Hello Justice Rowing Families: We’ve arrived at the final week of our regular season, with the Virginia State Regatta Championships this Saturday!
Week Ahead and Stotes!
With this being a State Championship race, we will only be entering select lineups. Next week’s practice will only be for those rowing at the Stotesbury Cup regatta in Philadelphia on May 16-18, and we will have no bus transportation next week. We have notified rowers about the boats for the regatta and have already engaged with those parents about coordination for Stotes.
Coach Nate
&Pizza Fundraiser — TUESDAY, May 7, from 5-9, at Seven Corners, 6110 Arlington Blvd. Please print the attached flyer or show it on your phone. It has a unique code — JROW — that must be given to the cashier.
Friday Night Pasta Dinner, 7-9: This Friday’s Pasta Dinner is being hosted by Sarit Schneider — Thank you for hosting Sarit! Please show up directly after practice and leave promptly by 9:00 to prepare for a big day of racing! Address is in email dated May 6.
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.
1972 Stuart Class Reunion, Saturday, June 1: Join us to help grill, bake and serve to support the Stuart Class of 1972 reunion. This will be a major fundraising effort to help replace our aging launch motors and renovate several of our launches. Sign up at https://www.signupgenius.
End of Year Picnic/Awards, June 2. Let’s celebrate the season together at our annual year-end picnic and awards event. Sign Up to support a day of celebrating our crew.
Car washes — save the dates!: We have car washes planned for Sunday, May 19, 12:30-5 PM. Sign up to help out. Thanks to volunteer parents, Melanie and David for organizing!
The Justice High School Crew Challenge 2024 continues! Donate here today to keep our rowers competitive on the water or on the Justice High School Athletic Department eTeam challenge webpage.
David Trissel
President
Justice High School Rowing Boosters
