SCS, PDCS and HT all have rowers medal at the Canadian high school championships!

 

For the first time in the 10 years since the Silver Lake Rowing club was formed all 3 schools attending the Canadian Secondary Schools Rowing Association (CSSRA) championship regatta had a crew reach the medal podium!

 

Rowing for Simcoe Composite School  Terry Lovegrove and Robbie Puddy rowed to a second place finish  in the senior mens double repeating their silver medal performance of last years CSSRA and are our first double medalists at this regatta. They also teamed up to row the pair event

 

Rowing for Port Dover Composite School Hannah Anderson and Samy Fairley made their under 63kg pair  event final as well as the heavy pair event  final.

In the heavy race they place 5th in their final.

In the 63kg pair event they placed third to earn the bronze medal and Port Dover's' first medal ever at the Canadian Championships.

 

Rowing for Holy Trinity Ian Edwards also advanced to his finals in the senior mens single where he also placed third to earn his first medal at this event.

 

PDCS/SCS Assistant coach Tyler Wilson commented "it is so appropriate to see  the three crews that were medalists from Stotesbury Cup repeat that exact

performance at Canadians"

 

Also making finals was another crew coached by Lene Dover of  John Veltri and Zac Azzopardi from HT in the junior mens double where they placed 5th.

 

The high school rowing season is now complete and PDCS/SCS and club coach Sue Fairley noted: "as much as they all deserve some rest and will have a few days, they will now prepare for the upcoming club season with the first set of evaluation and try-outs this coming weekend." Club rowing brings all the athletes from the local schools to row together and form the best teams we can for the summer season which begins with their first race in Guelph June 28.