Don Rowing Club Head Coach Appointed

We have signed a Head Coach contract with Mr. Bernhard Stomporowski. It is effective on April 1st 2009 and lasts for two on-water seasons until October 1st 2010. Read more abour Bernhard here!

Guelph; countryside and showdown

June 28, 2009

4 in the morning. - the alarm bells, the alarm for guelph -. the eyes of the don rowing club racing crews open and excitement fills the brain with adrenalin.

devotional - all over the greater toronto area the blue racing suits of don, appearing out of the treasure corner of the closets. shaking hands. the trailer already arrived at the conservational area at guelph. two coaches - in silence, skilled worker hands, unloading the boats. strecher by strecher filled with the material of work. ... our rowers.

32 boats of don racing in burning sun. 32 hopes and 32 reactions of frustrations and happiness.

the meed of asceticism training earned by our toughest crews. our womens 8, never in your wildest dreams get this feeling, 2000m of burning passion blow the whole competition the mark of don.

like a unruly stallion, way in front of the field - silence in the grand stand, honour by silence.

well organized in a summer day our teams running down the course and out of our 32 crew - 22 first and second places have been the result of our crews.

ed, celena, fred and me proud and, after some races, thoughtful of our girls and boys, high fived in the evening when our lwt. mens 8+ just got beat by a length of the leander heavy 8+.

the first results did all of us glad - the track looks straight, just some set screws have to be fixed, but all coaches are focused to set the team to find the coals to move into unforgeable moments.

mosaics

peter felice and david dvir win their first race in their live, the mens 4x

carter woodward leads the junior b 4x into a future moment

welcome back to matt lausberg, winning the 2x and 4x and his first appearance in the 1x

laundry doublename wins 4 gold and shows tessa and jennifer the possibilities

the coaches and the members of don say thank you to our competing team

bernhard

June Newsletter Published

June 18, 2009

Read the June 2009 issue of the DRC newsletter - edited by James Walker. Contents include:

1. Mississauga Waterfront Festival
2. Texas Hold 'em Poker Night
3. Don Rowing Club Girls in London
4. Canadian Secondary Schools Rowing Association Regatta 2009
5. The Rec Report
6. Changes in the boat and oar use

You can find previous issues here.

Recreational Rowers - Road Trip to West Side Rowing Club - June 14-09

Sunday June 14, 2009

Rec Crew,

If you weren't in Buffalo today, you missed a great time!

A group of seventeen of us crossed the boarder today to row at the West Side Rowing Club in Buffalo, New York. Our gracious hosts arranged for an impromptu regatta between West Side, Chautauqua and the Dons. With our great turnout, we had enough rowers to crew one and 7/8 boats.

For the sake of keeping this email brief, I will only comment on the first race - a Don's boat won!

Our original plan was to venture to the Anchor Bar for some post-row celebratory wings and beer. However our plans were scrubbed when West Side surprised us with a full-blown gourmet feast.

I'm delighted to say that we will be seeing more of WSRC this year as they plan to attend our Tops & Bottoms Regatta. Also, they have agreed to partake in our DRC Recreational Global Challenge.

A heartfelt thank you again to John Cartus, all West Side crew who made the day possible, Chautauqua and of course to all of our Don's Crew.

Any suggestions for our next Road Trip? (Be sure to check out the attached picture.)

Regards,

Scott

PS: Reminder: Tacos & Training this Thursday, June 18th at 7:30PM after our brief 6:00PM row

PSS: July 17th is Poker Night at the Dons. Support our club and come to this fun event!

hi to all

the winner of the certificates 2009 of the drc2 championship

JF B
Isabella Cina

JM B
Carter Woodwart

JF A
Vanessa Beland

JF A lwt
Madeleine Kanuka

JM A
Brandon Woodwart

JM A lwt
Raja Yarra

Women (also overall winner)
Claire Hutchinson

Men (also overall winner)
James Walker

Master (f) 30/39
Amber Oke

Master (m) 30/39
Eric Sugar

Master (m) 30/39 lwt
Tom Lancaster

Master (f) 40/49
Cynthia Drewry

Master (m) 40/49 lwt
John O'Brien

Master (m) 40/49
Gord

Master (f) 50/54
Goca Lebl

Master (m) 50/54
Nick Toulmin

Master (f) 55/59 lwt
Gilda Wainwright

Master (f) 55/59
Cori Simms

Master (m) 55/59
Tibor Kovacs

Master (f) 60/64
Lynda Dundas

Master (m) 60/64
Don Loucks

the will be a presentation of the prizes and certificates date and place will be pronounced

thank you for your participation

Men's Results
Women's Results

bernhard stomporowski
head coach drc

CANADIAN SECONDARY SCHOOLS ROWING ASSOCIATION REGATTA 2009

Thu, 4 Jun 2009

This year’s Schoolboys regatta began on May 29th with the Senior Mens 2X race. Graham Watt and Avin Veerakumar represented their school, Appleby College. Graham and Avin rowed the best that they have so far this year, and had a great last 1000m but finished 4th in their heat. They had a strong finished but were edged out at the line by .5 seconds. They did not advance to the semi-finals but both felt that they had raced well.

Carter and Brandon Woodward also raced in the Senior Mens 2X race representing Hillfield Strathallan College. They came 4th in their heat and missed the semi-finals by the smallest of margins.

The next race of the day was the Senior Womens 2X. Katie Guest and Miruna Iona represented Etobicoke Collegiate. Although they don’t train at the same club and have not rowed that much together they were able to make it through to the semi-finals. Their semi was a tough race with less than perfect rowing conditions. They did not advance to the final but were pleased that they had gotten through to the semi-finals.

Vanessa Beland represented her school, Humberside, in the Senior Womens 1X. This field was very strong. It was Vanessa’s first single race and with such a strong field she was unable to advance. It was quite close and she only missed a spot in the semi-finals by a few seconds.

Saturday’s racing started with the Junior Mens 2X. Kieran Tierney and Tom McMillan represented their school, Mentor College. They are a novice double and this was their second race. They rowed together better than the coaches, Ed and Celena, have ever seen. They passed a boat for the first time in a race, finished 5th in their heat and were happy with their row.

The last race for the juniors from the Don Rowing Club was Alyxandra Crepsac in the Junior Womens 1X. She, like Vanessa, was racing the single for the first time. The weather was not cooperating during this part of the day. The winds and waves were quite incredible. Alyx was a bit nervous but Ed reassured her that she could handle the water conditions. She had a strong last 1000m and was just edged out at the line by 1.5 seconds for 4th place in her heat. She missed the final by that margin and finished 7th overall.

Bernhard, Ed and Celena were all disappointed that Lorne Park Secondary School would not provide the athletes from their school a written letter stating that they were full-time students. Therefore all students from Lorne Park were not permitted by CSSRA to race.

The days were long for Ed and Celena but it was great to see lots of great high school races from Don Rowing Club athletes as well as super fast 8’s from Shawnigan and EL Crossley!