Weekend Wrap: Two Regattas Highlight Long Weekend
The Canada Day Long Weekend featured some exciting regatta action in two different areas of the province as the Thunder Bay Sprints and Dominion Day Regatta took place.
The Thunder Bay Sprints was run on Saturday, June 29 on the Kaministiquia River and hosted by the Thunder Bay Rowing Club. The regatta saw the host club battle it out against three of their rivals from across the border as the TBRC, Duluth Rowing Club, Long Lake Rowing Crew and Minneapolis Rowing Club comprised all but two of the events 85 entries.
The TBRC had the most entries with a total of 31 and earned the most medals on their home waters with 21. The host club’s rowers finished a productive day on the water with seven gold, 11, silver and three bronze. Next on the medal tally was the Minneapolis Rowing Club with 13 (6 gold, 5 silver, 1 bronze), the Long Lake Rowing Crew with eight (1 gold, 1 silver, 6 bronze) and the Duluth Rowing Club with seven (6 gold, 1 bronze).
Meanwhile in Toronto, the Dominion Day Regatta Association hosted Canada’s oldest and largest combined rowing and paddling regatta on Monday, July 1 on the Allan A. Lamport Regatta Course on Toronto Island. The historic regatta features rowing, along with canoe, kayak and dragon-boat racing. This year’s event featured 161 total entries from seven clubs and saw the competitors race in U17, U19, Senior, and Masters events across a wide variety of boat classes.
The Argonaut Rowing Club sent the most rowers to the starting line with 63 entries and brought home the most medals on the afternoon with 40 (7 gold, 18 silver, 15 bronze). Also racing close to home was the Hanlan Boat Club, who earned the most gold medals with nine, to go along with two silvers and four bronze (15 total). Tied for second on the overall medal tally were the Peterborough Rowing Club (8 gold, 8 silver, 2 bronze) and St. Catharines Rowing Club (8 gold, 5 silver, 5 bronze) who each won 18. RowBuffalo also earned some hardware with 15 medals, as did the Cambridge Rowing Club who brought home one gold.
For full results on the Dominion Day Regatta visit RegattaCentral.
For full results from the Thunder Bay Sprints visit RegattaCentral.
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