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Local rowers win at Henley

The Brockville Rowing Club finished the summer season on a high, bringing home a gold medal is the U17 men’s quad, the first gold medal by the club in decades. 

Owen Gill, Hunter Grant, Alex Row and Fraser Blair took top honour’s in St. Catherine’s, the highlight result for the club at this year’s Henley.  “It feels good to have all the hard work and training pay off,” said Row.  “We typically train more than our competition and you could see this in our results,” added Gill. 

The team won the race by over a full-boat length over their toughest competition from Vancouver.  “The pushed us to the very end,” said Grant.  “They were a great team and they made us perform at our very best to win.” 

The training of the club is recognized as more of an exercise in perfection, with long hours and short intense workouts combined.  “I think our coaching gave us the edge,” said Blair, adding that the crew had only one goal in mind when they entered the race… to win. 

Other results from the Henley saw the U23 women’s four of Addie Barr, Mollie McCabe, Hannah de Vos and Christine Allingham finished fifth in Sunday’s final.  

Brockville rowers bring home 9 medals at provincials

The Brockville Rowing Club had a huge showing in Welland at the Ontario Rowing Championships, bringing home nine medals from 16 events, one of the best showings in the club’s history. 

The total of nine medals came from four gold, one silver, and four bronze, with another 3 fourth place finishes.  “We had a very solid weekend,” said coach Chris Marshall.  “It’s been a while since we’ve had this kind of success in a single regatta..”

Gold medal winners were; U17 Men’s Quad, Hunter Grant, Alex Row, Fraser Blair, and Owen Gill.  U17 Men’s Double, Alex Row, Owen Gill.  U23 Women’s Quad, Addie Barr, Mollie McCabe, Hannah de Vos, Christine Allingham.  U23 Women’s Pair, Addie Barr, Christine Allingham. 

Silver medal winner; U23 Men’s Pair, Coleman Bak, Patrick O’Shaughnessy-Hunter.



Bronze medal winners;  U17 Men’s Double, Fraser Blair, Hunter Grant.  U17 Women’s Double, Sidney Marshall, Lauren Miller, U23 Men’s Four, Coleman Bak, Patrick O’Shaughnessy-Hunter, Marti McKend, Chad Harvey.  U17 Coxed Quad, Perseus Taylor, Levi Howley, Orion Taylor, Omar Sandarassi, cox – Laurel McCullough. 

“We had great results that I think were well deserved,” said Marshall, adding that the conditions were extremely tough and the team handled them very well. 

Peters edges out Hogkinson for OVGA City and District title

A pair of Brockville Country Club (BCC) members battled for the City and District title this week.  Emily Peters came roaring back with a second round 76 to edge out fellow BCC member Alex Hodgkinson by two strokes to win on Tuesday afternoon. 

After a first day 86, Peters ended with a 162 total, two better than Hodgkinson’s 164.  Both will be playing in the OVGA national tournament taking place over four days starting this weekend. 

Junior Lacrosse kicks off season

The Brockville Junior Lacrosse League began the regular season last weekend with a pair of league games against Gloucester and Nepean.  Both the Novice and Peewee teams kicked off their season. 

The Novice team had a good showing with a large part of the nine and ten year old players in their very first organized lacrosse game.  They fell to both Gloucester and Nepean.  “I thought this was a great start for the boys”, said head coach Kevin Wallace.  “With only two experienced players, we should improve quickly”. 

The Peewee team got off to a great start to the season, winning both their games versus Gloucester and Nepean.  After handling Gloucester 5-1, they edged out Nepean 4-3 in a tight battle.  With 12 returning players and only four rookies, the Peewee team has great expectations for the season.  “We have a lot of experience in our returning players”, said Wallace. 

The teams play this weekend at Centre 76 in Athens with the Novice game starting at 10a.m, and the Peewees starting at 11a.m. 

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