“Beyond the medals and records, the 2023 National Rowing Championships highlighted the spirit of sportsmanship and unity that defines rowing,” said a Rowing Canada Aviron statement. Team Canada’s Jill Moffatt won the women’s Lightweight Single Sculls final and the accompanying Wendy Wiebe Trophy for Row Ontario while her teammate from back east Stephen Harris took the win on the men’s side, along with the Brian Thorne Trophy. finisher at second place in the Men’s Lightweight Single Sculls while Sai Sai Faubert took third overall in the women’s event. In the lightweight events, Giancarlo DiPompeo was the top B.C. Both Akins and Levis have competed for Canada on the international stage. Rowing BC’s Patrick Levis won the Men’s PR2 Single Sculls event. Taking the Lagoa Rio Trophy as the winner of the Women’s PR1 Single Sculls final was Rowing BC’s Christa Akins, who overcame a rib injury to compete. Their four-second victory earned them the George Hungerford & Roger Jackson Trophy. Rowing BC took top spot in the Men’s Pair as well as national team rower Joel Cullen finished first in the men’s pair event with partner Jack Walker. The wind did cause some delays over the course of the weekend but all events were able to be contested without the need for racing on the spare day for inclement weather. We knew that we wanted to make sure that we had some gas going into the second half and Piper kept us both very calm and then we were able to go when we had planned, so I’m really thrilled for us.” The wind was pretty similar throughout the championships, so we were able to learn and make new plans for each race. “We knew with the wind, that we had to be very technical. “We were together for two weeks coming into this and we were getting faster every day and I think Piper called a great race,” Filmer said. All three women are part of the 2023 Canadian National Rowing Team, along with Rowing BC’s Caileigh Filmer of Victoria, who won this year’s Women’s Pair event with Team Canada teammate Piper Battersby, also of Victoria.įor their win, the duo received the Kathleen Heddle & Marnie McBean Trophy. Rowing BC’s Katie Clark was the top British Columbian, finishing fourth in the Women’s Single Scull. It was Zeeman’s 10th national championship title.Ĭasson’s second-place finish is noteworthy as she’s typically a lightweight rower. The recipient of the Silken Laumann Plate as the Women’s Single Scull final winner was Row Ontario’s Carling Zeeman, who beat out teammate Jennifer Casson for first place. He finished just ahead of his Team Canada teammate Steven Rosts, who was competing for Row Ontario. Rowing BC’s Liam Smit, of Vancouver, was able to retain his title as national champion, once again claiming the Derek Porter Trophy as the winner of the Men’s Single Scull final. It should come as no surprise that Rowing BC athletes were involved in many of the weekend’s standout moments. In the end, rowing powerhouse Rowing BC emerged as the Provincial Grand Champions, while Row Ontario earned the Provincial Efficiency award for their efforts. ![]() It was the second-straight year the event was held at Canadian rowing authority’s North Cowichan-based National Training Centre and champions were crowned in both singles and pairs events within the Senior, Para, Under-23 and Under-19 categories. However, a promised gust of prosperity from the LNG Canada project is now blowing into town, one that gave Highton and business partner Nick Markowsky confidence to start a new venture.More than 250 athletes from 37 different clubs and provincial associations vied for 21 coveted national championship titles this past weekend on Quamichan Lake during the 2023 Rowing Canada Aviron National Rowing Championships. Now in his 30s, Kitimat-born Brandon Highton remembers those grim years. In 2010, the community was devastated when the closure of West Fraser Timber's Eurocan pulp and paper mill caused 500 jobs to disappear. In the decades since Alcan arrived, Kitimat's population has fluctuated with the booms and busts of the natural resources industry. The factory, and the jobs that building and running it required, established the District of Kitimat as a commercial hub. (Benoît Ferradini/Radio Canada)īut that changed in the early 1950s, as company men from aluminum manufacturer Alcan began to arrive in the region, scoping it out to build a factory and then a port that could bring their products from the end of the fjord to the world. Haisla Nation Elder Sammy Robinson has had a front row seat to Kitimat's transformation since he was a boy.
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