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A New Place to Row in Cornwall: The Cornwall

Rowing Club

By Victoria Klassen
n 2016, Kevin Donnelly applied
Ito incorporate a non-profit
rowing club and asked some friends
to help him start the Cornwall
Rowing Club. They formed a board
and tried to get a site on the canal.
City council supported the idea but
because the seaway authority was
divesting these lands, it was not
possible. Instead, Donnelly and the
board asked for a site in Guindon
Park, off of Trillium Drive, and
their request was granted.

That was how the Cornwall
Rowing Club was born.

“We want to provide facilities
for people in the area to enjoy
rowing,” expressed Donnelly, who Natasha Crocker, (stroke of the boat) and Kevin Donnelly Photo Credit Steven Perry
is president of the club. “We offer
love with the sport. He hopes to be regattas. A generous donation of participate in six regattas next year,”
boats and coaching. It is a beautiful
able to give more local people the $3,000 was made from the Rotary shared Donnelly.
sport, it is excellent for fitness
opportunity to row. Club of Cornwall.
and it makes use of our beautiful If you are interested in learning to
In 2019, the new Cornwall Rowing “We would like to expand the row or finding out more about the
waterfront.”
Club had 10 members. They have club, and we are hoping to get more Cornwall Rowing Club, visit their
Donnelly learned to row at
three racing boats and one trainer, sponsorships to we can buy more Facebook Page: Cornwall Rowing
university in Galway and fell in
and they were represented at four training boats. We also hope to Club.

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