Balmy Beach Canoe Club

For the first time ever, Canada is hosting an ICF Canoe Sprint World Cup kicking off today until July 12, at Montréal's Olympic Basin, 50 years after the 1976 Olympic Games took place on the same course!

BBCC's Nick Matveev is racing this weekend in Men's K4 500 and K1 200 - let's go!

Thanks to for a great day of racing last month!

🇨🇦 DDRA Regatta brought the heat! We had a great day in Welland racing on Canada day - kicking off our first round of races for Tub C4 and mixed crews for the season.

💥 Canada Day (DDRA) Regatta! Happy Canada Day 🇨🇦 Today we are celebrating the way we know best - paddling in Welland! Go Beach!

This is what Balmy Beach looks like on a world stage. 🌍

Last week, 11 of our athletes competed at the 2026 ICF Sprint Masters World Championships in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia - one of the most competitive Masters paddling events in the world, with athletes from dozens of countries racing on Lake Banook.

Our team brought home 18 gold medals, 8 silver medals, and 1 bronze medal across three days of racing.

But more than the medals: this is a group of people who train year-round, who show up for each other at every practice, who travel across the country to race at the highest level of their sport and who make this club what it is.

To Anne Buckley, Andrea Stoddart, Mari Ellery, Ellen Fergusson, Chris Helyar, Sam Roworth, Vered Phillips, Warren Hastings, Dave Moore, Brett Stein, and Kevin Sendyk, we could not be more proud. 🇨🇦

Thank you to everyone who cheered from afar, followed along, and sent messages of support from home. BBCC is lucky to have athletes like these, and a community like you, behind them!

That's a wrap on the 2026 ICF Sprint Masters World Championships. 🏆🛶

Balmy Beach sent 11 athletes to Lake Banook and came home with 18 gold medals and 8 silver medals and one bronze across three days of racing.

Chris Helyar finished the week with 4 golds and 2 silvers. Mari Ellery swept C2 Mix 60/69, winning gold in both the 500m and 200m. Sam Roworth picked up three medals on the final day alone. Andrea Stoddart claimed her third gold of the championships. Anne Buckley, Andrea, and Mari shared a C4 podium together. Ellen Fergusson, Dave Moore, Warren Hastings, Vered Phillips, Brett Stein, and Kevin Sendyk — all on the line, all representing! We are so proud

Day 2 at the 2026 ICF Sprint Masters World Championships, and our Beach athletes are not letting up!

Chris Helyar raced three events and walked away with two golds and a silver, including a C2 win with Vladimir Pankratov by 0.06 seconds. 🤯

Ellen Fergusson took K1 gold by 0.18 seconds. Anne Buckley doubled up with a C1 gold and a C2 gold alongside Andrea Stoddart. Andrea added a second gold of her own in C1. Mari Ellery won C1 Women 65/69. Sam Roworth and Andrew Jessop earned silver in K2.

One day left - Crew boat day! 🔥

What a Day 1 at the 2026 ICF Sprint Masters World Championships! 🛶🌊

🥇 Mari Ellery — C1 Women 65/69
🥇 Anne Buckley — C1 Women 45/49
🥇 Andrea Stoddart + Anne Buckley — C2 Women 40/49
🥇 Ellen Fergusson + partner — K2 Women 40/49
🥈 Ellen Fergusson — K1 Women 40/44
🥈 Sam Roworth + partner — K2 Men 35/39

Day 1 was 500m. Day 2 is the 200m sprint — it starts tomorrow at 8:30 AM. Go BBCC! 🏆

💥 ICF Sprint Masters World Championships! On home turf in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia - the masters worlds kick off today. With a mighty BBCC roster, we are excited to cheer everyone on. Go Beach!