Western Reserve Rowing Association
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Cuyahoga River
The Cuyahoga River is located in Northeast Ohio in the United States. Outside of Ohio, the river is most famous for being "the river that caught fire", helping to spur the environmental movement in the late 1960s...
in Cleveland
Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state. The city is located in northeastern Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie, approximately west of the Pennsylvania border...
, Ohio
Ohio
Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...
, USA.
WRRA organizes all sweep and sculling for adults in Northeast Ohio. It offers athletes the opportunity to train and race in regattas all over North America through its Competitive Team, and fosters camaraderie, fitness and technique with its Recreational Program. It organizes Summer Rowing League, Learn to Row and the Sculling Program. WRRA currently serves over 500 adult rowers.
WRRA partners with the Cleveland Rowing Foundation to organize the Head of the Cuyahoga every fall.