In 2005, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) announced that rowing has been accepted as a new sport on the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games program. Rowing Canada Aviron sent its first National Adaptive Team to the World Championships in 2004. This section is dedicated to updates on the National Adaptive Team, for general info on the growing sport of adaptive rowing, see our adaptive section of Rowing Programs.

For more information, contact National Adaptive Team Coordinator
- Allison Sheard

Updates and Adaptive Team Notices:

• May 2009 : National Adaptive Rowing Team Camp Selection list (pdf)

• April 2009 : National Adaptive Team Update (pdf)

• April 2009 : Updated Appeal Policy ; National Team Selection Policy and Selection Criteria (all pdf files)

• March 2009: RCA's full list of carded athletes (includes NART)

• ERG score submission online form .

• News release: Pride Mobility partners with RCA's Adaptive Team

• Sept. 09 to 11, 2008: Paralympic regatta final day summary . More info on www.worldrowing.com

• June 28 to 29: Canada's adaptive team will be competing at the US Nationals - results here.

• Rowing Canada's Nominations for the 2008 Paralympic Team (pdf)

• Athlete invitee list for the upcoming (June) training camp in London, ON

• Information on FISA friends and family tickets for the Paralympics (pdf order form). Deadline May 31, 2008.

• April training camp, London, Ontario: Invitee List

• NART 2008 LTA Training Camp List

• Web site for Supporters of Canadian Paralympians developed by the Canada Paralympic Committee

• 2008 NART Coaching Announcements

• 2008 NART Training Camp Announcement

• Link to the Paralympic Insider (includes mention of Rowing's Anne-Renée Thibault)

• Carded athete list for 2008

•National Adaptive Rowing Team (NART) – 2008 AAP Nomination List

•NART Advisory Terms of Reference (revised October 2007)

• BEIJING 2008 PARALYMPIC SUMMER GAMES - SCHEDULE ‘A’ PARALYMPIC SELECTION CRITERIA ; BEIJING 2008 PARALYMPIC SUMMER GAMES - SCHEDULE ‘B’ ; SCHEDULE 'C' (Word docs) AND SCHEDULE 'D' (.pdf)

• New information on the NART Erg Monitoring Program - 2007-2008.

• Congratulations to the 2007 Coxed Four (shown here) - bronze medalists at the World Championships in Munich, Germany. All four adaptive crews qualified for the Paralympics next year. See the Worlds' page for full National Team reports . Click here for news from FISA a year out of the 2008 Games.

• National Adaptive Selection Notice and NART Selection Camp Photos

•Check it out: The Paralympic Insider for an article on Canadian Adaptive Rowing.
PDF : http://www.paralympic.ca/english/products/insider/pdf/PI_may07.pdf
Word version:
http://www.paralympic.ca/english/products/insider/word/pi_may07_text.doc

•Athletes and coxswains invited to attend the National Adaptive Team selection camp
(June 11-17) (pdf file)

•April 03, 2007: NART Schedule and Adaptive Erg Guidelines

•Carding Criteria for Adaptive Athletes (pdf)

•Mar. 20, 2007: Official list of Adaptive Carded Athetes

•Mar. 2007 - NART 2007 Athlete Agreement (pdf)

•2007 RCA Selection Document can be downloaded from the "info for athletes" section.

• An update on some of our award-winning adaptive athletes .

• Canada's Courtney Pollock has been named a FISA Classifier (Medical). For more on FISA's adaptive classifications, download its guidelines .

• Final Results - 2006 Worlds in Eton

• 2006 Worlds Adaptive Heats Summary