RowOn Beach Sprint Cup Series

About the RowOn Beach Sprint Cup Series

The RowOn Beach Sprint Cup Series is a season-long circuit featuring four Coastal Beach Sprint regattas at locations throughout Ontario. The Series gives rowers across the province more ways to engage in one of the sport’s fastest-growing formats.

2026 RowOn Beach Sprint Cup Series
June 20 – RowOn Beach Sprint Cup #1 – St. Catharines (Lakeside Park)
Aug. 22 – RowOn Beach Sprint Cup #2 – Kingston (Grass Creek Park)
Aug. 29 – RowOn Beach Sprint Cup #3 – Ottawa (Petrie Island Beach)
Sept. 19 – RowOn Beach Sprint Cup #4 – Hamilton (Bayfront Park)

The RowOn Beach Sprint Cup Series is open to all licensed rowers. There are no provincial or national restrictions on participation and the Series is open to both new and veteran beach sprint competitors. Opportunities to try out rowing in a non-competitive environment will also be built into each event’s festivities.

RowOn Beach Sprint Cup Series Standings

The RowOn Beach Sprint Cup Series tracks individual athlete performance across the full season, rewarding participation, consistency, and excellence. Athletes in the Under-19 (U19) and Open categories who compete in the Olympic coastal class events (C1x and CMix2x) accumulate points, which are combined into a single individual series total. Points will be tracked throughout the season and series champions will be recognized at the close of the season in four individual categories: U19 women, U19 men, Open women, and Open men. A club champion will also be recognized, awarded to the club whose athletes earn the most cumulative points across the season.

See here for the full details on RowOn Beach Sprint Cup Series Points.

About Coastal Beach Sprint Rowing

Coastal Beach Sprint rowing will make its Olympic debut at the Los Angeles 2028 Games, after the International Olympic Committee added it to the rowing programme in October 2023. Races combine a beach sprint start, a row out around slalom and turn buoys, and a finish back on the sand. This compact, knockout-style format is easy for spectators to follow from the shoreline. Working with partners, the Cup Series provides race equipment at every Cup, so athletes can participate without owning or transporting coastal boats, lowering both the cost and the barriers to reaching the start line.