E - News Letter | WeeklyMay 24, 2011
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WBUR SPRING FESTIVAL


Join us as we welcome WBUR for their Spring Festival on Sunday, June 5, 2011, 12pm-4pm. This event will expose the broad range of WBUR listeners to the sport of rowing and allow out community supporters the opportunity to enjoy a festival along the banks of the Charles River.

Come hear live music, sample food from local restaurants such as Redbones, JP Licks, Blue Moon Sorbet, and many more. Live music presented by Berklee College of Music, will feature Livingston Taylor and three up-and-coming student groups from Berklee.

Visit WBUR for more details about this exciting event. www.wbur.org/support/springfestival 

EVENT DETAILS 

Sunday

June 5, 2011

12pm-4pm

 

 

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

 

Setup: Boats, Oars, Launches, Vendor Stations, Signs

 

Event: Parking Attendants, Dock Masters, Coxswains, Rowers, Sherpas, CRI Programs Table, CRI Welcome Table, CRI Grill, Volunteer & Coaches Care.

 

Breakdown: Boats, Oars, Launches, Vendor stations, Signs, Trash Pick-Up.
Parking Attendants

 

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY TIMES 

 

Setup: 8:30am - 11:30am 

 

Event Shift 1: 11:00am - 2:00pm
Event Shift 2:  1:00pm - 4:00pm

 

Breakdown: 3:30pm - 5:30pm

 

TO VOLUNTEER EMAIL

leigh.communityrowing@gmail.com 

2011 Celebration of Women's Rowing

Women's Row Photo

June 12th

Celebration of Women's Rowing  

8:30am to 12:00pm

 

Please let us know if you can join us at:  http://tinyurl.com/2011-CRI-WomensRowing

 

On June 12th we gather to celebrate women's rowing and to thank the women's national team members who led the way to make rowing widely available.  The fun will include:

  • 8:30 fun row in mixed boats
  • 10:30 rowers brunch

All CRI women - both junior and senior, CRI men who support the women, and families and friends are welcome. 

 

We still need volunteers to help with set up and cleanup, safety launches, dock master.  Email Jane Morse  jgmorse@morses.net if you can help.

    

Northeast Junior Regionals Results

  

NE Regionals Boys Gold Varsity Boys Lwt Eight, Gold Medal Winners

 

   

Wow!  Ten medals won between our Varsity Boys and Girls teams ... no small feat amongst fierce competition ... eight of which represent their passports to the grand finale at the 2011 US Youth National in June.  Our Novice Boys and Girls, too, performed well and collected nine medals between their two teams.  Congratulations to all the athletes, and of course their respective coaches, for a job well done!!

 

Here are the results for the medaling boats as posted by US Rowing after the races have concluded on Sunday.  For complete results, please see attached PDF or click here for direct link to their online posting >>> http://results.usrowing.org/RaceResults/2011NEJuniorSundayResults.pdf

 

Varsity Girls:

 

  • The Lwt8+ struck Gold decisively ... and snuffed out their competitors (by over15 seconds).
  • The 1V8+ captured Silver (barely 3 seconds behind top-ranked CBC).
  • The Lwt4+ captured Gold.
  • The 1V4+ also captured Gold.
  • As did the Lwt2x (by over 7 seconds).
  • The 2V4+ captured Bronze (unfortunately 2V's do not progress to US National).

 

Varsity Boys:

 

  • The Lwt8+ captured Gold (by over 3 seconds).
  • The Lwt4+ captured Silver.
  • The 1V4+ also captured Silver.
  • The 2V4+ captured Silver (unfortunately 2V's do not progress to US National).

 

Novice Girls:

 

  • 1N8+ medaled Bronze.
  • 2N8+ medaled Gold.
  • Both of the 3N8+ entries swept Gold and Silver.

 

Novice Boys:

 

  • 1N8+ medaled Gold.
  • 2N8+ medaled Gold.
  • All three of the 3N8+ entries swept Gold, Silver and Bronze.

 

Our team photographer, Gerry Roy was on the "job" as usual to snap up hundreds of shots over both days ... see few samples of our top winning and qualifying boats below ... to view the complete gallery please visit his website (this event will be posted shortly) >>> http://garoyimaging.com/galleries.html

 

So we now say Au Revoir to our Novice teams while we prepare our Varsity teams for their finale this season at the 2011 US Youth National Championships in about three weeks down in Tennessee. Go CRI! 

 


 

 

Rumble on the River Logo

SAVE THE DATE

The 2nd Annual Rumble on the River will be held Sunday, September 18th along the banks of the Charles located at Community Rowing, Inc. Join us for racing, music, food, and family fun. More details to come.

 

Memorial Day

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Monday, May 30th, 2011

 

CRI will be closed. No rowing programs, practices, or logbook sculling will be held. Enjoy the long weekend! 

Private Events this Week

 

Weekend Private Events - 2nd Floor Early Closings
Saturday, May 28th----Novice Girls Race 10am to 1pm
Saturday, May 28th----2nd Floor Closes at 1pm

Sunday, May 29th------2nd Floor Closes at 1pm

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