Don Rowing Club Newsletter - February 2009

  1. New Head Coach Appointed
  2. Programs and Boathouse Manager Position - Closed
  3. Police Rowing Club, Cairo
  4. Canadian Indoor Rowing Championships - Results


New Head Coach Appointed
James Walker
Vice-president, membership and communications

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.

Programs and Boathouse Manager Position - Closed
James Walker

Thanks to everyone who expressed an interest in the Programs and Boathouse Manager Positions. The posting is now closed and we are reviewing the applications.

Police Rowing Club, Cairo
Joyce Curry

Many DRCers had the opportunity this this past summer to meet two Egyptian visitors to the club namely Moustafa and his father/coach, Hamza Tolba. Moustafa visited the DRC in order to train for the Henley where he made an admirable showing, placing 3rd in men's singles.

When Hamza learned that my husband and I were going to Egypt before Christmas he insisted that we pay him a visit which we did. We were treated to an insider's tour of the city and a traditional Egyptian feast at the Police Rowing Club on the Nile in central Cairo. The section of the Nile is not overly wide from the view of the club but the natives of Cairo certainly make good use of their great river. The rowing clubs are situated in the centre of the city where the banks of the Nile are flanked by tall office buildings, international hotels, luxury condos and tree lined walking and bike paths. We were able to watch fishing families who Hamza said live on their small boats along with a rather ambitious water skier who must have been dizzy from the constant circling that he was obliged to do. The highpoint was to see the rowers go by; a young woman in a single and a quad with a crew of seniors who apparently have been a fixture on the Nile for many years.

Hamza is committee chair of the Head of the Nile Regatta which will be held next December. He has extended an invitation for entries from the DRC and will give us priority for acceptance to compete at that regatta. I cannot recommend a visit to Egypt highly enough and encourage rowers to consider his offer.

Thank you again Hamza for your generous hospitality. I hope that you will spend time at the club again this summer.

Canadian Indoor Rowing Championships - Results
Celena Boyle Crepsac

Vanessa Beland
Junior A

7:47.9
12th out of 44

Lucas Anastacio
Senior B Lightweight Men

7:54.0
29th out of 30

Dima Britov
Junior A

7:11.7
28th out of 42

Josh Metcalfe
Senior Lightweight Men

6:42.2
5th out of 14

Alyxandra Crepsac
Junior B

8:26.7
14th out of 32

Tom Lancaster
Senior Lightweight Men

6:44
6th out of 14

Katie Guest
Junior A

8:23.2
31st out of 44

Benjamin Fong
Senior Lightweight Men

7:09.3
11th out of 14

Christian Lausberg
Junior A

7:10.4
26th out of 42

Gurpreet Dhillon
Senior Lightweight Men

7:10.5
12th out of 14

Lydia Lychacz
Junior B

8:06
5th out of 32

Arian Ansari
Senior Lightweight Men

7:24.7
14th out of 14

Brianna Murphy
Coxswain

4:21.1
4th out of 10

Adam Malek
Senior B Men

6:40.1
22nd out of 42

Daniel Nakon
Junior A

7:06.5
23rd out of 42

Farhan Lodhi
Senior B Men

7:15.0
37th out of 42

David Page
Junior A Lightweight

7:37.6
44th out of 49

Emilio Leuzzi
Senior B Men

7:15.6
38th out of 42

Graham Watt
Junior A Lightweight

7:37.6
44th out of 49

Sebastian Koever
Senior B Men

7:16.3
40th out of 42

Nick Toulmin
Veteran Men Open 50-54

7:02.7
9th out of 11

Vincent Wahba
Senior B Men

7:33.4
41st out of 42

Michelle Bradbury
Senior B Lightweight Women

7:40.1
5th out of 26

David Dvir
Senior Men

6:30.7
7th out of 16

Tessa Mandrapilias
Senior B Lightweight Women

8:03.9
13th out of 26

Edelsonne Baluyut
Senior Men

7:17.0
13th out of 16

Denise Juckers
Senior B Lightweight Women

8:05.0
14th out of 26

Cristy Nurse
Senior Women

7:05
5th out of 31

Nadine Nesbitt
Senior B Lightweight Women

8:16.8
16th out of 26

Nora Griffiths
Senior Women

7:07.6
8th out of 31

Laura Sanhueza
Senior Lightweight Women

7:45.6
3rd out of 6

Claire Hutchinson
Senior Women

7:18.4
19th out of 31

Stephanie Dadd
Senior B Women

7:36.7
11th out of 31

Monica Ficek
Senior Women

7:45.0
23rd out of 31

Megan Tucker
Senior B Women

7:53
18th out of 31

Marisa Mohammed
Senior Women

8:12.4
27th out of 31

Kevin Liu
Senior B Lightweight Men

7:39.8
27th out of 30

Sharyl Spring
Senior Women

8:13.9
28th out of 31
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