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ABOUT
GHRC
Greater
Houston Rowing Club (GHRC) promotes and provides competitive and
recreational
rowing for all ages in the community, fostering sportsmanship,
teamwork,
fitness and camaraderie.
Founded
in 1988 by 5 rowers, the organization continues to grow. The
volunteer-based
group offers clinics and instruction for beginning rowers, competitive
opportunities for its members, and access to GHRC boats and equipment.
Throughout
the year we sponsor members at regional and national races. Locally, we
host a
“Learn to Row” USRowing national event in the
community
where anyone curious
about the sport can come and give it a try. In addition, we participate
in Keep
Sugar Land Beautiful events by organizing creek clean-ups on Oyster
Creek.
We’ve
hosted workshops on boat rigging and led a charity mini-regatta
benefiting a
local shelter for families in crisis. Participating in
corporate
and
community health and fitness fairs and providing in-service instruction
for the
Fort Bend ISD physical education department, we encourage a healthy
lifestyle
for all ages.
Since
its
creation,
the GHRC has been based in a compound of shipping containers near the
Sugar
Land Cancer Center at the intersections of 59 and Oyster Creek. In
2006 the GHRC
began the process to build a new boathouse upstream from the current
location
along Creekbend Drive. The boathouse is a result of collaboration
between
Planned Community Developers, First Colony Community Association and
the
Greater Houston Rowing Club. The 4,800 square foot building will house
GHRC
programs and equipment as well as First Colony Community Association
sponsored
water recreation programs. (more about us)
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- WE'VE MOVED
up the creek about 1.5 km to the new
Oyster Creek Boathouse. Our new address is 15910
Creekbend Drive. Find us!
- There's a new sheriff in town. The newly
elected Club Commodore is David O'Hara. Congratulations and thanks,
David! Along with David, many thanks to the current Board of Directors:
Paula Galloway (VP), Jose Rodriguez (Sec.), David Anthony (Treas.), and
Marty Pedowicz (Athletic Dir.).
- Oyster
Creek -- where the water is so flat, getting caught in a duck's wake is
considered a rough outing!
gallery
- Safety tip:
Keep on your side of the
Creek--starboard blades should always be closest to the shore.
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2010
- Feb 2:
Erg Rodeo, Texas
Crew
- March
6-7: Heart
of
Texas, Austin Rowing Club [2009, 2007
results]
- March
27-38: Lake
Woodlands Dragon's Breath Regatta, The Rowing
Club of The Woodlands [2009, 2007
results]
- April
17: Tulsa Route
66 Regatta, Chesapeake
Rowing Club
- April
24-25 : Texas
Rowing Championships,
Austin Rowing Club
- May 1: White
Rock Sprint Championships, White
Rock Boathouse in Dallas
- TBD: GHRC Learn to Row Day

- No
Race Date:
BLAST, Dallas
Rowing Club [2007 results]
- No
Race date: Space
City
Sprints, Bay
Area Rowing Club [2007 results]
- TBD: CPR,
Portland, Oregon
- August
12-14:
Masters
Nationals, Camden, NJ
- TBD:
Slay
the Dragon, The Rowing Club of The Woodlands
- October
23-24: Head
of
the Charles, Boston, MA
- TBD:
Pumpkinhead
of the Colorado, Austin Rowing
Club [2006 results]
- NO
Race date:
Bayou
Head to Tail, Bay
Area Rowing Club
- November
6-7: Head
of
the
Hooch, Chattanooga, TN
- TBD:
Marathon
Rowing
Championships, Cane
River Lake, Natchitoches, LA [2006 results]

| Saturday |
7:30am |
| Sunday |
8:00am |
| Thursday |
time shifts
seasonally, currently 4:30pm
(as late as 6:00pm in the summer) |
Coffee & Bagels
after
Saturday and Sunday Rows.
Happy hour following Thursday rows.

Dues are $60.00 per quarter or $220 per year if paid in full for the
year by January.
Dues for full-time students are $30 per quarter (no additional discount
for annual payment applies).
Personal
shell storage is $30 per quarter or $110 per year if paid in full for the year by
January.
Dues and storage fees are
non-refundable.
Make checks payable
to GHRC and send to the attention of the club treaurer.
Drop in the black mailbox inside the boathouse OR drop in the mail.
ATTN: Treasurer
Greater Houston Rowing Club
P.O. Box 834
Sugar Land, TX 77487-0834
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| Useful
Links: |
USRowing
Row2K
Regatta Central
Current GHRC member Roster
(password protected) |
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