The Faces Behind Rowing BC
The Faces Behind Rowing BC - JANE GUMLEY In her own words: I started rowing at the Delta Deas Rowing Club, day 1 was exciting! It was a small group so I learnt how to row in a 1x right…
The Faces Behind Rowing BC
The Faces Behind Rowing BC - DAVID MIEGE In his own words: In the mid-1980s I was working at a backcountry skiing operation. One of the clients found out I had plans to go to the University of Victoria. He…
The Faces Behind Rowing BC
The Faces Behind Rowing BC - HOWIE CAMPBELL In his own words: I joined rowing in Edmonton in January. It was about minus forty the first day I joined the team. I spent the first five months of my “rowing”…
The Faces Behind Rowing BC
The Faces Behind Rowing BC - LEANNE SAVAGE In her own words: My first introduction to rowing was in 2006. I was asked by a friend if I wanted to be part of her Corporate Rowing Challenge group. I had…
The Faces Behind Rowing BC
The Faces Behind Rowing BC - KRISTJAN JOUBERT In his own words: I first started rowing for Dawson College in Montreal. They had both an intro to rowing physical class you could take and a rowing team. My first day…
The Faces Behind Rowing BC
The Faces Behind Rowing BC - SHEREE MOFFATT In her own words: In 1995, my daughter came home one day and told me she wanted to take up rowing in Maple Bay. I did not know what she was talking about,…
The Faces Behind Rowing BC
The Faces Behind Rowing BC - RICHARD TULL In his own words: My first contact with rowing was seeing a pair being rowed by two UBC Rowers off for the summer, on Kalamalka Lake just outside Vernon in the early…
The Faces Behind Rowing BC
The Faces Behind Rowing BC - MIKE PEARCE In his own words: The first time I rowed was as a first-year student at UBC on the novice team. I started rowing down at Vancouver Rowing Club in the old barge.…
The Faces Behind Rowing BC
The Faces Behind Rowing BC - DAVID DUNNISON In his own words: Rowing was pretty obscure in this province when I first became aware of it. That didn’t deter my interest and enthusiasm, though. Signing up for rowing was the…
The Faces Behind Rowing BC
The Faces Behind Rowing BC - LESLIE MANDERS In her own words: I have been rowing since 2014. The Learn to Row course I took only had two participants. Therefore, I learned to row in a double right off the…