Winnipeg_Rowing_Club

Winnipeg Rowing Club

Winnipeg Rowing Club

Sports club in Manitoba, Canada

Winnipeg Rowing Club (WRC) is a rowing club on the Red River in downtown Winnipeg, Manitoba.

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WRC provides adult and youth competitive rowing programs, and regularly sends crews to events like the Royal Canadian Henley Regatta, Western Canada Summer Games and Canada Games. WRC also offers recreational and independent rowing.

History

The Winnipeg Rowing Club was founded in 1881 by cousins John Galt II and George Galt. The club was incorporated on 2 February 1883, with Premier John Norquay as Club Patron, Thomas Renwick as president, and George Galt as Club Captain.

Honours

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Other sports

WRC has a history of participation in non-rowing sports and has sent teams to

Hockey

From 1902 to 1906, the Winnipeg Rowing Club had an ice hockey team in the Manitoba Hockey Association. They were league champions in 1903 and 1904 and challenged the Ottawa Silver Seven for the Stanley Cup in 1904. Players on the team that challenged for the Stanley Cup include William Breen and Hockey Hall of Famer Joe Hall.

1904 Stanley Cup Challenge

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Roster
  • Brown, Art - goal[1]
  • Browne, Percy E. - point
  • Richards, S. Crawford - cover point
  • William Breen - forward (captain)
  • Joe Hall - forward
  • Billy Bawlf - forward
  • Claude Borland - forward
  • Bennest, Clint - forward
  • Harry Kirby - forward

After the first game of the series, Winnipeg added Eric Werge Hamber from the Toronto Argonauts ice hockey team.

References

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    Coleman (1966), pg. 99–100. (Coleman list Nick Bawlf instead of Billy Bawlf)


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