07/27/2026
Learn to Row at Dayton Boat Club!
Ever wondered what it’s like to glide across the water in a rowing shell? Now’s your chance!
Join us for Learn to Row at Dayton Boat Club on August 14–16 and discover one of the best full-body sports around. Whether you’ve never touched an oar or you’ve only tried the Viking Row during the World Cup, we’ll teach you the fundamentals in a fun, welcoming environment with experienced coaches and club members.
📅 Session Times:
🚣 Friday, August 14: 6:00–8:00 p.m.
🚣 Saturday, August 15: 10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
🚣 Sunday, August 16: 2:00–4:00 p.m.
Come meet an incredible community, learn proper rowing technique, and experience what makes rowing such an addictive and rewarding sport.
Interested? Reach out to us to reserve your spot or learn more—we’d love to have you join the Dayton Boat Club family!
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04/01/2026
We’d like to introduce our new Head Coach, Trish Miles!
A founding coach of the Dayton Boat Club, Trish comes to the role with more than 35 years of rowing and coaching experience at the junior, collegiate and masters levels. In fact, she and husband Mike brought the first competitive rowing to Dayton in 1991 by launching the University of Dayton Rowing Club, elevating it several years later to an NCAA Division I program and laying the groundwork for the first Atlantic 10 Championships in 1996. Trish was the head coach of the UD women’s team from 1991 to 1994 and its novice coach from 2021 to 2025. She coached the DBC masters from 2004 to 2006 and in youth programs for the next 14 years.
A teacher by profession, Trish has taught in several Dayton-area Catholic schools. She also owns a well-known food truck, C’est Cheese. However, she is most at home professionally in her coaching role.
“Coaching rowing has become so valuable for me because I get to see what great things it can do for athletes of all ages,” she said. “I have been so fortunate to see so many people discover something about themselves that they never knew they had.”
Trish has won multiple medals in lightweight events at club and elite championships. In 1999, she was a finalist for the U.S. national team, and she was the national champion in the lightweight single (club) and the lightweight double (elite). She won the gold medal in the masters single division at the Head of the Charles Regatta in 1999.
Welcome back to the DBC masters rowing program, Trish!
02/04/2026
🚣♀️🍺🥨 DBC Fundraiser Night! 🥨🍺🚣♀️
Join us at Fifth Street Brewpub for great food, drinks, and raffles—all for a great cause!
✨ 10% of all sales + 100% of raffle proceeds support Dayton Boat Club Masters.
📅 Thursday, February 5
📍 1600 E 5th St, Dayton
⏰ Doors open at 2pm | Team on-site 5:30–8:30pm
Come hang out, bring friends, and help support our rowing community! 💙
