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second in youth nationals, losing top spot by only a few points; won B.C.s in Squamish and topped multiple local events in Vancouver. Previously he has competed overseas as well, once racing for a month in Malaysia. “He’s very in tune with the environment and that’s very critical in this sport,” McBride said. All his favoured sports incorporate the surf, currents, wind and waves; he’s an avid kiteboarder and surfer which both add to his understanding of the sea.
In the wake of some big numbers last month, Capital Regional District staff offered the Eastside Wastewater Treatment and Resource Recovery Select Committee some alternate cost sharing formulas to those historically used in the region. Generally infrastructure is paid for by the municipality that benefits most. For example, said Coun. Kevin Murdoch, who attended the Jan. 6 Eastside meeting as Oak Bay alternate, the east-west connector services Oak Bay and at the time Oak Bay paid the bulk of the cost. CALWMC members saw potential costs in that user-pay format – estimates outlining a number of scenarios as they’ve yet to decide on technology or siting – during its Dec. 16 meeting. They tasked staff with bringing forward some fleshed out numbers, and other options that for varying reasons, members of the Eastside committee weren’t sold on. The committee opted to recommend to the CALWMC that status quo was the way to go.
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Oak Bay racer Reece Myerscough rounds a mark during the 2014 US Nationals.
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Oak Bay teen named B.C. Sailing's outstanding youth of the year Christine van Reeuwyk Oak Bay News
Sailing coach Steve McBride insists Reece Myerscough has salt water in his veins. The Oak Bay 18-year-old takes to the waves in myriad ways, including kiteboard, surf board and laser sailboat, where he’s seen major success this season culminating the B.C. Sailing title of Outstanding Youth of the Year. A mechanical engineering student at Camosun College, Myerscough was surprised but pleased by the award he attributes to a summer season of success. “I like the racing, I really enjoy racing.
It’s been a good summer for racing,” Myerscough said. “You have to really know how to read the wind well and you have to be fit. I’m getting there.” Fitness for him was the key to success and a focus this season. The teen added a few gym workouts a week and made sure to incorporate core exercises to achieve the goal. “It’s time and effort, mostly. For me the biggest thing was fitness,” he said. “I can do really well in light wind events, as soon as the wind picked up I wasn’t fit enough to keep up. I worked on that this year and it paid off.” He finished 16th of 150 boats in the Youth Laser Worlds this summer in Kingston, On.;
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