Bendigo Canoe Club members paddled their way to success at the 2019 VIC Sprint Championships.
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Highlights include a top performance from Ebony Merlo – who made her sprint championships debut –winning two gold medals, Jorja Mandersloot also finished with double medals and James Humphry won gold in all junior events.
Eleven BCC members competed, finishing the championships held on Lake Nagambie with a total 33 medals.
The canoeists trained for weeks in the lead-up to the championships under the guidance of coaches Tony Misson and Maddie Batters.
Selected Bendigo Canoe Club Results
- Ebony Merlo: 1st 500m K1 (U16),1st 200m K2 (U16), 2nd 500m K2 (U18) (Baelea Collins).
- James Humphry: 1st 1000M K1, 1st 1000m K2 (Charlie Wardrop), 1st 500m K1, 1st 500m K2 (Liam Jacobsen), 1st 200m K1, 1st 200m K2 (Liam Jacobsen).
- Ashlee Ilott: 1st 200m K1, 1st 500m K2 (Imogen Douglass) ,1st 200m K2 (Imogen Douglass), 3rd 500m K4 , 3rd 200m K4.
- Imogen Douglas: 1st 500m K2 (Ashlee Ilott), 1st 200m K2 (Ashlee Ilott), 3rd 500m K1, 3rd 500m K4, 3rd 200m K4.
- Charlie Wardrop and Connor McGowan: 1st 1000m K2, 2nd 200m K2.
- Rebecca Mann: 1st WK4 200, 1st WK4 500.
- Jorja Mandersloot: 3rd WK4 200 (with BCC members), 3rd WK2 200 16.
- Cara Humphry and Matilda Fitzpatrick: 3rd WK2 500 23.
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