NorthWest International Rowing Association

The Winnipeg is proud to host the NWIRA Championship Regatta on the Red River in the beautiful city of Winnipeg. The two-day competition includes events for men and women in the Junior, Open and Master category. Except for dashes, all events are 2000 meters on a fully buoyed six-lane course. The regatta is open to all US and Canadian rowing clubs. Clubs can register their entries at www.regattacentral.com. All entries are due by July 30, 2010. See attached regatta information packet below for more details. Club Information Form is also attached below.

See attached document below for 2010 regatta calendar. This will be updated as more information becomes available.

Pictures from the 106th NWIRA Championship Regatta are now available for purchase. The official NWIRA photographer, Randy Kirhara has selected the best images from 2 days of shooting. Cropped and edited images can be viewed on this web site:

http://picasaweb.google.com/jak55425

Images have been sorted by event, listing the event number and description/type of event (heat or final). Note that some images may not be sorted correctly.

The pictures are available for purchase in the following standard print sizes:

Print Size in Inches / Price (1-5) / Shipping (1-5)

Listed below are 5 result reports for the 2009 NWIRA Championship Regatta. (1) Aggregate Trophies Standing and Club Points -13 pages; (2) Champions of the Northwest - 6 pages; (3) Coxswains Aggregate Points Contributions Report - 2 pages; (4) Heats and Finals Results - 59 pages; and (5) Individual Rower Points - 43 pages.

NWIRA Member and Guest Clubs' Coaches and Officials:

We believe in playing fair. We believe that ethically-based and safe sport enriches all our sporting experiences, and allows for sporting excellence. In keeping with these principles, we wanted to make sure the 2009 regatta results truly reflected the outcome of the competition conducted on August 21 and 22 at Lake Elmo. Subsequently, Canadian members of the NWIRA Executive Committee, who were not participants in the regatta, have spent the last few days reviewing, analyzing and determining athlete eligibility status and race results.

Please accept our apologies for the delay in posting the 2009 NWIRA Championship Regatta results.

Canadian members of the NWIRA Executive Committee are reviewing and verifying the results. Given the narrow differences between first and second place for the Sir Thomas Lipton Cup aggregate points and the number of scratches, DNFs, and exhibitions in various events, we are taking steps to ensure that NWIRA points are appropriately assigned. We are also addressing eligibility issues of several athletes.

The 2009 NWIRA Championship Regatta Schedule is set. With 452 entries, 112 races have been scheduled over a two day period. 26 out of 51 events have heats in the mornings. 13 rowing clubs are representing in this championship regatta (Regina, Winnipeg, Rochester, Minneapolis, Thunder Bay, Twin City Youth Rowing, St. Paul, Kenora, Milwaukee, Duluth, Quad City, St. Croix) with 418 rowers participating in the regatta.

Friday Start Time is 6:30 AM and Last Event Start Time is 6:06 PM.
Saturday Start Time is 6:30 AM and Last Event Start Time is 5:56 PM.

First of all, sorry for the delay in getting this packet out. The packet is 16 pages long. We had to make sure that we provide essential information to participating clubs. See attachments below.

The 106th NWIRA Championship Regatta is only about 5 weeks away. It will be held at Lake Elmo in the City of Lake Elmo on August 21-22, 2009. This will be the 23rd time that the Minnesota Boat Club has hosted or co-hosted the championship regatta. For some long time rowers, Lake Elmo will be a familiar site as it was the rowing venue for the 73rd NWIRA Championship Regatta in 1976.

Regatta registration and complete regatta information packet will be available on the NWIRA website on July 20, 2009.

After 33 years, the NWIRA Championship Regatta is returning to Lake Elmo. As we did in 1976, the Minnesota Boat Club is hosting the championship regatta on August 21 and 22 (Friday and Saturday), 2009. More information will be posted soon.