Last weekend, July 31, several Vesper Masters women competed at the 129th Royal Canadian Henley in St. Catherines, Ontario All crews with Vesper women took gold. D1x Alix James E2x Ann Cann, Karin Constant (Rivanna, Vesper) D4x Alix James, Ann Couwenhoven, Eileen Normoyle, Linde Wilson (Vesper, Baltimore) E4x Karen Agersborg, Andrea Hurwitz, Ann Boucher, Karin [...]
Thank you everyone for your support! Though this afternoon’s race wasn’t flawless, the girls raced courageously throughout the entirety of the regatta and it was a great accomplishment to finally make the “A” final. There is no shame in loosing to the former Junior World Champions as they crushed the former U23 World Best time [...]
A film is going to be shot at Vesper in the next few weeks. Please read the following schedule; there are a few times when we won’t be able to use the boathouse because it will be open to the film crew only. Non-exclusive Access – production crew in the club but members allowed. This [...]
Vesper Boat Club will roll out it’s most ambitious summer racing program yet in 2012. As you may know, Vesper’s U23 Lightweight Program has qualified a boat to compete at the World Championships in every year since it was started in 2009; in 2011, our women’s lightweight double raced in the Grand Final–the first time [...]
The 2010 naming ceremony kicked off the VESPER BOAT-NAMING FUNDRAISER. The funds from this effort will go towards the purchase of new 1x’s for the masters at Vesper Boat Club. We have a limited number of boat-naming opportunities: 3 elite level doubles and 3 elite level 4x/4-s. Boat naming rights can be bought for $1000 for [...]
Joanne Iverson Receives Ernestine Bayer Award at the 2010 USRowing Confernce Joanne Iverson writes: I returned last night from the USRowing Conference in Tampa where I received the Ernestine Bayer award for outstanding contributions to women’s rowing, mainly for my efforts to have women’s rowing added to the Olympic program. The award was very gratifying [...]
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