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Last weekend, seven Brentwood rowers attended the first Rowing BC Training Camp led by the new Director of Performance, Terry Paul. The camp's design is to challenge regional rowers technically, physically, and mentally. Over eight hours, we rowed roughly 36km focusing on improving our rowing. Terry Paul was a coxswain who won Gold at the 1992...

Ms Schultz Nicholson is an author who writes children’s and young adult books. She writes all types of books ranging from hockey to autism. Her connection to Brentwood is through Mr Brian Carr whom she met through the rowing program at UVic in 1982. He says, “She has paved the way on many fronts here in Canada. A member of the first high school...

Last weekend our senior rowing teams traveled to Boston to compete at the prestigious Head of the Charles Regatta. The hosts over 11,000 competitors from around the world on 4.8 serpentine kilometers that runs under six bridges on the Charles River. On Sunday both the Men and Women's coxed quad had their race and fought hard keeping in time...

This weekend, Junior and Senior Men and Women rowers headed to Victoria to race at the Head of the Gorge and the Tail of the Gorge. Our crews encountered rapids through a narrow route under bridges, challenging corners, and two different courses over two days of racing - and it was the first regatta for a number of the Brentwood rowers. On...

Last weekend, eighteen Green Lake Crew rowers came up from Seattle for a fun weekend of intense training and friendly competition at Brentwood. The rowers attended a total of four on-water practices in the hot October sun. The Brentwood and Green Lake crew members had a chance to bond as they were shown the lively and hectic school days and...

After a three-year covid hiatus, the Brentwood College Rowing Club is once again hosting athletes from Seattle's Green Lake Rowing Club for a three-day celebration of training. Since 2000, crews from GLRC have been traveling north in October to train alongside our athletes, engage in competitive practices, enjoy the social highlights of a...

A home is where people feel safe, supported, and loved. That is what Brentwood has provided for many students, families, and faculty. Look closely at the small things around campus; you may find pieces of Brentwood’s history and how it has impacted our community. Among these are fifteen lovingly handcrafted Grandfather clocks made by Brentwood...

It was a busy week for a group of Brentonians who competed in the Prince George 2022 BC Summer Games at the end of July. The BC Games is the first multi-sport event for the majority of its athletes and might be the first step in many of those athletes’ future sports careers. For the games, British Columbia is divided into eight zones, with...

Feelings are bittersweet as our third and final term of sport draws to an end. Our students have had a fantastic month and are excited for summer but knowing that these are our last few days with our Grade 12s is definitely not easy. With things returning to “mostly normal”, the month of May has once again become an extraordinarily busy time for...

After a two-year Covid hiatus, Brentwood rowing crews have returned to the Canadian Secondary School Rowing Association Championships in St Catharines this weekend. A team of 45 athletes and six coaches have been in Southern Ontario since Tuesday evening. Given that only four of our rowers have attended the national championships before (back...