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Wascana Racing Canoe Club Welcomes You

Welcome to the Wascana Racing Canoe Club website. We are a sprint racing canoe/kayak club located on Wascana Lake in Regina. As a club we are successful at a number of different levels including producing national and international level athletes and providing youth and adults with fun paddling opportunities.

You can find current news here on our home page, including upcoming events, activites and highlights of the success of our athletes and volunteers.

If you are looking for program information please click on the program tab and you will find a listing of all our programs, as well as downloadable brochures and registration forms.

The information tab will provide you with some background information about our club, including our history, our club accomplishments and our coaching staff.

We hope to have the calendar and photo gallery in operation soon.

If you have any questions at all about our club and our programs please contact us at 780-9258. We would love to help you out.

Posted: 2 days ago

Nationals & CanMas a Success!

Congratulations to the volunteers and athletes at Wascana Racing Canoe Club for hosting another successful national championships.

As for our athletes – great job!

Wascana tied for 6th place overall for the 2010 Canadian Sprint CanoeKayak Championship burgee with Rideau. Here’s a summary of the 18 medals won by Wascana athletes.

Gold

  • Kia Byers: Senior Women’s K-1 200m
  • Mike Vincent: Master Men’s K-1 1000m
  • Kia Byers/Tiera McLeod: Senior Women’s K-2 500m
  • Christine Selinger/Chris Pearson: Mixed K-2 500m
  • Megan Gibson/Daniella Zemlak: Juvenile Women’s K-2 200m

    Silver

  • Kia Byers: Senior Women’s K-1 500m
  • Chris Laplante: Juvenile Men’s C-1 200m
  • Christine Selinger: Women’s LTA K-1 500m
  • Kia Byers/Tiera McLeod: Senior Women’s K-2 500m
  • Kia Byers/Megan Gibson/Tiera McLeod/Stephanie Robertson: Senior Women K-4 500m
  • Bev Anderson/Kia Byers/Julia Folk/Kaitlyn Fry/Megan Gibson/Zara Hanson/Zoe Hanson/Ashley Holowatuk/Alyssa Kohl/Tiera McLeod/Chelsey Mitchell/Stephanie Robertson/Amy Soparlo/Gina Soparlo/Dave Robertson: Senior Women’s C-15
  • Heidi Atter/Laura Atter/Ariana Bourgeois/Zoey Borugeois/Juia Folk/Zoe Hanson/Brianna Hartness/Alexa LaPlante/Alexis Laplante/Maeve McKinnon/Calla Reis/Amy Soparlo/Lexy Vincent/Daneilla Zemlak/Tiera McLeod: Midget Women’s C-15

    Bronze

  • Simon Fense: Juvenile Men’s K-1 1000m
  • Fiona Vincent: Master Women’s K-1 500m
  • Megan Gibson: Juvenile Women’s K-1 200m
  • Daniella Zemlak: Midget Women’s K-1 200m
  • Simon Fense/Cooper Reis: Juvenile Men’s K-2 1000m
  • Kaitlyn Fry/Alyssa Kohl/Chelsey Mitchell/Stephanie Roberton: Junior Women’s K-4 500m

    Wascana athletes just missed the podium on several races. Although we know these athletes would have preferred medals, their strong finishes were a great boost for the burgee points

    4th Place Finishes

  • Matt Balon/Christopher Laplante: Juvenile Men’s C-2 500m
  • Ashley Holowatuk/Gina Soparlo: Open Women C-2 200m
  • Simon Fense: Juvenile Men’s K-1 500m
  • Zara Hanson/Ashley Holowatuk/Alyssa Kohl/Gina Soparlo:Junior Women’s C-4 500m
  • Julia Folk/Megan Gibson/Zoe Hanson/Daniella Zemlak: Juvenile Women’s K-4 500m
  • Matt Balon/Christopher Laplante: Juvenile Men’s C-2 200m
  • Kia Byers/Ashley Holowatuk/Tiera McLeod/Stephanie Robertson: Open Women C-2 200m
  • Ashley Holowatuk: Junior Women’s C-2 1000m

    5th Place

  • Jacques de Jager/Lliam Folk/Riley Schnell/Jory Stricker: Junior Men’s C-4 1000m
  • Jacques de Jager/Lliam Folk: Junior Men’s C-2 500m
  • Ashley Holowatuk/Gina Soparlo: Open Women C-2 500m
  • Jacques de Jager/Lliam Folk: Junior Men’s C-2 200m
  • Cooper Reis: Juvenile Men’s K-1 200m
  • Julia Folk/Zoe Hanson/Amy Soparlo/Daniella Zemlak: Midget Women’s K-4 1000m

    Results are not yet available from CanMas but we will post those as soon as we get them

    Posted: 2 days ago

2010 National Championships Begin!

We’ve been waiting for Canada to race on our lake and it’s all set to begin. Over 1100 athletes from across Canada are here and the action will start on Wednesday morning at 8:00 am.

The 2010 Canadian Sprint CanoeKayak Championships are a free event to the public. Parking is available at the Conexus Art Centre. Bring your binoculars and you lawn chair and enjoy the day. Programs are available at the Information Booth.

You can find out more info by:

See us in the Adrenaline Regina Sports Magazine

We’re on the cover of the Adrenaline Regina Sport Magazine! See the August issue for a great article featuring Wascana Racing Canoe Club, it’s athletes and the national championships!

Adrenaline Regina Sports Magazine

Posted: 12 days ago

Selinger Wins 2 Medals

Congratulations to Wascana athlete Christine Selinger who won two medals at the ICF World Sprint Championships in Poland in the para canoe events. Christine won gold in the open women K-1 event and silver in the K-1 TA event.

Congratulations Christine. Your Wascana family is so proud of you and your accomplishments!

Posted: 13 days ago

Great Weekend at Divisionals

Congratulations to Wascana athletes for winning the Overall Championships title at the 2010 Prairie Divisional Regatta held July 31 and August 1 in Regina.

With the Canadian Championships being held in Regina this year, Wascana athletes were especially motivated to qualify for races. Most athletes have full race cards and will be training extra hard over the next few weeks to prepare.

Thanks so much to all the volunteers who worked to put this event on, including those who helped from other clubs across the Division. Thanks also to the coaches for their continued commitment to our athletes.

2010 Prairie Division Complete Results

2010 Canada Day Results for Regina Leader Post

Posted: 30 days ago

WRCC Athletes Named to Teams

Congratulations to Kia Byers, Simon Fense, Christine Selinger and Chris Pearson who have all been named to national teams who will be representing Canada at major international competitions this year.

Kia was selected to the team that will race at the Senior World Championships in Poland from August 18th to 21st. Kia has shown her strength to be in the 200m distance at both the 2009 World Championships and throughout competition so far in 2010. Kia was also named to the senior team that will race at the Pan Am Canoe Championships in Mexico City in October.

Chris Pearson and Christine Selinger were also selected to the national team and will be racing in the paracanoe events at the World Championships.

For the announcement about the World Championship Team visit the CKC website:

CKC Announcement – World Championship Team

To follow the World Championships, including results, click on the following link

2010 World Championships

Simon Fense was named to junior national team that will represent Canada at the Pan Am Canoe Championships in Mexico City in October.

For the announcement regarding the Pam Am Championships please click on the following link:

Pan Am Canoe Championships Team Named

Posted: 30 days ago

A Great Cause

John Duncan and Ken Gamble are participating in the Duncan Shield Canoe Race on July 30th in Loon Lake Ontario. Their goal is to raise funds for improving the Camp Duncan infrastructure.

Ken and John participated in Wascana’s masters winter training program for the past couple of years and in particular benefitted from the pool paddling sessions.

For more information about what John and Ken are trying to accomplish please visit the site that John has set up in order to share the word and to accept pledges.

Duncan Shield Canoe Race

Posted: 43 days ago

Western Championships - Calgary

Yeehaw! The Stampede is still going strong in Calgary, but so are Wascana athletes as they are in the midst of racing at the Western Championships in Calgary on July 17 & 18.

Ashley Goertzen and Zara Hanson are coaching a team of 22 athletes who are competing this weekend. The forecast looks great so we hope everyone has a good weekend of races.

Thanks in advance to the coaches, Team Manager Peter McKinnon, Boat Drivers Chris & Teresa Laplante and all the other parents who are there to support the team.

Check back for official results at the end of the weekend.

Posted: 47 days ago

Wascana at Team Trials

Wascana athletes, coached by Dave Robertson, are set for the 2nd set of National Team Trials in Montreal on July 17 & 18.

Kia Byers, Tiera McLeod, Megan Gibson, Simon Fense, Christopher Laplante, Ashley Holowatuk, Cooper Reis, Chelsey Mitchell, Alyssa Kohl and Gina Soparlo are hoping for great races and great times.

Best wishes to all athletes this weekend.

For results please click on the following link:

National Team Trials 2 Results

Posted: 47 days ago

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