Barnet had a great day in the sunshine and on the water. We loved dressing up as the Real Spice Girls and showed we are a creative crew as well as strong, determined and ready to race! Winning our second race was especially sweet and gave our novices a taste of that feeling where everything is in sync – timing, power, passion, spirit, soul and heart!

Dorothy Fenning

Barnet Crew

Deas Divas had a great time despite our depleted numbers. Thanks to the other crews for helping us out and we were particularly proud of our second place finish in our final race of the day even though we were paddling with 16 versus the other boats with 20
paddlers.

Jane Mann

What a wonderful day! The Fortitude Crew in their stunning Oz outfits had a wonderful time as we always seem to do when we are together. What more could you ask for in life: great friends, great weather and a wonderful event. It was wonderful to see all the other teams and wander around chatting and catching up!

Pat McCuaig

Deas and Fort-itude Crews

The Feisty Ladies from False Creek attended their first regatta of 2008 in "buzzing" form at the ever popular Women's regatta. Our Bugs in a Boat costume was the creation of Barb Baker and Anne Ling. Our management team (mothers) for the day were Novices Linda Arato and Gail Belcher. Unfortunately both ladies were injured early in the season yet they remain vital members of our crew. They of course took their "orders" from our "ever efficient" manager Novice Cathy Marr. Our "goslings" who took to the water for their first ever race were Tracey, Elizabeth and Cathy. Tracey was so eager she went head first into the boat, recovered quickly and raced the whole thing in one breath!! Chatty Cathy grinning from ear to ear paddled like a pro while Elizabeth worked quietly in the back section. You may wonder what we "oldies" were doing while our Novices worked so splendidly. We paddled as a team, had lots of fun and reflected on our own Novice year. Now Abreast Up the Creek are eager to "attack" Rio Tinto/Alcan.

Jean Buckley

This is by far one of our favourite regattas of the season – 53 female teams competing from all over BC and some from the US. The highlight is often the outrageous costumes that some of the teams come up with and some actually paddle in these getups! As Abreast in Richmond has initials that spell AIR we thought it would be fitting to do something airy and with an airport/airplane theme due to our close proximity to the Vancouver Airport. So the Richmond Air Farce arrived ready to have fun in colourful propeller beanie hats, glitzy pilot stripes and a tent decorated with windsocks, airplanes and an Air Farce banner. Of course the propeller hats had to come off during the 3 – 500 meter races – we didn’t want to be seen having an unfair advantage. Our crew did a great job of finishing first in our last race of the day – we’ve decided we all reach our “peak” performance in the afternoons! A great spring day on the water was enjoyed by all.

Heather Trenholm