In short, the entire Junior Boys & Girls teams are utterly exhausted from a hectic week of racing at the 2011 Canadian Henley last week ... but we all returned home elated and victorious!!  So we have now wrapped up the 2010 - 2011 rowing year with yet another BANG ... 4 Gold medals (and many boats making their event finals).  Here are the major highlights:

•         For the second consecutive year, the Junior Varsity Girls captured Gold in both the U19 Eight as well as the U19 Four events!!
•         And they also captured Gold in both the U-17 Single as well as the U-17 Double events!
•         The Junior Varsity Boys placed 4^th in the U19 Eight event.
•         For full official results, too many to list here, please visit >>> http://www.henleyregatta.ca/en/henley-results.php

Congratulations to the entire CRI team and their diligent coaches for another successful year ... job well done!  In the meantime, a smaller contingent of 13 Varsity Girls are staying behind in Canada and continuing their quest for yet another challenge this week ... proudly representing the USA National Team at the 2011 CanAmMex (Canada - America - Mexico).  Please stay tuned for their results later this Friday.

Best wishes for the rest of the summer ... rest while you can ... and we shall return refreshed and ready for the new 2011 - 2012 rowing year shortly ... GO CRI !!!

As usual, many thanks to our team photographer, Gerry Roy, for his dedication in capturing all the wonderful memories throughout last week at Henley for all to peruse leisurely at his Photo Galleries >>>   http://garoyimaging.com/gallery-6-High-School-2011.html

Gerry also captured a short video of the Senior 52kg Women's Four event, in which we entered 4 of our feather-weight coxswains, whom in turn were coxed by a rower ... go figure ... they came in a respectable 4^th place ... ahem, as in last ... but what fun for them and also the spectators! J  Watch this entertaining video here >>> http://garoyimaging.smugmug.com/Competitive-Rowing/Royal-Canadian-Henley-2011/18314967_2DD9m8#1423072202_tJF3wJD

The 4 boats of Gold medalists are also appended below (apologies for not having access to all the shots taken at the medal stands, but will share more as they become available from other sources later).  Enjoy!

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Guerrilla Rowing is a Strength and Conditioning class that will improve your Fitness and teach you how to move better, both in the boat and in life.  This Revolutionary Off-Water Workout features constantly varied, high intensity, functional movement, which captures all the cardiovascular benefit of endurance exercise while promoting and increasing strength, muscle, speed, and power.  Each session includes a focus on mobility, a dynamic warm-up, new skill work, a fun but intense workout, and a cool down stretch for flexibility.  Every class is led and instructed by CrossFit Level 1 Certified Coach Patrick Larcom.  This week all classes are free so come check it out and bring a friend.  For the month of August classes will be $10 a session and can be paid in advance or as you go.  No matter what, your first class will be free and whenever you bring a friend your class will be free.  Classes will be held twice daily as well as Saturdays if there is demand. 

Also keep an eye out for a rowing and fitness based program for the fall!

Checkout www.facebook.com/GuerrillaRowing for the workout of the day and more information, or email Coach Pat at GuerrillaRowing@gmail.com.