Regina’s Kia Byers won the senior women’s K1 200-metre event at the national team trials for CanoeKayak Canada on the weekend. She has now also been named to the Canadian women’s kayak team and will compete in the World Cup on May 21st and 22nd in the Czech Republic and from May 27th to 29th in Germany.  At the trials, which were held in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Tiera McLeod of... 

Canoe Kayak Saskatchewan is pleased to announce that eight Saskatchewan athletes have been named to CanoeKayak Canada’s national sprint racing teams.  Kia Byers of Regina has been named to the senior national team member.  Byers had an outstanding competitive season, representing Canada at the 2010 Senior World Championships and on the World Cup tour in Europe and most recently at the Pan Am Championships... 

Regina’s Simon Fense won a gold medal and a bronze medal at the Pan American canoe and kayaking championships on the weekend in Mexico City. Fense and Etienne Beauchesne of Quebec won the junior men’s K2 500-metre event. He also won a bronze medal with Beauchesne, Jarret Kenke of Saskatoon, and Brian Malfesi of BC in the men’s K4. Kia Byers won the silver medal in the senior women’s K1 200m.  Read More →

Kia Byers of Regina won a silver medal at the Pan Am canoe and Kayak championships on the weekend. Byers won her medal in the women’s K-1 200-metre race in Mexico City on Sunday. With the second place finish, Byers qualified for next year’s Pan Am Games, in Mexico in October of 2011. Those games will be an Olympic qualifying event.  Read More →

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A dragon boat team from Regina, the Pond Scum, placed second in the masters division of the largest dragon boat festival in the United States, the San Francisco Dragon Boat Festival, this weekend.  Read More →

Saskatchewan paddlers competed this weekend at the La Classique Internationale de Canots de la Mauricie in Quebec, an event which is the third leg of the Triple Crown of Canoeing. Saskatchewan’s team of Mike Vincent (of Regina) and Ivan English (of Saskatoon) finished in third place out of 62 teams yesterday.  Read More →

The 2010 Canadian Sprint Canoe/Kayak Championships at Wascana lake have come to a close. Thrity-nine clubs competed for medals; the WRCC won 17 medals and placed six overall at the competition. In previous posts, we have listed the races of all WRCC members. Here is a summary of WRCC medalists: Gold Medals Senior Women’s K-1 200 m: Kia Byers. Master Men’s K-1 1000m: Mike Vincent. Senior... 

The 2010 Sprint Canoe Kayak Championships continued in Regina on Friday. Wascana Racing Canoe Club athlete results are as follows: Senior Women K-1 1000m Final Kaitlyn Fry – 6th – 4:53.768 Junior Men C-15 1000m Final David Robertson, Don Anderson, Christian De Jager, Jacques de Jager, Neal Fense, Avery Folk, Gabriel Folk, Lliam Folk, Iain McLeod, Henry Reis, Riley Schnell, Jory Stricker, Fearghus... 

The 2010 Sprint Canoe Kayak Championships continued in Regina on Friday. Wascana Racing Canoe Club athlete results are as follows: Juvenile Men K-4 1000m Final Simon Fense, Matthew Pechey, Cooper Reis, Kenzie Vincent – 8th – 3:25.025 Midget Men C-4 1000m Final Christian de Jager, Gabriel Folk, Devan Pilatzke, Fearghus Vincent – 7th – 4:57.354 Midget Women K-2 1000m Final Zoe Hanson, Daniella...