Silver Lake Crews Excel in Difficult Racing Conditions

With two gold and two silver as well as six bronze medals, Silver Lake crews were on the way to a club record medal haul at the Central Ontario Rowing Championships in St. Catharines last weekend when racing was cancelled due to poor weather.

Winning gold in difficult racing conditions were Terry Lovegrove in the Under 23 Men’s single as well as Caleb McCleary and Spencer Fraser in the Under 17 Men’s double. Kristina Frazer and Samy Fairley teamed up in the Under 23 Lightweight women’s double to capture silver as did Charlie Hollander(coxswain), Zac Azzopardi, Scott Fairley, John Veltri and Caleb McCleary in the Under 19 Men’s lightweight coxed four.

According to Coach Sue Fairley, “It was the safe thing to do to cancel racing but it was a shame. We were on our way to a club record and it was exciting for all of our rowers.”

Next week Silver Lake crews will be hoping for better weather in St. Catharines at the St. Catharines Invitational Regatta.

Other medal winners included:

Bronze:

Under 23 Men’s four: Tyler Wilson, Mike Veltri, Scott Fairley, Zac Azzopardi

Under 19 Men’s quad: Travis Belanger, John Veltri, Scott Fairley, Zac Azzopardi

Under 19 Women’s single: Chaundra Manorome

Under 19 Women’s single: Kristina Frazer

Under 19 Men’s double: Travis Belanger, John Veltri

Under 17 Men’s double: Eryk Taylor, Josh Azzopardi

Attached is a picture of the 2009 Silver Lake Rowing Club competitive team –left to right

Back row: Chaundra Manorome, Ross Fairley, Travis Belanger, Eryk Taylor, Josh Azzopardi, Mike Anderson (SLRC Vice President), Spencer Fraser, Zac Azzopardi, Terry Lovegrove, Caleb McCleary and Sue Fairley(coach)

Front row: Samy Fairley, Tyler Wilson, Mike Veltri, Scott Fairley, Charlie Hollander, Kristina Frazer, Robbie Puddy, Gillian Byron and Mike Veltri

The Silver Lake Rowing Club was established in 1999 to promote the sport of rowing across Norfolk and Haldimand. For information regarding high school and club rowing programs, please contact Coach Susan Fairley (519-583-0461). To find out more about the Silver Lake Rowing Club, please call Mike Anderson 519-583-0012 (Vice President – Rowing), Jim Dover 519-426-5677 (Club Captain)  or visit our web site at: www.silverlakerowingclub.com.