From the crew
Regatta reports, Learn to Row graduations and the occasional moonlight row.
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16 Podium Finishes for Catawba at Biggest Dogwood Masters Ever
Twenty-six Catawba crew members traveled to Oak Ridge, Tennessee, for the 2026 Dogwood Masters Regatta on May 30. Throughout the day, rowers demonstrated versatility by competing in multiple events and persistent rain.
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Welcome Aboard: 15 Finish Spring Learn to Row
Our spring Learn-to-Row session is in the books, and what an inspiring group to work with. Fifteen new rowers stepped onto the dock with us this season!
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Catawba Yacht Club Competes at 2026 NC Rowing Championships
Catawba Yacht Club delivered a strong performance at the 2026 North Carolina Rowing Championships in High Point, NC — gold in the Men's Open 1x and two bronze finishes.
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Dashing Through the Row!
Eight rowers, light-up headgear, a chase boat full of elves and a lot of singing — CYC's holiday moonlight row.
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The Arc of the Season 2025
A few comments from Tom Phillips — and a trophy for CYC after a near-perfect Men's 8+ race at the Hooch.
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Catawba Shines at the Head of the Hooch
38 athletes, 24 entries and a 3rd-place Masters Points Trophy finish in Chattanooga — including a repeat win in the Men's 8+.
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Head of the Hooch 2024
CYC takes 4th place overall in one of the biggest regattas of the year, with nine medals across the weekend.
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SE Regionals 2024
Under a heat dome in Aiken, SC, 24 CYC rowers raced 22 events over two days and brought home 11 medals.
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Head of the South 2023
CYC finished first in Masters points in Augusta — more than triple the points of second place — with gold in four of five races.
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2023 Head of the Hooch
Clear skies and 70-degree afternoons in Chattanooga — CYC finished 4th overall among more than 90 masters clubs, with no composite crews.
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2023 Head of the Charles
Two CYC boats raced in Boston through New England drizzle turned downpour — the 4+ finished 7th, the para double 13th in a field of Olympians.
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2022 Head of the Charles
Starting 18th of 20, the CYC 4+ passed boat after boat to finish 4th — three seconds off the podium at the largest regatta in the world.
Read storyRowing News: Fall 2021
CYC has a small rowing program compared to cities with a longer rowing tradition. But generally, we punch above our weight — and this fall was no exception.
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CYC rowers had a highly successful rowing season!
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CYC takes four medals at the US Rowing Masters National Championship.
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CYC Masters and CYR juniors race in the inaugural Howler head race.
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First Independence Day Singles Regatta
With organized rowing cancelled by COVID, CYC invented its own race — thirteen singles, a 6:30 a.m. start, perfect water, and a rum cake for the grand champion.
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2019 Head of the South Regatta
Four races and five medals in Augusta — gold and silver for our two men's quads in the same race.
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Head of the Hooch 2019
Second in club points out of roughly 90 masters clubs — with gold in both the Men's 8+ and Mixed 8+, despite a fog delay that cancelled races CYC was favored to win.
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2019 Head of the Charles
The men's eight finished 20th of 41 in the Senior Masters 8+ — every crew ahead of them was years younger — earning an automatic entry for next year.
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2019 US Masters Nationals
Thirteen rowers travelled to Grand Rapids and came home with two silvers in the straight four and a bronze in the women's quad.
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2019 Southeast Regional News
Sixteen rowers, 19 events, 13 medals — including gold and silver for CYC's two men's doubles in the same six-boat final.
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2016 Southeast Regional Championship
With many team members rowing in Austria that summer, a small but happy group made the trek to Augusta — and did well.
Read storyDogwood Masters Classic Regatta 2016
Catawba Yacht Club Rowing had a successful set of races at the Dogwood Masters Classic Regatta.
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Holiday Row
The merry elves rowing on the start of the holiday season — a brisk 35°F, but a great tradition.
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25th Anniversary of Catawba Yacht Club Rowing
2015 marks 25 years of CYC Rowing — celebrated, fittingly, with the crew taking dragon boating lessons.
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USRowing Southeast Regional Championships 2015
The Masters team claimed a pile of medals in Georgia — five gold and six silver.
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Dogwood Regatta 2015
The boathouse emptied out for Oak Ridge — the Masters team came home with five medals, two of them gold.
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Catawba Yacht Club Celebrates 75 Years
The Catawba Yacht Club celebrates its 75th anniversary of sailing and rowing.
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Catawba Claims Fastest Time to Cap Successful Rowing Weekend in Augusta
17:57 on the Savannah River — the fastest time of the day across 23 events and 59 boats, capping a weekend with four wins.
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