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August BIR events
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Sizzling August BIR Events

You think August on Bainbridge is sleepy and hot? You’ve only got half of that right. This summer Bainbridge Island Rowing is waking up the Island with these sizzling August BIR events. Saturday, August 4: Greenlake Summer Extravaganza We...

August 1, 2018
new high-flying rowers
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New Learn-to-Row Session Added for August

Back by popular demand! After a very successful summer season, we have added an additional Learn-to-Row session for August. This program is designed for ages 19 and older. We are excited to teach you the basics of rowing with both on-land and on...

July 31, 2018
Top Ten BIR Facts
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Top Ten BIR Facts You Didn’t Know

You know Bainbridge Island Rowing for its great competitive and Learn-to-Row programs, its active role in the community, and its Stan Pocock Legacy Rowing Center, which is in construction at Waterfront Park. But here are the top ten BIR facts you...

July 31, 2018
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The Girls in the Boat: A History Featuring UW and a Pocock

We have heard so much about the working-class U.S. Olympic rowing team from the University of Washington—the “boys in the boat”—that defeated Hitler’s finest in 1936. We know about its important connection to George Pocock who...

July 24, 2018
new high-flying rowers
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New High-Flying Rowers Experience Lowest Tide of the Year

The latest cadre of Bainbridge Island Rowing Learn-to-Row graduates is one of the biggest yet, at 18. They hit the water at Waterfront Park for the July Learn-to-Row intensive, on the 12th, 14th, and 15th. The new high-flying rowers got to...

July 17, 2018
BIR Summer camps
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Boom Chick-a Boom: BIR Summer Camps Hit the Water

Yes, it’s June and time for BIR summer camps. Get up early and look out over Eagle Harbor to see dozens of high school kids sculling across the water, joined by herons and harbor seals. Sing it, everyone: I said a boom chick-a boom I said a...

July 5, 2018
Masters Rowing Regionals 2018
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BIR Rowers Grab 4 Medals at Masters Rowing Regionals 2018

Twenty-six Bainbridge Island Rowing Masters (adult) rowers participated in the Masters Rowing Regionals 2018, known as the USRowing Northwest Masters Championships and held June 22-24 in Vancouver, Washington. Under the most rowing-friendly...

June 28, 2018
seven new rowers and a Canada goose
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Seven New Rowers and a Canada Goose

June 16 seven new rowers and a Canada goose graduated from the Bainbridge Island Rowing Two-Week Learn to Row class. The seven completed seventeen hours of instruction and practice spread out over two weeks of Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. The...

June 22, 2018
end-of-year banquet
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BIR Graduates 13 Seniors at End-of-Year Banquet

June 3rd’s Bainbridge Island Rowing end-of-year banquet was a raucous, well-attended event, focused on lots of eating and, more important, honoring the hard work of the team’s novice and varsity rowers, including 13 graduating seniors...

June 10, 2018
National Learn to Row Day
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25 More Rowers Get in the Boat on National Learn to Row Day

Twenty-five people gave rowing a try for the first time during National Learn to Row Day last Saturday, June 2nd, with Bainbridge Island Rowing. These new rowers joined the ever-growing cadre of people on Bainbridge who have taken a step closer to...

June 7, 2018