For 25 years, Bainbridge Island Rowing has been shaped not only by the athletes who pull the oars, but also by the families who cheer from the shore, drive early‑morning carpools, and witness firsthand how the sport transforms young people. Some of...
When Chapple reflects on how she found rowing, she starts long before she ever walked into the BIR boathouse. “I went to high school pre Title IX. There were no soccer matches or softball games or swimming meets for girls. There was just P.E...