Rowing Canada Aviron and Hudson Boat Works are......

Growing Rowing

• Does your club have equipment it is no longer using?
• Would it still be of use to a new or developing club?
• Want to make room in your boathouse for new equipment?

Hudson Boat Works is committed to helping the rowing community have quality equipment for competition and training. As the sport continues to expand there are existing clubs looking to grow and new clubs starting-up, every year. These clubs often need equipment to increase participation at the learn-to-row and novice levels.
Hudson Boat Works and Rowing Canada are interested in Growing Rowing. When a club formally donates an older boat to a new or developing club through Rowing Canada they will receive a discount towards the purchase of a new Hudson boat (same class).

Donation: Contact Jen (Browett) Parfitt at browett@rowingcanada.org
Order: Contact Hudson Boat Works at hbw@hudsonboatworks.com

* 1 for 1 discount rate 1x ($400), 2-/x ($600), 4-/x/+ ($900), 8+ ($1500). New boat order must be placed within six months of the donation date.

Also contact Hudson about purchasing one of Canada's Olympic boats!

Derek Porter Named Finalist for the Thomas Keller Medal


The five finalists for rowing’s top award, the Thomas Keller medal, were recently announced.

They are:

Derek Porter (CAN)
Elisabeta Lipa (ROM)
Jean-Christophe Rolland (FRA)
James Cracknell (GBR)
Katrin Rutschow-Stomporowski (GER)

A Canadian icon, Derek Porter (shown above in 2000) became stroke of his country’s men’s eight just a couple of weeks before the 1992 Olympic Games. The crew won gold. Porter then took to the single winning silver at the next Olympic Games and then finishing fourth in 2000. Porter is recognized world wide for his rowing success and has been honoured in Canada with the Canadian Meritorious Service medal as well as being admitted into the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame.

See www.worldrowing.com for more info on the Keller Medal.

Making the Trek to China for the Olympic Games?

And don't forget the Paralympic Games, also in China, following the Olympics. A web site for Supporters of Canadian Paralympians developed by the Canada Paralympic Committee

DID YOU KNOW?

Canada has qualified five boats for the Olympics so far (men's eight, lightweight men's four, lightweight women's double, women's quad and women's pair).

Other information:

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Contact: comm@rowingcanada.org

Men's coach Mike Spracklen was named BC Coach of the Year and the Men's Eight wins a Sport Award

Mike Spracklen, coach of the World Championship winning men's eight, won the British Columbia Coach of the Year Award earlier this month.
On March 19, the men's eight 2007 crew was named "Partners of the Year" at the Canadian Sport Awards, which were held in Winnipeg, Man. The crew is Kyle Hamilton of Richmond, B.C., Adam Kreek of London, Ont., Dominic Seiterle of Victoria, B.C., Malcolm Howard of Victoria, B.C., Jake Wetzel of Saskatoon, Sask., Andrew Byrnes of Toronto, Ont., Ben Rutledge of Cranbrook, BC, Kevin Light of Sidney, B.C., and (coxswain) Brian Price of Belleville, Ont. The heavyweight men's program trains in Victoria, B.C.

Also of note, Dr. Roger Jackson (Olympic rowing gold medallist - 1964) was awarded the "Leadership in Sport Award"

More info is here.

In Memory of Mooner.....

COMING UP SOON:

•Brentwood Regatta, BC. April 25 to 27, 2008
regatta.brentwood.bc.ca

•Kingston HS Invitational, May 4, Kingston, ON

More regattas and events can be found here.

Row Gold Golf Fund Raising Tournament Dates:

June 10, 2008 - Vancouver, BC. Contact Ian Moss

July 15, 2008 - Emerald Hills, near Toronto. Contact Fiona Sreblowski . More info to come.

Photo info: The photo above was taken by National Team rower Kevin Light at the Elk Lake Spring regatta early in March.

Read about Kevin's photography here .

To submit a photo for consideration please contact Jackie Skender.