Emma Twigg named New Zealand Elite Female Single Scull for 2019 international season
Emma Twigg being interview after winning single scull at the New Zealand trials. (Photo courtesy of NZOlympics.) After the 2016 Rio Olympics, Emma Twigg was finished with competitive rowing. She finished a heart-breaking fourth in the single scull event by less than a second. She had to stand to the side as her competitors mounted […]
Canadian National Rowing Championships a test for country’s elite
Photo Courtesy of Rowing Canada Aviron Facebook page Last weekend, rowers in Canada gathered at Burnaby Rowing Club outside of Vancouver to fight for the title of the best in the country at the National Rowing Championships (NRCs). The annual regatta is ran as a small boat championship; the only events are pairs (two […]
World Rowing Coastal Championships a success in British Columbia
Coastal rowing is the badass, adventure cousin of flat-water Olympic style rowing, where athletes stay in lanes and use very skinny, lightweight boats. In coastal rowing, races are done on the rough water of open ocean, in more sturdy, wider boats and are usually four to six kilometers long. The race course goes out and […]
Filmer and Janssens win gold in Women’s Pair at World Championships
The Canadian women put together two gutsy, gritty performances to take home the sole podium fulfillments from this year’s World Rowing Championships. Caileigh Filmer and Hillary Janssens took a hard-earned gold in the Women’s Pair early in the competition, and the Women’s Eight wrapped up silver on the final day of competition. The regatta ran […]