Canada Cup:
There was a time where the Canada Cup was an annual occurrence. A week following the Royal Canadian Henley regatta, provincial teams would convene in Montreal for national supremacy. After a 20+ year hiatus, the Canada Cup regatta was introduced in 2025, as an opportunity for the country’s best U20 rowers to compete in their provincial colors. Team Alberta did not disappoint finishing in second place in the point championship to Team Ontario.
The summazation of results from the fifteen athletes and two coaches representing the Wild Rose Province is provided below.
Gold:
W2- (Hayley Buchanan and Meg McCracken)
Silver:
W1x (Orla Bailey)
W2x (Anna Washbrook and Tryne Mamen)
M4- (Robert Davis,Thomas Boruta, Ronan Boyle, Vaughn Ellemers)
Mixed 8+ (Hayley Buchanan, Meg McCracken, Tryne Mamen, Anika Ewashko, Robert Davis, Thomas Boruta, Ronan Boyle, Vaughn Ellemers, Orla Bailey)
Bronze:
M2- (Robert Davis, Remo Cramer)
W4- (Hayley Buchanan, Meg McCracken, Tryne Mamen, Anika Ewashko)
W2x (Orla Bailey, Sophia Wolfenberg)
Other Finishers.
M2x (Carson Roberts, Adoins Pederson)
Mixed 4x (Orla Bailey, Anna Washbrook,Remo Cramer, Will Bergman)
M2- (Ronan Boyle, Vaughn Ellemers)
W2- (Tryne Mamen,Anika Ewashko)
M1x (Carson Roberts)
W1x (Sophia Wolfenberg)
A special word of thanks to our coaches Alex Marchuk and Scott Brown
Summer Recap
That was fast. The 2025 summer season is now a memory, but upon reflection it was an incredibly successful two months here in Alberta. Here are a few highlights:
- Gaby Worobec, stroked the Canadian U23 Women’s 8+ to a bronze medal at the 2025 U23 World Rowing Championships in Poznan Poland. The bronze medal was only the second time since 2017, that Canada has medalled in this event.
- Five representatives from Alberta were selected to represent Canada at the 2025 World rowing Champinships in Shanghai China from September 21 to 28th. Congratulations to Shaye de Paiva, Jay Berner, Alex Ewashko, Karissa Riley and coach Alex Marchuk.
- Bob Bryden and his teammate Connor Attridge finished in fourth place at the 2025 World FISU Championships in the Men’s Pair.
- The Calgary Rowing Club took home four gold medals at the 2025 Royal Canadian Henley Regatta. Men’s 2-, Lightweight Women’s 8+, U17 Women’s 4x and U19 Men’s 2-.
- A record four Alberta Athletes competed in the final of a 1x event at the 2025 Royal Canadian Henley Regatta. Remo Cramer (U19M1x), Tryne Mamen & Anna Washbrook (U17 Wx), Elena Tsigozis (U19W1x).
- Eight coaches from across Alberta completed RCA Weekend Coach #2, a significant milestone in their coaching development. A special thanks goes out to Chris Davidson for facilitating both RCA Coach Weekend #1 and RCA Coach Weekend #2.
Provincial Carding:
The ARA has heard the calls. Will the ARA Continue with its Provincial Carding intiative in 2025? The answer is a resounding yes. Details regarding the 2025 provincial carding program won’t be released until mid-October, but athletes can help support their case to be carded via the following.
- Erg Score. A 2K score will be an important consideration with the 2025 Provincial Carding Program. Make sure you continue to emphasize the erg in your training as a 2K score in late October / early November will be a requisite with this years program.
- Represent your club at local, national and international regatta’s – The 2025 summer season may have concluded but there are still a number of regattas on the rowing calendar including Dino Sprints, Telford Bullrush Stake Race, Western Canada University Rowing Championships, Canadian University Rowing Championships, Head of the Gorge, Tail of the Gorge, Head of the Charles and so forth.
- For those in the ARA Next Gen program continue to participate to the best of your abilities.
Rowing Stories
Calgarian, Shaye de Paiva will be making her debut at a Senior World Championships in 2025, a well deserved achievement in her development pathway. A graduate of Queen’s university, Shaye found the sport largely by chance. The ARA through its development program identified Shaye’s brother, Rawdon, through one of its testing programs and a few short years later Shaye decided to follow her brother down to the club. Shaye quickly progressed as a athlete through the help of her coach Pascal Ferraro and by the end of 2019 was becoming recognized on the national scene…then COVID happened. Undetettered, in 2022, Shaye represented Canada at the 2022 U23 World Championships finishing in 7th place in the women’s 8+ and in the fall of that year she made the decision to relocate to Vancouver Island to train full time. In 2023 she represented Canada at the 2023 Pan-American Games winning bronze in the women’s double and quad events and gold in the women’s 8+. In 2024, Shaye represented Canada in the Women’s quad at the Royal Henley Regatta and finished her year representing Alberta at the 2024 NRC Event.
The 2025 World Rowing Championships are just another step in Shaye’s development pathway and we in Alberta are excited to watch every step of her journey. Good Luck Shaye!
Upcoming Events
Dino Sprints September 27, 2025
Telford Bullrush Stake Race – October 3, 2025