Heineken Cup Easter Seals Regatta

The 10th annual Heineken Cup Easter Seals Regatta took to the waters of English Bay last Saturday with a strong contingent from the North Shore. Over 110 sail and power boats competed on the water in various categories raising over $200,000 for this very worthy cause. Top honours went to West Vancouver Yacht Club's Rick Reynolds, skipper of Occams' Razor, for being top fund raiser AND for being first to cross the finish line in his category. The after-party was held on the lawn outside the Vancouver Yacht Club and everyone enjoyed the food, music and prizes. A portion of the funds raised will go to the replacement of deteriorating copper piping and leaks in Easter Seals House Vancouver.


Finishing second in their category was the WV crew of "Sail Naked", namely (from left) Graham Kirby, Robb Bassett, Aurora Kellas, Jeff Griffiths and young John Kirby (in front).	Deep Cove's own Kim Bassett (left), Craig Bassett (centre) and Sheila MacCallum enjoyed their day aboard their boat, the "L'Aristo".	He's the man with all the prizes. WV's Rick Reynolds (centre) held up the trophy as wife Elaine (left), daughter Lauren and Graham Wilder join in the celebration.	Deep Cove is also home to the crew from the "Aquila". From left: Trisha Sol, Chris Wood, Rob Sloss, Michael Sidelman and Andre Byers.	Easter Seals is all about kids, especially these wonderful young ladies and ambassadors. From left: Angela Plasteras, Chantelle Berkowski and Carly Plasteras.

Freybe's was happy to sponsor the crew of the "Esquif" as they competed in the first division. From left: Cedric Burgess, Heather deSavoye, Willem Stronck and Case Vanee.	Rebekah Lawson (left) skippered the "Avanti III" as friends Shaun Pozer (centre) and Stephanie Miles cheered from the party boat.	Event manager Jennifer Hayes and Doug Birnie should be proud. Even the weather cooperated despite the forecast of showers.	"Virago" crew members Frederick Hoelk (left) and Pascal Leprevost send their thanks to UBS for sponsoring their boat.	Ilona Kiss (centre) lives up to her name beautifully as Kirk McMeeker (left) and Legends Bar and Tap room co-owner Brent Shaw pucker-up for the occasion.

"We do it for the kids," said past president David Campbell (centre) as he snuggled up to Cathy McPherson (left) and Jan Canning.	Media coordinator Lea Carpenter (left), seen here with realtor Grant Botto and wife Jasmine, are all from the North Shore. A special thanks to Lea for helping me spot all the right faces.

Because the larger photos take us so much memory, I have not posted them here. If you want a copy of one of these larger photos, please feel free to email me at cbarr@westvancouver.com

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