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::CANADIAN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS::

DateThursday, September 10, 2009

CCA's, as the Canadian National Championships used to be called were last weekend in Sherbrooke, Quebec. Burloak once again proved that we're a pretty good little paddlin' club, by winning the overall burgee! Pictured above is my burloak brother and long time pal Mark Oldershaw, who presented me with the Bert Oldershaw Trophy. Bert was a 3x Olympian, father and grandfather to Olympians, and an unparalleled builder of sport. Suffice to say that if you paddle a skinny boat in western Ontario, you have Bert to thank for that. Bert's trophy is given out to the winner of the Senior Men's 1000m K1, and I've had the pleasure of accepting it from him, his kids, his grandkids, and on one special occasion, Knut Holmann, a total of 9 times in my paddling career, the first time when I was a wee Juvie. Prior to his passing, Bert told me that if I win it 10 times, he'd make me my own version. Me and Scott'll do it, Bert... thanks!

Somehow I managed to get my shprint together, and I won the Sen K1 200m for the first time, triplin' up... we'll see this weekend at the knockout if I can back it up. Burloak won races in every age category, and thanks to our incredible young women, we've shaken off that old "boys only" canoe club thing we had going on for so long, way to go ladies, Keep it up!

The MAZDA KNOCKOUT is this Saturday at Ontario Place, click the link and watch the video from past years! It starts at 9 with finals, and a live CBC broadcast between 2-3:30pm! See you down there!!
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AuthorAdam van Koeverden | Comment1 Comment |

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