Can you believe we're already into the 6th week of summer?! Make sure to get your last few rows in the last 2 weeks of summer rowing!
Hatchets Hat Trick Weekend is this Weekend!
This is it - the Hatchets Hat Trick weekend is finally here!
We will be kicking off this weekend with The Muskoka Poker Run at 6am on Saturday! Followed by the Indian River Relay at 10am. Then we will be having our weekly Log Rolling competition at 3pm on Saturday. And finally, we will be heading out on Lake Rosseau for our Row to Windermere on Sunday at 10 am.
Muskoka Poker Run: Saturday at 6:00am
The Muskoka Poker Run is an epic 22km singles only race/row on Lake Muskoka that we will be doing in touring shells this weekend! It starts in Port Carling and follows the top of Lake Muskoka on a loop, finishing back in Port Carling. We have a video of the course from a motorboat you can check out.
Indian River Relay: Saturday at 10:00am
The Indian River Relay will begin at 10:00 am on Saturday and teams of 4 of mixed abilities will be created in the morning! Racing will take place in two touring singles, in which team mates will take turns rowing 600m. The team with the fastest time for the day wins a big high five and the painting of their handprints on the dock.
Heads up! The Indian River Relay will be at 10am on Saturday instead of 9am!
The Indian River Relay is open to rowers of all abilities, sign up here to join us!
Row to Windermere: Sunday at 10:00am
The Row to Windermere will be a more low-key long distance row where we take out the touring quad and begin and end in Port Carling from Hatchets. We will start by rowing up through the locks in Port Carling, then we'll wind our way through many islands on Lake Rosseau to end up at Windermere beach for a rest, washroom break and some refreshments.
If you think you might be up for this row - let us know or sign up here!
Log Rolling Challenge
This week we had two categories in the Saturday Log Rolling Competition “Kids”, and “Big Kids” (aka adult weight folk). For the Kids - it was a close battle between Savannah, Sully and Robin - but Robin took the title this week! For the Big Kids...Graham won again!!! Graham started out with a quick defeat of Spencer. Matt and Scott had a close battle with Matt staying on the longest best 2 of 3, another close battle with Lindsey and Kathy - Lindsey taking it, and Jeremy advancing. Next round Graham beat Matt, Jeremy beat Lindsey. In the end it was 1-1 between Jeremy and Graham. In the end Graham got the log spinning and ended up keeping his feet on just a split second longer than Jeremy for the win!! Congrats Robin and Graham - and hope to see everyone next Saturday for the next Log Rolling Challenge!!!
This Week's Focus is the Recovery
This week's focus is the recovery! The recovery is the part of the stroke after the release where all the muscles are relaxed as you come up the slide. Remember to keep your grip loose and control the slide on the way up to the catch!
The weather is looking great for the Hatchets Hat Trick weekend! Come out and enjoy the last few weeks of summer with us!