International Competition at Row Ontario - Updated with new material!

The TRRA MW returned late last night from a successful assault on Row Ontario.  Undeterred by  a thunderstorm delay, your team brought home the bling!  More on results below, but first some notable moments from the Great White North:

Megan and Marie educated civilians on the trip north on the nature of the equipment ("Can you settle an argument for me?  Are those canoes?")


Teammate Rachel saw Niagara Falls for the first time and we got to meet the nice family who gave us Christy Fleck.   A team dinner with million dollar views of the falls (thanks Stephanie!) got us in a festive mood.  If you can't row on it, pose in front of it.

Next day it was on to Welland and the International Flatwater Centre.


The beautiful venue offered stunning contemporary design, port-a-johns with granite floors and a shower facility.  We scored some free reusable water bottles, and after some coaxing, persuaded the Row Ontario staff to sell us some merch.  One sour note (or notes) was the choice in music over the loud speakers - country music and Christmas Carols.  But we had to have something to complain about!


Our Lightweight 4+ delivered the goods with a mix of experienced and novice rowers. The make weight efforts of the boat paid off when the boat edged out the competition to score bronze medals.  

It was Gold for our 8+ (with Jeanne "I'm changing my name to Goldenheimer") who simply crushed it.  Inspiring effort!

No pictures were taken of the bronze-winning 4x with Anderson, Bronzenheimer, Mikesic and Romsaas.  Here is exactly how it looked, probably:

Finally it was silver for this 4+ who gave it their all, and we are very proud of them.

The novices are hard at work and determined to score some hardware.  In the words of our coach Megan, this is a team to be reckoned with!

Next stop - Diamonds.