The Burloak Canoe Club had the strongest showing at the third annual Mazda Canada Knockout Event at Ontario Place on September 12, 2009. Over 8 countries competed with a strong representation from Canadian Clubs.

The event has more importance now that the IOC recently announced 200 metre distance as the new distance at the London Olympics in 2012. This should create a whole new field of athletes who made their first presence known at the Mazda Knockout.

CKC and Mazda Canada have led the way in promoting the appeal of the 200 metre event through the Mazda Canoe & Kayak Knockout event, which features 200 meter sprint races exclusively.

The objective was to create an event that puts a new look on the sport, creates more energy for the spectator and the athlete hopefully capturing somewhat of a festive atmosphere. The ICF and several other countries are very interested in developing similar events in their country as a result of the success of the Mazda Knockout. The vision is to create a World class circuit for the Knockout format. This is more likely now that 200 meter sprints are Olympic events.

The regatta included a full slate of senior and junior races, war canoes, crew boats and women's canoe over the 200 meter distance.

Burloak Canoe Club won seven medals for the strongest representation of any Club in Canada. The medal winners were Adam VAN KOEVERDEN who placed 3rd in the SENIOR Men K-1 and 2nd in the K-4 with Brady REARDON. Mark OLDERSHAW won two golds, a gold in the OPEN Men IC-4, silver in the SENIOR Men C-1 and he steered the Mixed War Canoe to gold. Alanna BRAY-LOUGHEED won gold in the JUVENILE Women K-1 and Mallorie NICHOLSON won gold in the SENIOR Women C-1.

JUVENILE Women K-1 200M

• 2nd Courtney STOTT
• 3rd Brianne LONG
• Alanna BRAY-LOUGHEED

SENIOR Women C-1 200M

• 1st Mallorie NICHOLSON
• Nicole WONG

SENIOR Women K-1 200M

• Tessa OLDERSHAW

SENIOR Men C-1 200M

• 2nd Mark OLDERSHAW
• Jamie ANDISON
• Aaron RUBLEE
• Cory RUBLEE
• Thomas THRALL

Mixed War Canoe

• 1st Mark OLDERSHAW
• 6th Adam OLDERSHAW

SENIOR Men K-1 200M

• 3rd Adam VANKOEVERDEN
• Jacob SOSNA
• Brady REARDON
• Geoff CLARKE
• Sam ROWORTH
• Chris ANDISON
• Jordan VAN VEEN
• Christopher MEHAK

OPEN Women K-4 200M

• 3rd Mariane FRASER, Tessa OLDERSHAW, Natalie THOMPSON, Rochelle VAN COLLER

OPEN Men IC-4 200M

• 1st Mark OLDERSHAW, Gabriel BEAUCHESNE-SÉVIGNY, Ian MORTIMER, Andrew RUSSELL
• 3rd Paul BRYANT, Aaron RUBLEE, Cory RUBLEE, Thomas THRALL

OPEN Men K-4 200M

• 2nd Brady REARDON, Adam VAN KOEVERDEN, Anders GUSTAFSSON, Steven JORENS
• Nathan BARTON, Geoff CLARKE, Rob CLARKE, Jacob SOSNA
• Chris ANDISON, John DALEY, Andrew KASZA, Jordan VAN VEEN

Burloak’s strong representation and results indicate the club’s awareness of the new importance of the 200 meter sprint event and its potential to develop talent to compete in it.