Monthly Archives: August 2010

Poznan 2010 #3

The Women’s C-1 race was very impressive this year.   Not just because Canada came out on top and has the honor of being the first ever World Champion, but because the event has grown from one in which we would … Continue reading

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Poznan 2010 #2

Here’s the video of the Men’s 200m C1.  The photo finish and tie for third are impressive.  Here is a great example of the futility of the CKC progression criteria.  A year ago Richard Dalton faced losing his place on … Continue reading

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Poznan 2010

So, I finally found some of the C1 races from Poznan on Youtube.  Here’s the 500m final.  I have to say that Mark looks pretty good, it’s a shame that he was robbed of a top 5 finish by a … Continue reading

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The Day I Did Win the Black

So, my brother Peter and Bryan Burns had a look at the 1988 Black Trophy Story and decided that the story really was incomplete without an epilogue on what happened the next year.  With that in mind, here is a … Continue reading

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Canadian Canoers Come Through

So day one of the World Championships is done and I was forced to “watch” by checking the results page on the Poznan 2010 website. It would have been real nice to have a live feed or updates on Twitter … Continue reading

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