World Cup III Day 3

Today we raced the B final placing 3rd, which places us 9th overall. It was a pretty decent race. We did better with some personal goals as a crew but we still have speed that needs to be produced. We are now heading back to Canada and will be preparing for World Championships in Korea at the end of August.

Thank you for your support!

World Cup III Day 2

Reps today was a hard race. We went out and executed the race the best we could, but failed to advance to the A final. This is valuable racing that is teaching us how international racing works.

Tomorrow we race the B final at 9:15am Switzerland time. 12:15am in Victoria and 3:15am in Ontario. I hope you dream fast dreams for us!

Go Canada!

World Cup III Day 1

Heats didn't go quite as planned. Ended in the 6th position but did learn from this race, as most races are learning experiences. We have regrouped and are ready to race tomorrow! The repechage is tomorrow at 2:33pm Lucerne time, making it 5:33am in Victoria and 8:33am in Ontario.

You can follow the races at worldrowing.com under the live tracker tab.

Go Canada

World Cup III

We are now in Lucerne Switzerland. We have been here for 3 days preparing for racing. Lucerne is a beautiful city. It is located on lake Lusenersee with gorgeous mountains surrounding the area. It is fantastic! I would recommend for everyone to come and see this city!

Tomorrow we begin racing! World Cup III has begun! I'm so excited! Heats are on Friday, reps on Saturday and finals on Sunday. Our heat tomorrow is at 1:12pm. 2:12am in Victoria and 5:12am in Ontario. You can follow the results on the World Rowing website.

Thanks for your support!

Training Camp Corgeno, Italy

We have spent 8 days in Italy for a team training camp in preparation for World Cup III. As a crew, we were able to overcome some tension and make new limits for our crew. We are stronger together and have found more speed! We are very excited to go race the world! 

       Photo courtesy of: Nick Pratt

      Photo courtesy of: Nick Pratt

Our daily team dinner at a local restaurant. Great Italian pizza and pasta! 

We had an afternoon and day off while here and we spent the time at the beach. They were both hot humid days, so being in the water was very refreshing. It was a great time of relaxing. We did get some looks from the locals as our tan lines are very distinctive! 

Now we travel by bus to Lucerne and begin racing on Friday with the heats. Saturday is the reps and Sunday is the final. I will be sending updates via twitter and Facebook for race times and live video feed! 

Thanks for your support! 

Holland Beker Day 2

We raced the same crews today but with different conditions. A faster tail wind that built towards the finish line. We had a solid race till we reached that water, but we let it get the better of us, putting us in 3rd again. It was disappointing but also a learning race. A successful weekend of racing and great starting point for our quad.

We are now in Italy for a week training camp before we head to Lucerne Switzerland for World Cup III. We have some focused training ahead of us and we are pumped to work hard and get fast!

Our flight to Italy has some great fews of the mountains. Enjoy!