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

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

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

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

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

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

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

During Your Snow Shoveling Break: Apply to Biddle Memorial Scholarship

Your rowing kid is home from school and practice because of all the snow. At this point, he or she doesn’t even have any homework left to do. After you return from sledding, why not take this moment to apply for a Bainbridge Island Rotary Club...

February 11, 2019

We’ve Got Spirit—How About You? Spirit Weeks Start Now

Ta dah. The brand new Bainbridge Island Rowing Spiritwear store has officially launched. The store offers a much wider selection of products to meet rowers’ and fans’ requests. Plus, the Official Uniform gear sold in the store is...

February 1, 2019

Your Guide to Spring Rowing

Spring, the biggest and busiest season of the rowing year, is suddenly just around the corner. As a parent, you may be thinking, “Ooooh, one or two long weekends away from home, a couple of regatta kitchen shifts—no big deal.” But that...

January 25, 2019

Dream Big 2018: A Dream Well Caught

On a chilly Saturday evening in November, almost 200 Kitsap County rowers and regional supporters of rowing came together at Bainbridge Island's Wing Point Country Club to enjoy a night of fine food, excellent company and stirring speeches in...

November 28, 2018

BIR Heads to Head of the Snohomish 2018

The Head of the Snohomish 2018, the first juniors regatta of the year, started off with a two-hour delay Sunday morning, October 14, in Everett’s Langus Riverfront Park. The delay was the result of a thick, soupy fog hanging low over the...

October 16, 2018