Hello Justice Rowing Families: This week marks the seventh regatta of our season, the RYZ OBUSHOWICZ REGATTA. PLEASE READ THIS EMAIL THOROUGHLY.

Week That Was

After a two-week break, we had another great weekend of rowing. Our first quads continue to be undefeated (though the best sculling schools have not yet shown up in a VASRA regatta). We also had breakout performances from our Men’s Jr quad dropping over a minute from their last race, our Women’s 2nd quad that was mostly made up of rowers who had been in the third quad but raced as fast as the 2nd quad ever went, and the debut of our women’s Jr double that made up a length from the grandstand to the finish line to take 2nd place in their 3rd day of rowing together. We have the last of our regular season regattas this upcoming weekend, with the next regatta being the Virginia State Championships on May 4th and 11th.

Coach Nate

The Week Ahead: Al Urquia Regatta

Friday Night Pasta Dinner, 7-9: Karen Lyons is the host of this Friday’s Pasta Dinner — Thank you! Rowers, please show up directly after practice and leave promptly by 9:00 PM to prepare for a big day of racing! See email for house location.

Regatta Food Table: We provide food for our rowers on Saturdays, and many sign-up slots remain open. Please go to the sign up genius page where you can sign up for any/all of our regattas in one place.  Don’t worry about getting it down to Sandy Run — we can coordinate with early volunteers to get snacks to the boathouse for you; send an email if you need help.

Regatta Schedules: Find the heat/race schedule at vasra.org on Thursday/Friday. Rowers should be at Sandy Run NO LATER THAN TWO HOURS before their race. Rowers may be dropped off at Sandy Run, but there is no parking at Sandy Run for spectators. Rowers driving themselves may park at Sandy Run, but should carpool with their teammates if possible (optimizes parking and minimizes the chances of rowers being late). CARPOOLING IS HIGHLY ENCOURAGED (by team/boat, if possible).

Spectator Parking: ALL spectators must park off-site and take a shuttle bus to Sandy Run. The shuttle bus costs $15 round trip. Once the shuttle bus drops you off it is about another 15-20 walk to the grandstands for viewing. You may also pay a separate $5 each way for a shuttle from the drop-off point in Lot C to the Grandstand/Finish Line area. Offsite parking is at South County High School, 8501 Silverbrook Rd, Lorton, VA 22079. MORE INFORMATION IS at VASRA.ORG.

VASRA Volunteers:  If you are signed up for a VASRA volunteer job (you know who you are) then you may park free at Sandy Run. Tell the parking monitors when you arrive that you are a volunteer and for what job and they will direct you to the appropriate parking lot.