Code of Conduct
Halifax Rowing Club promotes rowing as a lifelong sport for fitness, skill development, competition, fun and friendship.
The Club is a community-based organization and offers opportunities to row to as wide a range of community members as possible.
Rowing is one of Canada’s oldest sports and a long-standing tradition on the Northwest Arm. Those who have participated in it over the years have built its reputation for good sportsmanship. The discipline and teamwork required to excel at rowing promote values that are traditional to the sport and an example for life — excellence, fairness, integrity, mutual respect and individual responsibility.
Rowers and coaches will pursue the sport of rowing while paying regard to their responsibilities to other rowers and the Halifax Rowing Club.
Responsibilities to the Club
Rowers shall:
1. conduct themselves in a manner that ensures respect for the rower and the Halifax Rowing Club
2. show respect to opponents, athletes and coaches
3. use Club equipment as directed, with care and will not knowingly put equipment at risk of being damaged
4. act to keep the boathouse in a clean and tidy condition and to protect the boathouse and its contents from damage and theft
5. recognize the Board as the authority over the Club’s policies, procedures and financial affairs
6. pay all fees in a timely manner
7. when possible, assist the Club in a voluntary capacity, especially with respect to fundraising.
Responsibilities to Others
Rowers shall:
1. conduct themselves in a manner that contributes to a positive, sporting atmosphere
2. when in a crew, work with other crew members to assure the safety of the rowers and equipment
3. recognize the coach as the authority over decisions on crews, practices and safety
4. follow instruction of the coach, coxswain or bow seat rower
5. take appropriate action when a safety hazard is identified.