The Faces Behind Rowing BC - GORDON SUND In his own words: After arriving in Victoria from Winnipeg and Montreal in 1976, I spent time on the water with recreational fishing and sailing. The late 1990s had me occasionally volunteering…
The Faces Behind Rowing BC - DEBRA NEUFELD In her own words: My very first-time trying rowing was on the Rhine River in Germany when I was 15 years old. They put me in the stroke seat because the coxswain…
The Faces Behind Rowing BC - JANICE MASON In her own words: I was first introduced to rowing through Ina DeLure in the mid-1970s. It was the summer after grade 10 and she was coaching my summer swim club. She…
The Faces Behind Rowing BC - MARTIN GEORGE In his own words: I discovered rowing shortly after moving to Canada in 2005, having spent all my life playing in and on the ocean in Australia. At that time our club in Vernon…
The Faces Behind Rowing BC - JENNIFER PARFITT In her own words: I started rowing in grade 10 and was petrified at how close the water was to me! The coach used to be a coxswain and thought it would be a…
The Faces Behind Rowing BC - TISH HILL In her own words: Combining rowing and travel have turned out to be a lifelong passion for me and this is where the wonderful combination began … I started rowing as a…
The Faces Behind Rowing BC - LINDA ARNOLD In her own words: My involvement in the sport of rowing began more than 40 years ago when I married Dr. Don Arnold, Canada’s first ever Olympic Gold medalist and stroke of…
Faces of Rowing BC - KRIS DAVIS In his own words: I started rowing in high school in Nanaimo. A few of my friends wanted to do a learn to row and I went along with them. The rest is…
The Faces Behind Rowing BC - STEVE VAN KNOTSENBERG In his own words: I started rowing in grade 9. My first class of high school was physical education. The physical education teacher also happened to be a rowing coach. I…
The Faces Behind Rowing BC - MEGHAN MONTGOMERY In her own words: I started rowing in Winnipeg in my second year of university. In less than I year, I was selected for the 2001 Team Manitoba rowing team. In 2006,…