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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 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.
Dave Robertson Named National Team Apprentice Coach
CanoeKayak Canada has announced the appointment of Dave Robertson as National Team Apprentice Coach effective February 1, 2010.
CanoeKayak Canada was chosen by the Coaching Association of Canada and Own the Podium to pilot this project will see Dave take part in a number of educational, training and competition experiences over a three year period as part of his coaching development.
Dave will remain in Regina and active as Head Coach with Wascana Racing Canoe club, but will split his time with Canoe Kayak Canada. Wascana sees this as a great opportunity for all partners in the project including Dave and the club athletes.
For more information and to see the official announcement visit:
CanoeKayak Canada
Byers & Hanson Part of Olympic Celebration!
Kia Byers and Zara Hanson both had an opportunity to feel a strong connection to the 2010 Vancouver Olympics as the torch relay made its journey across Saskatchewan.
Zara carried the flame as part of the community celebration on Day 72 in Moosomin. Kia had her turn with the torch on Day 73 in Moose Jaw. Both athletes were part of the procession at the community celebration in Regina when the community cauldron was lit.
Kia and Zara were thrilled to be part of this unique event that brings Canadians together to celebrate. Thanks Kia and Zara for helping ignite the spirit of the Olympics!
Team Sask Named as a Finalist for Award!
Congratulations to the 2009 Canada Summer Games Canoe/Kayak Team for being selected as a finalist for Team of the Year for the 2009 Sask Sport Awards. Wascana athletes on the team were Jacques de Jager, Simon Fense, Lliam Folk, Megan Gibson, Zara Hanson, Ashley Holowatuk, Christopher Laplante, Iain McLeod, Chelsey Mitchell, Riley Schnell and Gina Soparlo. The team was coached by Stephanie Robertson, Andre Gronowicz and Julie Davidsen.
Other canoe/kayak athletes selected as finalists are Saskatoon Racing Canoe Club athletes Trista Neilly and Shylo Wollf, as well as Wascana parent Fiona Vincent.
Other Wascana athletes who were nominated by Canoe Kayak Saskatchewan were Megan Gibson and Lliam Folk. Zoe Hanson was nominated by Racquetball Saskatchewan based on her participation in canoe/kayak and racquetball.
We would encourage all athletes and supporters to attend the 2009 Sask Sport Awards Dinner. It will be held March 25th at the Connexus Art Centre.
For more information about this event please visit the Sask Sport Awards website at:
More Accomplishments from our Athletes!
Congratulations to Wascana athlete Zoe Hanson who represented Canada at the Junior World Racquetball Championships in Santa Domingo in December. Zoe and her doubles partner Michele Morissette from Quebec came away from the championships with a bronze medal in the 14 & under girls doubles event. Zoe also placed 9th in singles events.
Wascana Hosts 3 Major Events in 2010!
Wascana Racing Canoe Club will be hosting 3 major competiive events in 2010.
Wascana is home to the annual Canada Day Regatta which will run Friday July 2nd to Sunday July 4th. Events will be held in all age categories including Masters.
The Prairie Divisional Regatta will be held on July 31st & August 1st. This event is the qualifying event for those athletes wishing to represent their club at the 2010 Canadian Sprint Canoe/Kayak Championships. There will aso be non-qualifying events for age categories outside of those raced at the Canadian Championships.
For more information about either of these regattas please contact us at the following email address or contact us at (306) 780-9258.
Program Information & Club Administration
Wascana is also pleased to be hosing the 2010 Canadian Sprint Canoe/Kayak Championships from August 25th to 28th and CanMas (Canadian Masters) on August 29th. Over 1200 atheltes are expected in Regina for a great week of exciting competition.
For more information about the this event visit us at:
2010 Canadian Sprint CanoeKayak Championships Official Website
Congrats Wascana Athletes!
Congratulations to Wascana athletes Megan Gibson and Daniella Zemlak who both had outstanding seasons with their high school volleyball teams.
Megan who plays with Winston Knoll, was a member of the team that won the 5A Regina High School Athletic Association City Championship title and went on to win the 5A Provincial Senior Girls provincial championships.
Daniella, a member of the Regina Christian School, was named as an 4A Senior Girls Allstar by the Regina High School Athletic Association. Daniella’s team placed second overall in the regular season.
Plans Falling Into Place
The plans for the 2010 Canadian Sprint CanoeKayak Championships are falling into place. The official event website is up and running and can be reached at the following link. There are a couple of problems getting the new logo switched in but those should be fixed in the next few days.
2010 Canadian Sprint CanoeKayak Championships Official Website
The host hotel for the event is the Travelodge Hotel & Conference Centre Regina Look for complete hotel information, including rates, on the nationals website.
We have also put pages on Facebook for the championships and CanMas. Click on the following links to get to the page. Make sure you join the page to get updates when new information is added. If you use Twitter, we’ve linked our pages so you can get your updates that way.
2010 Canadian Sprint CanoeKayak Championships on Facebook
2010 CanMas Championships on Facebook
Wascana Racing Canoe Club is pleased to be once again hosting the event and is looking forward to making it even better than it was in 2006!
WRCC Athletes Named to National Teams
Congratulations to the following athletes who were named to CanoeKayak Canada’s national teams! We wish them the best this winter with their training in preparation for a great 2010 competitive season.
Kia Byers
Tiera McLeod
Megan Gibson
Simon Fense
Christopher Laplante
Congrats to Wascana Athletes
Congratulations to all 35 athletes who represented Wascana at the Canadian Sprint Canoe/Kayak Championships and the 4 athletes who competed at CanMas. In the Canadian Championships, the club placed 10th overall, improving on it’s overall placement from last year by 2 placements.
Medals were won in the following events:
Master Women B K-1 500m: Laua Soparlo (Bronze)
Senior Women K-1 200m: Kia Byers (Gold)
Senior Women C-15 500m: Dave Robertson (Captain)/ Kia Byers/Kaitlyn Fry/Megan Gibson/Zara Hanson/Zoe Hanson/Ashley Holowatuk/Alexis Laplante/Alyssa Kohl/Ashley Kohl/Chelsey Mitchell/Stephanie Robertson/Amy Soparlo/Gina Soparlo/Daniella Zemlak (Bronze)
Junior Men C-1 1000m: Lliam Folk (Silver)
Juvenile Women K-1 200m: Megan Gibson (Silver)
Juvenile Women K-1 500m: Megan Gibson (Bronze)
Juvenile Women K-2 200m: Megan Gibson/Daniella Zemlak (Silver)
Juvenile Men C-2 1000m: Iain McLeod/Riley Schnell (Bronze)
Midget Women K-4 1000m: Julia Folk, Zoe Hanson, Amy Soparlo, Zoe Hanson, Daniella Zemlak (Gold).
Midget Men K-1 6000m: Simon Fense (Silver)
Just finishing outside of the medals at 4th place were:
Ashley Holowatuk (Juvenile Women C-1 500m and 1000m)
Zara Hanson/Chelsey Mitchell (Junior Women K-2 1000m)
Kaitlyn Fry/Zara Hanson/Alyssa Kohl/Chelsey Mitchell (Junior Women K-4 500m)
Kia Byers/Zara Hanson/Alyssa Kohl/Gina Soparlo (Open Women C-4)
The results from CanMas are still only available in a draft format, but it looks like Wascana athletes did very well. To see the results please visit the following link: