Pool rescue session

24 April 2025

How do you get back in your boat if it capsizes? Learn how in the safe (and warm!) environment of the Saanich Commonwealth Place pool. There will be both a [...]

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A flurry of activity!

18 April 2025

Lots is happening in the next few weeks. Talks, a pool session, club rows and volunteer opportunities. Lots of excitement! Have a look at the Events page to see the [...]

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OARCA’s programs now available!

23 March 2025

OARCA’s programs for the new rowing year are now available on the Rowing Canada Aviron registration site. For more information on the individual programs, check out the Join Us [...]

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OARCA Speaker Series: Tides and Currents

26 February 2025

Join Marla and John for OARCA’s first Speaker Series presentation. Details are as follows: OARCA’s Speaker Series: Tides and Currents for Coastal RowersDate: Wednesday, March 5, 2025Time: 7pm – 8pm [...]

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Some sad regatta news

24 February 2025

Both Race Around the Rock and the Alert Bay 360 have been cancelled for this year. We hope that they’ll be back next year. In the meantime, there are still [...]

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OARCA’s Story

5 February 2025

The January 2025 Newsletter from Rowing BC highlighted OARCA and its development from a Special Association put together to host the 2018 World Rowing Coastal Championship to its current club status. Many [...]

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Program update

4 February 2025

Cold weather? Not a problem for coastal rowers. You just need to dress for it. If you have some rowing experience and are ready to enjoy rowing in our beautiful [...]

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OARCA Speaker Series

24 December 2024

New for 2025 an OARCA Speaker Series! We have so much talent within OARCA that we thought we’d put some of our rowers to work and come up with talks [...]

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Check out our calendar!

25 November 2024

Have a look at the updated calendar of events available through the OARCA “Events” menu tab. We’ve started entering some standard events and will be including OARCA specific fun [...]

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Stormy Weather

19 November 2024

Well, we tied the boats securely to the rack, but hadn’t really anticipated that the metal rack would collapse and tilt over in the high winds. Lesson learned! We [...]

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