September 25, 2012

Fall Calendar

Sept 29                  Sound Rowers- Sausage Pull
Sept 30                  Tail of the Lake- Seattle
Oct 6                       Falcon Four Miler-Oktoberfest Party at LWRC
Oct 20                    Sound Rowers Lake Sammamish
Nov 4                      Head of the Lake – Registration Open

Falcon Four Miler and Oktoberfest

Entries for the Falcon Four Miler, benefiting the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, are due by Friday, 9/28.  Click here to register!  LWRC is hosting an Oktoberfest party during and after the Four Miler regatta!!  There will be food trucks at LWRC before, during, and after the regatta, music, after race beer, entertainment!  Invite your friends, family, and fellow rowers!  Click here for the official party poster!  $10.00 ticket gets you in, gets you drinks, and the first 100 through the door will get added goodies!!

Head of the Lake Registration and Volunteering Registration for Head of the Lake is OPEN!  Go to the Head of the Lake website for registration, volunteer opportunities, and to see the latest addition to the regatta weekend schedule!!  Stay tuned for details about an added weekend highlight which will be held the evening before the regatta!  Kari Page has organized us once again and created a new and improved volunteer sign-up system.  Our Committee Heads work extremely hard to ensure we put on the best regatta possible and their job cannot be done without the collective effort from the LWRC members.  Sign up now!!  More jobs coming…

Bull Trout Regatta Registration is open and our Camp ACT II rowers,  who also mostly happen to be new LWRC Members, would like to race with other LWRC members who are in their first year of racing.  If your first race was on or after October 20^th 2011, you qualify as a novice.  If you are interested in combining efforts, email Elizabeth Burke asap.  The hope is row an 8+!

Coxswain Clinic, 9/29, 10:30am As a rower, do you know what the most important skills are to have if you find yourself in the coxswain seat?  If you’d like to improve your understanding of that position, thus improving the rowing experience of your teammates, please come to the coxswain clinic offered by Melissa Hayes!  Melissa is a successful coxswain who puts safety first and always delivers on the race course!  RSVP to coxswain01@gmail.com. Space is limited.
The Head of the Troll was a huge success, thanks to the efforts of many volunteers, most notably Hugh Lade and the Senior Women’s Sweep Team! Click here for pictures, taken by Virginia Crynes.  Results of the race are posted on captains board at the sign out desk.

It is with great pleasure to announce the USRowing Board of Directors has just announced the 2012 Medal of Honor has been awarded to Stan Pocock.  As you are aware, this is the highest honor USRowing can bestow.  It is given in recognition to a member of the rowing community in the United States who has rendered conspicuous service or accomplished extraordinary feats involving the sport of rowing. Stan has certainly been involved in all phases of rowing….from shell construction, rowing history, with a life long dedication to coaching….to the very successful Pocock Foundation and resulting Pocock Rowing Center that now serves and promotes the many athletes involved in this sport.  He has been a mentor to many with his wisdom and recommendations. Accordingly, a Christmas acknowledgment dinner will be held at the Seattle Yacht Club on Friday, November 30th…so please reserve that date.   Additional details will follow.Congratulations, Stan!  From the Pacific Northwest rowing community.

Martha’s Moms, current members and retired, celebrated their illustrious 28  year rowing legacy at Lakeside School’s new boathouse…. the site from whence the club sprang.