Potomac Masters make a run for gold at the border

September 1, 2010 by  

Perennial favorites Camilla Durfee and Cal Sutliff will try to bring home the gold again this year, in the mixed 2x. (Pictured above in 2006.)

Perennial favorites Camilla Durfee and Cal Sutliff will try to bring home the gold once again in the mixed 2x. (Pictured above in 2006.)

From Camden to Canada, Potomac Boat Club’s most experienced this week head north again to St. Catherines, Ontario, for the 2010 FISA World Rowing Masters Regatta.  The four days of racing starts tomorrow, September 2nd, and culminates on September 5th, with a usually rowdy party. (And we’ve seen pictures of our MRP at this party from years past, fully enjoying their time away from home waters. Let’s just say that one year, they got the cops on the dance floor … to dance!)

But with over 2,700 entries and 300 clubs participating, the racing does get serious, folks. See for yourself!

Camilla strikes again, this time with Kathy Hughes in the J-G 2x!

Camilla strikes again, this time with Kathy Hughes in the G-J 2x. Thanks to Debbie Charles Chisholm for the pic!

Draws are now available here.  Click here to visit Regatta Central for a list of PBC entered events and the names of those competing for the club.  For real time results throughout the event, make sure you click here. (Refresh your browser often to ensure the latest results are visible.)

Not enough schedules and results for you?  Visit a link below to find results for each day of the regatta:

And maybe we’ll get lucky again and have more guest reporting from the event.  Check back over the next few days for updates!  [Update: Folks are writing us! (Squeal) See who below!]

Good luck to everyone and … GO, PBC!

Winners of the Women's H4+: Potomac's Marilyn Means, Camilla Durfee, Gretchen Ellsworth, Sarah Grady and Sally Sternbach.

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4 Responses to “Potomac Masters make a run for gold at the border”

  1. Debbie Charles Chisholm on September 2nd, 2010 10:27 pm

    On the first day of competition, Camilla Durfee and Kathy Hughes did us proud and bagged the first medals of FISA for PBC by winning their flight in the G-J 2x. They fought off a surge by host St. Catharines in the final meters and finished with a well-deserved gold medal.
    The other PBC women’s boat competing today, the 4+, finished 4th in our flight after loud cheering from the banks of the race course helped spur us on to the finish line.
    We had a variety of seasons here today – sun, rain, clouds, tail winds, cross winds…all to prepare us for the weekend when the temps are supposed to plunge and the winds are forecast to blow us around a lot. Good thing we had lots of practice with windy courses at MatNats!

  2. Debbie Charles Chisholm on September 4th, 2010 7:46 am

    Another day of rain, howling winds (that knocked down and broke one of our tents!) but also of BLING on friday.
    The sun came out briefly as Camilla Durfee picked up her second medal stroking the women’s H 4+ with Gretchen Ellsworth, Sally Sternbach & Marilyn Means. The ladies worked hard to push back challenges in a very tight race. YEA Potomac!!!!

  3. Debbie Charles Chisholm on September 5th, 2010 2:52 pm

    One last note from north of the border before we get in our car….Camilla made it a hat-trick on Sunday when she and Cal won in the 2x. Some Potomac men were in a mixed B8+ that also took home a medal on the last day of competition in the mixed events.
    Unfortunately high winds forced organizers to cancel most of the events on Saturday. We understood the problem when we saw an empty 4+ being towed back to the dock — EMPTY. After several laps around the warm-up area our women’s C4+ was sent back to the dock and after nearly 2 hours of waiting the organizers decided they had to cancel the rest of the day.
    But overall it was a good regatta for PBC and lots of fun despite the weather! Sorry for leaving out some of the men’s boats here but I am not sure who was in which races.

  4. Penelope for Gretchen Ellsworth on September 5th, 2010 9:05 pm

    Posted on behalf of Gretchen Ellsworth; a photo of the winning team is above and will be in the Gallery (see Gallery tab):

    Potomac Women’s H4+ won the team’s second gold medal at FISA, racing
    on Friday before the wind gods took over the course the next day.
    Competitors were Camilla Durfee, Sally Sternbach, Gretchen Ellsworth and
    Marilyn Means. Sarah Grady was our guest coxn and a good one too!

    [Thanks for the update, Gretchen! -P. Walz]