The French countryside is hosting another rowing regatta this season.  The River Aa, in northern France, will be the site for this year's World University Rowing Championships.

The mandate of the International University Sports Federation (FISU) was developed to propagate sports values and promote sports practices which complement university spirit.

For Canadian crews, the chance to compete overseas against other university athletes is another opportunity to gain valuable international racing experience.

"The 2014 FISU team is made up of our top university and college-based athletes from across Canada," said Peter Cookson, High Performance Director for Rowing Canada Aviron. "The FISU Rowing Championships will provide an exciting and very competitive international racing opportunity for these athletes".  

The FISU World Rowing Championships are open to all student athletes who are presently studying or who have graduated within the past year. Athletes must be between 17 and 28 years of age.

The regatta will take place in the Parc des Rives de l'Aa, in Gravelines, France, from September 12-14, 2014. For more information on the Championships, visit the event website here. 

For the fourth straight international event this summer Brock University rowing is well represented on Team Canada with Tim Schrijver (M4+), David De Groot (M8+) and assistant coach Brandon Campbell all being part of the experience.

"I am excited to be part of the Team Canada coaching staff for the FISU World Rowing Championships," said Brandon Campbell. "I had the opportunity to be part of an international crew as an athlete back in 2003 but this is my first opportunity to coach internationally. We have a number of great student-athletes representing Canada here in France including two of our top Brock rowers in Tim Schrijver and David De Groot."

FISU Rowing Team
Lightweight Women's Double (LW2X)
Jenna Pelham (University of Ottawa)
Lilianne Page (University of Ottawa)

Lightweight Women's Single (LW1X)
Trish Mara (Camosun College)

Lightweight Men's Four (LM4-)
Ian Connell (University of Western Ontario)
Aaron Lattimer (UBC)
Jordan Rendell (Queens University)
Angus Todd (UBC)

Women's Four (W4-)
Marika Kaye  (University of Ottawa)
Genevieve Favreau (University of Western Ontario)
Sabina Proctor (University of Saskatchewan)
Mollie McCabe  (Washington State University)

Men's Double (M2X) 
Andrew Stewart-Jones (Trent University)
Ben Murphy (Ryerson University)

Men's Four (M4-)
Mike Evans (Princeton University)
Alex Janzen (UBC)
Tim Schrijver (Brock University)
David Lariviere (University of Western Ontario)

Men's Eight (M8+)
Ben Coull (UBC)
David De Groot (Brock University)
Ben de Wit (UBC)
Graeme Blaskovich (UBC)
Eben Prevec (UBC)
Rob Gage (UBC)
Mick Malowany (Harvard University)
Alex Munro (University of Western Ontario)
Coxswain:  Jacob Koudys (University of Victoria)

Coaches      
Phil Marshall (Rowing Canada Aviron)
Mark Laidlaw (University of Calgary)
Brandon Campbell (Brock University)