Row Nova Scotia developing, promoting and growing the sport of rowing in Nova Scotia

Row Nova Scotia’s Provincial Rowing Team is back in province this week after an impressive performance at the National Rowing Championships (NRC’s) in Burnaby, BC, that took place from November 8-11, 2018. Seven rowers represented Nova Scotia this year against the finest rowers from across the country. Ben Walls (Halifax) …

St. FX University had its best showing ever on the national stage this past weekend at the Canadian University Rowing Championships in St. Catharines, Ontario. St. FX student-athletes raced to best-ever finishes, including a top 5 spot, and their head coach left with honours of her own as the new …

The 2018 Really Chili Regatta was held on Lake Banook Saturday October 27. Although a chilly day we had an amazing turnout from clubs, high schools, universities from across Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Newfoundland with over 130 rowers taking part. A special thank you goes out to the St. …

Seven Nova Scotian rowers are heading to Burnaby, BC, next month to compete at the 2018 National Rowing Championships, where they will race against national, Olympic, Paralympic and World medallists. The selected athletes underwent a rigorous trialling process in order to be named to the Nova Scotia team. “Selecting a …

Mike Purcer, a master coach developer from Ontario, will be facilitating a coaching night focused on challenging traditional coaching – rowing technique on Friday Oct. 19, 2018 at 6:30pm at Oakwood House in Dartmouth. Mike will have a presentation video and speed curve analysis that will highlight the differences between …

Row Nova Scotia recently hosted the 2018 Atlantic University Rowing Championships and Atlantic Rowing Championships on Lake Banook in Dartmouth Saturday Oct. 13 and Sunday Oct. 14. Dalhousie Rowing Club and the Halifax Rowing Club were the big winners capturing the overall university points – The Lochaber Cup and the …

Row Nova Scotia will be hosting the RCA Coach Weekend #2 Coach Workshop from November 23-25, 2018 at the Provincial Training Centre in Dartmouth, NS. The RCA Coach Weekend #2 workshop will begin on Friday at 5:30pm and run through the day Saturday and Sunday. The cost of the workshop …

The Cogswell/Pelham Harbour Championship & Northwest Arm Regatta was recently hosted by the Halifax Rowing Club on Sunday September 16th. Thank you to Halifax Rowing Club for hosting and organizing a great regatta, to the officials, volunteers and coaches for helping out making the regatta function and to all the …

The Patrick Convey Recognition Award was established to celebrate and remember the life of Patrick Convey. The annual award is given to Nova Scotia rowing athletes and others involved in the sport of rowing. Our award is given to individuals who best exemplify the traits that made Patrick a special …

Andrew Todd, a rower at North Star Rowing Club and member of the Nova Scotia Provincial Team, and partner Kyle Frederickson won gold today at the 2018 World Rowing Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria in the PR3 Mens Pair. Todd and Frederickson dominated their event winning by open water over Australia …