Salem Rowing Club

This is Salem Rowing Club 2.0

 

The original Salem Rowing Club was started several decades ago by a bunch of scullers in Salem. They originally stored their boats at a local storage unit, until Western Oregon University agreed to co-fund and co-construct a boathouse in Independence Riverview Park with Salem Rowing Club.

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After many years of hard work, the club was dormant for a while with only the remains of an e-mail list, which we still check upon occasion, just in case. 

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An opportunity came up to get a free 8 on www.Row2K.com, so a team member sent out an e-mail to the e-mail list and tried to rally support. The e-mail said something along the lines of, if we can figure out a way to move this boat, store it, and have people to row it, we can have this boat and start a rowing club. Many people came out of the woodwork to make this happen, and then upon discussions of where to put it, one individual said, well we've got a trailer at the boathouse, why don't we just use that. Of course the person who applied for the free boat had no idea about the boathouse, so it was a wonderful surprise when she was shown the building, complete with boats, oars, and other equipment.

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Luckily we didn't win the free 8, because someone else needed to get rid of a 4, which better meets the team's needs and is our pride enjoy named the "Sparkle Pony"... that's another story you'll have to join to find out...

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We have been rowing together as Salem Rowing Club 2.0 since 2012, and we hope to long into the future.