Don't forget to Follow Ridgewood Crew on Facebook/Instagram TENT SIGN UP - PSRA City Championships Sign ups are ready on Instateam for the tent this weekend - Saturday and Sunday, May 5th and 6th !! Many hands make light work. We are hoping we can count on every family to volunteer at least once to help out with the tent. If you have a favorite family recipe, bring it! :) On InstaTeam - go to events, filter by regatta and click on PSRA City Championships. **Don't forget to bring those water bottles to fill at the tent ** PRACTICE SCHEDULE CHANGE The practice schedule for this Friday, May 4th will be the same as last week. All rowers at 4pm-7:30pm at PRRA for practice and de-rigging/loading boats. Practice bus will pick up on Brookside Spring Schedule Revised (April 2018)_Crew News (1).pdf Download File PASTA PARTY - Friday, May 4th We are now on our 4th Pasta Party which is sure to be a great time, thank you to all that donated. This week the Pasta dinner will be Friday, May 4th at the Sofia Lee's house located at 326 West End Ave starting at 8:30 . As a reminder, the following families have signed up for this pasta party and we are depending on your donation. We could use one more salad. Drinks: Andrews, Lee, Carmona, Bagci- Friedman Salad w/dressing: Saladucha Bread w/Butter (sliced pls): Youn, Melarti Pasta: Orlando, Lowicki, Andrews, Montgomery, Lee, Carmona Dessert: Andrews, Yang, Wong Thanks to all for making this team building dinner a success for the rowers. CITY CHAMPIONSHIPS ON MAY 5TH & 6TH Information for this weekend’s City Championships: Transportation: ** please stay tuned ** As of today, we have arranged a bus to transport the team to the Regatta on Saturday. However, this may change once we know the schedules, the line-ups, number of rowers and which days. As soon as we are able to finalize the logistics, we will communicate. Schedule While the final schedule will most likely not be posted until Thursday, please note that all races with less than 6 participants will proceed directly to finals on Sunday. Those with more than 6, but less than 12 will have trials on Saturday - with top 6 placing in finals on Sunday. Those with more than 12 participants (though no Ridgewood Crew boats so far) will have heats on Saturday, Semifinals early Sunday, and finals on Sunday afternoon. Hotel Hotel reservations have been made individually by some families for Saturday night at the Courtyard by Marriot Philidelphia Avenue which is roughly 5 miles north of Kelly drive. http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/phlav-courtyard-philadelphia-city-avenue/?scid=bb1a189a-fec3-4d19-a255-54ba596febe2 PHOTOGRAPHER NEEDED Thanks to Ed Hida and John Krusac for helping to make sure we have great photos of all our rowers! We still need a photographer - possibly one of the girls' parents - to help catch more of our GIRL POWER on the river! Please contact Jeanne Johnson at 201-851-3262 or
[email protected] PHOTOS ON RC WEBSITE Calling all parents, coaches, and rowers! We really need your photos!! Please add them to the RC photo repository located: http://www.ridgewoodcrew.com/pictures-and-video.html Instructions on how to load photos into the photo albums is at the bottom of the page. REGATTA RESULTS Garden State Scholastic Championships - Saturday, April 28, 2018 REGATTA RACE RESULTS can be found on the websites: www.phillyflicks.com or regattacentral.com or rowtown.org or our own website www.ridgewoodcrew.com 1st Place Race 9: Womens Sr 2x Final @ 01:00 PM 1st 3 Ridgewood (A.Perez, A.Walton Roth) 05:59.60 Race 8: Mens Ltwt 2x Final @ 12:55 PM 1st 3 Ridgewood (J.O'Keefe, S.Campbell) 05:26.50 Race 41: Mens Ltwt Sr 4x Final @ 03:00 PM 1st 3 Ridgewood (K.Okamura, K.Shattuck, M.Carmona, F.Orlando) 05:40.30 Race 2: Mens Jr 1x Final @ 12:30 PM 1st 3 Ridgewood (G.Martinez) 06:19.40 Race 31: Womens Jr 4x Final @ 02:20 PM 1st 3 Ridgewood (A.Soderlund, H.Sisco, N.Kye, A.Liu) 05:45.87 Race 32: Mens Jr 4x Final @ 02:25 PM 1st 3 Ridgewood (A.Melarti, D.Johnson, T.Montgomery, S.Rivero) 05:04.90 Race 29: Womens Novice 4x Final @ 02:10 PM 1st 3 Ridgewood (J.Thomas, P.Kliesch, D.Vij, S.Wong) 06:59.50 Race 28: Mens Freshman 4x Final @ 02:05 PM 1st 3 Ridgewood (T.Woods, M.Lepis, T.Lowicki, J.Hida) 05:45.10 2 nd Place Race 4: Mens Sr 1x Final @ 12:40 PM 2nd 4 Ridgewood (W.Friedrich) 01:03.42 Race 10: Mens Sr 2x Final @ 01:05 PM 2nd 3 Ridgewood (E.Hida, A.Saladucha) 05:36.81 Race 6: Mens Jr 2x Final @ 12:50 PM 2nd 5 Ridgewood (D.Yang, D.Park) 05:42.92 Race 27: Womens Freshman 4x Final @ 02:00 PM 2nd 4 Ridgewood (L.Sudol, V.Hoy, K.Rahnefeld, V.Lyakerman) 06:14.26 3 rd Place Race 3: Womens Sr 1x Final @ 12:35 PM 3rd 4 Ridgewood (M.Gibson) 06:50.67 !!!!! CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL RIDGEWOOD CREW ROWERS !!!!! CHUCK WAGON We are also asking all parents to let us know if you have the capability of towing the chuck wagon (ie. a big enough vehicle that has a hitch)! PLEASE ! I f you are able to help with this, please contact : Joe O’Keefe (201-486-6184;
[email protected]), Katie Saladucha (201-344-1942;
[email protected]), or Ann Hida (917-664-7681;
[email protected]) if you are able to help out. CHUCK WAGON TRANSPORT is extremely important as we need to keep our children fed and hydrated!! There are no concessions available to purchase food even in an emergency! REGATTA SCHEDULE Sat - Sun, May 5 – 6, 2018: City Championships Sat - Sun, May 12 – 13, 2018: Mid-Atlantic Championships (select boats) Fri - Sat, May 18 – 19, 2018: Stotesbury Cup Fri - Sat, May 25 – 26, 2018: SRAA National Championships (select boats) STOTESBURY CUP REGATTA MAY 17-18, 2018 Hotel Reservation at Wyndham Philadelphia Historic District We have arranged rooms for the rowers at the Wyndham Philadelphia Historic District. The rower's rooms will be paid for by Ridgewood Crew. If you wish to make reservations for yourself using the special rate of $199 plus tax, please use the link below to complete your reservation.There are a limited number of rooms available at this rate and availability is strictly on a first come, first serve basis. Please know there is also an extra fee for parking. The cut off date for reservations is Wednesday, April 25, 2018. After this date, Wyndham will take back any unused rooms and the rate is subject to increase. Booking Weblink: https://book.passkey.com/e/49662918 All bookings made through this weblink are directly with the hotel. If you have any questions with your reservation, please contact the hotel directly. Wyndham Philadelphia Historic District 400 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106 Telephone: (215) 923 8660 Website: www.wyndhamhotels.com NEW RC Store Items Limited Quantities in Stock and Available for Pick-Up or Delivery Magnet - $7 & Gray Headsweats Visor - $20 Email orders to Teresa (
[email protected]) or Bonnie (
[email protected]) Magnet_Visor Flyer (1).pdf Download File A simple and easy way to raise money for Ridgewood Crew Book a vacation with Shattuck Travel and Shattuck Travel will make a donation to Ridgewood Crew. Book a 5 night vacation and Shattuck Travel will make a $50 donation, 7 nights for a $75 donation. For more information call Meryl Shattuck at 201-925-7942 or email
[email protected] END OF THE YEAR BANQUET New Date: May 30, 2018. There was a conflict on the previous date, so we have changed the banquet to Wednesday, May 30. Details to follow. RIDGEWOOD CREW BOARD of DIRECTORS Boris Roque - Head Coach:
[email protected] Rocco Orlando - President:
[email protected] Kelly Aherne - Secretary:
[email protected] Ann Hida - VP Administration:
[email protected] Katie Vogt-Saladucha - VP Administration:
[email protected] Charles Carmona & Mercedes Martinez - VP Fundraising
[email protected] Vickey Walton Roth - VP Communications:
[email protected] Joe O'Keefe - VP Equipment & Logistics:
[email protected] Jeff Johnson - VP Finance:
[email protected] Judy Wong - VP Transportation:
[email protected] Jeanne Johnson - VP Marketing:
[email protected] Elisa Rivero & Lisa Williamson- Tent Coordinators:
[email protected] Please visit our website at ridgewoodcrew.com