Members of the St.Catharines Rowing Club. It is with great sadness that I announce the loss of one of our club program head coaches.
Deciding to step away from coaching Brian Dell will be leaving behind one of the most successful programs in the rowing clubs history.
Brian has been at the head of the Senior Lightweight Women's program from 2006 – 2009 and for many years previous, building the program to new heights.
2009 had to be the highlight for Brian and for the athletes as they brought home Henley Gold in the SrBLwt Women's 2-, 4-, 8+, SrALwt Women's 8+ and the Lwt Women's DASH 8. It is incredible having a program win 5 gold, to have two of the athletes be in all 5 boats and have another athlete team up with another JrB to win the JrB Women's 2x. Brian has been a valuable contributor to the program and to the rowing club.
His insight, experience and willingness to support everyone will be missed. We hope that he returns to visit the club as often as possible as he is going to be missed. All the best to Brian and his family.
With the recommendation of Brian and the support of the rowing club I am happy to announce the placement of Ron (Swede) Burak into the role of Head Coach of the Senior Lightweight Women's program. Swede's dedication to rowing is obvious as we look to the past success with the JrB women and the Brock University lightweight women. No doubt Swede will be on the water every morning with the women as they start out the season in singles and doubles, looking to put lightweight women on provincial and national teams.
Mark Welsh, Head Coach, St.Catharines Rowing Club
