Canada Summer Games - Gold for ON, NB and BC

by Sail Canada on 11 Aug 2013 At the Canada Summer Games, there was excitement on the water and the scoreboard in all fleets for the final race! All fleets had their second worst scores dropped for final overall standings.

The battle for Bronze medal in the Laser male race was so tight! Ontario’s Ian Hill and Alberta’s Nicolas Hamel sailed sixth and seventh respectively in this final race for the single handed boys, each dropping these scores. Overall scores matched at 33 points each and with tie breaker applied it was Hamel who took the medal! New Brunswick’s Fraser Wells won the final race to take the Gold, while BC’s Max Gallant sailed to fourth finish in the final race to secure the Silver medal.

Final race for the Radial Female fleet offered a show! Quebec’s Rebecca Abelson and Ontario’s Bronwyn Richardson came into the final day sitting in third and fourth respectively. They battled one another in match-race fashion throughout the last race, with Richardson crossing the line in fifth to take the Bronze ahead of Abelson. Nova Scotia’s Corinne Peters won the last race to take Silver medal, while BC’s Natalia Montemayor took the Gold retaining her score lead without racing on the last day.

Ontario’s Jean-Matthieu Bolland and Benjamin Strickland won the last race to secure the Gold medal in the 29er Male fleet. Finishing third in this race was BC’s Ryan Wood and Lloyd Lyall – these boys showed great promise early in the Games to shine througn to a Silver medal at these Games. And second in this last race - with consistent performances throughout the Games - was Nova Scotia’s Gregory Simms and Devan Dube to take the Bronze medal.

29er female training partner teams from Quebec and Ontario stayed close through the Games. Ontario’s Katherine McEwen and Linor Berezin won the final race, giving the girls four straight race wins in last two days to securely wrap up their Games with a gold medal! Quebec’s Pépin-Delhaes and Virginie Lavallée-Corbeill took the silver medal after sailing to third place final race finish behind BC’s Madison Innes and Sophie Papp. The BC team took the bronze medal in overall scores.

Here are Sailing's medallists for the 2013 Canada Summer Games:

Laser Male

NB – Fraser Wells
BC – Max Gallant
AB – Nicolas Hamel

Radial Female

BC – Natalia Montemayor
NS – Corinne Peters
ON – Bronwyn Richardson

29er Male

ON – Jean-Matthieu Bolland and Benjamin Strickland
BC – Ryan Wood and Lloyd Lyall
NS - Gregory Simms and Devan Dube

29er Female

ON – Katherine McEwen and Linor Berezin
QC – Florence Pépin-Delhaes and Virginie Lavallée-Corbeill
BC – Madison Innes and Sophie Papp

2.4mR Mixed

QC – Christine Lavallée (F)
SK – Joe Gerlinsky (M)
ON – Aaron Wong-Sing Sail Canada website