Winnipeg Rowing Club (WRC) is a rowing club on the Red River in

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. WRC provides adult and youth competitive rowing programs, and regularly sends crews to events like the

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, 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 John Norquay (May 8, 1841 – July 5, 1889) was the fifth premier of Manitoba from 1878 to 1887. He was born near St. Andrews in what was then the Red River Colony, making him the first Premier of Manitoba to have been born in the region. ...

as Club Patron, Thomas Renwick as president, and George Galt as Club Captain.

Honours

Other sports

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

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Hockey

From 1902 to 1906, the Winnipeg Rowing Club had an

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team in the

. They were league champions in 1903 and 1904 and challenged the

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for the

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. Players on the team that challenged for the Stanley Cup include William Breen and

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1904 Stanley Cup Challenge

=Roster

= * Brown, Art - goalColeman (1966), pg. 99–100. (Coleman list Nick Bawlf instead of Billy Bawlf) * Browne, Percy E. - point * Richards, S. Crawford - cover point * William Breen - forward (captain) *

- 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

External links

Winnipeg Rowing Club website
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Eric Hamber Eric Werge Hamber (1879–1960) was a Canadian businessman and the 15th Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia. Early life Born on April 21, 1879, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, as a youth he was an excellent athlete who shone in his school rowing, ...

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