1958 Commonwealth Games Rowing Lenville ODonnell · January 13, 2016 Ancient Mariner Walter d'Hondt, 5 seat in the Canadian 8+, visible in these clips of the teams practicing. Canada won in 5:51, a remarkable time for the wooden boat era, defeating Australia by nearly 2 lengths.
Hey, you're welcome and thanks for posting this! The 5 seat in this boat is Olympic Gold (4-, 1956) and Silver (8+, 1960) medalist Walter d'Hondt (CAN). We are all proud to be his teammates in the Ancient Mariners Rowing Club. He still turns out for 5 a.m. practices at the age of 79.
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01/22/2016 6:28:05 AM