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Upcoming events
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Sum Pro
(Learn to row program)
Tuesday, 5 July
at 5:28 pm.
Register at www.toledorowing.org; click on Learn to Row
Summer Rowing Camp Monday, 11 July 9:00 am Register at www.toledorowing.org; click on Learn to Row.
FrogTown Regatta Saturday, 24 September Racing starts at 8:15. FREE to the public. Watch from International Park |
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Wish List
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Loan, Donate, or Sponsor a 1-ton pick-up truck to pull the shell trailers to out-of-town regattas.
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Security cameras for the boathouse
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National Learn To Row Day (NLTRD)
Saturday, 4 June, 29 people showed up at the Philip LeBoutillier, Jr Memorial boathouse to take part in National Learn to Row Day. They were given a brief tour of the facility to see the various kinds of rowing shells and hear a little bit of the lingo, After that everyone had the opportunity to learn the basics of the rowing stroke on the Concept II Indoor Rowing Machine, known in the rowing community as "the erg". Next event was on the water in an Alden Ocean Shell on the end of a tether. The Alden is a very stable rowing platform and an excellent one on which to transfer what was learned on the erg to making a boat move through the water. The final part of the NLTRD was a ride in an 8-man shell with six experienced masters (over the age of 27) rowers. Many thanks to Cynthia Marley, Ann & Tom Broderick, Cindy Dana, Mary Lynn Reynolds and the masters rowers for helping with the event.
Cynthia Marley, assistant coach at St. Ursula Academy, will be helping Pete Langenderfer and Gwen Martzke - Notre Dame Academy coaches, with the S.E.T. program in progress.
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Extra Special Addition to NLTRD
was the attendance of a half dozen folks from the Ability Center to take part in Toledo Rowing Club's Adaptive Rowing Program. Jim "Roller Grump" Reisig, Jerry German and his son, Jack, oversaw the instruction for those folks first on the erg and then in specially equipped rowing shells. This starts the rebirth of the Adaptive Rowing program. If you know of someone who might want to try rowing and might enjoy this exercise, contact newsletter@toledorowing.org.
People from the Ability Center are introduced to the sport of rowing. The club has acquired some specially equipped rowing shells which will allow the physically challenged to row safely. Sighted rowers have paired with the sight-impaired to allow them to row as well. So what is needed for this program? Funds to purchase additional specially equipped rowing shells, volunteers to help these rowers get in and out of their boats, and the word to get out that there is an Adaptive Rowing program at Toledo Rowing Club. We have two gents, one of whom is challenged, who will do the coaching. TRC needs your help with the other matters.
Coach Jerry German instructs a newcomer to the sport of rowing utilizing a boat equipped with extra flotation." |
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SumPro
Toledo Rowing Club's Learn-To-Row program started up on D-Day (6 June). With the exception of one 17-year old lad, the group is all adults varying in age from 26 to 56. And they are into it. The first six days was spent in the Leviathan which gave all the participants the opportunity to learn the sweep stroke from a stable platform. The seventh day, (when we should have rested) the students learned how to get an 8-oared shell off the rack, out of the boathouse, down to the dock, and into the water. While it was in the water alongside the dock, four students at a time sat in the boat and took a few very light strokes to get a feel for the difference between the Leviathan and a regular racing shell. Then back to the boathouse with the boat. From that day forward the participants spent their entire time on the water learning to row by pairs, fours, sixes, and finally "all eight". At the conclusion, the "graduates" will be turned over to the Masters rowing program. |
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Youth Rowing Camp
The British have long maintained that teaching youngsters to row shortly after their legs become long enough to reach the foot stretcher is the best way to go about it. Nothing particularly unique about that idea. How soon do boys pick up a baseball and girls a softball, or hockey stick, or football? This summer - 2011 - TRC initiates its Summer Youth rowing camp to bring the sport to youngsters between the ages of 11 and 14. What's needed? Bodies. Students. Participants. Ergo, recruiting. You can help by passing the word, encouraging 11-14 year olds to come to the Philip LeBoutillier, Jr. Memorial Boathouse in International Park starting at 8:57 am, Monday, 11 July 2011.
The youth rowing camp is designed to introduce youngsters age 11 to 14 to the sport of rowing. Any youngster who discovers the joy of rowing and wants to continue when s/he goes to high school may join, in fact is encouraged to join, Toledo Metropolitan Rowing Club founded specifically to serve youngsters who go to high schools that do not currently have their own rowing program.. If the youngster is going to attend Anthony Wayne, Central Catholic, Notre Dame, St. Francis, St. John's Jesuit, or St. Ursula, s/he will be able to join the rowing team at that school.
Youth Rowing Camp is a two week camp, three hours each morning, Monday through Friday. The coaches will be Anna Muller, the assistant coach at St. Ursula Academy, and David Beyer, TRC's Sum Pro coach and assistant rowing coach at Upper Arlington High School (near Columbus). In addition, current SUA and SJJ rowers will assist. To register go to www.toledorowing.org and click on Learn to Row, scroll to the information about TRC Youth Rowing Camp. |
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Here's what weather can do
The wet, windy, and wild weather had a deleterious effect on the practice times for all the Toledo Rowing Club crews. The Maumee River is wide and not particularly well sheltered at any point except, perhaps, for the 1000 meter stretch between the High Level and the Conrail bridges. Even that area can get pretty rough and tough to row on at times. High water levels can make rowing awkward, too. For several years the Midwest championships were held on Lake Harsha at East Fork State Park, east of Cincinnati. This year there was so much water in the lake that the regatta could not be held there.
Harsha Lake in East Fork State Park. The shelter house (right edge of picture) has barely 6 feet of roof showing on a building that stands at least 22 feet at the ridge pole. The lower left hand corner shows a curb in one of the parking lots.
Some rowing programs have far better protected waterways on which to row. Western Reserve Rowing Association rows on the Cuyahoga River, most of which is well protected by being in a valley. Upper Arlington's practice area on the Griggs Reservoir is in trouble only if the wind is coming directly out of the south. The folks from Loyola and New Trier row in a ditch in Skokie, IL.
Loyola and New Trier row in a ditch which is only wide enough for two shells to race side by side. And well sheltered from any prevailing winds.
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More info about graduates!
Kate Broderick, SUA '07, graduated summa cum laude from Boston College on May 23. After graduation she will continue her work with Head of the Charles Regatta administrative staff and, in the fall of 2012, hopes to enter a Ph.D. program in English and teach at the college level.
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Scholastic Rowing Association of America Regatta Camden, New Jersey, 27/28 May 2011
Five crews from Toledo Rowing Club qualified at the Midwest Scholastic Rowing Association championships to go to the Scholastic Nationals in Camden, NJ. Those crews were: Anthony Wayne H.S. Women's Lightweight 4, St. John's Jesuit (SJJ) H. S. Varsity 4, Saint Ursula Academy (SUA) Junior 4, Junior 8, and Varsity 4. Four of the boats made it through the heats to the semi-finals with the following results: SJJ placed 4th in its semi-final which qualified it for the Petite Final of the Boys Varsity 4 event. SUA Junior 4 came in 4th, the Junior 8 came in 6th, and the Varsity 4 came in 6th ending their quest for some SRAA hardware. SJJ went to the Petite Final, came in 3rd in a time of 5:06.6. The winner of the Petite had a time of 5:02 and the winner of the Grand Final had a time of 4:55.4. The dreadful spring weather had a deleterious impact on the Toledo Rowing spring programs. Time on the water is critical to getting rowers to work as one; when they do, their boats go faster.
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Leviathan
The Leviathan, two eight-oared shells "joined at the hip" with a walkway down the center line between the two shells, saw "active duty" the first full week of June when the SumPro participants embarked. The beauty of that craft is its stability. Novice rowers can learn how to row without having to be concerned about balance. One of the tricky aspects of learning to row is keeping a very narrow craft - a racing single is about 8 inches wide at the water line; an 8, about 14 - 16 inches at the waterline - on an even keel. The Leviathan is moored at the Veterans Skyway Marina - thanks to the City for that help. Because of the design and build skills of Don Smith of Harrison 75 Marina, there are "camels" attached to the dock to keep the riggers of the moored Leviathan from bumping the dock. The "camels" also provide something closely resembling gangways to help rowers get in and out of the craft. The Leviathan will see additional duty during the Youth Rowing Camp and again when the high schools start teaching novices how to row at the beginning of their fall seasons.
Leviathan underway with novices learning how to sweep row.
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Sponsorship Commitment
The 26th edition of the FrogTown Regatta will be held on Saturday, 24 September 2011. For a great day of racing and fun, come on down to International Park to watch over 1200 participants race the three mile course, the finish line of which will be close to the bow of the SS Willis B. Boyer, freshly painted and looking quite spiffy. One of many ways that you can support the sport of rowing in Toledo is to help with a sponsorship of the regatta. There are several levels of sponsorship opportunity as you can see from the following document found HERE
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Please consider a donation to the Toledo Rowing Foundation.;
Your contribution provides college scholarships as well as support for youth and adult rowers. The foundation is a 501 (c) 3 organization, so all gifts are tax deductible.
Please forward donations to:
Toledo Rowing Foundation Attn: Virginia Keller PO Box 8072 Toledo, OH 43605-8072.
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