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Newsletter of the McGill University Club Volume VIII Issue 1

President’s Message alive and well! How else to explain yourselves with my rueful story. Instead, rolling over on my ankle the very first just sit back, put your feet up and enjoy day of "footie" tryouts, thereby leaving this, the second episode of pure Damien Jinks me bereft of any chances of defection to erudition that Paul Campbell et al. have "I BELIEVE!" Not unlike the fabled the Redmen Soccer Team? Suspiciously, served up. And don't forget to mark your myth of the Loch Ness Monster, a few, though, the ineluctable pull of rowing calendars (and blackmail the boss for fervid McGill rowers would swear on should see me back in form soon time off, if necessary); the fall regattas their mothers' graves that the Basin enough, just in time for the fall season. are almost upon us. Goddess exists. Well, count me among But please, please [magnanimous Hope to see you at the races! their ranks; I can assure you that she is expression on face], do not concern

McGill Crew: A Brief an internationally renowned Belgian eights. Their greatest achievement was oarsman, as a head coach. About twelve at the 1927 Henley where observers History in Time to sixteen rowers lived at the clubhouse stated “McGill’s performance rates as during the summer, trained on the water one of the near miracles of amateur ath- Jamie Paterson twice a day, and were provided meals by letics” and “These crews met the best on Like the University itself, the MURC their coach’s wife. the American continent and won with has had a very storied existence, with The club’s first regatta was the 1925 ease”. The senior 140lb eight that year bright highlights all along its past. The Eastern Rowing Association Regatta in consisted of W. McConnell, D. Logan, club was founded in 1924 in co- Brockville. This was the beginning of a L. Detlor, J. Manion, W. Fry, A. Pang- operation with the Lachine Boat club by very successful period for the club. man, A. MacNaughton, A. Glassford, a group of rowing enthusiasts who 1926 saw the first intercollegiate race and cox S. Bacon. wanted to see the sport of rowing intro- between McGill and the University of 1930 saw another great achievement for duced to McGill athletes. At the club’s Toronto. The race was held on the La- the club: their four finished first at inception the rowing season consisted of chine canal and McGill won by three Henley, which qualified the boat to com- off season training on the rowing ma- boat lengths. This race became an an- pete in the British Empire Games that chines at the McGill Gymnasium and nual event that would last into the 1930s year in Hamilton. The McGill four then on the water training and races dur- and would attract thousands of specta- earned a silver medal in the games, fin- ing the summer. tors to the shores of the Lachine Canal ishing second to a boat from New Zea- Early on, the young club was loaned a During the 1920s the club enjoyed some land. clubhouse on the shores of Lac St. successes at Henley: they won in the 140 Rowing continued at McGill throughout Louis, and they were lucky enough to lb Junior fours, the 140 lb Junior and the 1930s, but they would never be able enlist the services of Urbain Molmans, Senior eights, and the Junior 150 lb to recreate the early success of the club. In the summer of 1940, their long-time MURC Racing Schedule: Fall 2000 coach, Urbain Molman, passed away unexpectedly. This, combined with the September 24 Head of the Rideau, Ottawa start of World War Two ended the September 30 Head of the Trent, Peterborough club’s activities. October 7 Brock Invitational, St. Catharines Between 1945 and 1947 there was an October 14 Eastern Invitational, Montreal attempt to restart the club after the war, October 15 Queen’s Invitational, Kingston again in co-operation with the Lachine October 21,22 Head of the Charles, Boston Rowing Club. During this time period October 27,28 OUA Championships, St. Catharines the club sent some boats to Henley, November 4,5 Canadian University Rowing Championships, Victoria (Continued on page 2) Editorial the MURC to the National team is still have sent in pictures. We can always wide open, and we’ll highlight some of use more of your memories, so please With another fall season just around the those athletes who have made that add to the growing collection. If you corner, the MURC is gearing up for jump and are on their way to Sydney. have access to a scanner, scan them and Crew tryouts, time trials, and trips to I would like to express my thanks to either upload them to the idrive address Martindale Pond in St. Catharines. As those of you who sent in money to fund above, or email them to me at mur- with every new season, the future is full this issue of the Wave. However, due [email protected]. Otherwise, of promise: the promise of big erg to printing costs, and several alumni’s email me and we’ll figure something scores, aggressive coxswains, a warm suggestions, this will be the last hard- out. Banquet photos, actions shots, ini- October, and calm water. While the copy printing of the newsletter. From tiation, or just hanging out with crew- team looks forward to the future, in this this point forward, the Wave will be mates, all are welcome. edition of the Wave we are also going to published online. The current MURC Finally, a listing is included where take a glance back. Rowing is one of alumni website (www.mcgill.ca/ McGill Crew is playing in a city near the largest intercollegiate sports at athletics/rowing/alumni) is being com- you this fall. If you can, come out and McGill in terms of number of athletes, pletely rebuilt and will house the Wave support the team. Some of you have but started from more modest begin- and other alumni news. Notification of expressed interest in having more than nings. We will look at the history of the subsequent issues will be by way of one alumni boat from McGill (one has Club’s birth and rebirth that has allowed email, so if we don’t have your email already been reserved) at the Head of the it to grow to become the experience that address, please send it in (along with a Trent in Peterborough this season. If so many of us have benefited from. Not traditional mailing address) so that you you are willing to race with old McGill just a strength of numbers, McGill Crew don’t miss the next edition. friends or make new ones, please contact has also served as a wealth of talent for A new alumni photo album has been us. Entries have to be submitted to the Canadian team in the past. I am created online as well at www.idrive. Trent soon, so don’t delay. pleased to report that the gateway from com/murcalumni. Thanks to those who

locked out of the Olympic Basin due to ships at the Basin. A Brief History... dispute with the city and litigation be- Since this first competition for the rein- (Continued from page 1) tween the Quebec rowing association carnated club, the Rowing club has however this reincarnation of the club and some European boat makers. Pres- grown to be the largest sports team on was short lived as the club folded in sure from the media and, most impor- campus. By 1988 the club had six 1947. tantly, McGill rowers brought an end to men’s eights and five women’s eights. In 1977 the modern version of the this lockout and the basin was made In 1992 the club hosted the first McGill McGill rowing club got it’s start when a available to rowers again. Invitational Regatta, which has now be- group of students led by Mark Hoskin, In 1980 the club had its first head coach come an annual event. David Lee, and Dane Solomon organ- and 90 members, which included its Over the years, rowing has continued to ized funding and the use of the newly first women’s crew. The first competi- flourish at McGill, albeit with several constructed Olympic Basin. The club tion for the rowers was in May 1981, stops and starts. That the MURC always consisted of sixteen men and women when the club entered the Skidmore seems to find a way to bounce back is that year, and they sent two crews (a College Regatta in Saratoga, New York. not just an indication of the sport’s ap- men’s eight and a mixed four) to the The lightweight men’s four surprised peal, but also a measure of the effort that Rideau Regatta. everyone at this regatta, placing first. the athletes and executive put forth each The club had some difficulties early on, Also in 1981, McGill hosted the first year. On the eve of a new season, here’s though. For two years rowers were Canadian University Rowing Champion- hoping that tradition continues.

McGill-Queen’s water conditions, unfortunately McGill trains on a river. In my boat, the Open lost to Queen’s by a score of 7-5. Al- Women’s eight, we encountered very Challenge 2000 though we did not win the Gales trophy little of the strong current or wind. Al- for the first time in its short history, the though we had a slower start, we kept up Megan Angus Heavyweight Men won the Challenge with the Queen’s boat throughout the th On April 30 , Queen’s and McGill met Blade trophy by winning the 5 km race race, and made some tremendous moves for the annual boatrace held between the and missing the 500m race by merely a on their boat several times in the race. two schools, which this year was held at second. From my vantage point as the coxswain, Laval Rowing Club on Montreal’s north It was the first time for the race to be I was able to see that the Queen’s boat shore. The event began in 1997 due to a held at the Laval Rowing Club, and was looking tired and we were able to long standing rivalry and not surpris- therefore all athletes were unfamiliar use this to our advantage, but in the end ingly, McGill has shown to be a strong with the course. Because there was a they turned out to be the stronger crew. competitor, each year winning the over- strong current, the McGill crew was Successful boats, such as the Novice all award, the Lorne Gales trophy. It was even less accustomed to such conditions Women, showed great promise for the a successful weekend for weather and than Queen’s, whose team normally (Continued on page 3) In Memoriam: Senator Athletics, calling MURC Executives by their titles. Have you ever heard the Alan Macnaughton: like? Not that it would make a shred of McGill Rowing 1926-27 difference to the MURC as a competi- tive team. Calling people Madame Chair Anthony Tremain will hardly solve funding woes and give “Senator Macnaughton is coming to Rowing Tier 1 status. Then again, that is rowing tomorrow,” I was told by then- not the point and Alan knew it. Alan did President Williams. Returning to McGill give money to the Club more than once, that year, I was to coach the lightweight but his leadership lay in his influence on men, who would row in Mr. Speaker, us. the eight-oared shell which Alan Sure, you have to create your own solu- Macnaughton had donated the previous tions. History shows, however, that there year. I was not looking forward to glad- are periods of easy solutions and periods handing at the crack of dawn on a Satur- between solutions. The MURC has had day morning. I had had my fill of many of both over the years. But our alumni & parents, and I was looking Club has always had excellent execu- forward to a long Friday night at Peel tives, people who walk tall and shoulder Pub. I would have to be friendly and pany was his use of honourific titles: great loads. The Honourable Senator positive when I wanted to be a grumpy after making you feel at home with ex- Alan Aylesworth Macnaughton, P.C., O. Iron Curtain coach. cellent food & wine, he would ask you a C., QC, LL.D., 1903-1999, a man who Of course, Alan was nothing like I tricky question and lead it with your did more in retirement than most people feared. He was an erstwhile member of title. Nor was he using platitudes with us do during their working career, re- the McGill Varsity Team (1926-27), youngsters: he did the same in the com- spected us all over the years, not through with racing and party stories of his own. pany of University officials, using purchase but by example. He was an interested alumnus in the “Professor” when it was not necessarily Finally, Alan remembered the MURC in sense that he cheered for the MURC and required. He would also use the title his will. The current Executive had to us alone: he wanted us to defeat our op- when discussing someone in their ab- choose between spending the money on ponents—handily, if possible. He asked sence: “Have you spoken to the Dean equipment (very tempting, as always!) good questions and kept quiet when I lately?” or something else. I am sure the Senator was working with the crew. Thus be- From time to time I suspected this was a chose just the right amount of money to gan my association with a man my feel-good tactic by the Senator but, hav- make such a decision difficult. I am de- grandfather’s age, whom I called Alan. ing spoken to my peers since Alan died, lighted to hear that our Officers have “Well, Mr. President, what do you think I am sure it is not true. Alan understood chosen to invest Alan’s gift and use the about today’s news?” I was becoming the importance of office. He also under- returns for future endeavours. Alan was used to these shotgun questions. We stood the challenges inherent in elected an alumnus for most of this century; his talked about many things over the years, positions (let us remember that ALL the leadership of the Club will remain and he was always genuinely interested positions in the MURC and FMR are through the next century. to hear what the youth of today were elected), and he wanted to support us. Thank you, Alan! thinking. Yes, he made intolerable com- Senator Macnaughton, a nonagenarian, recognized, respected, and supported our ments about immigration and minorities, Anthony Tremain (B.A. ’89, B.Mus. authority as student leaders, both to our but who knows what they will say about ’94) was voted least-likely to end up be- faces and to others. Imagine the Univer- us when we are that age? ing an Iron Curtain coach. What I really enjoyed about Alan’s com- sity bigwigs, especially the Director of

McGill University Queen’s University McGill-Queen’s... : (Continued from page 2) Varsity Men’s 8+ 13:42 (2) 13:59 upcoming season. Overall, McGill gave Varsity Women’s 8+ 16:23 15:34 (2) Queen’s some good competition, com- Novice Men’s 8+ 14:52 14:30 + 0:05 penalty (2) ing head to head in almost every race. Novice Women’s 4+ 11:39 (2) 12:16 The specific results are listed below Sprints: (points won in parentheses). The weekend ended on friendly terms Varsity Men’s 8+ 60.7 58.68 (1) with the two teams meeting at the Mov- Varsity Women’s 8+ 1:20.56 1:13.19 (1) enpick Marché where the awards were Novice Men’s 8+ 1:08.11 1:04.50 (1) presented and speeches were given. Novice Women’s 4+ 1:15.70 (1) 1:19.94 Even though this year Queen’s walked home with the trophy, McGill is not Total Points: 5 7 feeling defeated and will be showing them our strength once again this fall. Profiles–The Olympians McGill has strong history of sending its team’s ranks. This issue’s Profiles sec- rowers on to international competition, tion focuses on those athletes who Paul Campbell and this year’s Olympic Games in Syd- rowed, coxed, and coached at McGill ney, Australia will prove yet another before trading the red and white of the testament to MURC for the red and white of the Na- our ability tional team in the land downunder. to feed the Canadian Ben Storey curveball: there is only one sweep boat the gold. Ben class for the men – the straight four. At is in Australia Easily one of the National team’s most the Olympic speed orders and following now, rowing photographed athletes, Ben Storey has selection camp, Ben and his pair partner with Ed and the been a mainstay of the lightweight Ed Winchester narrowly missed making rest of the Ca- men’s programme for several years now. the Sydney-bound 4-, being selected as nadian team at Competing in McGill’s heavy eight dur- the spares for the boat instead. Ben and Rockhampton, ing both his B.Sc. in Biology (with a Ed reset their focus, traveling to Europe their pre- minor in Russian) and his current doc- this summer for the World Cup series Games training torate in plant molecular biology, Ben and the World Championships in Za- site. After the also has managed to squeeze in the odd greb, Croatia, representing Canada in the Olympics, Can- appearance at the World Champion- lightweight pair. Steady improvement ada’s latest ships: five since 1996, to be exact. of execution in regattas in Denmark, Vi- World Cham- Where in most sports, winners of a pair enna, and Lucerne led to what Ben and pion plans to of bronze medals from the Worlds Ed must consider to be their best per- take a little R&R in Samoa where he would expect to be shoe-ins for the up- formance ever. In the last 500m of the will, as he puts it, “figure out what I’m coming Olympics, the arena of light- 2- final at Zagreb, they sprinted past the doing with the rest of my life.” weight rowing throws its athletes a leading crew from Great Britain to take

Alison Korn of five Worlds Olympics involved three workouts a medals (two day, six days a week, rowing up to 200 Alison began rowing in 1992 during her gold in the pair, km per week. Hopefully the heavy last year of Political Science at two bronze and regimen will hold them in good stead for McGill. Four years later, she was at the one silver in the the Olympic final on Sept. 24. Besides Atlanta Olympics as a member of the eight). This rowing, Alison has a Master of Canadian women's eight, which won a season Alison is Journalism degree from Carleton silver medal. In quite a dramatic race, again a member University. She does freelance writing the Canadians, fourth at the 1000m of the eight. In and public speaking as well as keeps in mark, surged to second place in the last London, Ont., touch with her sponsors (Quantum 20 strokes. Since then Alison has rowed full-time Management Services, First Canadian for Canada at the 1997, 1998 and 1999 training for the Title, Nike, Bell Mobility, Omnilogic). World Championships, winning a total Sydney

Gen Meredith and for Montreal in the summer, the double, which still had to qualify. Gen improved quickly. Henley gold With her own top five finish in the Like so many was soon followed by National coaches’ Vienna World Cup regatta, Gen waited others, when interest and international competition. to see if the Canadian double could win Gen Meredith Gen was selected to the National team one of the remaining two slots left for joined the double in 1999 and enjoyed the Sydney. Unfortunately, at the Olympic novice ranks of experience of racing before friends and qualifier, the double finished third in one McGill Crew in family at the World Championships in of the closest of the regatta’s races. 1995, she was St. Catherines that year. With Fiona Brief disappointment turned to jubilation already an Milne, Gen just missed qualifying a as FISA announced that Canada would accomplished Canadian entry for the Sydney Games. receive the additional Sydney spots athlete. No Like the lightweight men, the made available by other nations’ stranger to water lightweight women suffer from a paucity doubling-up athletes. The women’s or early morning of events at the Olympic level For them lightweight double, and Gen, were workouts, Gen was a competitive there is but one boat class: the double. Australia-bound! Post-Olympics will swimmer, and brought that experience In 2000, Gen was again put on the find Gen finishing her degree in with her to the boat. Rowing for National team, this time in the Physical Therapy and preparing for the McGill’s lightweight eights in the fall lightweight single and as the spare for 2004 Games in Athens. Sarah Pape 1990 and 1995. Also a member of the team. Having graduated from the men’s coxed four that won gold after National Coaching Institute – Victoria Having started gold at the Charles, Sarah began to think last year, Sarah is now at the helm of the her rowing of changing her guiding influence from Canadian lightweight women’s experience in inside to outside of the boat after programme. With the first task of high school, competing in the 1997 Nation’s Cup in qualifying the light double for the Sarah moved on Milan. Coxswains make the best Olympics completed, Sarah joins the to coxing heavy coaches, and Sarah has translated her rest of the coaching staff and athletes in men and light formidable coxing skills (just ask Australia to prepare for the Games. women crews at anyone who has been coxed by her) into McGill between a coaching career with the National

Henry Hering Yale, Oxford, Cambridge, U. of brought to a new level has since become Washington, and Wisconsin all de rigueur at the Bassin Olympique. At Henry's rowing career began while at trailing. In the summer, Montreal RC this year’s National team selection John Abbott College in Montreal, and won the eight at the Canadian camp, Henry his association with McGill Crew first Championships, with everyone but won a spot in the started in the summer 1988, when he Henry a McGill student. 1991 also had Olympics- competed in a coxed four with three McGill going to Victoria for the RVBR, qualified pair, McGill athletes under Montreal colours. as the sole representative for eastern with his partner In 1989 more McGill men stayed in Canadian universities. With Hering in of many years, Montreal to row for the summer, and stroke, they finished second, behind the Phil Graham. they started to win even more races, U. of Washington, rowing through Phil’s broken rib which definitely helped McGill’s heavy Harvard in the last 100m. McGill, with suffered during men’s varsity boat in the fall season. Henry, Brad Crombie, and Sara Pape the the team’s During the spring of 1990, McGill won constants, won the Head of the Charles European tour the challenge race in St.Catharines, Championship 4+ in 1992, 1993, 1994, this summer beating Western, U. of T., Queen’s and a and 1995. Henry first coached at threw some composite St.Kitts crew, to represent McGill in 1992, leading the novice doubt into the eastern Canada's strongest university women. He returned to coach McGill in composition of the pair for Sydney, but crew at the Royal Victoria Boat 1996, 1997, and 1998 as the Varsity he has since recovered and returned as Race. They finished third, with UVic Men's Coach. The booming-megaphone Henry’s bowman. winning, U. of London second, Harvard, method of coaching which Henry

Speed Orders Innertube Waterpolo Josselyn Rimel (What foul?) created just enough disturbance to be branded Paul Campbell Paul Campbell league-wide as public enemy #1. In addition to the above athletes, several Not simply content with prowess on the An undefeated regular season and quick McGill alums were sighted at the spring water, McGill rowers have a tradition of run through early playoff rounds created edition of National Team Speed Orders. distinguishing themselves in the water as Crew’s semifinal showdown with their These were the selection races used to well. Last term provided another chance archrivals, the Swim Team. The game choose athletes for the non-Olympic for Crew to capture the elusive stein, was aggressively fought at both ends of event World Championships. Compet- trophy to the victors of intramural inner- the pool with few goals surrendered by ing on Fanshawe Lake in June were: tube waterpolo. The previous year’s either side. With the ball in Warkentin’s Katrina Scott, Mara Jones, Bettina Hold narrow defeat at the hands of the McGill hands in front of the Swimmers’ goal, and Gen Meredith in the lightweight sin- Swim Team only served to motivate this the final whistle blew as the Swim Team gle, Pete Beerman and Paul Campbell in revamped squad further. withstood a late MURC charge to eke the heavy pair, and Storey in the light During the regular season, McGill Crew out a 7-6 victory. pair. Pape and Korn were already en- seemed sluggish at the start of each In the spring, the McGill Univer- trenched at the London High Perform- game, giving up feeble early goals at ance Centre. The infamous blustery one end while hesitating to shoot at the sity Rowing Club won two ma- conditions on Fanshawe were in evi- other. Whether it was time needed for jor awards at University’s Ath- dence, creating havoc for athletes and teamwork to gel or to crawl out from letics Banquet: 'Club of the organizers alike. While Gen suffered an under Sunday hangovers is uncertain, Year', and the 'Gladys Bean En- unfortunate injury recurrence, several but second half turnarounds were re- dowment Fund Grant' for the others made it through to the A finals, markable. Joel Warkentin often led the with Katrina Scott and Ben Storey win- onslaught of goals while Lyn Mi- women's team (with a prize of ning their respective events. hailovich was tenacious on defense and $1000). Congratulations! Alumnotes done. Annemarie Gerber: completed my yearlong public relations post-grad cer- Todd Carson is now working in NYC tificate course at Humber College, and From former MURC president Caroline at Goldman Sachs stealing/investing headed into the "real world". So, if you Anthian: After three terrific years on the other peoples’ money. Long hours on guys ever need a few PR tips, let me novice and LWW 8+ crews at McGill, the job have largely kept him off the wa- know! Hope things are going I'm on a short hiatus from competitive ter, but he says that he’s putting in a lot well. Please say hello to everyone for rowing. I'm leaving this August for one of time on the erg. me! year to teach highschool sciences in Bo- gota, and I'm told, unfortunately, that Matteo Cendamo is living, working, The past two years have seen Maya there's no rowing in the Andes! Mean- and rowing in Montreal. He is part of a Goodridge enrolled in the Dental Hy- while, best of luck to all alumni compet- liaison committee designed to rebuild giene programme at George Brown in ing in Sydney, and maybe more impor- the relationship between the MURC and Toronto. She has traded oars in for run- tantly, to those who will be defending the Club d’Aviron de Montréal, and has ning shoes, taking up road racing in ear- our honour in the 2001 McGill-Queen's been the regatta chair for the Coupe nest. Boatrace! Canada Cup national championships held in Montreal each August. Phil Hedrei graduated from Medicine in Pete Beerman has just left for Göte- June, and has chosen to stay in Montreal borg, Sweden on an academic exchange Danielle Charlet just returned from a for his residency in paediatrics. He for the final semester of his MBA degree six-month stint working with a doctor in rowed for Montreal and the Quebec pro- at Concordia. He has spent the past two Kenya. She is entering the MD/PhD vincial team this summer in the men’s summers back on the water with the programme at McGill this autumn. eight. Montreal Rowing Club. Bradshaw Crombie is living in Eng- For Bryce Hipp, a busy June meant fin- Sebastien Bigras: Ladies and gentle- land and recently got married this past ishing his B.Com. in Adelaide, Australia men, it is with great pleasure, or should I August. and running his first marathon. This say "plaisir", that I am keeping you fall, he will be a volunteer for the Olym- posted on what this little Montrealais is Sara Ednie is playing rugby with the pic opening and closing ceremonies. He up to. Yes, I am pompous!!! I'm cur- Highland Rugby Club located in also has tickets for women's beach vol- rently teaching English in Ichikai-machi Guelph, Ont. and on the Provin- leyball and the two final days of rowing. Japan. You are all more than welcome cial team. She helped coach rugby at If any other McGill Crew Alumni will to stay at my pad if you work your way McMaster University last fall. Sara be present he would like to band to- up to the "Land of the Rising joined an ultimate league and is learning gether and wave a flag or ten. When not Sun" (sounds cool doesn't it). I'm the how to play - her main focus right now diving the reefs off Cairns, Bryce remi- exact opposite from most of you: I'm is learning how to catch and throw a nisces about ‘punishments’ meted out at sleeping when you're working and I'm disc. Sara holidayed in Scotland and his novice initiation by Tees et al. overpaid and underworked ( this Ireland for two weeks. She is currently "Quebecois" knows how to work the working at Dofasco in the Steelmaking Hannah Hoag completed her MSc. system, baby!!!!). As for rowing, due to Business Unit and work on projects to (Biology) in August of 1999. She still a wrist injury I have switched to biking improve the continuous caster. Living in lives in Montreal and works as the Lead and the Holy sport of Ultimate. May all Hamilton, Sara has switched water Medical Writer at IC Axon, a multime- the Disc gods be with you!!!! sports, taking up white water kayaking dia company that specializes in health- this summer. care communications. Providing there is Jason Blair de l'equipe McGill essaye no wind, rain, or the risk of either, she toujours a catcher des grands poissons. After beginning her career as a occupa- can still be found at the basin, in a sin- tional therapist with a stint in Virginia, gle, fighting to keep her blades off the Anne Brie is working as an Occupa- Sophie Evans has since relocated to water. However, you might have better tional Therapist in Charlottesville, Vir- Durham, North Carolina. In rowing, she luck looking for her on the steps of ginia. While she has not been rowing has moved from sweep to scull, and has Euro-deli, enjoying a perfect cappuccino this year, she hopes to buy a single in the enjoyed top five finishes at the last two in the sun. near future and get back on the water. In Head of the Charles Regattas in Boston the meantime, she is putting a lot of in her single. Camellia Ibrahim: I got back from Pa- mileage on her mountain bike and pol- nama in May, keeping up the McGill ishing her Southern twang. Clare Gardiner spent the summer Rowing tradition of global dias- working at a hospital in Uganda where pora. While down in Panama, I had the Now completing her teaching credentials she went on rounds with the physicians opportunity to complete an internship in Edinburgh, Alyson Byrd ultimately and saw all kinds of tropical disease with the Smithsonian Tropical Research has plans to teach, work and travel in cases. Her immediate plans include Institute. I have decided to avoid the Africa. In the past year she was married coming back to McGill next year to start "real world" for now, and am returning to Tom O’Connor. Tom also works in a master’s either in Epidemiology or to McGill for a master’s in Geogra- Scotland, at a brewery – someone was Surgical Research. phy. The research will be in Mexico, asleep at the switch when that hiring was and I am looking forward to more trav- has no plan for the future. White in their victory over Queen’s in els south. No coxing for the time being, the Challenge Boatrace. but I have taken up snowboarding. Hey! This is Keith O’Brien, former McGill Don't laugh! Lightweight. After graduating from Scott Pritchard is currently working on McGill, I moved to Toronto and started his doctorate in biomedical engineering Following last June’s graduation from working at TD Bank in the Discount at Duke University in North Carolina. Engineering, Kristen Itagawa was ac- Brokerage area. After a year, I decided He spends his free time as an assistant cepted into McGill’s School of Dentistry that banking wasn't my thing, and coach for the Varsity Women’s Rowing and just began classes this August. started putting together a portfolio to team there, as well as racing his single. apply to U of T Architecture School. I Wendy Itagawa was recently trans- was accepted, and enjoyed an interesting Tasha Richards writes: I am in Halifax ferred from Montreal to Mississauga and demanding first year much different with the Halifax Rowing Club. We are where she is employed as an engineering than music school. I'm now going into trying desperately to revitalize rowing in consultant. This summer she started second year of a 3.5-year programme for Atlantic Canada and I have been talking playing rugby. a Master of Architecture. This summer to Nat (Jackson) re: tips for getting peo- I've been working for an Architect who ple out. our numbers are steadily grow- Mara Jones is currently in graduate does custom residential houses and try- ing and if there is any alumni in the area school at the University of Toronto. ing to get back in shape at the Argonaut that want to get back out tell them to call Rowing for both Argos and UofT, Mara Rowing Club. If my school workload me at 902-453-2866. On a more humor- is one of the country’s fastest light- and fitness level permit, I will be rowing ous note... two people from McGill have weight scullers. this fall for U of T. recently joined our learn-to-row pro- gramme. I remember seeing them every Tom Laurie: I'm now a cosmic porn Despite being warned by the Wave’s year at our tryouts... until the 5km run!!! star, using the stage name "Big Dip- editor about the folly of going to grad Glad they were persistent and have per". My second film is coming out in school, Sid Omelon reports: Now, I can taken the plunge!! July, titled "Down and Out in the Milky say that I'm being an idiot for sure and Way". We were going to call it Star pursing a Ph.D. at the University of To- After a year of training and studying at Trek, but apparently it's taken. I'm liv- ronto’s Samuel Lunenfeld Centre in that rowing mecca of the West, the Uni- ing in Toronto, which despite its provin- bone biomaterials. This past spring I versity of Victoria, Brad Safnuk is cial reputation is both the porn capital of coached rowing with Tony Tremain about to begin his master’s degree in Canada, and not a bad place to 'hang (head coach) and Maureen Pecknold at mathematics at the University of British out'. I'm still single, as you might have UCC (little Sturgesses everywhere!!!!), Columbia. He plans to row his single guessed; though there is this co-star in and am rowing (for kicks) with Candice just for fun. D&O that's just from another galaxy - a W. at Hanlan. The breakfast tradition cosmic girl. As for rowing, yes, rowing has a new branch in T.O.! From the High Performance Training to keep the blood flowing -- perhaps Centre, Katrina Scott wrote: I have pleasure boating is more like the term to Kim Ouimet graduated with her B.Com been traveling around quite a bit since use, quite possibly to take it more seri- in June of this year and continues to then with rowing so my nomad exis- ously this summer. And of course, work at Bell. Kim hopes that her sum- tence probably has something to do with there's the Head of the Trent Alum... mer training at the basin will pay off that. After graduating, I went on to with a good showing at the Charles in training a little more seroiusly in To- Hi! I'm Rob McDowall, you may know October. ronto at Argonauts. In 1996 I rowed for me from such memorable moments as the National Team in the lightweight "Lightweights '97: What a crew!" and The world of corporate finance claimed women's 4- in Strathclyde, Scotland in "Novice Women: Your daughters, My another MURC alum: Aaron Pape. He the World Championships. That fall, I rowers". But seriously Paul, do people is working in Toronto and rows but went to Ryerson for my post- really want to know that I went from 6 once per year, at the Head of the Trent. undergraduate degree in Radio and Tele- years of crew with one of Canada's fin- vision for 2 years. In 1998 I moved to est rowing clubs to pushing smack on Ajay Patel works in the high tech world Victoria and rowed full time and was in the streets of DC...... I mean working and lives in Boston. He is completing the lightweight women's quad last sum- for Andersen Consulting? Ya sure, you his masters in engineering at Northeast- mer and we won a bronze at the World's may be interested in where to get clean ern University, and makes frequent trips and two bronze at the Pan Ams and a n' supreme uncut merchandise, but home to Montreal to force those of us gold at the Commonwealth Re- you're not everyone! still here into some social drinking. gatta. This year I came 4th in the light- weight single at the Olympic trials and Mike Murphy: After writing Ian Having graduated from Physical Ther- am in the Olympic camp. I guess it was Spears' dissertation for him, he is now apy, Kevin Penney spent time working my years at McGill that got me all row- living in New Zealand, running Auck- at opposite ends of the country, in Nova ing crazy and I have had a very exciting land's first and highly successful Tim Scotia and B.C. He returned to McGill career since then. There are quite a few Horton's franchise, and looking into for the spring term to finish his B.Sc. in McGill alumni out here still plugging opening the city's first 'two-beer' bar. He physiology and raced for the Red & away so it is sort of a community within itself. I would love to know what some weight Men’s coach. row in both Hamilton and Calgary but of the others are up to. just couldn't manage the schedule- one Drew Tierney: I am currently in- day I'll be back! Big hello to everyone. About to enter McGill’s Faculty of Law volved with a smallish rowing club, degree, Erin Shaw notes: Right now the Barrie Rowing Club, which has Candice Welsch: I have switched jobs I’m thinking of focusing in international many similarities to the MURC as it within [the Government of Canada De- law, most likely human rights focused, was 1988-1991. Consequently, I am partment of] Justice and I am now work- and/or history and philosophy of law. often thinking about the MURC and ing in the Immigration section. Cur- I’m seriously considering taking an aca- have made small contributions to it in rently I am working on a Supreme Court demic track. I don't really want to be a various years since leaving McGill. case with lots of international law is- trial lawyer, in any case. Also, the en- As a personal update, I am a teacher sues. Criminal was a lot of fun, and I tirely flexible schedule, working inde- at St. Joseph's High School in Barrie, now know more about drugs than I pendently, tenure thing really appeals to Ontario. I was married last year in would ever need to, but I think that this me after a year of working for [lousy] New Zealand to Sue Holmes. Row- move is good for me in terms of my money at a place where I catch hell if ingwise I drove an Umpire's launch at long-term career goals (i.e. travel, travel, I’m 5 minutes late and don't put in un- the World Rowing Championships in travel). In the autumn, I am planning on paid overtime. Erin and Emmett Kelly St. Catharines last year and got to see going to Guatemala for four weeks to are coaching the novice women this fall. some of the best races up close. learn Spanish and then travel for a cou- Highlights were the Lightweight four ple weeks after. Paul Sturgess will complete a Master's and Heavyweight eight which I went Degree in European Political and Eco- down the course with. I also wrote Before May’s annual McGill-Queen’s nomic Integration at the London School the FISA Umpire's exam and ob- Challenge, Simon Wilson sent this en- of Economics in September. Following tained my international Umpire's li- couragement by e-mail: I realize some this, he is working for KPMG Corporate cense during the Worlds. I am the of you wouldn’t have a clue who I am, Finance in London, England, claiming Director of Programme Development but this is mainly for those who remem- "...if Aaron Pape is nice I'll give him a and Coaching at the Barrie Rowing ber that little Aussie cox who graced job one day." Club and have also started up a row- your presence last season. I just wanted ing team at my high school - the first to wish all you guys the best of luck this Ed Taylor is beginning his graduate time there has ever been high school weekend, I’m sure you are going to kick work at the University of Toronto in rowing in Barrie. some serious butt! A note to all coxies, computer science. no telling Queen’s to "eat sh*t" but you Tony Tremain has parlayed his are well entitled to steer into them if Andrew Tees is currently performing coaching experiences at McGill into a need be! I'll wear my jacket proudly this with the Canadian Opera Company and career, holding the reins of the rowing weekend as I always do, take care all. is based in Toronto. It should be noted programme at Upper Canada College that all of the idiosyncrasies that made in Toronto. Back in Edinburgh after her sojourn to Andrew such a unique and colourful Canada, Adriana Wright is finishing crewmate carry over into his stage char- Frances Vice: Finished my MD at her dissertation and confirms: yes I am acters. He has recently become engaged McMaster in 1998 and have been do- spending large amounts of time writing with a tentative nuptials date set for next ing residency in Pathology at U of about things that I know very little, if spring. Calgary since then. Martin Roos and anything, about. And I am getting paid I were married in July 1998 and he for it. I even get to spend my Saturday Marc Tewfik made the switch last fall will finish his MD in 2001 here in afternoons watching 30 men in little from the lightweight to heavyweight Calgary. We skied 40 days last win- shorts running around a pitch for 90 boats. He is still enrolled in the Faculty ter! Spent 2 months doing medicine minutes so I am not complaining. And of Medicine and is this season’s Light- in Zimbabwe in early 2000. Tried to yes, I am going to Sydney!

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