Don't forget to Follow Ridgewood Crew on Facebook/Instagram Ridgewood Crew Team volunteers needed to attend our recruiting days next week. Rowers can meet in the BF Auditorium Wednesday, May 23 at 3:00 and in the GW Auditorium on Thursday, May 24 at 3:00 . For more information please contact Jeanne Johnson
[email protected] 201-851-3262 PARENTS - still in need of tower volunteer! Due to schedule conflicts we are still in need of a volunteer to work the timing tower on Saturday from 2:00 - 4:00 . It looks to be a very fun job so please let Katie know at
[email protected] if you would like to get an upfront view of how regattas are run and to volunteer your time. Calling all PHOTOGRAPHERS !! Wednesday, May 23rd is the last day to upload photos and have them be considered for the end of the year video - shown at the banquet!! 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** TENT 2018 Stotesbury Cup Regatta Friday and Saturday, May 18th and 19th !! We are still looking for some food donations for this weekend's regatta. If you have not yet contributed for a regatta this season, please consider helping us out! REGATTA RESULTS Mid-Atlantic Youth Championships Saturday and Sunday, May 12th and 13th 1st Place Womens Youth 2x: Amanda Perez and Alexandra Walton Roth Mens Youth Lightweight 2x: Joe O'Keefe and Spencer Campbell ****Congratulations to All Ridgewood Crew Rowers**** 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 OTHER PRACTICE INFO Please take note: Wednesday, May 16: will be the last full day of practice . All Rowers will be at PRRA from 4:00 - 6:00pm and then boat loading until 7:30. Thursday, May 17th: Please see Stotesbury Info Sunday, May 20th: all rowers to PRRA to unload boats 9:30 - 10:30. Those boats that will be competing in SRAA National Championships will have practice 5/21, 5/22, 5/23, and 5/24. We are trying to arrange busing but not confirmed as of yet. !! GOOD LUCK !! to all boats this weekend at Stotesbury! You have worked so hard and we are all so proud of you! Go get ‘em and GO WOOD!! PARENTS! There will be a team gathering for chaperones and parents in Philadelphia on Friday evening May 18 from 7:30 - 9:30 at Silence Dogoods (yep, you read that right...) which is a few blocks away from our hotel in the historic district. http://www.silencedogoodstavern.com/ It is very casual and we will have pizza, wings and salads. Cost is $27 per person and there is a cash bar. Please sign up on instateam if you would like to join us and bring cash to pay per person if attending. Please sign up on instateam in the events by Thursday 5:00. Looking forward to seeing you then! Stotesbury Regatta Info...which is only 3 days away! ATTENTION ALL !!! Thursday May 17: The bus to Philadelphia will depart from the Graydon parking lot at 4:00. Please arrive at 3:45. Arrival to Philadelphia is expected around 6:30 as there usually is rush hour traffic to contend with so please send your rower with some food for the ride! The rowers will check in at the hotel: the hotel is Wyndham Historic District Philadelphia and rooming assignments can be found below: Stotesbury Rowers Rooming List 2018.xlsx Download File ROWERS: When you arrive at hotel and after collecting all your bags from the bus, please look for Mrs. Wong in the hotel lobby. She will be there to hand out room keys and chaperone contact info. There will be coaches meeting at 8:00. Pizza and salads will be provided, but if you want other food options, rowers may eat in the hotel restaurant. Ridgewood crew will not cover any outside expenses. Mrs. Wong will communicate to the rowers via Instateam details on the Thurs and Friday night meeting rooms for the pizza and pasta party. On Thursday, all rowers must be in there rooms by 10:00. Chaperones will check to make sure all are in their rooms and ready for Friday's races Under NO circumstances can any rowers leave the hotel premises on Thursday from check in to curfew. Friday May 18 and Saturday May 19 Rowers will be assigned chaperones and drivers to get them to their races. All rowers must arrive 2 hours prior to their race starts. Bagels and light breakfast will be provided in the morning for those rowers that need to arrive between 6:00 and 8:00 am on Friday and Saturday. Bagels and egg sandwiches will be available at the tent after 9:00. Again, rowers are welcome to eat at the hotel prior to departure, but those expenses will not be covered by Ridgewood crew. Lunch will be provided at the tent to all. On Friday evening, May 18, there will be a rower’s meeting and dinner at the hotel...due to race schedule, time will be announced on Instateam, but most likely around 7:30 in the hotel. All rowers are required to attend and dress appropriately ie: casual nice. Again, rowers cannot leave the hotel premises unless accompanied by their parents or chaperones under any circumstances. Saturday, May 19: On Saturday, all rowers not in finals or semi finals must be at the regatta at the time arranged with drivers. That schedule will be sent out via instateam on Friday evening. The bus will depart Philidelphia Saturday, May 19 after final races and all boats de-rigged and loaded. The bus will drop kids back at Graydon. There will be sub sandwiches for the rowers on the ride home. Please send additional food for your rower if they are not interested in the food provided. Sunday, May 20th: All rowers need to be at PRRA on Sunday May 20 to de-rig and put boats away from 9:30 - 10:30. *****All students have been excused from school on Friday May 18, but rowers are still responsible for any work/tests missed***** Important!! The weather is calling for rain throughout Friday and Saturday. Please pack appropriately in anticipation of the forecasted bad weather. !!! LATE BREAKING NEWS !!! As per the news release below, the venue for the Stotesbury Cup will be moving to the Cooper River, Camden, NJ. EVERYTHING is continuing as planned for Ridgewood Crew!! The Cooper river is only 10 minutes from our hotel and may even prove to be easier for transportation etc. http://venue. camdencountyboathouse.com/ Camden Boathouse to Phila Hotel.png Download File FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AND DISTRIBUTION TO ALL COACHES, PARENTS, AND ATHLETES: The 92nd Stotesbury Cup Regatta is moving from the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia to the Cooper River in Camden New Jersey. Additional details to follow in subsequent Regatta Bulletins . Ninety-two years ago, the Stotesbury Cup Regatta called upon scholastic coaches and athetes to gather the youth of our sport in what has now grown to become the world's largest scholastic rowing event. Through war and weather, Depression and dynamic changes...the regatta has always persevered. This year will be no different. Last night and early this morning, the Schuylkill Navy's Regatta Leadership Team - together with our trusted expert advisors (all listed below) - made the decision to move the entire regatta 8 miles East with the help of our partners and long-standing friends on the Cooper River in Camden (under the leadership of Jamie Stack). While the rain and storm forecast may not seem sufficiently severe to create a once-in-a-generation move, the amount of rainfall thus far and expected to continue will cause the Schuylkill River to rise and flow in such a way that we collectively believe it MAY not be possible to conduct safe racing. While we "might" be able to hold the races on the Schuylkill, we believe we CAN stage the event in New Jersey. We are clear that "CAN" is better than "MAY" for the 6000 young students under our care. Additionally, our order of priorities is clear: Safety, Competition, and Everything Else after that. Stotes will go on. We know you and your teams will have MANY questions, and we will be communicating additional detals in the coming hours via a series of continued Regatta Bulletins as we work through the considerable logistical ramications. We ask that you hold off posing individual questions to individual team members, as we may not be able to get to you (and they only serve to slow down process for executing this change). Please trust that we will be working hard to get you everything you need; and, we are similiarly prioritizing the needs for communications to Coaches then Key Regatta Personnel/Volunteers/Equipment Providers then Parents. You can help with this process by distributing the Regatta Bulletins as you receive them. The only individuals on this Regatta Bulletin Distribution are teams with active entries and completed registration forms. Please therefore continue to push all communications to all assistant coaches, parents, and athletes as you receive them. Together, The Schuylkill Navy's Stotesbury Cup Regatta LOC Leadership Team RIDGEWOOD CREW END OF YEAR BANQUET All are invited to celebrate the Ridgewood Crew Season! The banquet will be on May 30, 2018 @6:30pm ; 1st Presbyterian Church; 722 East Ridgewood Ave; Ridgewood. Tickets are $35 and can be purchased online or via check. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ridgewood-crew-end-of-year-banquet-tickets-45627477012 Ridgewood Crew Foundation, Inc. Annual Meeting Announcement At this year's banquet we will have a brief update on the newly formed Ridgewood Crew Foundation and election of open board positions. The current position open is VP Equipment. Also, we will be having several board vacancies due to graduating seniors (class of 2019). If you would like to run for the open position or would like more information regarding future board opportunities, please reach out to Jonathan Reinsdorf, Nominations Chair at
[email protected] or 917-952-9610. RIDGEWOOD CREW BOARD of DIRECTORS Boris Roque
