Congratulations on a Successful Kayak Racing Season

We would like to congratulate Le Club West Island members Arthur Cory and Lisa Spour for their outstanding racing accomplishments during this summer’s Kayak season. Both Arthur and Lisa are proud members of the Pointe Claire Canoe Club Masters team and it’s no surprise to us that their hard work and dedication paid-off at the finish line.

We’ve seen them both in-action on the weight room floor AND in a variety of our group conditioning classes.  They are two individuals who are truly dedicated to training to become better athletes in their chosen sports!

Despite being a relative newcomer to the sport, Arthur collected some pretty impressive results this season:

Arthur’s results:

• 1st place (novice) 500 m k1 at Ottawa
• 1st place (novice) 200 m k1 at Ottawa
• 6th place (age group 60-64) 500 m K1 at the Canadian Master Championships in Welland
• Bronze medal (age group 60-64) 500 m K4 at the Canadian Master Championships in Welland
• Bronze medal (age group 60-64) 500 m K2 at the Canadian Master Championships in Welland
• 3rd Place (age group 60-64) in the 16 kilometer Chateauguay River Race.

Arthur’s success comes as no surprise to Lisa; “I watched him almost every day at lunch out on the water.  He and his K2 partner would go out in their kayak and tip repeatedly, and I mean repeatedly! But they swam back to the dock and got right back in the boat to try again and again.  The team was so proud of them to win the Bronze medal at Nationals.”

Lisa also enjoyed phenomenal success and placed top 3 in 16 of her races.  While she’s definitely proud of all her accomplishments, she is especially thrilled with her placements at the National and Provincial level races as well as the Ottawa Regatta.

Lisa’s results:

• 1st place mixed K2 500m at the Rideau Canoe Club Regatta in Ottawa, Ontario
• Silver medal Women’s K4 500m at Canadian Master Championships in Welland, Ontario
• Bronze medal K1 2000m at Provincial Championship in Shawinigan, Quebec
• Bronze medal K1 10,000m at Provincial Championship in Shawinigan, Quebec

Lisa attributes part of her success to her participation in Terri’s cycle class at Le Club and says; “I am sure that Terri’s indoor cycle class, focusing on endurance, truly helped me have the energy to push through the long distance races. The longest race was 16km and I won it!”

Congratulations on a great season, we’re very proud of you!