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Last Sunday, our Brentwood crew took to the ergs at the University of Victoria to race a 2km against many top-notch athletes in the area. This provided the opportunity to watch collegiate and national team athletes compete in riveting neck-and-neck races, which had us all on the edge of our seats. Along with this, we watched a few of Brentwood’s...

Although erging isn’t exactly anybody’s favorite thing to do, the Brentwood Erg Regatta creates an incredibly fun environment in which rowers from all over Vancouver Island are happy to compete! It gives our rowers the opportunity to practice applying both their mental and physical strength in a familiar space before getting into the larger and...

Saturday night was the annual Snowball gala featuring a spectacularly decorated Crooks Hall, a sumptuous dinner, a photo booth, and, to the embarrassment of some, a very successful hypnotist. It was an evening that featured high heels, dapper suits, corsages, boutonnieres, and well-groomed hair. Post-hypnosis, the student body went to bed with...

As Mrs Biesenthal excitedly stated in a recent post, Cake Race 2019 is now in the books for our Brentwood Rowers! A few days ago, crews of eight people each competed against each other in an excruciating erg battle. Usually, Cake Race is done on the water in eights, but due to high winds from the north of 70-90km, our rowers worked the machines,...

As winter creeps up on Brentwood students with report cards and the end of our first term, there are many changes going on. As the good weather comes to an end, so too do first term sports. This means an end to practices three times a week with your teammates and friends who you’ve bonded with over the past three months. But with this end comes a...

On the last weekend in October Brentwood sent a group of junior girls to compete in then annual Deep Cove Regatta which featured novice, intermediate, and varsity rowers. The rowers compete on a 500m course. The group left Friday, competed all day Saturday, and returned back to the school later that night. The rowers stayed in the Holiday Inn in...

Coming back from an amazing trip to the 55th Head of the Charles Regatta in Boston, Brentwood’s 10 most avid rowers have formed a new sense of community and respect for one another. It was a fantastic bonding experience for everyone and there are many shared memories between all of us! Both of our crews did extremely well, with the girl’s crew...

In the few weeks since school has begun, 10 of our top Brentwood rowers have found themselves battling against the elements (and the ergs) in preparation for the Head of the Charles Regatta in Boston. Two quads will be attending the HOC on the 19th and 20th of October to race amidst nearly 11,000 other rowers from junior, club, collegiate, and...

Each year, rowers at Brentwood gather in the Foote Center to impress the Rowing Canada Aviron testers with our physical capabilities. All candidates who are to qualify for the Canadian National Rowing Team (and most who don’t) are required to complete a cycling test under supervision from the National Rowing team staff. The athletes are also...

My first memory of Mr Felix was meeting him during Orientation of my first year. My father had just left, and in a sudden flash, I realized I was alone in the middle of nowhere. But standing tall as ever by the Ross Building was Mr Felix, a lighthouse drawing in students who felt lost. Recognizing him from the stories my father, an Old...