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Voices of RPIA
In Our Community
championship regatta. It was during this time that I fell in love with volunteer coaching and helping athletes develop their technique so they could perform at the highest levels of the sport. As I continued coaching into the summer season, my focus shifted to community outreach. I made it my goal to get athletes who have never seen a rowing shell out on the water rowing in crew boats. Liaising with T.R.A.C.K.S, an Indigenous-led community group based in Peterborough that focuses on programming opportunities in recreation and sport, I was able to lead learn-to-row summer camps on the scenic Otonabee River. Now back in Toronto, I have been able to get involved locally through joining the coaching roster at Upper Canada College and also Toronto Community Rowing, a non-profit boat club created to eliminate financial and class barriers for at-risk youth in the City of Toronto.
Brendan Plymale Associate, Client Engagement
ROWING
In the Fall of 2017, I tried out as a walk-on for the freshman rowing crew at Trent University. It was my third day at a new school in a new city, but from my first 5:00 a.m. practice, I knew that Trent Rowing would shape the rest of my time in university. After a successful fall and spring season competing on the Provincial and National level, I decided to take the skills I learned over the year and give back in the community. I became certified through Rowing Canada’s volunteer coaching program and joined the coaching roster at Thomas A. Stewart Secondary, a local high school in Peterborough, to help their crews prepared for the national
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