An exciting time of year for the Manitoba Rowing Association athletes and their training and travel! Six of the MRA athletes will be heading to Victoria for the Rowing Canada Training Camps in February, while ten other senior level athletes are off to Austin Texas for another exciting ten days of rowing! Patrick Thiessen will
The first of three Manitoba Rowing Association Training Camps in Austin, Texas occurred January 2 – 13, 2014. Six athletes travelled to Austin with MRA Head Coach, Brent Figg, for an intense eleven days of training. Athletes on average rowed two to three times a day, while dry-land training kept them busy while they weren’t
The Tony Zasada Memorial Fund Award applications are now being accepted. The application deadline is November 15, 2013. All eligibility requirements, further details and the application can be downloaded from the below PDF, or by contacting Andrea at the Manitoba Rowing Association office via email at rowing@sportmanitoba.ca. The Manitoba Rowing Association encourages all eligible athletes
Notice of MRA Special Meeting & AGM November 16, 2013 Notice is hereby given to the members of Manitoba Rowing Association of a Special Meeting and the Annual General Meeting of the Association which will take place on Saturday, November 16, 2013 at 1:00 PM at the Winnipeg Winter Club, Tennis Gallery, located at 200
The Manitoba Rowing Association wants to say a huge congratulations to Paul Thiessen for making the Men’s Double! Well done Paul! Rowing Canada Aviron is pleased to announce that the following athletes and coaches will represent Canada at the 2013 World Rowing U23 Championships from Wednesday, July 24, 2013 to Sunday, July 28, 2013
Read all about Megan Linton's upcoming adventure to the University of Oklahoma! Linton has earned a full scholarship to join the 2013 Big 12 Champions and will be reporting to her crew in July. All the best, Megan, you will be sorely missed. Go Sooners! St. Mary's student rowing southward
On June 16, five MRA athletes participated in the Manitoba Marathon relay event. The team ran an excellent race with a time of 3:11:39.8, finishing 14th overall and 3/394 in the mix-open category. The relay team "Prairie Fire" consisted of Megan Linton, Riley McCharles, Madeline Pickerl, Patrick Thiessen, and Connor Vogt. Well done!
Manitoba Rowing Association provincial athletes were hard at work in cottage country over the weekend of May 25 and 26 in support of the quest to this year’s Canada Summer Games as well as for athletes who are following Rowing Canada’s Long Term Development model. The previous weekend Lise at Saffies was gathering local cottagers
Training goals for the 2013-2014 season have been posted and is available at: http://rowingmanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/MRA_Training.pdf The Canada Summer Games 2013 selection protocol has been posted and is available at: http://rowingmanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/MRA_Selection.pdf Note: Athletes interested in trying out for CSG are required to submit a letter of intent to the Executive Director by Friday, May 24th. CSG selection will
"On April 22, 2013, Rowing Canada Aviron’s Spring Trials events kicked off at Burnaby Lake, BC in conjunction with the host Burnaby Lake Rowing Club. Approximately 120 athletes at the senior, junior and under-23 levels competed in the trials. The results are used as one of the performance measurements for selection to National Teams. Manitoba’s
