The top three boats in each qualifying varsity event in USRowing NW Youth Championships will earn the privilege of representing the Northwest Region in the USRowing Youth National Championships, to be held June 11-14, 2020, at Nathan Benderson Park in Sarasota-Bradenton, Florida

Our most important race of the year is NW Youth Championships on the beautiful Vancouver Lake, in Vancouver, Washington. The 2020 US Rowing Northwest Youth Championships will be held on May 15-17, 2020. The line ups will be created based on the individual rower performances in the previous regattas, the progress in the next three months, and the results from the seating races for some boats.

Our team will travel to Victoria, British Columbia again to participate in the very competitive Brentwood College Regatta in Victoria, B. C., Canada on April 24-26. Brentwood International College Regatta (2537 Mt Baker Rd, Mill Bay, BC, Canada) is the largest youth regatta in North America and they’ve been hosting it for 50 years.  There will be over 1,600 athletes and coaches traveling to Brentwood for this event. This is a very popular and prestigious regatta and it's only three weeks before the regionals.  This regatta is a great opportunity for our rowers to compete against very strong Canadian and American teams. We are determined to include all rowers that are interested in participating, but because this regatta racing events are separated by age and based on some other rules, we need to find out very soon who is interested. After that we will work on lineups and decide who is going to represent the team the best. The coaches will select the rowers and will send an invitation for participation in this prestigious regatta based on the seats available in each boat entered to race. All athletes will be eating breakfast, lunch, and dinner at the campus cafeteria. Athletes and parent are responsible for their own travel and lodging arrangements. More details for the regatta here: https://www.regattacentral.com/regatta/?

Our FIRST regatta in April is Covered Bridge Regatta (the biggest race in our area) on April 18-19, on Dexter Lake, in Eugene, OR. We will do our best to provide many races to all rowers, including the newest and youngest. Please note that, athletes and parents are responsible for their own transportation to and from the venue and for making their own lodging arrangements. There will be many clubs participating in this regatta. Hundreds of athletes from Washington, Oregon and California will be in attendance.  

Founded in 1973, the Elk Lake Spring Regatta brings together the Pacific Northwest to race on the beautiful Elk Lake in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Elk Lake boathouse is located at 5100 Patricia Bay Highway, Victoria BC. The Regatta is hosted by the athletes of the University of Victoria.

NO PRACTICE

Hosted by Lake Washington Rowing Club and the University of Washington, the 40th Head of the Lake on Sunday, November 3, starts on Lake Union, continues through the Montlake Cut to Lake Washington and finishes near the UW Conibear Shellhouse.

2:00 AM PDT Ends, Clocks fall back one hour

Sunday, November 3, 2019 4:45 am Trailer Parking begins at UW Lot E18 6:00 am

Mandatory coaches and coxswains meeting at the Hec Edmundson Pavilion

2019 American Lake Fall Classic - Sunday, October 13, 2019

Hosted by the Commencement Bay Rowing Club, American Lake Fall Classic is a 5 km race that takes place on American Lake in Lakewood, WA at Harry Todd Park. There is great viewing of the first kilometer and the last 2.5 km from shore.

Please plan on arriving and staying overnight in the Tacoma/Lakewood area on Saturday, so that your athlete(s) can attend the coxswain/coaches meeting on Sunday morning at 7:15 AM. The meeting will take place upstairs in the Commencement Bay Rowing Club (CBRC) Boathouse at 8928 North Thorne Lane SW, Lakewood, WA 98498.