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The Montreal Regatta Organizing Committee (MROC) is pleased to announce that the ERA High School regatta will be held on May 12th 2012 at the Olympic Basin, Notre-Dame Island, Montreal, followed by the ERA Championships on July 7th and 8th, 2012.

These two regattas, organized annually by the Eastern Rowing Association (ERA) and its Organizing Committee, are major events in the world of rowing in Canada. Each race allows different categories of rowers to compete:

• May 12th, 2012: The ERA High School regatta gathers group of students under 19 from twenty schools in Quebec and Ontario. Nearly 200 rowers are found in the basin; most of them race their first competitive regatta. You can click here to access directly to the regatta page for more information.
• July 7th and 8th, 2012: The ERA Championships is a major regatta in Canada. The competition is open to juniors, seniors and masters and drew 500 participants from different clubs in Quebec, Ontario and the Maritimes but also from United States. Because of the magnitude of the event, ERA decided in 2010 to organize the championships over two days. You can clickhere to access directly to the regatta page for more information.

In total, the ERA regattas gather nearly 1,000 participants and from 1,500 to 2,000 people around the Olympic Basin. Year after year, competitors and spectators return, thus renewing their confidence in the Organizing Committee.