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July 17, 2012

News from USRowing Club National Championships!

CRI Rowers Back from Club Nationals

The athletes, coaches and chaperones have returned from the 2012 USRowing Club Championships after a long week of competition and a lot of hard work. With over 1,426 crews and 2,100 athletes competing for national titles, this year was the largest field in the history of the regatta. CRI headed down to Camden, NJ after only 2 ½ weeks of summer session practices with over 90 entries. Medals were awarded in both sweep and sculling events and in all available gender and age classifications from under 16 juniors to seniors. In addition to the national titles medals that our athletes earned, the CRI women's team came in 2nd place in the overall women's team points standings with 120.5 points behind Vesper Boat Club who won the overall women's team trophy with 155 points. The CRI men's team earned 27 points overall. The racing started on Wednesday morning at 7:30AM and ran an average of one race every seven minutes until the last race crossed the line just after 7:30PM each day.

The following crews made it through qualifying heats and semi-finals to compete in the FINALS races Saturday afternoon thru Sunday (some events went straight to finals):

SILVER MEDAL Womens Junior A 8+ M.Garrity, Barnett, Barrett, Butte, Wolsffelt, Sobieszek, Holler, Cosgrove, Randle

6th Womens Junior A 8+ Keen, Gilbert, Musgrove, Carrolo, Reynolds, Daniels, Hendren, Balogh, Crute

5th Mens Intermediate Ltwt4+ Skeehan, Shepherd, Scherlis, McNelly, Laviolette

GOLD MEDAL Womens Senior Ltwt4+ M.Garrity, Kazimer, Randle, Gilbert, Holler

5th Womens Senior Ltwt4+ Alizadeh-Shabdiz, Crute, Sanderson, Carbeck, Andreozzi

4th Womens Junior B 4+ Martel, Smith, Stone, Overall, Meister

6th Womens Junior B 4+ Zhou, Ordonez, Santinelli, Quirk, Quirk

6th Womens Junior B 4x Smith, Meister, Quirk, Quirk

5th Womens Inter Ltwt 2- O'Reilly, O'Donnell

4th Womens Senior 8+ M.Garrity, Barnett, Barrett, Butte, Wolsffelt, Sobieszek, Holler, Cosgrove, Randle

5th Mens Junior A 2- Mahan, D'Agostino

5th Mens Inter Ltwt 8+ Ferre, Winsor, Heye, McNelly, Scherlis, Giroux, Laviolette, Fung, Kreyak

6th Mens Inter Ltwt 8+ Balsbaugh, Hoffman, Ladd, Schadek, Theran, Smith, Rodat, Agudelo, Hanson

5th Mens Junior A 8+ Tagliente, Dickinson, Berman, Mahan, D'Agostino, Brown, Buckley, Scherlis, Dewey

SILVER MEDAL Mens Junior B 4+ Siegenberg, Giroux, Swanton, Cohen, Gleason

SILVER MEDAL Womens Inter Ltwt 4+ M.Garrity, Kazimer, Randle, Gilbert, Holler

Womens Inter Ltwt 4+ Alizadeh-Shabdiz, Crute, Sanderson, Carbeck, Andreozzi

BRONZE MEDAL Womens Junior A 4+ Lew, Balogh, Musgrove, Carrolo, Reynolds

SILVER MEDAL Womens Senior Ltwt 2- Kazimer, Randle

5th Womens Senior Ltwt 2- Holler, Gilbert

SILVER MEDAL Womens Junior B 8+ Lew, Smith, Stone, Overall, Meister, Quirk, Quirk, Santinelli, Ordonez

5th Womens Junior B 8+ Martel, Luniewicz, O'Donnell, Archibald, Klein, Sudol, Martin, Kim, Li

6th Womens Open 1x - Dash Tori McCormick

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE ATHLETES WHO COMPETED AT THE USROWING CLUB NATIONALS!

As we move forward through the summer sessions, please make sure you enroll your athlete if they plan to participate in the second session and possibly attend the 140th Royal Canadian Henley. Please speak directly to the coaches regarding the Henley competition as this will be an invite-only trip due to limited number of entries.

We are in need of chaperones for the Girls Team for the Henley trip to St. Catharine's, Ontario. If you are interested, please contact:

Matt Lehrer: matt.lehrer@communityrowing.org

Suzi Garrity: suzi.garrity@verizon.net

GO CRI!!

All the best,

Suzi Garrity

Girls Parent Coordinator

Scullers at the Prouty

Raising Money to fight Cancer

A contingent of CRI Scullers were a strong presence at The Prouty over the weekend, raising a combined sum of $2154.

"Row the Prouty" which took place on July 14th on the CT River in Hanover, NH, is a fundraising event to benefit cancer research at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Norris Cotton Cancer Center.

Participating in the event were three singles and two doubles.

The single rowers were Lynn Salmonsen, Barbara Goldstein and Carol Krauss. The doubles were the father/son team of Mike and Dave Hyde, and Rony Sebok and Pat Hambrick - each rowing and amazing 10 - 16 miles for a great cause.

Congratulations to you all, we are proud of you!!

To Our Chaperones

We Thank You All!!

Dear CRI Community: For those who were not in Camden NJ to experience our gallant efforts in the US Rowing Club National Regatta, I would like your attention for the next 30 seconds. This message of gratitude is directed to any & every volunteer parent chaperon who helped to make this regatta a success.

Dear boys and girls chaperones,

Thank you for the extra-ordinary work you all put-forth this past week. Conditions were challenging, and the days/nights were long. From sunrise to sunset (and beyond) your efforts are greatly appreciated by me, our fellow coaches, and the athletes. Your steadfast and humble dedication (i.e the sweat, the organization, the planning, the cold drinks in extreme heat, the kiddie ice pool with cold wraps, the Gatorade, the constant care for us, and the consideration for all aspects that help us optimize our performance efforts) is greatly appreciated. There's no doubt that CRI is a special place. It's largely due to folks like you and the effort you put forth that we are able to continuously provide the athletes with memorable and meaningful youth athlete experiences. Thank you.

Sincerely,

The CRI Summer Comp Team Coaches

Trustee's Dinner

July 16, 2012

The Trustees of Community Rowing gathered Monday evening for dinner. The sculling pavilion made for a lovely setting... despite the extreme heat!

GS2 Coxswain Clinic

Wednesday, July 18 - 7PM

There will be a coxswain clinic for GS2 rowers tomorrow night, at 7PM in the classroom.

The clinic, presented by Coach Libby Boghossian, is a fantastic opportunity for GS2 rowers to prepare for their turn in the coxsain's seat.

Coxswain Clinic: Wednesday, July 18, 7PM, Classroom

SAVE THE DATE

Saturday, July 28, 2012
4:00 - 7:30 p.m.

"Eat and Greet the New Fleet:
CRI Summer BBQ and the Blessing of the Fleet"

Live Music! Festivities! Grilled Food!

Mix, mingle, catch up and connect with members of all programs along with our generous donors as we christen the 10 new Vespoli 8+s!!

Burgers, Hot Dogs, Veggie Burgers
Beer, Wine & Soda!!
Bring your own sides and desserts to share.

Live Reggae Music by Brighton's Own House Band, Hub Dub!!

Adults - $10
Under 21 - $5
Families - $20
Coaches & Staff - Free

Get Your Event Tickets Online Now!! Click on Link Below!
Event Tickets - Buy them Here!!

(Event tickets will go up $5/ticket July 23rd)

Volunteers Needed for 'Bless the Fleet' Event!!

Saturday, July 28, 2012 from 3:45 - 7:30

Volunteers are needed on Saturday, July 28, 2012 from 3:45 - 7:30 for the Community Rowing "Blessing of the Fleet" and Summer BBQ event.

If you are interested in helping out, please email Tracy Smith at: tracy@communityrowing.org

Thanks!

Third Annual Celebration of Women's Rowing

Sunday, September 23rd

SAVE THE DATE - SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 - THIRD ANNUAL CELEBRATION OF WOMEN'S ROWING

The tradition continues. Please plan to join us on Sunday, September 23 for the third celebration of women's rowing and to thank women's national team members who led the way to make women's rowing widely available. We'll put together mixed line-ups at 8:30, row and scull together, and enjoy each other's company at brunch. It's a wonderful, fun morning. All CRI women - junior and senior - as well as CRI men who support women's rowing, family and friends are welcome.

If you can help plan the event and/or help on the day, please email Jane Morse at: jgmorse@morses.net

CRI "Fireside Chats"

Women's Comp Team

Members of the Women's Comp Team convened at the Brookline home of Cam Sutter on the evening of July 9th for the fifth in the series of CRI "Fireside Chats". These informal socials, hosted at personal homes, are a great way to learn more about your fellow CRI members as well as what else is going on at the club.

If you are interested in hosting or attending an upcoming event, please contact Tracy Smith at:tracy@communityrowing.org

CRI's Proctor Boathouse

RIP: May 1987 - July 2012

An important part of CRI's history slipped quietly away from us last week when CRI's old "Proctor Boathouse" was demolished in a matter

of minutes to make way for Wellesley College's new boathouse which will occupy the exact footprint of Proctor boathouse. For new-comers, as you row upstream from CRI's current site toward Watertown Square, look to the port side toward Daly Ice Rink and notice the fresh, new light-colored plywood building between the river and the ice rink and that's the new boathouse under construction.

CRI's 1st boathouse of its own, named after its designer Mr. Sheri Proctor, was literally a weekend-warrior project in May 1987 and, by MDC decree, should have been "disassembled no later than October 31, 1987" yet survived under the radar until just last week, slighly longer than 25 years.

Compared to CRI's Proctor boathouse, Wellesley College's new boathouse will be luxurious with electricity, a real floor (as opposed to

Proctor's dirt floor), a far superior roof with overhanging eaves to keep moisture from the structure, several skylights, an extra rear door,

and an overall more solid construction ensuring them many years of use.

Today, all that remains of CRI's old boathouse are some of the original footings and two very weathered doors being used temporarily until Wellesley's new doors are installed later on. I'm sure all CRI members past & present wish Wellesley College crew as much success and as many fond memories at that site as the literally thousands of CRI rowers who passed through those now rickety, old doors over the past years.

Here are some CRI archival photos from 1987 as well as pictures of the new boathouse taken a few days ago.

- Bill McGowan, CRI History Committee

July 25th: Volunteers Needed for CRI Booth

The River Clean Water Concert
DCR Hatch Shell, 6-7:30 pm

We have a need for one or two volunteers to set up CRI materials at a booth (already set up!) at the The River Clean Water Concert at the DCR Hatch Shell, July 25 from 6-7:30 pm.

Enjoy the free concert afterward and help promote CRI!

For details please see Tracy Smith, or email her at

tracy@communityrowing.org

Thank you!

Daily Water Quality Color Flags

Do You Know What the Colors Indicate?

The Charles River Watershed Association's Water Quality Notification Program presents the daily flag colors of the river's health, which signify whether or not the river is safe for boating. The flags are dispayed at nine boating locations from Watertown to Boston. Water quality flag colors are updated each weekday from early July through mid-October.

A Blue Flag: indicates safe boating conditions
A Yellow Flag: indicates inconclusive data to predict possible health risks
A Red Flag: indicates likely health risks

To read more see the daily flag colors visit:

Daily Water Quality Color Flags

CRAB - Have You Seen the Blog?

Featuring 'This Weekend on The Charles' and More!

If you would like to be in the know about what is happening on the Charles, check out the CRAB Blog. You can sign up and receive e-mail notices, which will be especially helpful during upcoming bridge work, by visiting:

CRAB Blog:

http://charlesriverallianceofboaters.blogspot.com/

Check out the CRAB website at:
http://www.charlesriverallianceofboaters.org/

Be a Good Dog Ambassador

Pick-Up After Your Pooch!!

We are very happy to be a dog-friendly place, but please, if you bring your dog to Community Rowing, be considerate and be sure to pick up after your differently evolved friend.

WEEKEND PRIVATE EVENTS

Upcoming Private Event

Friday, August 3rd
2nd FLOOR CLOSES at 3PM

Saturday, August 4th
2nd FLOOR CLOSES at 2PM
MAIN BOAT BAY CLOSES at 3PM

If you have any questions please email:
buffy.communityrowing@gmail.com

In This Issue

USRowing Club Nationals

Scullers at the Prouty

Thank You to all Our Chaperones!!

Trustee's Dinner in the Pavilion

Coxswain Clinic for GS2 Wednesday, July 18, 7PM

'Bless the Fleet BBQ' Buy Your Tickets at the Front Desk!!

'Bless the Fleet' Event Volunteers Needed!!

Third Annual Celebration of Women's Rowing September 23rd - Save the Date!!