c1970s


c1960s

c1950s


2021: Paddle-All

2019
: Paddle-All


1995:
Senior Women

1994: Senior Women

1966: Ladies

Hugh Betts
1974-1975
Rick Robida
1984-1985
Joe Blondin
1986

 

Pickering, ONTARIO  
Frenchman's Bay, Rouge River  
Ancestral lands of the Mississauga, Wendake-Nionwentsio, Anishinabewaki, Haudenosaunee

Google Maps Link - photograph © John Honsberger


Jersey paintings © Liam Birch
Current Jersey


photograph © Liam Birch

Frenchman's Bay Site


photograph © Liam Birch

Mens C15 2004


Clubhouse 1962


Clubhouse 1972


Regatta Program 1959

Founded:
1958
Founders:
Peter Connelly, Donald May, Atis Bredovskis
Official Name: Pickering Rouge Canoe Club
Former Name:
West Rouge Canoe Club
Telephone:
416-282-6682
Website:
www.pickeringrouge.ca
Club Colours:
     

ACHIEVEMENTS
1996
4th Place: 1964
5th Place: 1995
6th Place: 1994
Greatest Points Total: 1996: 167 (3rd)
INFORMATION
The Pickering Rouge Canoe Club began as the West Rouge Canoe Club, founded in 1958 on the Rouge River in Scarborough by former Toronto Sailing & Canoe Club members Peter Connelly, Donald May and Atis Bredovskis. The club was initially sponsored by the West Rouge Kiwanis but was unfortunately washed out by high lake levels in 1973. The current sprint program operates on the west spit of Pickering’s Frenchman’s Bay. The club offers dragon boating and camping in addition to recreational and competitive canoeing. A new clubhouse and boat storage were completed in 2010 to coincide with the name change. Club members have been known as the “Rouges.” NB: Although the original colours were green and white (as evidenced in the original logo below), the colours listed in some regatta programs are quite different; 1962: Purple & Yellow, 1964: Yellow & Green, 1965: Black & Gold (used in penant). By 1968, the now familiar Red & Black were established (reminiscent of Toronto's colours).
CCA COMMODORES
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NATIONAL TEAM COACHES
Graham Barton
Head Coach 1988, 2000, 2017-present; Coach 1985-87
CANADA GAMES MEDALISTS
Mike Ante 1997 K2 500 K4 1000 , Scott Barclay 2013 K4 200 , E. Brieske 1969 K4 500 , Chris De Graauw 1989 C1 500 C2 500 C4 500 , Kristoffer Gurlesky 2001 K2 500 K4 1000 , Brian Hobbs 1969 C1 1000 C15 1000 , Peter Hobbs 1973 C4 1000 K1 1000 (QC), Nancy Holroyd 1969 K4 500 , Taylor Potts 2009 C2 500 C4 500 , 2013 C1 200 C1 500 C4 200 C2 200 , Jason Roussel 1989 C2 500 , Graham Smith 1993 K4 1000 (QC)
NATIONAL TEAM ALUMNI
Jonathan Hollins
Jr. Worlds 1991; Pan Ams 1995
Taylor Potts
U23 Worlds 2013 C2 500 , 2014; PA Champs 2010 C1 200 C1 500 C1 1000 , 2013 C1 200 C2 200 C2 500 2014 C1 200 C2 500
Graham Barton
PA Champs 1983
John Mitchell
NA Champs 1965 K4 1000
John McCormick
NA Champs 1965 K4 1000
Sandra Gordon
NA Champs 1965 K2 500
Eldo Baumaster
NA Champs 1965 K2 500
Brian Hobbs
NA Champs 1969 C2 10k , 1970 C4 1000 , 1971 C4 1000 C1 10k , 1972 C2 1000 C4 1000 C2 10k , 1973 C4 1000 C2 10k
Ron Woitzik
NA Champs 1970 C4 1000
Peter Hobbs
NA Champs 1972 K4 1000 K2 10k , 1973 K2 1000
Tanya Bennett
Junior Team 1992
OTHER ALUMNI
Courtney Stott