Community Rowing, Inc. Newsletter

Weekly

October 4, 2016

USRowing Fan's Choice Coach of the Year Finalist

Matt Lehrer

Vote for our own Matt Lehrer for USRowing Fan's Choice Coach of the Year

Click here to vote for CRI's Director of Coaching Education and Competitive Women's Coach Matt Lehrer who is a finalist for the 2016 USRowing Fan's Choice Coach of the Year. Voting begins today and runs through October 19th with the winners announced on October 21st.

The 2016 USRowing Fan's Choice Awards, recognizing excellence in rowing across seven categories, will be awarded at the Golden Oars Awards Dinner onThursday, November 17th. The awards are bestowed awards for superior performances and contributions to the success of our sport. Fan's Choice Awards are nominated by and voted on by the rowing community for outstanding performances in 2016.

Vote today and put CRI on the medal stand!

USRowing Fan's Choice National Team Athlete of the Year Finalist

Dani Hansen

Vote today for Dani Hansen...

Dani Hansen, a three-time national team member in the legs, trunk and arms four with coxswain, became a Paralympic silver medalist at this summer's Paralympic Games.

The US LTA Mixed 4+, coache by Ellen Minzner, won Silver at the Rio Paralympic Games. Dani and the crew trained out of the Harry Parker Boathouse for the four months leading up to the Games. A University of Washington Husky during the school year, Hansen rowed in the second varsity eight that won the 2016 Husky Open.

CLICK HERE to Vote for Dani!

CRI Safety Contest Winners

Top Three Safety Ideas

We appreciate all the fantastic ideas that were submitted on how to improve safety here at the boathouse and on the river. With 19 entries in all, we had some excellent suggestions.

Here are the winning entries:

Bow/Stern Lights - Replace the batteries in the CRI boat lights on a regular (monthly?) schedule
Thank you Bob Green!

Dock Lights - LED lights on the dock!
Thank you Cassia Wyner

Guiding Coxswains - have coaches shine lights from their launches on the river to guide coxswains downstream (or upstream, but downstream is so much harder in the dark) when rowing in dark mornings or evenings ...
Thank you Maria Sacchetti

We have already replaced all the batteries in the front desk bow/stern lights, and set up a schedule to do so on a regular basis to keep the lights bright. Dock lights will be on our to-do list, as will
suggesting coaches aid coxswains with shining lights to assist them in navigating when dark.

Corporate Rowing Update

News & Call for Volunteers

Last week was a great Fall week for Corporate Rowing at CRI! With the hosting of five team-building events including an event for Boston Business Journal's 40 Under 40 Award Recipients, last week's action was non-stop. Check out these photos of the Entrepreneur's Organization of Albany from last Wednesday.

Corporate Rowing is starting to wind down, but there are a couple of opportunities in the coming weeks to cox or row for a corporate rowing event. Great CRI Volunteers like yourself really make these events a world class experience! Please consider helping us further our mission of "Rowing for All"!

Details are listed below:

Sunday, October 9th

8:30am - 12:30pm

C&S Team Building Row

1 Coxswain

4 Volunteer Rowers

Saturday, October 15th

12:00pm - 4:00pm

UFit Team Building Row

3 Coxswains

6 Volunteer Rowers

Follow the link below to sign up for any and all of these events (Remember - Corporate Volunteers get a CRI T-Shirt and Lunch!)

www.signupgenius.com/tabs/23672D601A6CDE9C17-corporate

We hope you have time to sign up for an event, and we look forward to seeing you soon.

Happy Rowing!

Demo Days Before HOCR

Hyndsight CRUZ

Come demo Hyndsight CRUZ wire free camera and monitor system designed by rowers for rowers! Designed to provide better visibility for managing obstructions and cutting those angles during the Head of the Charles race or any day on the water! Top three finishers in women's grand master singles event all have Hyndsight! Come try one out Saturday October 8th from 7AM-11 AM and or October 15th from 7 AM to 11 AM at CRI.

www.hyndsightvision.com

Fall Programs for Stoller

CRI Newton - Stoller Boat House

The Summer at Stoller was a great success - thank you to everyone who came over and rowed on the most amazing stretches of The Charles River.

This week we have launched the FALL PROGRAMS and we are again able to accommodate people from aged 9 and upwards!

Go to the sign-up page on the webpage for the full details but there will be classes for all including;

- Sculling 1, 2, 3 and 4

- Parent and Child sessions

- Refresher Junior Classes

- Junior Learn to Row

- Outreach programs including OWL, Fitness in the City

- Middle School Curriculum and Field Trips sessions.

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!

Sign up is available now - go to www.communityrowing.org website and navigate to the CRI Stoller tab on the sign-up page.

Athlete Housing HOCR

HOCR Requesting Volunteers

It is that time of year again already. Entries are posted, and the HOCR office has a list of international rowers who need a place to stay. The current list involves several Olympians, including many medallists, as well as some coaches and some athletes not yet to Olympic standard.

Rowers will generally arrive Tuesday the 18th or Wednesday the 19th of October, and leave Sunday or Monday. We are only requesting that you provide a room, and anything in the way of food is really up to what your comfort level is.

Athletes will not have cars, so houses walking distance to the course or the T (bus or subway) are particularly needed.

If you have a room or spaces and would like to host a rower or two for a few days, please get in touch with Michelle Jaeger via email at mjaegs@gmail.com.

Best,

Michelle Jaeger & Anne Buckingham

HOCR International Housing

2016 CRI Regatta Boat Request Form

Please Use Form for Equipment Requests

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.

2016 CRI Regatta Boat Request Form

Columbus Day Boathouse Hours

Monday, October 10th

In observance of Columbus Day, on Monday, October 10th, the boathouse hours

will be:

5:00 AM - 10:00 AM

No regular programming or practices

Thank you, and enjoy the long weekend!

Upcoming Private Events

Please Take Note

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8th - Wedding
CLOSED AT 12 NOON: 2nd Floor, Weight Room, Erg Studio
CLOSED AT 3 PM: East Side May Bay

CRI PARKING LOT

No Parking in Fire Lane, Drive w/ Caution, Parking Alternatives

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.