NCAA National Woman's Rowing Championship
		The event is co-sponsored by the NCAA and the Oak Ridge Rowing Association. The Oak Ridge Rowing Association (ORRA) is a non-profit organization chartered in 1979. It is an organization of active rowers and rowing enthusiasts whose goal is to promote the sport of rowing in Oak Ridge as well as the entire East Tennessee region. The ORRA uses the Melton Lake Rowing Venue on the East end of Oak Ridge. Tennessee. Regattas began at this location when the University of Tennessee Rowing Club held the 1978 Dogwood Regatta on the site followed that same year with Southern Intercollegiate Rowing Association Championship(SIRA). The Melton Lake Venue has continued to host regattas for the over 30 years and is known as one of the best rowing venues in the United States. The venue has been the site for a number of major championships including the U. S. Nationals, Women's Nationals, Master's Nationals, and the Pan American Trials. Oak Ridge hosted the USRowing Nationals in 1997 and 2000, one of only three sites to host the national championship regatta in the last 15 years. There are only a few venues in the United States that USRowing feels are good enough for a National Championship, and Oak Ridge is one of those sites. The quality of the course, a track record of quality events in Oak Ridge, and a willingness on the part of the community to support such events are prime reasons for staging this prestigious regatta in Oak Ridge. For more information please visit http://www.orra.org/