Stan Pocock – Bainbridge Island Rowing

Stanley Richard Pocock’s Legacy—From UW to BI

Stanley Richard Pocock’s legacy spans some of the most successful decades of rowing at the University of Washington and extends from the UW boathouse across the Sound to the site of the future BIR boathouse on Bainbridge Island. Stan Pocock...

August 15, 2018

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

BIR’s “New” Shell Quinault Carries a Boatload of Rowing History

When the Port Townsend Rat Island Rowing & Sculling Club (RIRSC) Board donated the historic, cedar-built Pocock shell Quinault to Bainbridge Island Rowing in October, the BIR Board knew it was historically significant: The University of...

December 7, 2017

On Giving Tuesday Support Construction of First Rowing Center in Kitsap

Bainbridge Island’s future rowing center, The Stan Pocock Legacy Rowing Center, will be the first of its kind in Kitsap County. The Center will provide much-needed support for rowing programs in the greater West Sound community. But the Rowing...

November 28, 2017

2017 BIR Auction Attendees Dream Big: Slideshow

Last night, November 17, a crowd packed into Wing Point Golf Club for the Bainbridge Island Rowing 2017 dinner and auction and to dream big about the future of rowing on Bainbridge Island. The attendees, who spanned some 70 or 80 years in age...

November 19, 2017

Bainbridge Rowing Center Plan View North

BIR’s Rowing Center Gets a BIG Name and Major Donation

Bainbridge Island’s future rowing center, which will be the first of its kind in Kitsap County and provide much-needed support for rowing programs in the greater West Sound community, has got a name: The Stan Pocock Legacy Rowing Center. The...

November 12, 2017