Varsity rowing has arrived at Nipissing University. With varsity status, Nipissing’s rowing team now takes its place among the traditional university powers in the sport, provincially and nationally. By achieving varsity status, the club can now represent Nipissing University at the Ontario University Athletics Championships, held in St. Catherines, between October 28th and 30th.
The team, which has been successfully operating as a club team since 2013, applied to the university’s Athletics Advisory Board for varsity status and funding. The Athletics Advisory Board approved the proposal and recommended support for the rowing team from the university’s budget committee, who approved partial funding for the team. Lakers rowing will compete in their inaugural race as a varsity team at the Head of the Rideau regatta on Sunday, October 1, in Ottawa.
