70-100 day Atlantic row of Katie Spotz

Driving east a couple of days ago I heard an NPR radio story about Katie Spotz's "Row for Water" project, including an interview with her. Her plan to row solo across the Atlantic Ocean without a chase boat gives new meaning to "open water rowing". Check it out at Row for Water.

10th Annual Concept 2 Holiday Rowing Challenge!

The Holiday Challenge begins November 26 (U.S. Thanksgiving) and ends December 24 (Christmas Eve). For every person who rows or skis* at least 100k during the challenge, Concept2 will donate $.02 per kilometer (1000 meters) to your choice of the following organizations: Oxfam International, Slow Food USA, Feeding America or The Center for an Agricultural Economy.

For more info, visit the Concept 2 web site

Winter schedule in effect. All practices indoors until spring

Monday: Lambert, 7:00 - 8:30
Wednesday: Lambert, 6:30 - 8:00
Friday: Millvale, 6:30 - 8:00

UPCOMING STUFF TO SHOOT FOR
Central Catholic Biathalon: December 12 (10k erg/10k run)
Indoor Sprints: January 30 (2k of fun!)

Judy's Sept. 11 rowing pictures

Boathouse clean-up

WINTER CLEAN UP: Saturday, November 14, 10am - 2pm
There will be no regular practice. All hands are requested to help prepare boats/boathouse for the winter.

Practices for the rest of the season

Chances of getting on the water for the remainder of the season are getting slimmer and slimmer. Please come prepared for both water and erg workouts until we make the final switch to winter indoor practices. We will continue to go out as long as possible.

Friday/Saturday practice, revisited

There is concern that your "preference" for Friday vs. Saturday practice does not indicate your availability/willingness to attend either day. The purpose of this new survey is to help Rick and Joy select the day which most people CAN and WILL attend, regardless their preference.

You have to eat anyway

From Amy Wencel:
Buy a meal at Max and Erma's on Walnut St. Tues Nov. 10 and 20% of the tab goes to the Chatham Master of Physician Assistant Studies Class of 2011 coffers. From there it goes to support student participation in professional conferences and also gets paid forward to health-related charities. Click here to download the coupon.
Respectfully submitted, Amy W.

A good time was had by all

Here are some HOTO fotos, pink fountain and all.
http://picasaweb.google.com/irrombriable/HOTO200902#
Susan

HOTO news

VOLUNTEERS STILL NEEDED: CLICK HERE

ROW DOWN/CHOW DOWN: CLICK HERE TO LET US KNOW IF YOUR COMING
From Joy:
This is the plan for the row down on Friday. We have ten 8+s and six 4+s to row down to PNC Park, not including the sculling boats. The junior team is taking down all of the fours, so that leaves the masters teams responsible for the eights. Therefore we need looking at needing 80-90 people to come down on Friday. We have a portion of this number committed from the Evening Masters and Beginner/Intermediate teams, but we need a large number more. Therefore, if you are racing in a TRRA shell please make it a priority to be at the row down or else you might not have a boat to race in the next day. ATTENTION SCULLER: If you are racing in any sculling event (quad, double, single) you are responsible for getting that boat and your oars down to PNC Park.

If possible, it is a good idea to drop a few cars off at PNC Park to transport groups back to the boathouse after each row. I will be at the Boathouse organizing the row down and handing out dinner vouchers. Rick will be at PNC Park organizing equipment down there. We will be starting at 4:30pm and sending boats down as enough people arrive to fill them. If you are able to do a couple of trips rowing down that is great. Thank you in advance for helping us get your equipment moved for race day, and let me know if you have any questions.

EQUIPMENT LIST (click here to view/download)
Please familiarize yourself with which equipment you will be using in your race(s) to help things run more smoothly on Saturday

HEAT SHEETS (click here to view/download)
Please help insure that things run smoothly by knowing your schedule. You'll want to meet at least an hour before your race to allow a good 45 minutes to launch and get to start.

RACE PACKET (click here to view/download)
General HOTO info

COURSE MAP (click here to view/download)
Map showing meters to finish from various points

WHEN/WHERE TO GO SATURDAY
Everything should be pretty similar to last year:
• park in the lot between the stadiums (see signage, volunteers and trailers)
• coxswains meeting at 6:30 am, near the finish line
• EMM’s first races are 8:05 am. Meet at 7:00 am, launch approx. 7:15
• there should be a volunteer check in table, probably somewhere around the finish line.
• there will be an EMM tent. Don’t know exactly where yet. Maybe you can help set it up?

Columbus hotel update

NEWSFLASH!!

Some of us had trouble making reservations at the hotel this past weekend. The problem has been solved.

Reservations can be made via phone or online.

888-603-4466 : Three Rivers Rowing EMM group block

http://columbusdublin.place.hyatt.com. Enter G-EMM2 in the group/corporate # space [ along with the corresponding date ]

Eileen

Speakmon hotel

We have a block of rooms once again at the HYATT PLACE HOTEL in Dublin, Oh. It is the same hotel we stayed in earlier this year.

The room rate is $89.00 plus tax.

Reservations are listed under TTRA-EMM

Phone # 614-799-1913
888-603-4466

To view on-line: www.hyattplace.com

Cut-off date: October 7, 2009.

Joy's torture techniques

Joy has been asked about suggested self-torture...er, circuit training exercises. Here are her thoughts/suggestions:

"The purpose of circuits is to keep your heart rate up and do light loads with more reps. 45 sec on 15 off is easiest to keep track of but you can go up to doing 1:15 on with 15 off if you want. I've tried to explain the reason for them so that you can pick an exercise you enjoy to match the purpose. I'm happy to talk to anyone about specifics."

• Quad strength - back squat/leg press
• Oblique Abs (sides) - ex: cherry pickers, side planks, penguins
• Pectoral strength (not really used in rowing, but needed to even out your body's strength & who knows you might catch a killer crab one day and need these muscles) - ex: bench press/incline bench press/push-ups
• Quad & Hip strength - Lunges (with or without weight)
• Lower Abs - ex: leg lifts, scissor kicks
• Calf/lower leg strength/Ankle flexibility - calf raises, toe kicks
• Quad power - ex: jump squats
• High Abs - ex: crunches, scullers, planks
• To keep heart rate up - jump rope, run in place
• Lat strength - lat pulls/seated row, dumbbell row, pull-ups
• Quad endurance - wall sit
• Lower Back - ex: superman or back lift (using weight machine with or without weight - don't do them for speed & ask me if you want a demo)
  

HOTC room reservations& other "stuff"

FINALLY!!
We know have a block of rooms at the Days Inn in Lakewood, Oh. The hotel is less than 5 miles from the race. There is the standard comp. breakfast fare and there is no charge for parking. All rooms are queen doubles so sharing is an option. Price is $69.00 plus tax.

The regatta website has rooms that must be booked by SAT. SEP. 5th. The rate is $98.00plus tax and $8.00 parking. Breakfast is additional.

So, there are the choices.

Here are the addresses you will need to MapQuest or Google.

1. Three Rivers Rowing
300 Waterfront Drive
Pittsburgh, Pa. 15222

2. Days Inn Cleveland Lakewood 216-226-4800 Res. are under TRR [ Three Rivers Rowing ]

12019 Lake Ave.
West 117th St & Clifton Blvd.
Cleveland, OH. 44107

3. 1948 Carter Road
Cleveland, OH. 44113

There are directions on the Regatta website. We all need to fill out waivers as this race is not sponsored by USRowing. I will have them available at all practices from now until the race.

The " official team-griller", Bob Ryan, will once again be making an appearance at the race. It looks as though it will be a fairly early finish so we can grab a burger or hot dog before hitting the road.

Let me know if there is any interest in a team dinner on Friday night. This time I would like to have a tentative head-count. There are always factors to consider[ like the monsoon some encountered on the way to PHL. ] So, give me your thoughts and/or suggestions because, we are a work-in-progress

Eileen

Fall Head Races

Sat., Sept. 19: Head of the Cuyahoga, Cleveland, OH
http://www.headofthecuyahoga.com/

Sat., Oct. 3: HOTO, Pittsburgh, PA
http://www.headoftheohio.org/
Volunteers still needed: http://www.threeriversrowing.org/VolunteerOpportunities.html

Sat., Oct. 24: Speakmon Memorial Regatta, Columbus, OH
http://www.columbusrowing.org/inside/

Rowing Injuries

I thought you might be interested in this excerpt from a book on sports injuries and prevention entitled Clinical practice of sports injury prevention and care By Per Renström, IOC Medical Commission, International Federation of Sports Medicine. There is a chapter specific to rowing.
It's here:
http://books.google.com/books?id=Lilp6yvpsxIC&pg=PA627&lpg=PA627&dq=clinical+crew+rowing&source=bl&ots=Ob0gXtwmCg&sig=7RSvD3MyKOmRgrBeZmmim_dVZQU&hl=en&ei=kGCFSobMNJSCtgetj4mvCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5#v=onepage&q=&f=false

Jeff

More QC 2009 pics

Click here to view or click on the image below.

Quaker City Masters 2009

Quaker photos

Quaker parking

Saturday, August 1, 2009:

There is no general parking for the regatta in either the upper or lower sections of the Canoe Club lot. This area is reserved for boat trailers and cars carrying boats on top. There will be no exceptions to this rule [apart from regatta officials, and we know who they are.]. No other vehicles will be permitted, so don't plan to appeal to the good nature of the folks patrolling the lot [they are good natured, but you will lose!] General parking for the regatta is at two sites - the lot just before the grandstand at the finish line, and the area up the hill just before the Canoe Club. Look for a left exit off the Kelly Drive, go up the hill to the stop sign, turn right and park in that area. You can then walk down the hill and across to the Canoe Club launching area. These two options are for all vehicles other than trailers and cars with boats on top.

MORE INFO

GOOD MORNING EMM!!!

Here are the directions from the hotel to the course.

1.Start out going NORTHEAST on PRESIDENTIAL BLVD. toward NEILL DR.

2. LEFT onto NEILL DR.

3. NEILL DR. becomes PRES. BLVD.

4. Right onto US-1 N/CITY AVE. W. continue on.

5. Take the exit on the LEFT toward KELLY DR.

6. Stay STRAIGHT to go onto KELLY DR.

7. Area will be marked for boat drop-off and parking. Parking is permitted in the designated lots.

FYI QUAKER CITY

LET'S GET READY TO RUMBLE!!!!

Just some last minute info for our Philly adventure.First off, the team has 7PM reservations for FRIDAY NIGHT at the MANAYUNK BREWERY& RESTAURANT. We have been there before and were pleased with the place.[ ask Fred or Megan ]. They will hold the reservation for 20 min. Also they do not do separate checks for such a large group, so plan ahead.

The regatta has provided lunch in the past that has been known to be so-so to some. I will be bringing my grill and someone to do the cooking! [ my guy, Bob] So we have choices. He will be grilling hot dogs and hamburgers through out the day.

Don't forget that it is a long day so remember books, papers, knitting etc. Also sunscreen and chairs.

For those of you that will be using MAP QUEST or GOOGLE here are the addresses you will need.

1. Washington's Landing Marina
100 Waterfront Dr.
Pittsburgh, Pa. 15222

2. Crowne Plaza Philadelphia Main Line
4100 Presidential Boulevard
Philadelphia, Pa. 19131 215-477-0200

3. Manayunk Brewery & Restaurant
4120 Main St.
Philadelphia, Pa. 19127
215-482-8220
www.manayunkbrewery.com

Eileen

Fall head race ballot

Click here to indicate your preferences and availability for the fall head races

More EMM/BIMM Scrimmage pictures

Click here to view or click on the image below.

EMM/BIMM Scrimmage 09

BIMM/EMM Scrimmage pictures!

click here to see the shots!

Free show

NEWS FLASH:
Next Wednesday, July 29th, at 8:pm, TRRA members have been invited to a free showing of Quantum Theatre's "36 Views," staged at the outdoor theater on Washington's Landing (above the tennis courts). For more information, go to http://www.quantumtheatre.com/season/36-views/

The show begins at 8:pm sharp, so if a lot of people want to go, we'll probably need to cut practice a little short. The show is BYOB and BYOSnacks. Please click here to RSVP ASAP so a list of names can be forwarded to Joy by Friday. Please only reply if you DO plan to attend.

If you prefer to go another night, Quantum Theatre is offering $5 off to all TRRA members. Tickets are regularly $28 Wed, Thurs and Sunday and $32 Friday and Saturday evening. The coupons (which can be used on other nights) are in the coaches office by the lobby. They are on top of the Head of the Ohio advertisement cards. You can also just call 412-394-3353 and say you are with TRRA to get the discount.

Card from Devin's family

Ya Gotta Regatta Dragon Boating

These Dragon Boat Challenge photos are mostly from one of the launches, July 5, 2009. View the photos at the Picassa site, where they've been moved so as not to slow your upload of the blog (thanks for the suggestion Dana!).

Our lovely captains and their new clipboards!

BIMM/EMM Scrimmage & Cook-out

SAVE THE DATE: Friday July 24,2009 (the day Before Heinz Challenge)- No practice on Saturday 07/25/09.

Races: Be on the dock by 6:15pm for scrimmage with anticipated first launch at 6:30ish

Picnic: To be held after the races so everyone can enjoy good food and company - donation will be requested. Guests/spectators are welcome

Head count needed: In anticipation of the BIMM/EMM Scrimmage & Cook-out on Fri July 24,2009, we need a preliminary head count. Please CLICK HERE to RSVP--don't forget to click submit--so we can count your response. If you don't intend to attend, please indicate that in the form as well.

Don't worry if you are not 100% sure; we will email you again closer to the event to confirm your participation. We do need a general idea of how many to expect so please respond.

Thanks for your help. We look forward to hearing from you!!
Scrimmage & Party planning committee

Quaker City Regatta Hotel Accomodations

We will be staying at the CROWNE PLAZA PHILADELPHIA MAIN LINE
4100 Presidential Blvd.
Philadelphia , Pa. 19131

The hotel has been recommended by the Fairmount Rowing Assoc. They are the host rowing org. for the regatta.

You need to click on to Regatta Central. From there click on Regattas and choose Quaker City Regatta, August 1 ,2009.

Once that page appears scroll down the left hand side and click on hotels. From there the link takes you straight to the CROWNE PLAZA page. The rate is $99 plus tax. Coffee makers are in the rooms. Breakfast is not available, but there is a Starbucks and an IHOP within
walking distance.

Eileen

Canada race cancelled

More Midwest Masters photos

click here to see Hanks photos from Midwest Masters

Midwest Masters Photos

Click here to see Dan's photos from midwest masters

Nancy, who is friends with the mother of the girl organizing the TRRA blood drive, let them know about the timing of our practice on Saturday, and they have arranged a pizza delivery between 11 and 11:30, making it easy for us to get cleaned up, eat, re-hydrate and donate.

Walk ins are welcome, but appointments are preferred. Please contact Isobel Handler at 412-849-7409 or Iso.handler@gmail.com to schedule.

Moms have been invoked. There’s no getting out of it now!
When: This Saturday, 9:00 am to 3:00 pm
Where: Lambert boathouse

2009 ROWONTARIO
Masters Championships
Sunday July 12th, 2009

www.rowontario.ca

thanks Beth!

Pittsford Pictures

The pictures from Pittsford are here! The really nice ones are from Dan. Sorry for the others.

Three Rivers Rowing Association Blood Drive

Saturday, June 6, 2009
9:00 am to 3:00 pm
300 Waterfront Drive
Erg Room of the Lambert Boathouse
To schedule your life-saving appointment,
please contact Isobel Handler at
412-849-7409 or Iso.handler@gmail.com

FUN FRIDAY!

From Joy:

It's that time of year! Tomorrow, we have our first Fun Friday row of
the year. The weather is supposed to be perfect, so we're hoping for
a big turnout for our first installment of this summertime tradition.

For those of you unfamiliar with Fun Friday, here are the specifics:

- Small boats (singles, doubles, pairs, novice quads with a competent
bow person)
- Race over distances between 500 and 1000 m
- Approximately 5 pieces with at least 5 minutes rest between
- Boats begin in stages with slower rowers starting first and faster
rowers starting later
- Cheerful dispositions a must; no mooning your fellow competitors

Please be under the 40th Street Bridge no later than 6:00, ready to
begin the first piece (a warm-up piece) at that time. All will finish
by 7 a.m.

Please direct any questions to James Gordish or Steve Abbot.
James Gordish's email address: Jgordish@verizon.net

Memorial Day memo

On the water @ 6:30

EMM/BIMM scrimmage

Friday, July 24, 6:15pm
BBQ immediately following. Cost TBD. A couple volunteers are needed to coordinate arrangements with BIMM. Please contact Bobbie to enlist.

Pittsford: de/re rigging

Take de riggers off: Thursday, May 28, 6:15 pm
Put de riggers back on: Sunday, May 31, 9:00 am

Thanks EMM

Thanks to everyone for the card and expressions of sympathy. My dad had a good long life of 90 years. With genes like that, I hope to be rowing with my good friends for a long time to come!

Betsy

Midwest Masters

OK everyone! We have not attended our first race and now we must address our hotel accomodations for the next one! Although the weather has " morphed " us back to early March we really need to firm up hotel reservations for the JUNE 20th race by May 20th!

We will be staying at the HYATT PLACE COLUMBUS/DUBLIN.
6161 PARKCENTER CIRCLE
DUBLIN, OH. 43017
We have 20 rooms booked at this time. The BMM will be joining us at this race and will be able to make reservations under our agreement.

The room rate is $99.00 plus taxes of 16.75%

Half of the blocked rooms are doubles and the remaining half are kings with pull-out doubles.

There are 2 options for reserving rooms.

PHONE: 888.603.4466 and ask for the THREE RIVERS ROWING-EMM group block

or

Go Online: http//columbusdublin.place.hyatt.com and enter G-EMMR into the "group/corporate# " space [ along with the corresponding dates ]

Our contact person is Emily Wood
614.799.1913 x 510

Please contact me if you have any problems!

Midwest Masters

Buy a pie, help a refugee

From Nick (April 30)

Many of you may know that I along with my wife Elaine and daughters Danielle, and Bethany (the rower) will be participating on a mission team to provide teaching and medical care to Sudanese refugees this July. We will interact with refugees in Kenya as well as Southern Sudan. Our local contact has big plans to establish a church, orphanage and school in his village in Southern Sudan. It is very exciting to be taking part in helping refugees return home (many have been in exile for almost 20 years). We will actually get to participate in the land dedication ceremony for the village.

In order to raise funds for food and medical supplies, our team is baking double crusted, 10 inch pies for delivery in time for Memorial Day weekend. If interested, I can deliver them to the boathouse Friday May 22nd or Saturday May 23rd.

Choose from: Apple, Cherry, Blueberry or Strawberry. Pies are $12 each, 3 for $30 (Strawberry are an additional $3 each). Cash or checks payable to “cash,” at time of order or on delivery.

If interested, click here to let me know:
1. How many of each type of pie.
2. What date you’d like delivery.

Other tax deductible donations can be made to “St. Philip’s Church” with “Africa” in the note.

Thanks for your support, and see you at practice!

Nick

Want to Go Faster? You Need a Trainer

By GINA KOLATA
Exercise physiologists and coaches say most people who want to improve in almost any sport do not appreciate what can be accomplished with training nor know how to do it. See the NY Times article

Time to comitt to sprint races!

Gwen and Eileen need your commitment to the sprint races you have selected. Click here confirm or update your selections.

From the Rowingmasters association:

Here's Poetry in Motion, the Polish men's quad. Two practice clips about 5' apiece with music to match the stroke rates (maybe 20 in the first and 25 in the second):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57FX2U9qg_Y&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWtoUczoyaA&feature=related

Towels

From Anne Jane:
Hi All
Last year we collected old towels from folks to be used for wiping down the boats after coming in. At the end of last season someone took them home to launder them but the towels never reappeared. How about if we all rummage through our closets and come up with another batch?

We set up a little system to ensure we had fairly clean towels available: once the towels got really smelly, someone from either EMM or our team will take a batch home, launder them and bring them back to the boathouse. There was an old clothes hamper for the dirty towels and a blue tub in which to put the clean towels near racks with the fours. I will make sure these are still around so we can get this process going again.

Anne Jane

Who's Going to the Pittsford Regatta?

It's time to make the commitment for the Pittsford Regatta held on May 30, 2009! Rick will need a final decision by April 20th. Please e-mail Eileen (eileenkillmeyer@comcast.net) and myself (gwen620@comcast.net) and we will get the final tally to Rick. Thanks!!

Volunteer Opportunity

Learn to Row Day, the Kick-Off event for Venture Outdoor’s Great Outdoors Week
When: Friday, May 15th, 6:00-7:30 pm
Where: Millvale
Volunteers Needed: 7 people:

• 1 for Registration – make sure people sign in (leave their emails so we can send marketing their way) and sign their waivers
• 2 to coach in the tanks
• 2 to coach on the ergs
• 2 to do the tour of the boat bays

Event Details:

46 people participants registered so far! Participants will be broken into 3 groups:

• 16 would do tanks
• 16 would do ergs
• 16 would get a tour of the boats and talk about that process

Each group would spend 30 minutes at each location.

Note from Rick: We could open up the registration to more people if anybody can think of another station. Some people may just show up without registering because they read about it somewhere other than our website and didn’t know about registering. Some people who registered won’t come because it’s a free event.

To Volunteer: email Linda

2009 EMM Volunteer Tracking (for Linda L.)

Jen Sunday has devised a new on-line Volunteer Tracking tool that, I think, will make it even easier to keep track of our team volunteer hours, especially now since we have more individual projects. We also plan on displaying our Team volunteer activity on our display board at the Lambert Boathouse…for all to see and promote more volunteering throughout the club. Please check out the volunteer tracking tool and e-mail me (Linda L.) & Jen your comments and suggestions. We’d like to use the new tracking system monthly and begin in May by turning in our volunteer hours in April. Also, let us know if you have any problem using the link provided.

Friends like you make volunteering at TRR as much fun as rowing!

EMM Volunteer Opportunities (for Linda L.)

Decide fast…this is next weekend!
The LLBean Store in Ross Park Mall on McKnight Road will be hosting a Spring Sports Weekend from Fri., April 17 to Mon., April 20 and have invited TRRA to attend and promote our organization. Here’s a description of the event…

“We are looking for groups associated with the outdoors to set up tables and promote their organizations. There will be clinics and demonstrations lined up for the customers to enjoy as well as a 30% discount on boats, bikes, tents and selected associated accessories.

The event will run from our stores opening hours to closing hours (Sat 9am-7pm & Sun 11am-6pm). We will be flexible to groups setting up for the entire day and half day as well.

We will have activities for children to encourage families to interact as well.
We want to work together to get everyone to enjoy the great outdoors!!!!!

Please let me know by Wed., April 15 if you can be available Saturday or Sunday, also if you have any suggestions for our presentation. I’ll be working with Jen Sunday & Rick to organize.



Some of you have asked about volunteering for the Scholastic Sprints. Jesse is the coordinator for this event, and he told Rick that their volunteer needs are covered at this point.

I received a few requests for volunteers from Rick to pass on to the team. If you’re interested in helping out with any of these projects, please contact me llang@medrad.com and I’ll schedule it with Rick who can provide you with more details.

CORPORATE COXSWAIN REP (1 person probably)
Rick will be sending an email out to all high school and college teams in an effort to compile a list of coxswains that want to get paid and work for corporate teams this summer. This person would be the contact for these individuals to get in touch with. The person would then compile the list of those interested with their contact info and give back to Rick so he can provide the corporate teams with a working list of individuals who might be available for them to contact.

GAS DUTY (1 person)
We need a person to check (at least weekly) the gas supply for launches and take any empty cans to a gas station to be filled. This person would be more than welcome to use the TRRA truck for this duty.

ORGANIZE DISPLAY BOARDS (1 person)
I’ll give someone with some creative bones in their body the option to organize the display boards (especially at Lambert) however they feel fit. I can certainly provide ideas, but there is no one way of doing it. I just would like them to look pretty. Jen suggested to me that we post volunteer hours that the different teams have done as a sort of competition on one of these boards. I think that’s a great idea. The boards are beginning to look a bit ratty and I’d love to spruce them up a bit.

Saturday practice shifted to 8:00 am

Due to the holiday weekend, and the Juniors scrimmage, Saturday practice has been shifted up 1 hour to 8:00 am (8-10am). So far, the weather looks like it will cooperate, but bring inside and outside workout clothes, just in case.

USRowing Waiver

Instructions for submitting USRowing waiver:

1. Click the "Regatta Central" link (to your right, under "Links")
2. Login at Regatta Central (or click "Join Now!" to create a new account)
3. On the "Welcome, (your name)" page, click "Instructions for USRowing waiver submission" (to your right, under "My Roster")
4. Note the Roster Code
5. Click the regattacentral/athletes link (number 2, right below number 1 with the roster code)
6. On the "Athlete portal & annual USRowing waiver submission" page, enter the roster code and your last name, then click "begin" (if your name is listed more than once, email Rick and ask him to remove the extra listing)
7. Fill out the waiver form, then click "Submit applications and waiver."
8. Reward yourself for successfully submitting your 2009 USRowing waiver.
   

Check in date

I have been alerted that our contact had a check-in date of MAY 30 as opposed to MAY 29, 2009. To clarify, the regatta is MAY 30 & 31. Masters row on SAT. MAY 30. WHEW!!!!

Kimberlie Miller is our contact and she has assured me that the problem with our reservations has been corrected.

If any of you are going to be flying in for this event, the closet airport is Rochester [ approx. 4 mi. away ]

There is a complimentary shuttle service until 21:00 Friday, May 29. No shuttle service until 08:00 Monday, June 1. The hotel will make cab reservations if needed.

Please keep me abreast of any difficulties you may encounter with the reservations, or if you have any other concerns.

Eileen

CANCELLATION POLICY-PITTSFORD

LATEST NEWS FLASH!!!!!!!!!

48 HOUR CANCELLATION POLICY.

However, guests can always change their arrival and departure dates on a reservation without penalty, as long as they are in house at least one night.

Hope this clarify's some questions. Keep 'em coming!

Eileen

Pittsford Regatta

OK team!

Time for 2009 commitments. I have made mine and have secured a hotel for the upcoming PITTSFORD REGATTA.

We will be staying @ HAMPTON INN ROCHESTER SOUTH

717 EAST HENRIETTA ROAD

ROCHESTER,NY 14623

585-272-7800

Currently, we have 15 guest rooms blocked. Check-in time anytime after 3:00pm and departure time is prior to 12:00 pm.

RATE: doubles room @ $119 per nite

taxes : 14%

All reservations MUST be made and guaranteed with a form of payment by APRIL 30, 2009.

The rooms are blocked for one nie, however, those of you that want to stay another nite will be able to get the same pricing.

A complimentary hot breakfast is offered. There are 2 hot items each morning[sausage, omelets, French toast, waffles, bacon, ham etc.]There are of course breads, bagels,cereal,fruit and juice, milk, coffee tea BLA, BLA, BLA!.

Breakfast begins @ 06:00 so we should be able to fuel up.

If, some should need to leave prior to the 06:00 WITCHING HOUR there is a Denny's, Perkins and Jay's Diner close by. All are open 24 hours.

As for the nite before there are three venues for dinner that are within walking distance. The event manager at the hotel will be happy to secure reservations for us.

Choices are:
Bazil's Italian Kitchen

Delmonico's Steakhouse

TGI Friday's.

When contacting the Hampton we are listed as " PITTSBURGH ROWING "{ I DID NOT CHOOSE IT THEY DID!}

If you have any problems with reservations, please do not hesitate to contact me. The event manager has been extremely helpful and the staff is excited to have us stay.

The course map is available thru Regatta Central. I have e-mailed the event chair in the hope that we can firm up travel times, locations for team set -up and any other info we may need.

In my search for a hotel I came across some places in the town of Pittsford. Apparantly there is a restored historical district that some of you may either know about, or may be interested in visiting.

So, that's it for now.

Keep tuning into the blog for new and improved info concerning

Hampton HS fund raiser

Message from Chelsea:

Hello everyone!!

On Tuesday, April 28th, the Hampton High School Rowing Team is sponsoring a basketball game against the Steelers. A selected group of Steelers will be coming in play a fun game of basketball, be available for pictures as well as be around to sign autographs. Myself along with several HHS teachers and coaches have been selected as the team to play against the Steelers. Although we will not know until the night before or even the night of who will be coming to play, the list does include big time players such as Big Ben, Troy, J. Harrison, Willie Parker and many more. Some players will also have the option of coming to make an individual appearance for photos and autographs but might not play. Since Big Ben currently lives in Hampton, we are truly pushing for him to make an appearance!!

The game will begin around 7:30pm that evening. You can purchase tickets from me at $7 regular admission or $10 VIP tickets which get you in the lower levels, center court. The game will take place at the HHS gym in Allison Park, PA. We will also be doing raffles for autographed Steelers products throughout the evening.

If you are interested in purchasing a ticket, please let me know (chelseaprior@threeriversrowing.org). We expect to sell out of tickets sooner rather than later! This will definitely be a fun-filled evening!

Thank you all in advance for your support! Please feel free to pass thisinformation along to any friends/family/co-workers who might be interested in attending.

Chelsea Prior

Water Schedule

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Monday evening at 6:15-8:00 pm (on the water by 6:30)
Wednesday evening at 6:15-8:00 pm (on the water by 6:30)
Saturday morning at 9:00-11:00 am