British Columbia 2019 Annual Report INTRODUCTION

The 2019 Rowing BC Annual Report celebrates the accomplishments of Rowing BC and its member clubs and associations, focusing on participating rowers, coaches, umpires and volunteers. In combination with Rowing BC’s 2019 Annual General Meeting Package materials, this report highlights the past year’s achievements and outlines the upcoming year’s priorities. Greater detail will be provided when we come together on November 16th for the 2019 Rowing BC Annual General Meeting and Mini-Conference.

Rowing BC 2019 Annual Report 2 IN 2019

11 NCCP 11 BC COACHES WORKSHOPS BECAME 3 IN THE INTERIOR OF BC CERTIFIED 4 IN VANCOUVER ISLAND 5 ON THE LOWER MAINLAND were held in BC with PROFESSIONAL developing DEVELOPMENT coaches in 4 SESSIONS DELIVERED attendance INCLUDING USING TECHNOLOGY TO PROVIDE SESSIONS ON-LINE

MENTORSHIPS OFFERED VIA COACH EVALUATIONS

Rowing BC 2019 Annual Report 3 MEDALS NATIONAL ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS

9 9 7 9 GOLD 9 SILVER 7 BRONZE

ROWING BC WON THE 2019 CANADA CUP

PLACED 2ND IN NATIONAL ROWING CHAMPIONSHIP OVERALL POINT SCORE & EFFICIENCY SCORE Rowing BC 2019 Annual Report 4 2019 NRC MEDALS BRITISH COLUMBIA REPRESENTATION

SILVER

Katie Clark (BC) U23W1X

Jaclyn Stelmaszyk (BC) LW1X GOLD Kai Langerfeld (BC) M1X

Trish Mara (BC) LW1X Maxwell Lattimer (BC) LM1X

Renee Lafreniere (BC) U23LW1X Christopher Rusin (BC) U23LM1X

Jessye Brockway (BC) PR2W1X Kyle Fredrickson (BC) PR3M1X

Aaron Lattimer (BC) LM1X Sydney Payne (BC) & Avalon Wasteneys (BC) W2- Hillary Janssens (BC) & (BC) W2- Piper Battersby (BC) & Marnie McBean & McKenna Simpson (BC) U23W2- Plate winners Brendan Wall (BC) & Matthew Schultz (ON) U23M2- Sydney Payne (BC) & Avalon Wasteneys (BC) U23W2- Jakub Buczek (BC) BRONZE & Will Crothers (ON) M2- George Hungerford & Roger Jackson Aidan Della Siega (BC) Trophy winners & Axel Ewashko (BC) U19M2-

Owen Marcovitz (BC) Eden Hardcastle (BC) U23LW1X & Alexander Gonin (BC) U19M2- Patrick Keane (BC) U23M1X

Loren Pearson (BC) PR1M1X Ivan Rybkin (BC) U23LM1X

Rebecca Zimmerman (ON) & Ivy Elling Quaintance (BC) W2-

Danae McCulloch (BC) & Kirsten Edwards (BC) U23W2-

Travis Gronsdahl (BC) & Joseph Peers (ON) U23M2-

Rowing BC 2019 Annual Report 5 RCA NATIONAL TEAMS BRITISH COLUMBIA REPRESENTATION

SENIOR TEAM U23 TEAM

Kyle Fredrickson Piper Battersby Jessye Brockway McKenna Simpson Loren Pearson Ivy Elling Quaintance Avalon Wasteneys Kailani Marchak Hillary Janssens Kieanna Stephens Caileigh Filmer Katie Clark Madison Mailey Travis Gronsdahl Stephanie Grauer Peter Lancashire Sydney Payne Skylar Presch Andrea Proske Ellen Gleadow U21 TEAM Kai Langerfeld Benjamin de Wit Kirsten Edwards Jakub Buczek Jordan Isnor Martin Barakso Maksym Kepskyy Coach Maxwell Lattimer Patrick Keane JUNIOR TEAM Aaron Lattimer Julian Black Scott Swinkels Coach

Rowing BC 2019 Annual Report 6 RCA NATIONAL TEAMS BRITISH COLUMBIA REPRESENTATION

CANAMMEX TEAM

Aidan Della Siega Quinn Torok Sophie Byrne-Atkins Georgia Douville Caitlin Lawrence Elisa Luo Ehren Paterson Stacy Mitchell Coach Samantha Heron Coach Michael Braihwaite Coach

BC ATHLETES SELECTED FOR CANADIAN SPORT INSTITUTE SUPPORT

ATHLETES ON THE CSI TARGETED ATHLETE LIST FROM ROWING BC

Rowing BC 2019 Annual Report 7 PARA ROWING

attended a Rowing BC Come and Try Para Rowing event in August 2019

COACHES TRAINED AS 34 PARA LEARN TO ROW para athletes selected to the NATIONAL TEAM

Rowing BC 2019 Annual Report 8 REGATTAS AND CAMPS

32 COMPETITIONS 52 RACING DAYS

5 DEVELOPMENT CAMPS RICHMOND, VERNON, NELSON, MILL BAY, QUAMICHAN LAKE 95 ATHLETES 14 COACHES 1 DEVELOPMENT CAMP AFTER THE AGM IN DECEMBER, IN VICTORIA 1 MASTER CAMP BURNABY 14 PARTICIPANTS

Rowing BC 2019 Annual Report 9 UMPIRES

53 ACTIVE UMPIRES 3 ASSISTANT UMPIRES 6 ASSOCIATE UMPIRES 31 LICENSED UMPIRES 16 ADVANCED UMPIRES

531 VOLUNTEER DAYS AVERAGE 9.5 VOLUNTEER DAYS PER UMPIRE 41 UMPIRES ATTENDED THE 2019 RECERTIFICATION SEMINAR

3 LEVEL 1 UMPIRE CLINICS 2 LEVEL 2 UMPIRE CLINICS

Rowing BC 2019 Annual Report 10 MEMBERSHIP DEMOGRAPHICS & STATISTICS

From April 1, 2018 to March 31, 2019 a total of 4385 (3573 in 2017-2018) participants were rowing in British Columbia. These participants are registered at one of our 42 member organizations.

MEMBERSHIP CATEGORIES

Approximately 53% (2383) of participants are registered as sport rowers, and 47% (2002) of participants are registered as competitive rowers.

*participants who were initially registered as sport rowers and later registered as competitive rowers will be counted as competitive in this summary.

SPORT 53% 47% COMPETITIVE

GENDER DEMOGRAPHICS

Approximately 55% (2409) of participants are registered as female, and 45% (1976) of participants are registered as male.

FEMALE 55% 45% MALE

Rowing BC 2019 Annual Report 11 MEMBERSHIP DEMOGRAPHICS & STATISTICS

AGE DEMOGRAPHICS

Distribution of individual participants within various age categories. Approximately 43% of participants are under the age of 19, and 57% are 19 years of age or older.

*participants who did not have a valid birthdate listed were not included in this summary.

# OF % OF TOTAL 19+ 57% AGE PARTICIPANTS PARTICIPANTS

U19 1521 43%

19-27 591 17%

27-40 443 12%

40-65 827 23% 43% UNDER 19 65+ 191 5%

Rowing BC 2019 Annual Report 12 MEMBERSHIP DEMOGRAPHICS & STATISTICS

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION

Percent & Number of Participants

Approximately 57% (2455) of participants are from Vancouver Island, 38% (1674) from the Lower Mainland and 5% (256) from the Interior.

*Participants with active memberships at more than one organization have been counted for both organizations.

Interior Lower Mainland Vancouver Island

5% 57% 38%

256 participants 1674 participants 2455 participants

Rowing BC 2019 Annual Report 13 MEMBERSHIP DEMOGRAPHICS & STATISTICS

Regional Distribution of Individual Registrants

ROWING ORGANIZATION NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS

Brentwood College School 104

Burnaby Lake Rowing Club 92

Claremont Sport Institute Rowing Academy 96

Deep Cove Rowing Club 118

Delta Deas Rowing Club 194

False Creek Rowing Club 105

Fort Langley Community Rowing Club 80

Fort Langley Youth Rowing Society 52

Fraser Valley Rowing Club 22

Gorge Narrows Rowing Club 323

Greater Victoria Youth Rowing Society 424

Inlet Rowing Club 76

Kamloops Rowing Club 12

Kelowna Rowing Club 33

Lake Windermere Rowing Club 17

Lillooet Rowing Club 16

Maple Bay Rowing Club 137

Nanaimo Rowing Club 126

Nelson Rowing Club 51

Nicomekl Rowing Club 83

Rowing BC 2019 Annual Report 14 MEMBERSHIP DEMOGRAPHICS & STATISTICS

Regional Distribution of Individual Registrants

ROWING ORGANIZATION NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS

Rockies Rowing Club 9

Salish Sea Coastal Rowing Club 14

Salt Spring Island Rowing Club 43

Shawnigan Lake Rowing Club 61

Shuswap Association for Rowing & Paddling 11

Simon Fraser University Rowing Club 25

South Cariboo Rowing Club 10

St. George’s School 95

St. Michaels University School 36

Thunder Rowing Crew 36

University of British Columbia Rowing 43

University of Fraser Valley Rowing 14

University of Victoria Rowing Club 107

Vancouver College Rowing 58

Vancouver Rowing Club 581

Vernon Rowing and Dragon Boat Club 97

Victoria City Rowing Club 984

Whistler Rowing Club 0

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