MacKinnon
Lane 2	Megan Mckenna Mike Robertson Justin Ellis Christie Love
Lane 3	The Coastal Coasters Brian Higgins Dinah Arviko Alex Forbes Sarah MacMillan
Lane 4

12:50 p.m. (warmup 12:40 p.m.)

Women’s 4 x 500 relay

Lane	Competitor	Time	Note
Lane 1	Sydney Riggs Hannah Szwarc Lisa McInnis Gena Stacy
Lane 2	Rowing Pains Sarah O’Connell Erin Williams Mary Trainor Ellen Christie
Lane 3	Andrea MacDonald Cassidy Doucette Corinne Giasson-Jean Sheena McCarthy
Lane 4
Lane 5