www.TopekaRowing.com

25th Annual Great Plains Rowing Championships

May 2-3, 2009

Registration Opens - February 1, 2009

Welcome to Our Home on the Web

The Topeka Rowing Association is located on the west end of Tinman Circle, which is on the east side of Lake Shawnee just off of Croco Road, in Topeka Kansas. Our phone at the boathouse is (785) 266-3939. Our email address is TopekaRowing@ks1stop.com.

The Rowing Season

Topeka Rowing competes in the Midwest Region of United States Rowing along with other crews from Kansas City, St. Louis, Omaha, Denver, Wichita, Tulsa, Oklahoma City, Dallas, Ft. Worth, Austin, Houston, Des Moines, Waterloo, Iowa City, Quad Cities, St. Paul, Minneapolis, Duluth, etc.

The racing season begins in late September at The Head of the Des Moines with most races in the 5000 meter range. We race here the second Saturday on October at The Homecoming Regatta and the very next day in Kansas City at The American Royal Fall Classic. We end racing in early November with The Frostbite Regatta in Wichita. When the winter gets too cold to be on the water, the crews go inside for winter and ergometer training which ends at The Kansas Indoor Rowing Championships.

The spring rowing season finds competition during spring break through the time school is out. National Championships are in the summer. Our summer racing culminates with The Royal Canadian Henley Regatta at St. Catharines, Ontario.

Topeka Rowing hosted the 1998 U.S. Rowing Masters National Championships.

Directions to Boathouse

The boathouse is on the east side of Lake Shawnee. The entrance is on Croco Road between 29th and 37th streets. Turn into Lake Shawnee at East Edge Road. Follow Tinman Circle to the right. The boathouse will be the first building on the right at the west end of Tinman Circle. Enter the boathouse with a smile every time!

Board of Directors for 2008-2009

Don Craig, President

Brian Cross, Vice-President

Hank Miller, Treasurer

Joy Bettencourt, Secretary

Greg Atkinson, Boatmaster

Gary Henault, Masters/Open Representative

Tyler Nickoley, College Representative

Sara Henault, Junior Representative

Linda Hersh, Volunteer Coordinator

TRA Purpose Statement
To foster and teach the values/benefits of Rowing in a safe, friendly and fun environment, so that people of all background, abilities and skill levels can experience rowing at whatever level they aspire.

TRA Vision Statement
A rowing club where Recreational, Special Needs, and Competitive members coexist in harmony; where all members are equal; where a sense of respect and responsibility permeates everything that is done; and where community /business partners are recruited, endorsed, maintained and appreciated.

Topeka Rowing Association	Tinman Circle, Lake Shawnee - Topeka, Ks - ph: 785-266-3939
	email: TopekaRowing@ks1stop.com - web: www.TopekaRowing.com

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