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A CBC eight rowing on dark water, seen from above

All girls · Grades 7 to 12 · Norwalk, CT

The only all-girls rowing club in the Northeast region.

13 USRowing national championships since 2010, and most of our athletes arrive having never rowed before.

Photo: Simon Mendez

Next up

Winter training starts Monday, November 30. Registration opens in late October.

13

USRowing national championships since 2010

70+

college programs our alumnae have rowed at

7 to 12

grades we welcome, no experience needed

2010

our first season on the Norwalk River

CBC athletes laughing and clapping together on the grass at a regatta
Photo: Katharine Calderwood

Are you ready to meet your new best friends?

Girls in grades 7 to 12 can come try rowing, no experience needed. You do not need to know anyone here. Our athletes come from across Fairfield County and from Westchester.

Programs

Two ways to row with us.

Two CBC Development Team rowers smiling at practice
Photo: Simon Mendez

New to rowing

Development Team

Learn to row, build technique and strength. No experience needed.

A CBC quad racing on a buoyed course, blades together
Photo: Simon Mendez

Ready to race

Racing Team

Train and race at regattas all season. Joining mid-season is by evaluation with Coach Liz.

Alumnae

From the Norwalk River to 70+ college programs.

Many of them first got in a boat here.

CBC alumnae at Boston College
CBC alumnae at Dartmouth College
CBC alumnae at the University of Virginia
CBC alumnae at Princeton University
CBC alumnae at Harvard University
CBC alumnae at Cornell University
CBC alumnae at Stanford University
CBC alumnae at Duke University
CBC alumnae at Georgetown University
CBC alumnae at Columbia University
CBC alumnae at UC Berkeley
CBC alumnae at Yale University
CBC alumnae at Brown University
CBC alumnae at the University of Michigan
CBC alumnae at the University of Pennsylvania
CBC alumnae at the University of Texas

In their words

Why they love CBC.

“I love CBC because it feels how a team should feel, everyone is best friends.”

Tanaya Dixit
Fairfield Warde High School, Class of 2026

“The coaches here are state of the art, they actually teach you!”

Noelle Basta
Academy of Information Technology & Engineering, Class of 2028

“CBC is not just a rowing club; it’s a community.”

Katie Estabrook
Ridgefield High School, Class of 2026
A CBC eight smiling on the water before a race at Mercer
Photo: Katharine Calderwood

Come try rowing.

She’s welcome to come try a practice. Email info@ctboatclub.org and we’ll set up her first day.