» DDRC Rower Captures Gold and Bronze at CanAmMex Regatta
Ladner's Joe Dart was on top of his game at the CanAmMex junior regatta in Tennessee last month.

The local rower won gold in the men's single and bronze in the men's quad race with teammates Matt Fournier, Aubrey Blackhall and Mike Thornton.

The event included teams from Canada, the United States and Mexico.

The medals were another achievement in an outstanding season for Dart, who trains with the Delta Deas Rowing Club.

Dart, who juggled preparing for his Grade 12 provincial exams while qualifying for the CanAmMex, won the senior men's singles event at the national high school championships in St. Catherines earlier this year.

He was also honoured with the Kiwanis Delta Memorial Sports Award in June.

The local service club teamed up with Delta Spirit of B.C. to annually present the award to the municipality's top up-and-coming athletes who endure high costs to compete at the elite level.
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Friday, August 20th, 2010

» Delta Deas Rowers Win Games Gold
Months of intense training paid off for Delta Deas Rowing Club junior members Kendra Pedersen and Alyssa Hermann as they struck gold in the doubles skill competition at the B.C. Summer Games in Langley.

The pair drew gasps from the crowd by performing their 'glide' skill for 30 seconds, adding loads of bonus points to their score by rotating their oars between vertical and horizontal positions over 20 times as they glided. Other skills included a figure eight, emergency stops, a wide sweep turn and "docking" to a buoy.

Pedersen and Hermann won gold with the highest overall score by a considerable margin, with great thanks to their dedicated coach, Teri Gambrel.

Other Delta Deas Rowing Club juniors reached the podium over the weekend as well. Jake Elward and Mackenzie Baxfield won bronze in the mixed quad 1000 metre time trials, and two silvers -- one in the 500m sprint event, and one in 'rowdeo' skills. Elward also went on to win a gold medal in the the men's double skills.

The DDRC Junior Program still has space left in its learn-to-row summer program. For information, please email ltr@deltadeas.com.
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Saturday, August 7th, 2010

» Lake Stevens Results
The official regatta results are in!
Download NW_Sculling_regatta_results.pdf
Tuesday, May 4th, 2010