275 Athletes from across Ontario accompanied by coaches, parents and friends attended the North Bay Canoe Club Regatta at Olmsted Beach on Trout Lake held July 20 and 21.
Ten Canoe Clubs competed on the weekend, including Rideau, Carleton Place, Ottawa River, Petrie Island and Sydenham Lake and North Bay from CanoeKayak Canada’s (CKC) Eastern Ontario Division (EOD) along with Western Ontario Division (WOD) clubs Mississauga, Pickering Rouge, Ak-O-Mak and Sudbury. For athletes under 14, this is the only regatta where EOD and WOD clubs see each other in competition before the Ontario Provincial Championships later this summer at Rideau Canoe Club.
Racing over the weekend was planned to match upcoming events in preparation to qualify for Provincial and National Championships. Older athletes, U16 and up raced on the 2nd day of competition. As a warm-up to the upcoming qualifying regattas for the National Championships, North Bay’s regatta used the same distances that will be raced at Nationals in Regina, Saskatchewan this year.
Events include races in canoe and kayak in singles as well as crew boats of 2 or 4 paddlers. Distances are from 200 metres to 1000 metres. An exciting and uniquely Canadian event is the C15 races, commonly known as War Canoe with crews of 14 paddlers and a cox.
One of the key reasons for choosing North Bay to host this regatta with Province-wide participation is access to a 1000m course, one of only a few available in Ontario.
The North Bay Canoe Club posted some excellent results. Despite fielding a small number of athletes compared to other clubs, North Bay placed 4th out of 10 clubs in the U10-U14 events, and 7th in U16 and up events.
Upcoming regattas are the National Qualifiers at Rideau Canoe Club this weekend, EOD Championships on Aug 10-11, Ontario Provincial Championships Aug 17-18 and CKC National Championships Aug 27-31.
Results from North Bay athletes were as follows:
U10 Boys K2-200m:
- 3rd Place Wes Clouthier & Mason Cobb (Heat 1)
- 4th Place Griffin Seguin (with Weylan Stewart from Carleton Place; Heat 1)
- 3rd Place Caleb Kasch & William Raymer (Heat 2)
U10 Mixed K4-200m
- 1st Place Wes Clouthier, William Raymer, Caleb Kasch, Mason Cobb
U10 Mixed C4-200m
- 2nd Place Wes Clouthier, William Raymer, Caleb Kasch, Mason Cobb
U12 Girls K1-200m
- 3rd Place Sophie Durocher (Heat 1)
- 1st Place Mya Carruthers (Heat 2)
- 2nd Place Ellie McClelland (Heat 2)
- 5th Place Lily Collins (Heat 3)
- 7th Place Avery Corkish (Heat 3)
U12 Boys K1-200m
- 2nd Place Wes Clouthier (Heat 1)
- 6th Place Owen Baas (Heat 1)
- 2nd Place Griffin Seguin (Heat 2)
- 5th Place William Raymer (Heat 2)
- 6th Place Mason Cobb (Heat 3)
- 8th Place Caleb Kasch (Heat 4)
U12 Boys C1-200m
- 8th Place Owen Baas (Heat 1)
- 3rd Place Wes Clouthier (Heat 2)
U12 Girls K2-500m
- 2nd Place Mya Carruthers (with Georgia Vrana-Carleton Place; Heat 1)
- 3rd Place Sophie Durocher & Ellie McClelland (Heat 1)
U12 Girls K2-200m
- 4th Place Lily Collins (with CPCC crew)
- 5th Place Ellie McClelland, Mya Carruthers, Sophie Durocher, Avery Corkish
U12 Boys K2-200m
- 2nd Place Mason Cobb (with Myles Melville CPCC)
U12 Girls C2-200m
- 6th Place Lily Collins, Mya Carruthers (Heat 1)
- 7th Place Ellie McClelland, Sophie Durocher (Heat 1)
- 2nd Place Avery Corkish (with Abbie Haines CPCC; Heat 2)
U12 Boys C2-500m
- 2nd Place Owen Baas (with Shea Kennedy-Petrie Island; Heat 1)
U12 Boys K4-200m
- 2nd Place Owen Baas, Wes Clouthier (with Jack McDonald CPCC, Shea Kennedy PICC)
U12 Girls C4-200m
- 3rd Place Ellie McClelland, Avery Corkish, Sophie Durocher, Mya Carruthers
- 5th Place Lily Collins (with CPCC crew)
U12 Boys C4-200m
- 3rd Place Mason Cobb (with EOD crew)
U14 Girls K1-500m
- 2nd Place Avery Durocher (Heat 1)
- 3rd Place Grace Hong (Heat 2)
- 2nd Place Kiana Jackson (Heat 3)
- 6th Place Julia Rivet (Heat 4)
U14 Boys K1-500m
- 9th Place Josh Girard (Heat 1)
- 7th Place Michael Miller (Heat 2)
- 7th Place Jacob Corkish (Heat 3)
- 8th Place Jack Murray (Heat 4)
U14 Boys C1-500m
- 3rd Place Jack Murray (Heat 3)
U14 Girls C1-500m
- 3rd Place Grace Hong (Heat 2)
U14 Girls K2-500m
- 3rd Place Avery Durocher & Grace Hong (Heat 1)
- 2nd Place Julia Rivet & Kiana Jackson (Heat 2)
U14 Boys K2-200m
- 5th Place Jack Murray, Josh Girard (Heat 2)
- 5th Place Michael Miller, Jacob Corkish (Heat 3)
U14 Girls C2-200m
- 6th Place Grace Hong, Julia Rivet (Heat 1)
- 7th Place Ellie McClelland, Kiana Jackson (Heat 2)
U14 Girls K4-200m
- 6th Place Avery Durocher, Grace Hong, Kiana Jackson, Julia Rivet
U14 Girls C4-200m
- 5th Place Grace Hong, Avery Durocher, Kiana Jackson, Julia Rivet
U14 Boys C4-200m
- 8th Place Jack Murray, Michael Miller, Josh Girard, Jacob Corkish
U14 Mixed C15-200m
- 6th Place NBCC Crew (coxed by Alex Mosher)
U16 Womens K1-1000m
- 5th Place Sydney Doidge
U16 Womens K1-200m
- 6th Place Sydney Doidge
U16 Womens K2-500m
- 4th Place Sydney Doidge, Avery Durocher
U16 Womens K4-1000m
- 4th Place Sydney Doidge, Avery Durocher, Grace Hong, Kiana Jackson
