Emotional night at Downs
Trent University’s Andrew StewartJones won a silver medal at the non-Olympic World Rowing Championships in Rotterdam, Netherlands on Saturday. Stewart-Jones was part of a pair with Ben de Wit and Kevin Chung that traded leads with the British, reigning world champions, through the second 500 metres. They finished in second only 0.17 seconds ahead of the Italians. “It was great to have the opportunity to come to Europe for our training camp and then compete at the world championships,” said StewartJones, in a Rowing Canada press release. “Throughout the training camp, our times kept getting better and better so we had some confidence coming into this regatta. It was nice that even though I personally didn’t have my best race today, we were still able to get on to the podium. Our coaches were a big help in getting us here.” Bethany native Jill Moffatt and the lightweight women’s quadruple sculls finished just off the podium in fourth in their A-Final. Trent’s Josh King rowed in the lightweight men’s four that finished third in their B-Final for a ninth overall placing. Canada won two other medals at the regatta including a gold by the women’s pair of Nicole Hare and Hillary Janssens and a bronze by Kate Sauks in the lightweight women’s single sculls. FRASERVILLE – It was a night of tears and laughter at Kawartha Downs Saturday night as nine of the 10 races were Memorial races dedicated to horses and people who had an impact on the Standardbred racetrack. Among the noted horsemen honoured were Wayne Dowson, Roger Hie, Ivan Johnson, John Fry, long time Kawartha Downs’ employees Tom Curtin and Mary Henderson, well known farrier Tom Grattan and his wife Ann and Brenna Seeley, who was a caretaker and worked in the telephoto department. She was killed in a car accident six years ago at the age of 24. Track officials also celebrated the late world champion trotter Billyjojimbob who began his hall of fame career at the Fraserville oval. His owner Lori Ferguson is part of the Kawartha Downs’ team. The next memorial night will be Sept. 10. This Saturday will be the richest night of racing remaining on the 2016 season featuring The Goodtimes Invitational, the Shorelines Drivers Challenge, featuring the top nine drivers this year at KD, and the OLG Pace. Post time is 7 p.m.