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Juniors Masters News Programs

BIR Masters Make Good at 40th Annual Head of the Lake

The 40th annual Head of the Lake Regatta hosted by the the Lake Washington Rowing Club on Sunday, November 2 brought together 83 rowing clubs for juniors, collegiate, and masters competition on the 5K route running from Lake Union, through Portage...

November 4, 2019

Juniors News Programs

BIR Brings Home 15 Medals from American Lake

At Sunday’s (October 13) American Lake Fall Classic 2019, Bainbridge Island Rowing medaled in just about all of the team’s events and came home with an impressive 15 top-three finishes out of 17 races. BIR brought home gold in the...

October 14, 2019

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Juniors Programs

Calling All Alumni: Join the Bainbridge Rowing ReRow

Have you rowed with Bainbridge Rowing? It’s time to come home to row. June 29, BIR is hosting a Junior ReRow event for all alumni. Return to see old friends, fire up older muscles, get back in the boat. To participate, sign up here. Show up...

June 6, 2019

Juniors News Programs

Four BIR Boats Qualify for Nationals at Northwest Youth Championships 2019

U.S. Rowing’s Northwest Youth Championships 2019, which are crew’s end-of-season regional competition, were held this past weekend, May 17-19, at Vancouver Lake in Vancouver, Washington. Bainbridge Rowing emerged from the event with four...

May 21, 2019

Juniors Masters News Programs

BIR Varsity Girls 4+ Compete at Prestigious Windermere Cup 2019

The very exclusive Windermere Cup is an invitation-only regatta that happened this past Saturday, May 4, in Seattle’s Mountlake Cut. The Bainbridge Island Rowing Girls’ Varsity 4+ boat was invited to race for the Colin Sykes Cup. BIR...

May 10, 2019

Juniors News Programs

BIR Finishes 1st and 2nd Overall at 2019 Brentwood Regatta

From the 2019 Brentwood Regatta, this past weekend, April 26-28, at Brentwood College in Mill Bay on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, BIR girls emerged in first place overall out of 22 teams, with 480 regatta points. The Bainbridge boys were...

April 30, 2019

Juniors News Programs

Friendly Scrimmage with Lakeside and SK

Saturday morning, April 20, 2019, Lakeside and South Kitsap rowers arrived in Eagle Harbor for a friendly scrimmage with Bainbridge Rowing. At the same time, BIR novice rowers headed over to Kenmore to meet Lakeside in Lake Washington. For...

April 20, 2019

Juniors News Programs

BIR Reaps Rewards at Rainy Regatta: Covered Bridge 2019 Photo Gallery

This past weekend, April 12-14, the Bainbridge Island Rowing squad traveled in two buses six hours south to Dexter Lake Reservoir near Eugene, Oregon, for the Covered Bridge 2019 Regatta. The weekend was cold and rainy, and due to record rainfall...

April 16, 2019

News Programs

BIR Gets New Ergs Through BIPF Community Grant

An erg is a rowing machine, something that plays a very important role in the lives of rowers. Bainbridge Island Rowing athletes use them all the time for training, especially in the winter when they are off the water, and with so much use the...

March 22, 2019

Juniors News Programs

Salt Watta Regatta 2019: Photo Gallery

Sunday, March 10, was a perfect day—calm and dry and partly sunny—for a regatta. BIR was lucky to have picked it for its Salt Watta Regatta 2019. The regatta was actually a sprint scrimmage pitting guest Olympic Area Rowing against the home crew...

March 12, 2019

Juniors News Programs

Regattas on the Horizon: Your Survival Guide

The spring regatta season is about to begin, with the first event, the Salt Watta Regatta, scheduled for this Sunday, March 10, at home. (An earlier regatta against Holy Names has been postponed.) If you’ve never been to a regatta, you need...

March 4, 2019

Juniors News Programs

Melt the Snow and Help BIR Rowers with Spice Route Takeover

So we’re got a little more snow and cold temperature than we’re used to in mid-February in Western Washington. Our rowers have only been out on the water a few times so far this season because of the ice and cold. Ten days from now you...

February 17, 2019