Friday is Spring Fest at Stuart High School. Rowers, represent Stuart Crew by taking up challengers at the annual 500m erg Race A Rower awareness and fundraiser during Spring Fest. Event start is 1:35 p.m. Captains will coordinate with Coach Rob and Coach Lexie to set up a few minutes earlier.
This Saturday, April 22nd. Regatta at Occoquan. Follow VASRA for most up-to-date schedule. Look for Coach Mike’s e-mail with the heat sheet with times. Thanks to Aust’s for hosting pasta dinner on Friday night pasta dinner again this week immediately after practice. We could use a bit more fruit and cut up veggies for the rowers to refuel between races and a parent volunteer to clean up the snack table. Sign up to bring/send something with your rower.
This Sunday, April 23rd. Support Lake Barcroft Earth Day Event. Earth Day is right around the corner—closer than it was when this sign-up was first e-mailed to you a few days ago! We’ll gather this Sunday, April 23rd at Lake Barcroft’s Beach 5 (off Waterway) from 12:30-5:30 p.m. to support the community celebration. In order to have everything ready, we’ll need help beginning at 11:30 a.m. Clean-up begins at 4:30 p.m. All families are asked to take part in this fun event, which also earns some money for the team (over $1,000 last year). Please see the Sign-Up which recently has been UPDATED. This includes pre-event shopping, grilling, baking and supporting the event by selling concessions. We especially need rowers to do “Race-A-Rower” challenge. The more people who stay to help clean up, the quicker it will go! Plus, it’s a totally fun event. Questions? Comments? Contact Catherine.
Permission Slips Needed for Trip to Mathews, VA on May 5th. Permission slip are required for all away regattas (just like a regular school field trip). It’s only a couple of weeks away! Please fill out the form and get it to Mari Mullane (send it by rower express or scan completed and signed form via email to jebstuartcrew@gmail.com.
Find the updated permission slip here.
More details to come on Mathews May Regatta; here are the basics:
- All rowers meet at Stuart at 3 a.m. Saturday morning, May 5, for bus departure to Mathews, VA (about 2.5 hour drive). There are a few spaces on the bus if parents want to hitch a ride — let me know. First come, first served.
- Cheer on your teammates, help prepare for races, and compete in multiple events throughout the day.
- Head back around 5:00, stopping for pizza on the way.
Parents are welcome to drive down and experience a great day of rowing at Williams Wharf Landing in Mathews, VA. Carpools are encouraged to share parking and gas costs, ease the long drive, and camaraderie. The set up allows you to see your rower at the launch dock, the sprint to the finish, and the recovery dock.
