Winnipeg Rowing Club

Sports club in Manitoba, Canada

This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.
Find sources: "Winnipeg Rowing Club" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (July 2021) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

|

Winnipeg Rowing Club

Motto| Tradition Since 1881
Location| 20 Lyndale Drive, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Coordinates| 49°52′51″N 97°07′52″W﻿ / ﻿49.880951°N 97.131089°W﻿ / 49.880951; -97.131089﻿ (Winnipeg Rowing Club)
Home water| Red River of the North
Founded| 1881 (1881)
Affiliations| Rowing Canada, Manitoba Rowing Association, Northwestern International Rowing Association
Website| www.winnipegrowingclub.ca
Notable members
Bob Richards, Colleen Miller, Theo Dubois, Jeff Powell, Morgan Jarvis, Janine Hanson, Sandra Kirby, Kevin Kowalyk
Winnipeg Rowing Club football teamFounded| 1902

|

Folded| 1914
Based in| Winnipeg, Manitoba
League| Manitoba Rugby Football Union
League titles| 10 league championships

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.

## History[edit]

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

### Honours[edit]

Henley Royal Regatta  Year  | Winning crew

|

1910 | Stewards' Challenge Cup

## Other sports[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Date  | Winning Team  | Score  | Losing Team  | Location

|
|
|
|

December 30, 1903 | Ottawa Senators | 9–1 | Winnipeg Rowing Club | Aberdeen Pavilion, Ottawa
January 1, 1904 | Winnipeg Rowing Club | 6–2 | Ottawa
January 4, 1904 | Ottawa Senators | 2–0 | Winnipeg Rowing Club
Ottawa wins best-of-three series 2 games to 1

##### Roster[edit]

* Brown, Art - goal[1]
* Browne, Percy E. - point
* Richards, S. Crawford - cover point
* William Breen \- forward (captain)
* Joe Hall \- forward
* Billy Bawlf \- forward
* Claude Borland - forward
* Bennest, Clint - forward
* Harry Kirby - forward

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

## References[edit]

1. ^ Coleman (1966), pg. 99–100. (Coleman list Nick Bawlf instead of Billy Bawlf)

## External links[edit]

* Winnipeg Rowing Club website
* Eric Hamber

Authority control databases |

* VIAF

|

This article about a building or structure in Manitoba is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

* v
* t
* e

This Canadian ice hockey team-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

|

* v
* t
* e

This article about a rowing club is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

|

* v
* t
* e

*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template