Dropped the ball on posting about CCWC!!

Well... surprise, surprise... I dropped the ball (again) on posting about the Club Crew World Championships held in Ravenna, Italy in September.

To make a very long and drawn out post (that much) shorter, here are the juicy pieces:

2000m - World Champions (Women's Premier)
200m - 2nd place (Women's Premier)
500m - World Champions (Women's Premier)

Not too bad ;)

Plus we got some great media love from the Ottawa Citizen here: http://ottawacitizen.com/sports/local-sports/ottawas-galley-girls-dragon-boat-team-win-big-at-world-event

I don't have many pictures from the first couple of days, but managed to pawn my camera off to Krysta's fiancee (as of a few days ago) to take pictures on the last day - so here goes :)

Medal Winners for the 500m Women's Premier Race

Me and my teammate Dr. Gina

Have to have a picture of my wonderful running buddy Guinness (just before I left) :)

Galley Girls celebrating a world championship in the 500m with a nice champagne toast

Krysta and I 

Getting my 500m medal

Paddling up to the start of the 500m final - I'm seat 7 on the right

Ravenna for IDBF World Club Crew Championships

It's Tuesday and I'm in Ravenna, Italy with my team from Ottawa - The Ottawa Premier Women Galley Girls. We are preparing to race in the 204 IDBF World Club Crew Championships. 

Yesterday, we had a practice scheduled and we got out for about ten minutes before the officials called all of the boats off the water. The course is contained, but still managed to get whitecaps, high winds gusts of 70 km/h, rain and just plain awesome, dirty weather conditions. A few boats tipped and the officials felt it wasn't safe to continue as planned so we returned to our hotel‎. I managed to sneak in a bit of a run around Ravenna, which was nice to burn off some energy because we have been tapering all week.

I walked around yesterday, had some prosciutto melone and then had tuna steak for dinner. The food here is incredible. Everything is fresh, plentiful and tastes so wonderful :)

This morning, we managed to get a full hour session on the course. The boat is feeling good and responding well, so we will see what happens tomorrow during the first race. It's a 2km race, with boats leaving every fifteen seconds. Right now we are slayed to start in the middle.of the pack, which is good because the water won't be as messy as starting at the end of the bunch - less wash to have to contend with. But, instead of hunting the first crew, we will be the hinted, having crews trying to overtake and pass us. 

Here are some pictures of the course - note the massive Canadian flag - just waiting for us ;)

For friends and family at home, our race is at 5pm Europe time, and will (should) be broadcast in IDBF TV.