Hand clinched her first Canadian title last month in Kelowna
Kaslo’s Andrea Hand is seen here competing at the national women’s logger sports championship, which was held in Kelowna in August.
1 / 1 Kaslo’s Andrea Hand is seen here competing at the national women’s logger sports championship, which was held in Kelowna in August. Advertisement
Kaslo’s Andrea Hand, who six years ago set out to win a national title and later had to relearn how to walk following a catastrophic injury, is the Canadian women’s logger sports champion.
Hand captured her first national title in Kelowna at the STIHL Timbersports Canadian Championships on Aug. 17-18. The 39-year-old defeated defending champion Stephanie Naud of Quebec in the final heat to win and earn a berth at the International Women’s Cup next year in Europe.
“This has been the carrot that I’ve been chasing, and I think now that I’ve got this internationals is next,