Canadian Indoor Rowing Championships - Feb 7th 2016

Members of the Tillsonburg Rowing Club competed in the Canadian Indoor Rowing Competition (CIRC) on Feb 7 at the Hershey Centre in Mississauga.  The club fielded a record number of 13 competitors with entries in the under 8 yrs of age category, juniors, seniors, masters and club four categories.

It was an impressive day for many of the rowers who achieved their own personal best times for the 2000 metre race.  The distance is a gruelling ordeal that seems to last for an eternity as the meters slowly count down on the monitor, but Tillsonburg showed they had a lot of heart and faired very well against the tough competition from other clubs.

In total, 7 medals were brought home including 1 gold by Brenda McClure; 3 silver by Chad Lofthouse, April Phillips and Angela Newson; and 3 bronze by Sharon Howard, Claire McClure and Frank Tamasi.

Photo #1:  Claire and Brenda McClure with their bronze and gold medals, respectively

Photo #2:  Brenda McClure and April Phillips in their Woman's Masters age 30-39 event

Photo # 3:  Sharon Howard in her Lightweight Masters event.

Photo #4:  Tillsonburg's medal winners.  Back Row:  Chad Lofthouse, Frank Tamasi.  Front Row:  Angela Newson, Sharon Howard, Brenda McClure and April Phillips

Photo #5:  Club Four:  Brenda McClure, Amy Hendriksen, Sharon Howard and April Phillips.  For this 1000 meter event, the average time of the competitors is taken to determine the final ranking.  The Tillsonburg ladies finished second out of eight clubs but didn't manage to catch any of the University rowers.

Photo #6:  Claire McClure rowing her 100 meter race in the Under 8 yrs of age category.