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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Canada’s adaptive LTA4+ (legs, trunk and arms coxed four) advanced to the finals after finishing second in the repechage at the Paralympic rowing regatta in Beijing, China.
Great Britain won the rep in 3:44.90, with Canada taking the next qualifying spot in 3:48.76 on Tuesday.
Great Britain took the lead early in the race and Canada and [...]

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Coxswain Laura Comeau of St. Catharines will take her crew in the LTA4+ (Legs, trunk and arms coxed four) division at the Paralympic Games in Beijing, Sept. 9-11. Canada’s three adaptive rowing crews recently arrived in China, in the lead up to rowing’s Paralympic debut.
The 25-year-old Comeau, affiliated with the Ridley Graduate Boat Club and [...]

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The Canadian women’s eight, with two local rowers, finished a respectable fourth at the World Rowing Championships on the weekend.
The Canadian U23 women’s eight is Allison Doodeman of Thorold, Natalie Mastracci of St. Catharines, Ainsley Braun (cox) of Victoria, Ashton Brown of Calgary, Stephanie Morrison of Nelson B.C., Erika Shaw of Victoria, Jennifer Tuters [...]

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