The 107th NWIRA Championship Regatta took place this weekend on Rabbit Lake in Kenora, ON. Over 370 entries from 10 rowing clubs from Canada and the US took part in 50 events held over the two days. High winds and rain caused some small boat event cancellations on Saturday.
WRC athletes had strong results, with the club placing second overall in total points behind Minnesota Boat Club of St. Paul who was awarded the prized Lipton Cup. WRC also placed second overall in the Female, Male and Master categories.
The following boats placed first in their events:
Open Women’s 1x – Claudia Blandford
Lwt Women’s 1x – Brandi Smith
Open Men’s 1x – Paul Thiessen
Masters Men’s 1x over 50 – Vic Bartel
Open Women’s 1x Dash – Claudia Blandford
Lwt Women’s 1x Dash – Brandi Smith
Open Women’s 4x – Brandi Smith, Nicole Nakatsu, Kaitlin Rempel, Claudia Blandford
Open Men’s 4x – Curtis Oleschuk, Loch Inglis, Paul Thiessen, Mark Zwaagstra
Masters Men’s 4x – Jeff Reitberger, Tom Pundyk, Vic Bartel, Andrew Lamont
Master’s Men’s 4- – Tracy Kowal, Ryan Desilets, Eric Johnstone, Dave Cooke
Open Men’s 8+ – Tanner Prasek, Kirk Vilks, Pawel Glowacki, Loch Inglis, Mark Zwaagstra, Paul Thiessen, Andrew Lamont, Curtis Oleschuk, cox Nicole Bewski
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