FOL LOW  US  ON  SO CIAL  ME DIA  for updates   This year at HOTO we gave two lucky winners a "disposable waterproof camera" . . . Then we had the film professionally developed . . . The results are a 90s nostalgia daydream . . . Here are a few of our favorites: Big thanks to our photographers, Veronica ( @trra_youth ) and Carol ( @rit_rowing ) ! Keep an eye out for future Crew Cam Editions from TRRA! Our next "waterproof disposable camera" raffle is for the 40th Anniversary

At the beginning , it was a professor named Dr. Don McKenzie in the Department of Sports Medicine at the University of British Columbia who began to challenge the prevailing medical ideas that breast cancer patients should avoid strenuous activity –even knitting– due to increased risk of Lymphedema. Dr. McKenzie identified dragon boating as the optimal sport to challenge this view because of the strenuous upper-body motion required to propel a boat. In 1996, he recruited twen

Many row, few become coaches.  Cara coxing at Iowa State A coach can make or break a first rowing experience.  For Cara Burns  (the current Three Rivers Youth Coach) her experience at TRRA First Row eight years ago was not only inspiring, it was mesmerizing, as she describes her first time in a boat as a coxswain: “I remember being mesmerized hearing my own voice. I was talking into a speaker, so I could hear it through the boat.” From high school regattas to coxing a Big 10

Three Rivers Rowing Association (TRRA) introduced The Boathouse Blog the week following the 38th Head of the Ohio Regatta. This article lays out the basics of the Blog and contains useful links to keep you in the loop.  To join The Boathouse Blog, click the button , or follow this link . Who:   The Boathouse Blog is for anybody who uses the boathouse or wants to use the boathouse. This includes rowers, paddlers, dragon boaters, volunteers, and visitors. At TRRA, we manage tw

by Aodhán Ridenour Three Rivers Rowing Association hosted the Head of the Ohio Regatta last weekend, and what an excellent HOTO weekend...

Rowing is a foreign sport to some . Most of us don’t grow up rowing like we do playing Tee Ball or community soccer. There are more moving parts, usually, and a four-year-old might find pulling on a sweep oar challenging . . . For these reasons, most youth rowers don’t get in a boat until high school. Or, if they are lucky, middle school.  TRRA Youth brings the sport into schools via erg challenges and meetings with Phys-Ed teachers. We also host a variety of Learn to Row ev