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Founded
  
1881 (1881)

Home water
  
Red River of the North

Motto
  
Tradition Since 1881

Province
  
Manitoba

Established
  
1881

Affiliation
  
Rowing Canada

Phone
  
+1 204-237-1690

Winnipeg Rowing Club

Location
  
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Affiliations
  
Rowing Canada, Manitoba Rowing Association, Northwestern International Rowing Association

Website
  
www.winnipegrowingclub.ca

Address
  
20 Lyndale Dr, Winnipeg, MB R2H 3H2, Canada

Similar
  
Manitoba Rowing Association, Winnipeg Winter Club, Basketball Manitoba, University of Winnipeg, Palomino Night Club

Winnipeg Rowing Club (WRC) is a rowing club on the Red River in downtown Winnipeg, Manitoba. WRC provides adult and youth competitive rowing programs, and regularly sends crews to events like the Royal Canadian Henley Regatta, Western Canada Summer Games and Canada Games. WRC also offers recreational and independent rowing.

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Winnipeg rowing club


History

The Winnipeg Rowing Club was founded in 1881 by cousins John Galt II & George Galt. The club was incorporated on February 2, 1883, with John Norquay as Club Patron, Thomas Renwick as President, and George Galt as Club Captain.

Other Sports

WRC has a history of participation in non-rowing sports and has sent teams to

  • Manitoba Rugby Football Union
  • Manitoba Hockey Association
  • Canadian Amateur Hockey League
  • Hockey

    From 1902 to 1906, the Winnipeg Rowing Club had an ice hockey team in the Manitoba Hockey Association. They were league champions in 1903 and 1904 and challenged the Ottawa Silver Seven for the Stanley Cup in 1904. Players on the team that challenged for the Stanley Cup include William Breen and Hockey Hall of Famer Joe Hall.

    1904 Stanley Cup Challenge

    Roster
  • Brown, Art - goal
  • Browne, Percy E. - point
  • Richards, S. Crawford - coverpoint
  • William Breen - forward (captain)
  • Joe Hall - forward
  • Billy Bawlf - forward
  • Claude Borland - forward
  • Bennest, Clint - forward
  • Harry Kirby - forward
  • Source: Coleman(1966), pg. 99–100. (Coleman list Nick Bawlf instead of Billy Bawlf)

    After the first game of the series, Winnipeg added Eric Werge Hamber from the Toronto Argonauts ice hockey team.

    References

    Winnipeg Rowing Club Wikipedia