Thunder Bay Rowing Club

Massive shoutout to LTL Contracting for providing us with one of their company vehicles to tow our new trailer to the NWIRA Championship in Kenora. Our club recently purchased a new trailer to accommodate our growing fleet & the crew from LTL were so generous in providing us a vehicle in such short notice! Thank you!

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TBRC capped off our summer racing season with a bang! Congratulations to all of our athletes on their dedication and commitment over the season. We are so proud to have had our best NWIRA Championship Regatta performance with 10 wins, being the most wins at the regatta since 1986, and earning second place overall as a club!! This is a HUGE milestone for our growing club! Go TBRC!

More content from the weekend to come but for now here is a summary of our results!

🥇 Open Women’s Pair — Mariah MacFarlane / Anne-Marie Fequet
🥇 Master Men’s Pair — Greg Shimkoff / Vince Rutter
🥇 U19/Junior Men’s Four w/Cox — Thunder Bay composite — Griffin Abbink / Max Wiebe / Oscar Rutter / Per Fredrickson — Cox: Sarah Fequet
🥇 Master Men’s Single 50+ — Terry Hamilton
🥇 Women’s Eight — Jillian Thompson / Hanna Abbink / Mackenzie Thompson / Rachel Lambley / Stephanie Chow / Kristine Hilden / Mariah Macfarlane / Anne-Marie Fequet — Cox: Sarah Fequet
🥇 Master Men’s Four — Ryan Weston / Christian Carl / Vince Rutter / Greg Shimkoff
🥇 U17/Junior B Men’s Double — Per Fredrickson / Griffin Abbink
🥇 U19/Junior Men’s Eight — Brody Horihan / Fitz Ponka / Tyrone Walters / Max Sarrazin / Griffin Abbink / Max Wiebe / Oscar Rutter / Per Fredrickson — Cox: Sarah Fequet
🥇 Open Women’s Four — Mackenzie Thompson / Rachel Lambley / Mariah Macfarlane / Anne-Marie Fequet
🥇 Master Men’s Double — Vince Rutter / Terry Hamilton

🥈 U19/Junior Men’s Quad — Oscar Rutter / Fitz Ponka / Max Wiebe / Tyrone Walters
🥈 U17/Junior B Men’s Quad — Brody Horihan / Max Sarrazin / Griffin Abbink / Per Fredrickson
🥈 Open Women’s Quad — Mackenzie Thompson / Rachel Lambley / Anne-Marie Fequet / Mariah Macfarlane
🥈 Master Women’s Quad — Suvi Riekko / Francie Sweitzer / Stephanie Chow / Kristine Hilden
🥈 Master Men’s Single Under 50 — Vince Rutter
🥈 Lightweight Men’s Single Dash — Oscar Rutter
🥈 Women’s Eight Dash — Jillian Thompson / Hanna Abbink / Mackenzie Thompson / Rachel Lambley / Stephanie Chow / Kristine Hilden / Mariah Macfarlane / Anne-Marie Fequet — Cox: Sarah Fequet

TBRC was proud to sponsor a hole at the Northwestern Ontario Sports Hall of Fame Golf Tournament!
Pictured from left to right are Richard Johns, Cy Goshgarian, Norm MacIver (Assistant General Manager, Chicago Blackhawks), and Doug Colbon.

TBRC is also proud to have had many of our members inducted into the Northwestern Ontario Sports Hall of Fame. Their achievements are a testament to the dedication, commitment, and passion they have shown for both the sport and our club over the years.

NWIRA is fast approaching and we need volunteers!

Parents/spectators or available athletes attending NWIRA are encouraged to help out Aug. 14-15th. If available, please follow the link below to sign up for one of the many tasks needed to make the regatta a great success!

Many hands make light work!

Looking forward to seeing you there!

NWIRA Volunteer Sign-Up Please review the available slots below and click on a role to sign up. For a full description of each role, click on the attached spreadsheet link. When signing up, use contact information you check regularly as we will use it to send updates leading up to the event. One week prior to the event, an...

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TBRC had another great weekend competing at the Tops and Bottoms Regatta in Kenora! Congrats to all of our athletes who competed! Countdown is on until NWIRA!

Final Summary of Results:
🥇Open Women 2- (Anne Marie/Mariah)
🥇Open Womens 2x (Mariah/Anne Marie)
🥇Open Womens 1x (Mariah)
🥇Junior Mens 8+ composite (Oscar/Per/Max W/Brody/Griffin)
🥇Junior Mens 4+ (Per/Oscar/Max W/Brody cox Rebecca)
🥇Junior Mens 4x (Per/Griffin/Brody/Oscar)
🥇Junior Mens 2- (Per/Oscar)
🥇Junior Mens 1x (Oscar)
🥇Mixed Master 2x (Vince/Francie)
🥇Mixed Mash Dash 8+ (Per/Oscar/Klara/Jillian/Hanna/Libby/Max W/Brody cox Sarah)

We are proud of our junior rowers, as many of them raced for their first time this weekend! Thank you to Superior Shores Gaming Association for their continued support in developing our junior rowers!

Looking forward to welcoming Minneapolis Rowing Club, Winnipeg Rowing Club, Thunder Bay Rowing Club, Minnesota Boat Club and Pinawa to Rabbit Lake for Saturday’s races. Racing will be underway f7:30 am to 4:30 pm. Spectators welcome!

Our Open crew had the opportunity to get some good training in this past weekend -many thanks to Kingston Rowing Club and Queen's Rowing 🇹🇩 for accommodating us and inviting us to your session! It was a great experience for our team!

Congratulations to our Masters Crews who competed at the Row ON Champs in Welland this past weekend.

Our team put TBRC on the map with excellent performances from everyone!

Here is a summary of the results:
Gold - Masters Women’s 2- Kristine and Stephanie

Gold - Masters Women’s D1x - Anne Marie

Silver Masters Women’s D1x - Kristine

Silver Masters Women’s D2x - Kristine/Stephanie

Silver Masters Mixed 2x - Greg/Anne Marie

Silver Masters Mens D2x - Greg/Vince

Bronze Masters C1x - Vince

Bronze Masters Women’s C2x - Anne Marie/Suvi

Bronze Masters Women’s C4x - Kristine/Stephanie/Anne Marie/Suvi