Team Canada is set for their final World Cup event of the 2019 season this weekend with six crews competing from July 12-14 in Rotterdam, Netherlands.

Following Canada’s success at World Rowing Cup 2 in Poland, the women’s crews re-located to Amsterdam to prepare for World Rowing Cup 3 while Canada’s men’s crews, women’s single and Para-Rowing program returned home to the National Training Centre in Victoria, BC in preparation for the 2019 World Championships to be held August 25^th– September 1^st in Linz, Austria. The 2019 Worlds Championships will be the first opportunity for nations to qualify crews for the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

The Canadian Women’s squad, led by Head Coach Dave Thompson, will see some crew changes across multiple events this weekend.

World Cup 2 gold medallist Jill Moffatt (Bethany, ON) moves from the Lightweight Single into the Lightweight Double with partner Jennifer Casson (Kingston, ON) while Ellen Gleadow (Vancouver, BC) will compete in lightweight single event. Gleadow took home the silver medal at the 2018 World Rowing Cup 1 in Belgrade, Serbia.

“Although I’ll be competing in a different event this regatta, medalling in the Lightweight Single at World Rowing Cup 2 gave me a lot of self-confidence and reassurance that our program is headed in the right direction,” said Moffatt. “I think we have a world class lightweight women’s group and our eyes are on qualification this year, so our main objective at this regatta is to gain even more confidence and show the rest of the world what we know we can do.” 

2018 World medallists Christine Roper (Ottawa, ON) and Stephanie Grauer (Vancouver, BC) will re-join the Women’s Eight crew, comprised of five of their 2018 World silver medal winning teammates: Madison Mailey (Burnaby, BC), Susanne Grainger (London, ON), Jennifer Martins (Toronto, ON), Rebecca Zimmerman (Toronto, ON) and coxswain Kristen Kit (St. Catharines, ON). 2018

World Under 23 Gold medallist Avalon Wasteneys (Campbell River, BC), and Kasia Gruchalla-Wesierski (Calgary, AB) complete this exciting Canadian crew.

Canada will test out two strong crews in the Women’s Four event. CAN1 will consist of 2018 World medallists, Sydney Payne (Toronto, ON) Lisa Roman (London, ON), Nicole Hare (Calgary, AB) and 2018 World Champion Hillary Janssens (Cloverdale, BC). CAN2 includes 2017 World medallist Kristin Bauder (London, ON), Colleen Nesbitt (Calgary, AB), Karen Lefsrud (Calgary, AB), and Morgan Rosts (Jordan, ON).

Andrea Proske (Langley, BC) and Gabrielle Smith (Unionville, ON) will be looking to improve upon their 9^th place finish at World Cup 2 last month in the Women’s Double event. This duo earned the silver medal at the 2018 World Cup 3 in Lucerne.

RCA Women’s Head Coach Dave Thompson will be joined by Assistant Coach Phil Marshall to support the team in Rotterdam.

Live Streaming will be available for finals on Sunday July 14 at CBC Sports and World Rowing.

When and Where
July 12-14, 2019
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Racing starts 9:00am local time (3:00amET / 12:00amPT)

How to Follow Racing 
Live tracking and blogging every day at www.worldrowing.com.
Live streaming of finals on Sunday available in Canada at CBC Sports.

Join the conversation @rowingcanada: #WRCRotterdam #rowtotokyo #rowingcanada

Schedule and Results available at worldrowing.com.

Canadian Crews – World Cup 3

Women’s Eight
Madison Mailey	Burnaby Lake Rowing Club
Susanne Grainger	London Rowing Club
Jennifer Martins	Western University Rowing Club
Christine Roper	Ottawa Rowing Club
Avalon Wasteneys	University of Victoria Rowing Club
Kasia Gruchalla-Wesierski	Calgary Rowing Club
Stephanie Grauer	Burnaby Lake Rowing Club
Rebecca Zimmerman	University of Victoria Rowing Club
Kristen Kit (coxswain)	University of British Columbia Rowing Club/St. Catharines Rowing Club
Lightweight Women’s Double
Jill Moffatt	Western University Rowing Club
Jennifer Casson	Kingston Rowing Club
Lightweight Women’s Single
Ellen Gleadow	Burnaby Lake Rowing Club
Women’s Four
CAN1
Hillary Janssens	University of British Columbia Rowing Club
Sydney Payne	Brentwood College Rowing Club
Nicole Hare	Calgary Rowing Club
Lisa Roman	Middlesex-Western Rowing Club
CAN2
Kristin Bauder	Middlesex-Western Rowing Club
Karen Lefsrud	Calgary Rowing Club
Colleen Nesbitt	Calgary Rowing Club
Morgan Rosts	Ridley Graduate Boat Club
Women’s Double
Andrea Proske	Victoria City Rowing Club
Gabrielle Smith	Knowlton Rowing Club

 

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For more information:

Colleen Coderre
RCA Communications
comm@rowingcanada.org