Click here to see full size. Original cover of the 1976 Regatta Program

Click here to see full size. Scene from the 1975 regatta on the Kennebecasis River.

Click here to see full size. Boats ready for the regatta

Click here to see full size. Spectators watching the regatta from a dock

Click here to see full size. Shot of a four-man with coxswain race

Click here to see full size. Flags and spectators at the Renforth regatta

Click here to see full size. A single sculler out on the Kennebecasis River

THE KENNEBECASIS ROWING CLUB

Founded in 1972 the Kennebecasis Rowing Club has become, in the short space of five years, a nationally known and highly regarded rowing club.

The club started out with four "young oarsmen"-- Tim Frink, Charles Fawcett, Lorne Kilpatrick, and Ivan Langille, but, without a coach. As luck would have it, Gerry Lienert, one of Canada's Olympic coaches came to live in the area. From that moment the club never looked back. Gerry set his sights on the Canadian Henley Regatta and took his light and heavy crews there in 1974. Although this Regatta is perhaps the most prestigious international one on the Continent, and despite never having rowed before, both crews won places in the finals, a fantastic achievement!

This great start has made the KRC oarsmen very ambitious. In 1975 Lienert left the area and Tim Frink, now a qualified coach coach and Keith Ratcliffe, of many years experience, carry on. The similar crews achieved fame this time in the Renforth Regatta and the Nova Scotia sprint, when the heavies beat the Ontario champions in the cox 4.

It is fitting to say here, that the 1975 Renforth Regatta drew some sixty oarsmen and women and the large crowd enjoyed thirteen races. An added attraction this year is the inclusion of women's crews-- two of them.

The 1976 season promises well. Coaches Ratcliffe (heavies), Frink (lights) and Kilpatrick (women), have been training hard since October with Wayne McConnell, Steve Gaunce, Dave Allen and others going three evenings a week all winter to special weight exercises at U.N.B.S.J. Since the ice went out it is seven times a week on the water.

On an individual basis, the club is proud of Andrew Messer whose ability is such that he has been selected for the Canadian youth crew which is due to leave for European Competition in July. What is a loss to the KRC is a gain for Canada.

The Kennebecasis Rowing Club-- adopting the colours of the famous Saint John "Paris" Crew-- is a going concern and will continue to, providing it has active financial and physical support needed.