Oakland Strokes
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The Oakland Strokes are a junior rowing club
in Oakland, California
. They are consistent finalists at the Southwest Junior Rowing Association championships. In 2005 and 2006, the Strokes Varsity Women won the Peabody Cup at the Henley Women's Regatta
in England
, the most prestigious possible award. The Varsity Women squad also swept CJ's (California Juniors) in the 2009-2010 season, sending multiple boats to the nationals. In the 2010-2011 season, they are sending a boat the Head of the Charles, in Boston. The current coaches are: Derek Byrnes, Teresa Oja and Cassandra Cunningham.
The Varsity Men's squad in 2009-2010 season, qualified 2 boats for the nationals, thanks to the help of 2 new coaches to assist Ivan Smiljanic, these are Rich Wendling and Dameon Engblom. Ivan retired as a coach after the season ended, leaving the head coaching job to Dameon.
The head coach is UCLA and US national team alumn Elizabeth Anderson
, also the coach of Women's Novice team.
Rowing club
A rowing club is a club for people interested in the sport of Rowing. Rowing clubs are usually located near a body of water, whether natural or artificial, that is large enough for manoeuvering of the shells . Clubs usually have racks to store boats and a dock to put them in the water...
in Oakland, California
Oakland, California
Oakland is a major West Coast port city on San Francisco Bay in the U.S. state of California. It is the eighth-largest city in the state with a 2010 population of 390,724...
. They are consistent finalists at the Southwest Junior Rowing Association championships. In 2005 and 2006, the Strokes Varsity Women won the Peabody Cup at the Henley Women's Regatta
Henley Women's Regatta
Henley Women's Regatta is a rowing regatta held at Henley-on-Thames, England. It was formed as a result of the lack of women's events at Henley Royal Regatta and first held in 1988...
in England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, the most prestigious possible award. The Varsity Women squad also swept CJ's (California Juniors) in the 2009-2010 season, sending multiple boats to the nationals. In the 2010-2011 season, they are sending a boat the Head of the Charles, in Boston. The current coaches are: Derek Byrnes, Teresa Oja and Cassandra Cunningham.
The Varsity Men's squad in 2009-2010 season, qualified 2 boats for the nationals, thanks to the help of 2 new coaches to assist Ivan Smiljanic, these are Rich Wendling and Dameon Engblom. Ivan retired as a coach after the season ended, leaving the head coaching job to Dameon.
The head coach is UCLA and US national team alumn Elizabeth Anderson
Elizabeth Anderson
Elizabeth Anderson may refer to:* Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, , English physician and feminist, the first woman to gain a medical qualification in Britain*Liz Anderson , American singer-songwriter...
, also the coach of Women's Novice team.