Rowing

Host club for this annual regatta is the Sarasota County Rowing Club. Click here to view the Event Bulletin Experience the excitement of sprint racing on one of the best rowing venues in the country! The annual Sarasota Invitational Regatta (SIR), held in February, features three days of youth and masters rowing at Nathan Benderson Park - the site of the 2018 Masters World Rowing and the 2017 World Rowing Championships. In it's inaugural year, SIR had a little over 300 boat entries and 600 competitors. Just ten years later, there were almost 800 boat entries and over 1,500 individual competitors and the numbers are growing! SCRC is proud to host the Sarasota Invitational Regatta and greatly appreciates the more than 200 volunteers, numerous sponsors and over 1500 participants who help make this event possible.

Presented by WinTech and King Racing, the finest Championship Mens and womens schools, NCAA Division I Women and Florida rowing schools come together in a spectacular 2K Sprint event.