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Nereid News, 5/9/08

In this newsletter:
- Passaic River Paddle Relay this Saturday
- NYAC Scullers Invitational registration
- Announcing Baby Hermey
- National Learn to Row Day, June 7
- Nereid merchandise available at discount
- Towel pickup Saturday AM
- How to be a referee
- Safety: sun protection

Upcoming events schedule

- Passaic River Paddle Relay, May 10
- NYAC Scullers Invitational, June 1
- National Learn to Row Day, June 7
- Derby Sweeps & Sculls, June 7

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4th Annual Passaic River Paddle Relay this Saturday

Parking during the Paddle: Please do not park in the Nereid lot on Saturday.

Rowing restrictions during the Paddle:
- No rowing south after 9 AM
- Limited rowing between 10 AM and 12 PM, when paddlers will be docking at Nereid

This year’s Paddle Relay will take place on Saturday, May 10th.  The Paddle will follow the same 8-mile course as in previous years with one exception – the course will be reversed, with paddlers starting in Riverbank Park in Newark and finishing at the Nereid Boat Club in Rutherford (paddling with the tidal current).  The course will still be divided into three legs with teams consisting of six (6) paddlers, with two (2) paddlers per canoe each leg.  There will also be an individual kayak portion of the race.

Paddlers, friends and family members are invited to the Nereid Boat Club after the race for the finish line festivities, which will include the Paddle awards ceremony, live animals from Essex County’s Turtleback Zoo, food donated by Whole Foods Market, as well as an exhibit from local children entered in Essex County’s Earth Day Poster Contest, with the winning poster announced.

Look for a close race with our Nereid team (composed of John & Claire Van Der Tuin, Bob O’Connell, Marc de Mul, Peter Willcox, and Dave Dowd) looking to reprise its first place finish in last year’s race.  Competition includes a team from the Passaic River Rowing Association.

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Register for the NYAC Scullers Invitational, June 1

Just a reminder about our Sunday, June 1st Annual Regatta among Nereid, NYAC and Saugatuck.

We plan to start racing at 8:30 or 9:00 am.  Tide conditions will be perfect.  All races will be singles and doubles: Men and women singles by decades: 30 to 39, 40 to 49.....70 and over.  Doubles, men, women and mixed: by combined age: Up to 99 years and 100 and  over years.  One's age on 6/1 is the determining factor.

I will need from you: Names, ages, events, and numbers for lunch.  2 races maximum for each sculler.  No limit on number of entrants per event, points awarded for places 1st, 2nd, 3rd.  If we have to run second heats for some events/decades, at least two clubs must be entered in Heat #2 to count.  In such cases of two heats, Heats #1 and #2 will be determined by further defining age (for example in the 50's, 50 to 54 and 55 to 59).

Because food has gotten pretty expensive, we will ask our guest clubs to contribute $10 per sculler and guest for the beer and deli buffet luncheon at noon.  I will look to the guest club captain to give me one check made out to the NYAC Rowing Club, or cash, covering your  numbers. I hope the charge will not be a deterrent!

I think that does it but please send me any questions.  Regards and see you soon, Tom Sanford, NYAC.

Nereids: please contact George Freimarck if you want to participate.

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Announcing Baby Hermey

Katherine Rose Hermey
Born April 29th at 3:51 PM
7 lbs 5 ounces
19.5 inches long

She is very healthy and beautiful with a head full of chestnut brown hair.

We couldn't be happier!

Leigh, Tom, Annabelle, & Claire

Many congratulations from Nereid to the happy parents!

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National Learn to Row Day
 
This year’s LTR Day is on Saturday, June 7.  Nereid will take part in the event by holding erging demonstrations and taking interested participants out for a row. We need volunteer members to promote Nereid and the sport of rowing, and to help out with short gig boat rows for people who come.  Waffles and good rowing karma will be your rewards!

Please feel free to invite your non-rowing friends – this is their chance to find our what rowing is about!

Contact Erin Martin or Phil Gartenberg (nereidjoin@hotmail.com) for more information.

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Nereid merchandise clearance sale (FINAL WEEK!!)

We are cleaning out our existing inventory and have the following Nereid-branded items available at VASTLY discounted prices:

Showcase your club affiliation at the office:   Nereid coffee mugs $5
Be reminded of the excellent German beer at the boathouse:   Nereid pint glasses SOLD OUT
Keep you head cool and the sun out of your eyes:   Nereid visors (hatless caps) $10

The new Nereid T-shirts are also available at $15 each. They are cotton, short-sleeved, with a green oar on a white background on the front and a crossed oar logo on the back, and look very cool.

Contact Marc de Mul if you are interested in purchasing merchandise.  All proceeds will immediately benefit the club budget.

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Towel pickup Saturday morning

There will be a towel pickup Saturday morning for laundry.  Towels will be returned on Sunday.

Bob Farkas

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Become a USRowing referee

Interested in becoming a USRowing referee?  This event is for you!  Mark your calendars to attend.

Mid Atlantic New Referee Clinic
May 28, 2008
Time: 7-9 p.m.
Camden County Boathouse, 2nd Floor
Camden, N.J.
Contact: Dennis Smith, MA Region Representative, at dennis.smith@atlanticcityelectric.com for more details.

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Sun Protection
by Willie Black, USRowing

Six weeks before departing for the 2004 Olympic Games where he would win a gold medal in the men’s eight, coxswain Pete Cipollone was diagnosed with stage one melanoma on his forearm. Before departing for the Games, he had two surgeries; the second one leaving him with more than 60 stitches.

Pete, now a spokesperson for the National Center for Skin Cancer Prevention, says, “Rowers spend hours each day in the sun, often without shirts or hats. I want all athletes to understand that skin cancer can hit you even when you are young and in great shape.”

More here.

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Previous newsletters

2008
Nereid News, 5/2/08
Nereid News, 4/25/08
Nereid News, 4/11/08
Nereid News, 4/1/08
Nereid News, 3/17/08
Nereid News, 3/13/08
Nereid News, 2/29/08
Nereid News, 2/22/08
Nereid News, 2/5/08
Nereid News, 1/11/08

2007
Nereid News, 12/28/07
Nereid News, 12/14/07
Nereid News, 11/24/07
Nereid News, 11/2/07
Nereid News, 10/19/07
Nereid News, 10/5/07
Nereid News, 9/28/07
Nereid News, 9/14/07
Nereid News, 8/31/07
Nereid News, 8/17/07
Nereid News, 8/5/07
Nereid News, 7/20/07
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Nereid News, 7/6/07
Nereid News, 6/29/07
Nereid News, 6/22/07
Nereid News, 6/15/07
Nereid News, 6/8/07
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Nereid News, 5/18/07
Nereid News, 5/11/07
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2006
Nereid News, 12/22/06
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