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OUR STORY
Meet the aspiring Canadian Para LTA4+. We are a group of athletes from a diverse competitive sport background that have all been affected by trauma / accident in recent years. Through our recoveries we have all found the sport of rowing and have developed not only a passion for it, but a common goal to represent Canada at the Paralympics. Relocating to Victoria, BC in 2015 to train together full time at the National Training Centre, we are dedicated to rowing better, stronger and faster each day. Please support us in getting to the 2015 World Rowing Championships in Aiguebelette, France where we have the opportunity to qualify the Canadian LTA4+ for the Rio de Janeiro Paralympics in 2016.
THE CREW:
Loni Gibson
Hometown: Toronto, ON
Pre-accident Sport: Muay Thai Fighter
Favorite quote: "Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate, our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure."
Véro Boucher
Hometown: Clarence Creek, ON
Pre-accident Sport: Figure Skating
Favorite quote: "The pain you feel today is the strength you feel tomorrow."
Curtis Halladay
Hometown: Sudbury, ON
Pre-accident Sport: Motocross Racing
Why I Love Rowing: "Not being able to play traditional team sports and no longer racing Motocross, rowing gives me the best of both worlds of team atmosphere and head to head racing."
Andrew Todd
Hometown: Thunder Bay, ON
Pre-accident Sport: Rowing
Fav quote: "If you can take it, you can make it"
Kristen Kit (coxswain)
Hometown: St.Catharines
Coxing for 15 years
OUR REQUEST
PART ONE: Preparation - FUNDED, THANK YOU!
What: High Performance Training Camp
When: June 28-July 3 /2015
What we need: $2000 ($400 per athlete)
What this will cover: Food, Lodging, Transportation for a week long high performance training camp.
PART TWO: The Adventure - Qualifying for the Paralympics
What: 2015 World Rowing Championships
Where: Aiguebelette, France
When: Aug 31 - Sept 6 /2015
What we need: $5000 ($1000 per athlete)
What this will cover: The current funding for the High Performance Pararowing Program in Canada is insufficient to cover the costs of sending the LTA4+ crew to the World Rowing Championships. To represent Canada our National Rowing Federation has applied an assessment fee of $1000 per athlete, which we are individually responsible for covering. This assessment fee goes towards the costs of airfare, ground transportation, accomodation and food at the regatta.
Meet the aspiring Canadian Para LTA4+. We are a group of athletes from a diverse competitive sport background that have all been affected by trauma / accident in recent years. Through our recoveries we have all found the sport of rowing and have developed not only a passion for it, but a common goal to represent Canada at the Paralympics. Relocating to Victoria, BC in 2015 to train together full time at the National Training Centre, we are dedicated to rowing better, stronger and faster each day. Please support us in getting to the 2015 World Rowing Championships in Aiguebelette, France where we have the opportunity to qualify the Canadian LTA4+ for the Rio de Janeiro Paralympics in 2016.
THE CREW:
Loni Gibson
Hometown: Toronto, ON
Pre-accident Sport: Muay Thai Fighter
Favorite quote: "Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate, our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure."
Véro Boucher
Hometown: Clarence Creek, ON
Pre-accident Sport: Figure Skating
Favorite quote: "The pain you feel today is the strength you feel tomorrow."
Curtis Halladay
Hometown: Sudbury, ON
Pre-accident Sport: Motocross Racing
Why I Love Rowing: "Not being able to play traditional team sports and no longer racing Motocross, rowing gives me the best of both worlds of team atmosphere and head to head racing."
Andrew Todd
Hometown: Thunder Bay, ON
Pre-accident Sport: Rowing
Fav quote: "If you can take it, you can make it"
Kristen Kit (coxswain)
Hometown: St.Catharines
Coxing for 15 years
OUR REQUEST
PART ONE: Preparation - FUNDED, THANK YOU!
What: High Performance Training Camp
When: June 28-July 3 /2015
What we need: $2000 ($400 per athlete)
What this will cover: Food, Lodging, Transportation for a week long high performance training camp.
PART TWO: The Adventure - Qualifying for the Paralympics
What: 2015 World Rowing Championships
Where: Aiguebelette, France
When: Aug 31 - Sept 6 /2015
What we need: $5000 ($1000 per athlete)
What this will cover: The current funding for the High Performance Pararowing Program in Canada is insufficient to cover the costs of sending the LTA4+ crew to the World Rowing Championships. To represent Canada our National Rowing Federation has applied an assessment fee of $1000 per athlete, which we are individually responsible for covering. This assessment fee goes towards the costs of airfare, ground transportation, accomodation and food at the regatta.
Organizer
Kristen Kit
Organizer
Victoria, BC
