 |
c2000s
c1980s
|
2010:
Masters Men
2005: Juvenile Women |
|
 |
Wave
Matthews Grimsrud
1999-2001 |
Ron
Christie
2002-2005 |
Chris
Laplante
2012-2014 |
 |
Floyd
Fry
(2021: Official) |
|
 |
|
|
|
 |
Regina,
SASKATCHEWAN |
|
| Wascana Lake
|
|
| Ancestral
lands of the Métis, Blackfoot, Niitsítapi,
Ochéthi Šakówin |
|
CURRENT
CANMAS CHAMPIONS 2025 |
Google
Maps Link - photograph © Donald Andrew |
Jersey
paintings © Liam Birch
Current Jersey
photograph © Ron Christie
Mens C15 2005
photograph © Ron Christie
Mens C15 2005
Original Clubhouse 1986-1995
|
Founded: |
1986
(1973) |
|
| Founders:
|
|
|
| Official
Name: |
Wascana
Racing Canoe Club |
| Former
Name: |
Regina
Canoe Club |
| Telephone: |
306-780-9311 |
| Website: |
www.wrccpaddle.com |
| Club
Colours: |
|
|
|
ACHIEVEMENTS |
4th
Place: 2006
6th Place: 2010
7th Place: 1999, 2005
CanMas Champions: 2025
Prairie
Division Champions: 2006,
2008, 2013,
2016, 2017,
2018,
2021
Western
Canadian Champions:
1994,
1995,
1996,
1997,
1998,
2001
|
| Greatest
Points Total: 2006: 341 (4th) |
| INFORMATION |
The
Wascana
Racing Canoe Club is a Regina-based competitive
and recreational canoe and kayak club founded in 1986.
With a strong volunteer base, Wascana has achieved much
recognition in Western Canada in its short history. The
current clubhouse was built in 1996 and Wascana Lake underwent
a deepening project in 2003 to increase the lake’s
depth to 18 feet. Wascana is a Cree word meaning “pile
of bones.”
Wascana is loosely connected to the Regina
Canoe Club which existed on Wascana
Lake immediately prior to 1986. A Regina Canoe Club actually
existed prior to WWII and its commodore, Bevan Lawson,
was located by Prairie Flag Office Herb Benthin. Benthin
then called for a meeting to try to get a new Regina Canoe
Club off the ground. Not much happened until 1973 and
then the new club entered CCA the following year. It went
on hiatus for a while and re-entered CCA again in 1984.
The name "Regina Canoe Club" appears on the
National Championships program in 1985 and in 1986. "Wascana"
appears for the first time in 1987. According to former
paddler John Dipple, the Western Canada Summer Games scheduled
for 1975 in Regina kick-started the loose organisation
of a canoeing group. Jim Nickel, formerly of Winnipeg
Canoe Club coached the paddlers but moved to Swift Current
leaving the Regina "club" to dissolve. It picked
up again in time for the 1979 WCSG in Saskatoon when several
synchronised swimmers from the local high school began
paddling. This group raced continuously through the early
80s under Jim Nickel Jr. and organised the first Canada
Day Regatta on Wascana Lake in either 1983 or 1984. The
impetus for the Wascana Racing Canoe Club was likely the
influx of money from SaskFirst with Saskatoon selected
as the host site for 1989 Canada Games. There is no relation
to the Regina Boat Club which
inquired into CCA membership in 1936 and went on to become
the Regina Rowing Club.
During
the 1990s, the Herchmer School Canoe
Club was an associate program of Wascana RCC and
sent various athletes to compete at the North American
Indigenous Games.
|
| CCA
COMMODORES |
 |
Chris
Laplante - 2024- |
|
|
| NATIONAL
TEAM COACHES |
| Dave
Robertson - Coach 2010-?
|
| CANADA
GAMES MEDALISTS |
Hillary
Adams
2001 C1 500 
C1 1000 C1
200  C2 200
 C2 500
C2 1000 C4
500 C1 6k
, Richard
Anderson 1989 K4 500 ,
Joel
Beach 1989 K4 500
K2 6k , Kia
Byers 2001 K4 500 ,
Jacques
de Jager 2005 C2 1000
C4 1000 C2
6k , 2009
C2 200 C2
500 C2 1000
,
Simon Fense 2009 K2 200 ,
2013 K4 200
K2 5k K4
1000 ,
Lliam Folk 2005 C2 500
C2 1000 C4
1000 C2 6k
, 2009 C2
200 C2 500
C2 1000 ,
Kaitlyn Fry 2001 K2 1000
K4 500 ,
Tina Giannini 2001 C2 1000
C4 500 ,
Megan
Gibson
2009 K2 200
K2 500 ,
Kurt
Grimsrud 1993 C2 6k ,
Sarah
Harper 1997 K1 200 ,
Josh
Henderson 1997 C2 1000
C2 6k , Ashley
Holowatuk 2009 C2 200 ,
Liam
McKinnon 2013 K4 200
K4 1000 ,
Tiera McLeod 2001 K4 500 ,
Ian Mulholland 2001 K2 500 ,
Henry
Reis 2005 K2 200 ,
Dave
Robertson 1997 C2 1000
C2 6k , Natalie
Schwartz 2005 C4 500 ,
Nicolaas
Smith 2005 C2 500
C4 1000 , Whitney
Vanderleest 2001 K1 500
K2 1000 K4
500 K1 6k
, Fearghus
Vincent 2013 K2 5k ,
Lexy Vincent 2013 K1 1000
2017
K2 1000 K4
200
(ON) |
| NATIONAL
TEAM ALUMNI |
|
Hillary
Adams |
| Worlds
2003 |
| Kia
Byers |
| Worlds
2009 K1 Relay ,
2010, 2011;
Jr. Worlds 2005; Pan
Ams 2007 K2 500
K4 500 ; PA
Champs 2005 Jr K4 500 ,
2008 K1 200 K4
1000 , 2010
K1 200 |
| Christine
Selinger |
| Worlds
2009, 2010, 2011 V1 200 ,
K1 200 , 2012
V1 200 V1 ;
PA
Champs 2012 V1 200
K1 200 (Paracanoe)
|
| Christopher
Pearson |
| Worlds
2009, 2010 (Paracanoe) |
| Joel
Beach |
| Jr.
Worlds 1991 |
| Ross
O’Donnell |
| Jr.
Worlds 1997 |
| Stephanie
Robertson |
| Jr.
Worlds 2001 ;PA
Champs 2000 Jr K2 500
Jr K4 500 Jr
K1 500 |
| Whitney
Vanderleest |
| Jr.
Worlds 2005; PA
Champs 2005 Jr K1 500
Jr K4 200 Jr
K4 500 Jr K4
1000 |
| Tiera
McLeod |
| Jr.
Worlds 2005; PA
Champs 2005 Jr K2 200
Jr K2 500 Jr
K2
1000 ,
2008 K4 1000 ,
2009 K1 500
K2 1000 K4
200 K4 500
|
| Kaitlyn
Fry |
| Jr.
Worlds 2005;
PA
Champs 2005
Jr K4 1000 Jr
K2 500 |
| Megan
Gibson |
| Jr.
Worlds 2009; PA
Champs 2008 Jr
K4 500 Jr K4
200 |
| Simon
Fense |
| PA
Champs
2010
Jr K2 500 Jr
K4 1000 ;
Junior Team 2009 |
| Lliam
Folk |
| Junior
Team 2005 |
| Adam
Clay |
| Junior
Team 2004 |
| Daniella
Zemlak |
| Junior
Team 2010 |
|
|
