CRI Rowers Return from Club Nationals
Congratulations to all our Fantastic Rowers |
CRI just returned from the weeklong regatta that was Club Nationals. During a summer that was focused on athlete development, it was great have wonderful results and great racing experience for all the athletes! Thank you to all our employees, parents, and supporters, who made such a wonderful trip possible. Notable results include:
Gold- Men's Intermediate 1x Gold- Men's Intermediate 2x Gold- Men's U19 4+ Gold- Women's U17 1x Silver- Men's Elite/ Senior 2- Silver- Men's U17 2x Silver- Men's U19 2- Silver- Men's U19 8+ Bronze- Men's Elite/ Senior 1x Bronze- Men's U17 8+ Bronze- Men's U19 4x
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| Looking for something new and fun to do this summer?
CRI Newton - Stoller Boat House
Come over to CRI Newton, sessions for 9 years old and upwards!
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For the first time, CRI is offering classes for kids aged 9 and up, in sculling boats that are the right size for very young people! The new location on the Upper Charles offers a protected setting for rowers of all ages, and we have established programs for people from age 9 to 90. At the Harry Parker Boathouse, kids aged 12 and up are welcome, but we have reserved this new stretch of the Charles River above the Watertown Dam for smaller sculling classes focused on people of all ages. CRI is also offering a Parent / Child option for the first time. On Saturday mornings throughout the summer, we invite adults and their child to come and scull together at the new Stoller Boathouse. The classes are appropriate for rowers of all skill levels, and you will have an opportunity to row a double together on the bucolic Upper Charles with an experienced coach providing instruction and guidance. This amazing new location, the brand new fleet of boats and CRI's 30 years' experience of providing safe, fun and healthy activities on the Charles River come together to offer CRIers and the local community the chance to take part in an exciting and healthy sport for the first time. CRI is delighted to partner with Lasell College to open this quiet waterway to the whole Community, offering 'Rowing for All' to a much wider audience!
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| CRI Welcomes MPI
Wednesday, July 20th
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CRI Welcomes MPI Tomorrow Evening
The CRI community has the distinct pleasure of hosting the Meeting Professionals International, New England Chapter for their summer outing tomorrow evening - Wednesday, July 20th. This is the group that facilitates the introduction of rowing through team building rows at CRI for 800 people annually, which provides strong support our mission of "Rowing for All."
Tomorrow from 3:00 to 5:00 we will have 50 new rowers or seven 8+s of people from this group participating in a team building row. Followed at 5:30PM, we will then be hosting them and 70 additional meeting planners for cocktails and hors d'oeuvres in the West area in and around the tent with entertainment from a band and a large screen display. During this time, if you wish to row, we encourage you to work with our team assisting with the event to help you with boat access to the docks.
As we share our mission with these special people who are brand new to our community can you offer your parking space by parking remotely Wednesday from 3:00PM - 8:30PM that evening? The parking map below is to help you find alternate spaces a 3 minute walk from the boathouse on North Beacon Street. We appreciate your support as we welcome this group to our community and allow them to experience CRI at its greatest.
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| CRI Job Posting
Military Coordinator
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"CRI is looking to hire someone who is connected to the veteran community to recruit for CRI's military programs and to plan events for military members and their families here at CRI. The Military Coordinator job description is posted on www.cricoach.com/job-postings/militaryrowingcoordinator.
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CRI Fall Classic Regatta
Saturday, September 17, 2016 |
Hold the date: Saturday, September 17, 2016 CRI Fall Classic Regatta 7am-1pm
This is CRI's 5th year hosting the CRI Fall Classic Regatta (formerly The Rumble on the River). Mark your calendars to participate in the regatta and/or to lend a hand. The regatta is a great volunteer opportunity. Many hands are needed to make this Regatta great. Keeping with CRI's mission of Rowing for All and showing our love for rowing, please sign up to help, please click here for all the volunteer opportunities: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0944abaf2da7fa7-20161
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| Corporate Rowing
Volunteers Needed!
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This past week may have seemed less active than normal with our competitive teams away at Club Nationals in Ohio, but, Corporate Rowing was as busy as ever with the hosting of one team-building row and another week of the Charles River Rowing League. The month of July is packed with more opportunities to get involved with corporate rowing - check out some of our upcoming events and click the link below to sign up! The events that require the most urgent help are in bold: Wednesday July 20 MPI Team Building Row 2:00pm - 6:00pm 7 Coxswains 8 Volunteers/Spare Rowers Tuesday July 26th CarbonBlack Team Building Row 4:00pm - 7:30pm 3 Coxswains 5 Volunteers/Spare Rowers Wednesday July 27th GE Team Building Row 3:00pm - 7:00pm 5 Coxswains 8 Volunteers/Spare Rowers Thursday July 28th Kuoni Aegis Team Building Row 12:30pm - 4:30pm 11 Coxswains 15 Volunteers/Spare Rowers Thursday July 28th VESON Team Building Row 3:00pm - 7:00pm 2 Coxswains 5 Volunteers/Spare Rowers Friday July 29th Athena Team Building Row 8:30am - 12:30pm 5 Coxswains 7 Volunteers/Spare Rowers Friday July 29th CRRL Session 2 Final Race 5:30pm - 9:30pm 20 Volunteers - Dockmaster, Check-In, Grill/Food, Video and Timing, etc. Click the link below to signup: If you know of a group that would like to field a team to row in Session 3 of the CRRL (August 9th to September 17th), please put them in touch with Patrick Larcom and he will get them on the water - patrick.larcom@communityrowing.org Last Thursday, CRI hosted a group from the Talent division of Nike - a sector of the company focused on Employee development and growth. Coach Ariel Handler led the group through a fun and informative erg demo, followed by an exciting water session in the CRI Pond. A big thank you to Ariel for coaching, and to Hannah Frankel for coxing! Interested in seeing what being a part of the Charles River Rowing League is like? Click the link below to watch a video highlighting one of the crews participating in the league: Happy Rowing!
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| Rowing in France
Change of Date - Join Us!
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Have you been dreaming about rowing camp in a beautiful place, rowing in France? Now is your chance to make it so in the South West of France near the ocean. To see where, click here: http://en.mimizan-tourisme.com/
If this piques your interest for more information please contact Lila directly by emailing:
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| Upper Charles Waterway
Help the Local Community & the CRWA
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As part of our move on to the Upper Charles waterway, we want to work with the local community and help and support where we can. The 5000m of new waterway is going to be hugely beneficial to us and also the many, many people that will experience this amazing stretch of water.
With that in mind, we are working with the Charles River Watershed Association (CRWA) to help promote their 10th season for water chestnut removal on the Upper Charles River. We are asking of there are any people that would like to offer their help.
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The two current methods for water chestnut removal are hand-pulling and mechanical harvesting.
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Water chestnuts are an invasive species native to Eurasia that was brought to the US in the 19th century. Water chestnuts are problematic because they grow in thick mats, blocking sunlight from reaching the water and absorbing dissolved oxygen. Water chestnuts out compete native vegetation and use up the oxygen for other aquatic life, such as fish. Moreover, when water chestnut growth becomes too thick, the river becomes unnavigable.
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Water chestnuts generally starting growing in late June and drop their seeds into the river in August. The hand-pulling season, therefore, occurs between early June to mid-August.
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For CRWA's Canoeing for Clean Water program, CRWA staff lead groups of 30 volunteers in kayaks onto the river to hand-pull water chestnuts. The events last 2-3 hours and generally occur in the morning to avoid extreme heat and severe weather events. CRWA and Boating in Boston provide all necessary equipment and training.
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On average, CRWA leads 25 events and 500+ volunteers per season. In 2015, 40 tons or 80,000 pounds of water chestnuts were removed from the Charles.
- All questions can be sent to Caitlin Chiquelin, by email at waterchestnut@crwa.org or by phone at (781) 788-0007 ext. 235
- To sign up for a public event, volunteers must register by filling out this form.
- The public events leave from the Boating in Boston location at Newton Historic Boathouse. The address is 2401 Commonwealth Avenue, Auburndale, MA. Directions can be found here. It's important to note that volunteers park off site, but there are ample signs directing people to the parking lot, which is just across the river and about a 2 minute walk.
- The public events for the rest of the season are:
Sunday, July 24, 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Saturday, August 6, 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
For more information, visit the website here.
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| 2016 CRI Regatta Boat Request Form
Please Use Form for Equipment Requests
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If you would like to request equipment for regattas, please us the new CRI Regatta Boat Request Form.
All equipment requests are due no later than 10 days before any event. While we will do our best to make requests work for everyone, equipment requests are not guaranteed.
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| CPR Training
Upcoming Dates
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Sunday, August 7th: 10-1:00 PM
Tuesday, September 6th: 6-9:00 PM
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| CRI PARKING LOT
Drive with CAUTION & Busy Time Parking Alternatives
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The weather has gotten nice, and people are doing lots of rowing which is fantastic. All that rowing
is bringing lots of folks to the boathouse, and at certain times, the parking lot is over crowded.
Some important notes:
DRIVE SLOWLY & CAUTIOUSLY AT ALL TIMES
NO PARKING IN THE FIRE LANE - Cars may be towed
It is illegal to park in the fire lane. Cars that are parked in the fire lane are at risk of being towed by
the state.
PARKING ALTERNATIVES -
- North Beacon street: on street parking is available along North Beacon, with a short walk back over the bridge
- The old DCR public swimming pool parking lot at the North Beacon rotary.
- The hockey rink
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