Since 2014, City Island Rowing (CIR) has been a place where committed, passionate athletes set big goals and then do whatever it takes to reach them. Our athletes train hard year-round to be competition-ready both physically and mentally, regionally and nationally. Blistered hands and aching legs earn kind sympathy but no other special consideration among athletes here.

We train with a rare, thoughtfully balanced mix of skill-building, strategy, and heart at CIR, but also with expensive equipment. A lot of equipment, in fact. That’s why we hold our Annual Ergathon every spring. The Ergathon is CIR’s only annual fundraiser, so we go all in and hope you will, too. On Sunday March 2nd our Varsity athletes Erg for 90 minutes, our JV and Novices for 60. It’s grueling, but also great fun—think adrenaline, loud cheering and lots of high-fives, for starters!

All of the funds we raise go to our capital equipment fund, to ensure our athletes have the best equipment available to support them in their mission to be nationally ranked athletes. We have recently committed to updating our fleet of racing shells to the exceptional Hudson USP line of carbon fiber racing shells, and our athletes immediately noticed the difference in speed, balance and build quality.

To help you understand the passion our athletes have for this sport, and our club, please enjoy this video by 20/21 Captain, Sydney Tuck

YOU can help by sponsoring one of our athletes. Each CIR team member sets a personal fundraising goal and appeals to family and friends for donations. Athletes who raise at least $1000 earn the right to have their name featured prominently in one of our gorgeous new racing shells... the top 8 fundraisers will have their names right on the seats! (Talk about incentive!) Can you help them raise the funds we need? We hope the answer is YES! To support an individual athlete, just click on THE TEAM and search by name.

2025 C.I.R. Ergathon

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2025 C.I.R. Ergathon

Annual capital equipment fundraiser

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