NEREID NEWS
27 August 2010
REGISTRATION OPEN FOR 10th Annual HOPR
Mark your
calendars: the 10th Annual Head
of the Passaic Regatta takes place on Sunday, October 17!
The 3-mile head race is co-organized
again this year by Nereid and PRRA, the Passaic River Rowing Association.
Already, dozens of rowers across the tristate area have registered for the
race, which runs from the Union Avenue bridge to just below the PRRA.
- To participate, please check our website (http://www.hopr.org) for
registration information. We run races for most boat types, including for
recreational singles, and rowing levels, from novice to juniors and masters.
- We need your support! Sponsorship
opportunities start at $20 for one line in the regatta program, $100 for a
business card size ad, and from there up.
Please see the sponsorship letter attached to this email.
- Please help us succeed! Please sign up as a volunteer by filling in
the form on the regatta website. Volunteering is a lot of fun and a great
way to meet many other Nereid and PRRA members.
We look forward to the
day!
USROWING MEETING
SEPT 21 AT NEREID
A note
from club member Stacey Ornitz:
Hello Coaches, Parents, Rowers and fans of the sport of rowing:
This is a friendly reminder that Nereid Boat Club
will host a USRowing Town Hall Meeting on Tuesday September 21st at 7pm. I am
reaching out to invite you, your athletes, parents and those who have an
interest in the sport to join us. USRowing CEO Glenn Merry will facilitate a
Town Hall Meeting to discuss several recent issues addressed on the USRowing
circuit. Don't hesitate to contact me at sdornitz@gmail.com or 201.745.1395
with questions. For background,
check out Nereid's Blog posting
on the subject.
NEREID TO FEATURE IN NPR SERIES
As part of a 5-part series on the Passaic River, National Public Radio
reporters visited Nereid this week to learn about rowing on our favorite
waterway. A radio producer and videographer interviewed club members and took a
spin on the river. The series,
slated for mid-October, is expected to focus on the industrial
history and legacy of the river, and whether the trade-off between
economic development and the pollution of the river was worthwhile. Rowing figures into the story as a positive example
of the river’s “reincarnation.” If
you have stories or photos to share, or wish to ask a question about the
Passaic, email NPR at river@npr.org
NEW MEMBERS
Please offer a hearty Nereid
welcome shout-out to the following new members:
Michele Campbell,
a Rutherford resident, is a graduate of
Nereid's Learn To Row program who has already logged lots of miles this summer.
Frank McElroy joined this summer after taking
lessons with Nereid's
Sarah Kornblum. Frank works in Rutherford and lives in Wyckoff.
Arjon Pals is a masters rower and
sculler from The Netherlands, Arjon rowed at national level during college in a
lightweight 8+ and 4-. His most recent club is The Royal Amsterdam Yachting
Club De Hoop. Arjon is also a fully
qualified umpire in his home country, where he manages two regattas.
WANNA GET
INVOLVED?
Nereid’s board of directors is looking for a few good members to
participate in its committees. Any
members interested in helping out with a few projects are asked to email nereidsec@hotmail.com. Please note, service on a committee fulfills
the club’s volunteer requirement.
Thanks!
LOST
IMPELLER
Anyone
find an NK Speedcoach impeller lying around the boat bays in last few
weeks? If so, please send a note to nereidsec@hotmail.com
or speak with George Freimarck.
CALLING ASPIRING RECORD-BREAKERS…
For a mere £12,995, you, too, can row across the
ocean! Check out this recent email from
Woodvale Challenge Ltd:
Team Woodvale, part of Woodvale Challenge
Ltd, is looking for individuals who wish to row an ocean as part of an
elite crew, solely with the purpose of breaking and establishing records. In
January 2011, we are running the Atlantic Allum Cup - three record campaigns for the mid-Atlantic
route (La Gomera in the Canary Islands to Barbados – 2600 miles away) and we’re
looking for crew members to take on this epic challenge. Boats include:
Britannia III - a 12-man
boat which crossed the Atlantic this year in 38 days
Audeamus - an 8-man boat
which holds the Indian Ocean Speed Record (to be put out as an all-female crew)
Oystershack - a 6-man
boat which is the fastest boat ever into Antigua (37 days)
For £12,995, you will
get the chance to have your name in the record books, as well as receiving all mandatory
training (RYA First Aid at Sea, Sea Survival, Ocean Yachtmaster Theory,
shortwave radio training and licence), medical equipment, tracking equipment, duty
officer, family officer, race clothing and a detailed ocean rowing training
package. Payment can be made in installments, we can provide you with
information on gaining sponsorship, and direct you to useful ocean rowing
resources.
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