Rowers get Gold at
US Nationals (Puddy-SCS) and at WOSSA London (Anderson/Fairley-PDCS)
Silver Lake high school rowers had another banner
weekend at Scholastic Nationals in Oak Ridge, TN and at the Western Ontario
Secondary Schools Association (WOSSA) regatta in London.
Robbie Puddy (SCS) traveled to Oak Ridge, TN to
compete in the senior mens single and came home with the gold. He won his
heat and final to reach the top of the podium in ideal conditions. "I was
happy to see the silver medalist from Stotesbury Cup there and to be able to
beat him at nationals" Robbie told his coach upon returning early Sunday
morning.
Keeping Robbie company at the top of the podium was
Hannah Anderson and Samy Fairley from PDCS when they won their heat
and final of the senior womens pair event at WOSSA Saturday.
Their PDCS team-mates, Marcus Snow and Scott
Fairley, also got on the podium after winning their heat then went on to
finals winning bronze in the junior mens double.
This is the third regatta this season where the whole
PDCS team has had a podium finish and the girls team has medalled at every
regatta.
And joining them was Ian Edwards (HT) who was 2nd
in his heat and also won bronze in the senior mens single. Ian has also
medalled at every regatta this season.
Other results of crews in the finals were:
Simcoe Composite:
- senior womens pair (Chaundra Manorome, Kelsea Parker) 3rd in heat, 6th
in final
Holy Trinity:
- junior boys double (John Veltri, Zac Azzopardi) 2nd
in heat, 4th in final
- senior girls quad (Chantelle LeMoine, Jenn Bruley,
Kristina Frazer, Gillian Byron) got 3rd in their heat and 6th in the final.
- senior boys single (Mike Veltri) 2nd in heat, 6th in
final
Valley Heights:
- senior boys pair (Brett Norman, Justine Wood) 2nd in
heat 5th in final
- senior womens four( Faye Varady, Erin
Robinson, Melissa Friesen, Karla Martens, Emily Bouck ) 3rd in heat 6th in
final
- junior 66kg four( Wade Berry, Brandon Norman, Matt
Dedecker, Cody Parker and cox Tyler Hiebert) ) 5th in final
Some of the HT, SCS and the PDCS team will be finishing
their high school season May 30 to June 1st at the Canadian Championships in
St. Catharines.
Attached is a picture of the WOSSA
medalists (clockwise) Ian Edwards, Marcus Snow, Samy Fairley, Hannah Anderson.
A picture of Robbie at nationals was not available at time of release.
The Silver Lake Rowing Club was established in 1999 to
promote the sport of rowing across Norfolk and Haldimand. For information
regarding high school rowing programs the following coaches can be contacted:
Port Dover CS/Simcoe CS Susan Fairley (519-583-0461), Holy Trinity – Lene
Dover (519-429-6934) or Carla Aitken (519-428-7592); Valley Heights – Larry
Wiebe (519-586-7307). To find out more about the Silver Lake Rowing Club,
please call John Brinkman 519-583-9997 (Vice President - Rowing) or visit our
web site at:
www.silverlakerowingclub.com .
