Winnipeg Rowing Club ( WRC ) is a rowing club on the Red River in downtown Winnipeg , Manitoba .
6-573: 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. 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. WRC has
12-766: A history of participation in non-rowing sports and has sent teams to 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 . After
18-774: The 1999 World Rowing Championships . The Royal Canadian Henley Regatta has welcomed many famous spectators, including Grace Kelly , former Prime Ministers Pierre Elliott Trudeau and Jean Chrétien . The Ontario Heritage Trust erected a plaque honouring the Royal Canadian Henley Regatta at the entrance to the Henley Regatta Course Grandstand on Main Street in St. Catharines, which reads "Competitive rowing became popular in Canada in
24-573: The first championship for the newly formed Canadian Amateur Rowing Association. It changed venues often until 1903, when it was decided to hold it at St. Catharines Port Dalhousie 's Martindale Pond hosted by the St. Catharines Rowing Club permanently. Originally, the race was 1 mile 550 yards long (2112m), the same distance as the Henley Royal Regatta in England at the time. The pond
30-643: The first game of the series, Winnipeg added Eric Werge Hamber from the Toronto Argonauts ice hockey team . This article about a building or structure in Manitoba is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Canadian ice hockey team-related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about a rowing club is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Royal Canadian Henley Regatta The Royal Canadian Henley Regatta started in 1880 as
36-436: Was an ideal location because the level of the water could be controlled. Wooden grandstands were built, and in 1947, women raced for the first time. In 1964, the distance was changed to 2000 metres, the current standard distance for international competition. The facilities were completely redone in 1966, and in 1972, women's races became a permanent, rather than exhibition event. In 1999, the facilities were again upgraded for
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