A strong tailwind was again blowing down the course at Malta Lake in Poznan, Poland – causing havoc for some of the smaller boats at the 2009 World Rowing Championships. The final race of the day, however, proved to have a silver lining for Canada with the men’s eight taking a medal.
Germany won in 5:24.13, [...]

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Canada jumped through a couple more hurdles today at the 2009 World Rowing Championships in Poznan, Poland to advance two more crews in Olympic boat-class events.
The lightweight men’s four got the job done in today’s repechage, coming second – Switzerland took the rep in 6:02.59 and Canada secured the next qualifying spot (top two advance [...]

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McMaster rowing alumnae Rebecca Gregory (Brampton) will represent Canada at the World Rowing Under 23 Championship in the lightweight women’s fours in Racice, Czech Republic, from July 23 to 26.
The World Rowing Under 23 Championships are a showcase of up-and-coming athletes who are above a junior level age, but are still in need of further [...]

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McMaster rowing alumni, Doug Csima (Oakville, ON) will represent Canada in the Senior Men’s Eights crew at the World Cup in Lucerne, Switzerland July 10-12, 2009.
The Lucerne World Cup is the third in the series – Canada competed in World Cup 1 in Banyoles, Spain, May 29-31, 2009, bringing home four medals. Canada did [...]

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Canada finished sixth overall in 3:45.66 (over 1,000 metres) in the mixed four event of the Paralympic rowing regatta on Thursday (Sept.11). Italy (03:33.13), the U.S. (03:37.61) and Great Britain (03:38.37) picked up medals in this event.
The Canadian crew includes Meghan Montgomery of Winnipeg, Victoria Nolan of Toronto, Scott Rand of Calgary, Tony Theriault of [...]

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