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Welcome to Elizabeth City Rowing Club and Bugsy Beach

Our spring Bugsy Beach Sprints will be held May 17 on our new, professionally installed lane lines!

Coaches, please see the registration link for event order and approximate race times (subject to change based on entries). Entries and registration are due Sunday May 11th 11:59pm.

Participants, be sure you have completed the required ECRC Waiver Form.

Visitors, check out our Bugsy Beach Regatta Guide for all the details on our venue, what to bring and what to expect.  

Adult Summer Rowing

Adult Summer Sessions to be held Friday through Sunday for 8 weeks, beginning in June. Sessions will be Fridays, Saturdays, & Sundays from 7:00-9:00. These sessions will be limited to experienced rowers after the first week with focus on sculling due to weather considerations. Cost is $175.

Fill out the interest form here to be contacted with more details. 

Private Lessons

Private Lessons are 90 minute one-to-one lessons with either our Coach or one of our Varsity rowers qualified to teach. Cost is $150. These can be scheduled any Friday or Saturday 7:00-8:30 AM or if another time works better for you we will do our best to accommodate.

Follow this link to learn more and schedule

Youth Rowing Team

ECRC Youth (12-18 year olds) Rowing Team begins June 11 and will meet Tuesdays and Thursdays 7:00-8:30 AM from June 11 through July 30, then 6:30-8:00 AM from August 1 through August 29th. Cost is $175.

Our youth team will be continuing to train in single, double, and quad sculling boats as well as 4’s and 8’s. For returning rowers this is the time to work on your goals to row in a different seat or challenge yourself with faster splits, distance per stroke, technique and so much more. This is also the season the we recruit new rowers so its an ideal time for novices!

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“propulsion of a boat by means of oars. As a sport, it involves watercraft known as shells (usually propelled by eight oars) and sculls (two or four oars), which are raced mainly on inland rivers and lakes.”