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Head of the Housatonic
Derby CT
October 11
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Head of the Charles
Boston MA
October 18, 19
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Head of the Schuylkill
Sorry, we will not be able to attend this year
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Head of the Fish
Saratoga Springs NY
October 25-26
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At the end of another Olympic Year we are turning over the National Team training
fleets and would like to extend our lowest prices on pre-owned boats to help you
build a small-boat training fleet of your own. Any purchased pre-owned boat will
be delivered clean and in good working order with all hulls and hardware quality
assessed by the Hudson manufacturing team. Many of the hulls are from the new Shark
Series which provide cutting edge design and offer outstanding speed, stability
and comfort.
2008 Fall Training Fleet Specials
2008 Olympic Boats
Click for the complete list.
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Canadian Men’s Pair Race Towards Silver Medal.
The weekend Rowing Finals finished with Hudson crews winning three medals. On Saturday
the Canadian Men’s Pair of Scott Fransden and Dave Calder won the Silver Medal in
a race to the line with the defending World and Olympic Champions from Australia
who quickly separated themselves from the field. Sunday started off with a great
finish in the Lightweight Women’s Double with the four crews finishing within two
seconds. The Canadians, Tracy Cameron and Melanie Kok, surged the bow of their Hammerhead
Double on the last stroke to win the Bronze Medal by four one hundredths of a second
over Germany. It was third time lucky for Hudson employee Jon Beare who realized
his dream by winning a Bronze medal in his third Olympics as a member of the Canadian
Lightweight Men’s Four. The U.S won the Women’s Eight wire to wire with the race
for the other medals apparently between Canada and Romania but a blistering final
500m by the Dutch left Canada 0.8 seconds out of the medals. In the final race of
the program Canada was able to defend their World Championship by asserting a boat
length lead at the half way mark and ultimately winning the Men’s Eight by 1.2 sec
over the fast closing British and American crews. The US men were fastest over the
second half of the race and finished in Bronze medal position with their Hammerhead
Eight.
USA Men’s Eight racing to Bronze in Hammerhead
Friday was a big day after severe weather, including lightning cancelled all races
on Thursday. Despite the reported issues of dysentery affecting many athletes and
weeds being sited for some poor results the A-Final line-ups have been set. The
second Semi Final of the Lightweight Women’s Double had two Hudson crews each looking
to claim one of the three qualifying spots into the A-Final. The Canadian crew of
Tracy Cameron and Melanie Kok, won the race in convincing style by leading at every
500m interval. The American crew of Jen Goldsack and Renee Hykel had the fastest
finishing 500m but came up 0.16 sec short of the last qualification spot for the
A-Final. Hudson West Coast Sales Rep, Jon Beare, who is a member of the Canadian
Lightweight Men’s 4- qualified for the A-Final.
The final race on Wednesday provided a flat out sprint to the line with five Women’s
Eights looking to claim the four remaining places in the Sunday Final. The Canadian
women put their Hammerhead hull in front by the mid point of the race and finished
a full second ahead of the Dutch. They will line up in Lane 2 beside the favoured
US crew in Sunday’s Final. The Men’s Pair Semi Finals had three Hudson crews. The
Canadian 2- of Scott Fransden and Dave Calder lead wire to wire in the first semi
final and appear to have found their early season form where they defeated the reigning
world champions from Australia in Lucerne. In the second semi the Serbian Men’s
Pair of Nikola Stojik and Goran Jagar were in position to qualify heading into the
final 500m before a blistering sprint from Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss catapulted
the US brothers into the A-Final.
Tuesday racing saw two American crews win in a Hammerhead hull. The US Lightweight
Women’s Double of Jen Goldsack and Renee Hykel, won their Repechage and advance
to Thursday’s semi final. They will join the other Hudson crew from Canada, Tracy
Cameron and Melanie Kok. The North American crews will likely have to defeat either
the reigning World Champions from Australia or the pre race favourite from China
to both advance to Sunday’s Final. With no international racing this year the US
Men’s 8+ are an unknown quantity but looked very strong moving through the Australians
to win the high stakes Rep, advancing to the anticipated showdown with the Canadian
and British crews in Sunday’s last Final. With the American and British crews flanking
the Canadians it promises to be a race for ages.
The Shunyi Olympic Regatta course in Beijing, China, hosting the 14 Rowing events
will see the Finals start Saturday afternoon local time. With a 12 hour time difference
the North American (EST) live viewing window will test the best alarm clocks with
finals scheduled between 3:30 am through 5:30am! The 13 Hudson boats that lined-up
in the qualifying heats set a new mark for the Canadian company
Hudson Olympic Regatta Results
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Three dominant Gold Medal performances by Hudson Sharks at World Championships
USA Lightweight Men’s 8+ Gold Medal finish at Sr. World Championships in Mwt Hammerhead Eight
USA U23 Men’s 8+ power to Gold Medal at Under 23 World Championships in Hwt Hammerhead Eight
New Zealand U23 Men’s 1x, Joseph Sullivan defends his Under 23 World Champion Title in the new Mwt+ Great White
Other Hudson U23 World Championship Medal Results
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Silver
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Men’s 8+
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Canada
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Silver
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Men’s 2-
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Argentina
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Bronze
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LM 1x
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Netherlands
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The 126th Royal Canadian Henley Regatta was held in St.Catharines, Ontario from
August 5th to 10th. This week long regatta attracts more than 2300 athletes from
clubs from all over North America and around the World. Stakes are always high at
Henley with a medal for only final winners.
- 46% (38 of 82) medal winners were racing a Hudson
With almost half the winners from four countries covering all classifications it
was clear that Hudson was the top performing boat manufacturer. Of significant note
was the outstanding feedback and results coming from the new Shark Series hulls
– Great White Single and Hammerhead Crew Boats.
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Chris McCully (Hudson) presents Kirk Tickell (ULBC) with Hudson Shark Trophy
The Strand on the Green Racing Leagues which was launched in 2007 was created to encourage 8+’s competition amongst the numerous clubs that line London’s inner city banks of the River Thames. A series of leagues with six club crews of similar standard would race each other twice in a match race format similar to Royal Henley. Each league would have a season ending trophy presented to the crew on top of the points ladder. Hudson Boat Works is a primary sponsor of the league and plan to supply a custom trophy with a carbon Hammerhead Shark encased inside a clear plexi glass Shark Fin. Hudson employee Chris McCully (left) was able to present a scaled version of the Shark Trophy to Kirk Tickell (right), ULBC rower and League Secretary during a recent service visit to London. The winner of the top league will raise the Hudson Shark Trophy and personify the Hudson tag line ‘Be a Shark’. The top crew in each league would be promoted with the bottom crew relegated for the following season. The League’s Committee is aiming to have 40 men’s crews and 30 women’s crews registered within the next three years strengthening the competition and social connection between the Clubs and Tideway Rowing Community.
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Canadian Eights with their three trophies from the Henley Royal Regatta
University of Western Ontario (left), Shawnigan Lake School (middle), Canada U23 (right)
It was a successful and historic final day (July 6th) for Canada and Hudson at the Henley Royal Regatta - with three Canadian eights crews winning the Open, University, and High School events at the regatta in
Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England.
The historic Henley course is 1 mile 550 yards, which is 112 meters longer than the standard international distance of 2,000 meters. Henley still operates a five day match race knock-out draw, similar to a tennis tournament format, which sees the winner of each two boat race advancing until the final pairing on Sunday decides the Cup winner.
Early on finals day the University of Western Ontario (London, Ont.) men's eight defeated Trinity College of Hartford (U.S.) by two and three-quarter lengths to win the Temple Challenge Cup for Student Men’s Eights. The reigning Canadian University Champions from Western battled hard over five days for this title - the crew defeated Harvard in the semi-final, Durham University (Great Britain Champions) in the quarter-final, and both the University of Birmingham (Great Britain) and the University of Witwatersrand (South Africa Champions) in preliminary races. The Western Men raced a Hudson that was organized through Tiffin School, an English private school that provided a familiar feel to the boat they use at home. This victory firmly places Head Coach Volker Notle’s University of Western Ontario Men’s Rowing program among the best in the world.
Despite rainy conditions and postponed races, it was also a great day for the Canadian School Champions from Vancouver Island's Shawnigan Lake School (SLS) as they defeated England's prestigious Eton College by three quarters of a length, winning the Princess Elizabeth Challenge Cup for Junior Men's Eights. The crew faced increasingly tough competition having to defeat the top three UK schools over the final three days. In the quarter final they defeated Abingdon College setting up a battle with defending champion Shrewsbury College in the semi final which they won by a tight half length. The final against Eton College was an all Hudson affair with both crews were racing the Hammerhead hull. With no more than a boat length separating the crews SLS were able to keep their bow in front to cap off an amazing year with the PE Cup.
In the Grand Challenge Cup for Open Men’s Eights, Canada's Under-23 men's eight (entered as Victoria City & Kingston Rowing Clubs) beat the University of Southern California entry.
The Canadians rowing a Hudson took the American college crew in their Empacher - actually made up of top Estonian rowers including six members that won Under 23 World Championships last year - by two boat lengths at the finish.
The Canadians came through a dramatic semi-final when they beat the Leander Club of Great Britain (a boat with some British national squad
content) by just a deck.
Newcastle University won the Prince Albert Challenge Cup for Student Men’s Fours racing their Hammerhead hull. Their final victory over the University of the West of England rounded out the most successful Henley Royal Regatta for Hudson Boats with four Cup victories. It is interesting to note that the winning Hudson crews represent three distinct levels of rowing; High School, University, and U23 National.
Hudson Boat Works would like to salute these four crews and their desire to Be a Shark.
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Hudson Boat Works and Rowing Canada are committed to helping the rowing community have quality equipment for competition and training.
- Does your Canadian club have equipment they are no longer using?
- Would it still be of use to a new or developing club?
- Want to make room in your boathouse for new equipment?
Click to learn how your Canadian club can get involved in Growing Rowing.
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