Come and try indoor rowing
Free. Any age. No experience needed. Each try is 10 minutes. It is not a race.
- When
- Sunday 15 November 2026, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
- How long
- 10 minutes for each try
- Where
- Canada Games Park Field House main entrance, beside Court 1
- Address
- 2021 Canada Games Way, Thorold, ON L2V 4Y6
- Cost
- Free
Your bookings
Cannot come? Cancel on the phone you booked with, so someone else can book. If you cannot, nothing else is needed: 5 minutes into your time, your machine can go to a drop-in.
Book your 10-minute try
Pick a time. Each try is 10 minutes on a rowing machine.
Each 10-minute block has 3 places to book. The fourth machine is kept for drop-ins.
Tap a time to book one place for one person. You get a short code to show the host.
Filled in RCA's form already? It does not book a time, so book one here as well.
Under 18? A parent or guardian books the place and completes RCA's form for you.
We keep only your code, the time you booked, and when you booked it. No name, email or phone number.
Booking does not work in this browser with scripts turned off. Drop-ins are welcome on the day if a machine is free.
Fill in the waiver form once
Press a button below to open the form on the website of Rowing Canada Aviron (RCA), Canada's national rowing organization. You do not need an account.
The form takes about 5 minutes. Have a date of birth and an email address ready. Accept is at the very bottom.
Under 18? A parent or guardian completes the form for you.
From 12:30 p.m., use the form below. If it is full, ask the host for a paper form.
Either form works, so if one is full, use the other.
It is only the waiver: it does not book a time.
Drop-ins are welcome on the day if a machine is free.
Before you start RCA's form
It takes about 5 minutes.
Have your date of birth ready (or your child's), and an email address you can check.
Each person who rows needs their own form. A parent with two children completes it twice.
The form is long on a phone. Keep scrolling: the Accept button is at the very bottom, after the waiver and the consent box.
Accept is the last button on the form. Press it after you read the waiver and tick the consent box.
To read the form in French, use the language switch at the top of RCA's page.
Rowing Canada Aviron runs the form. What you enter goes to RCA, under the privacy terms in the form.
Under 18
Anyone under 18 takes part with a parent or guardian present.
The parent or guardian completes RCA's form for them.
Dropping in
Drop-ins are welcome if a machine is free.
One machine in every block is kept for drop-ins.
A booked machine nobody has claimed 5 minutes into its block can also go to a drop-in.
If you just turn up, you still complete RCA's form before you row, on your own phone at the area.
No phone? Paper forms are there for anyone who cannot register online.
What to wear and bring
- Comfortable clothes you can move in, such as close-fitting shorts or leggings. Anything loose can catch in the chain or the seat rail.
- Clean indoor shoes
- A water bottle
- A parent or guardian, if you are under 18
How it works
Four rowing machines are set up at the main entrance of the Canada Games Park Field House. The RowOn Indoor Hat Trick, Row Ontario's indoor rowing competition, is on in the same building that day.
- A host welcomes you and checks that you are registered before you sit down.
- A certified coach gives you a short safety talk and guides your first two minutes on the machine.
- Tuck in loose clothing and tie back long hair before you row.
- An adapted machine is available. Ask a coach.
- It is a try, not a race. Come-and-try results are not part of the competition.
Come-and-try rowing has finished
Free come-and-try rowing ran at the RowOn Indoor Hat Trick on Sunday 15 November 2026. Thank you to everyone who came.