successful season for varsity rowing team

阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 's new varsity rowing team recently completed a successful competitive season, including impressive accomplishments at three major regattas.

with only six weeks of training, the six-member lakehead - orillia rowing team raced at the brock invitational regatta, held at the st. catharines henley course on october 16, the guelph invitational on october 23, and finally, the ontario university athletics (oua) championships in st. catharines on october 29.

"considering the limited training time, along with the fact that all but one of the rowers were new to the sport, the team did extremely well," says coach ron pidgen. "with each regatta experience the crews were closing in on the field. they were able to shave a full minute off their times between the first race at brock and the second competition in guelph two weeks later."

given the limited number of rowers on the team, the crews were faced with entering the more challenging smaller boat categories, namely the double (two-person sculling shell) and the single scull. "compared to the larger four- and eight-person boats, these shells are the most difficult and unforgiving boats to row," explains pidgen.

阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 partnered with the orillia rowing club (orc) in order to offer rowing as a varsity sport to its 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 . "we couldn't have accomplished this without the club," says liz ross, lakehead - orillia's athletics and recreation facilitator. "ron pidgen, the orc coach, has done an amazing job with our athletes and has been instrumental in helping us get started in such a positive way. we have a keen group of athletes, who are excited about continuing to train and are already starting to help recruit additional rowers for next season," adds ross.

over the winter, the team will continue to train using indoor rowing machines and will compete in a number of indoor rowing events. pidgen says he plans to get an earlier start to on-the-water training next year and with a more experienced team, expects continued success. "i'm looking forward to the lakehead rowers advancing into the finals and challenging the dominant rowing teams in the field."

varsity rowing is one of the first two varsity sports offered at lakehead - orillia. curling is also underway this fall with women's and men's rinks. currently, team members have signed on with leagues at the orillia curling club, with the goal of competing at the oua championships in guelph, taking place in february 2011.

阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 - orillia varsity rowing team members (l to r): lana johnston, kala caley-neal, sandra best, laura miles, chris viel, rob hummel.

lana johnston, member of the lakehead - orillia rowing team demonstrates rowing technique at the university's recent "preview day," held at 500 university avenue on october 30.