After a week without a regatta, we are now in the heart of the spring season. Four straight weeks of regattas starting with the Hebda Cup at the Wyandotte Boat Club this Saturday. Below is information on practices and this weeks regatta.

Practices:
Practice Monday - Friday this week. Monday - Wednesday is practice as usual. Thursday, the rowers will load the boats on the trailer after practice so it may run a little longer than usual. Friday practice is at the Wyandotte Boat Club. The rowers will meet in the bus loop as usual after school and caravan to the Wyandotte Boat Club to rig the boats and have a quick practice on the race course. They will plan to be back to the bus loop around 6:30 pm. Parents, if you plan on driving your rower to the Friday practice, make sure they let the driver who takes them to practice know so they are not waiting around and the caravan can leave the school on time. The address for Wyandotte Boat Club is 1 Pine Street, Wyandotte, MI 48192. Below are links to the practice and race site:

Weigh-in:
All lightweight rowers will have to weigh in at the Friday practice.

School identification:
All rowers must have his or her school I.D. with them for the race (not a drivers license).

Regatta:
This week’s regatta is the Hebda Cup at the Wyandotte Boat Club. The address is 1 Pine Street, Wyandotte, MI 48192. There are links above under practices for more information and directions to the site. Attached is a tentative schedule of events for the regatta. Based on the schedule, racing will begin at 8:00 am. We will confirm the start time and report time for Saturday morning and send it out later in the week. Here is a link to additional race information on the Wyandotte Boat Club web site: http://wyandotteboatclub.com/home/regattas/hebda-cup/

Waivers:
Remember to turn in the rower waivers sent out by Coach Matt no later than Friday.

Parent Party Thank You:
Thank you to everyone who made it last Saturday night to the Parent Party (or as Mike Campbell named it the “Catalina Wine Mixer”). It was a great time and we had almost half of the team parents there. Kelly and I hope everyone had a chance to meet some new parents and make new friends.

That’s it for now. Look for more race specifics later this week and GO HORNETS!

Chris Frick