It was another strong showing from our rowing team at weather-shortened Wy-Hi regatta this past weekend. Results are not in yet for the events that were completed but I will share them as soon as possible. Thank you everyone who helped last weekend and thank you for your patience during the long day. As they say, the only certain thing in rowing is the uncertainty of the weather.

Practice
Practice this week is Monday - Friday at our Ford Lake boathouse.

Regatta
This week our team is hosting 6 other teams for the 2nd Annual Salt Springs Sprints. The first race is scheduled to start at 8:00 am and events will run through approximately 2:00 pm. This regatta will be different for our parents and volunteers in 2 ways. First, the teams and rowers will be stationed at our boathouse on Ford Lake but spectators will be located about 1/2 mile away at Ford Lake Park. Second, we are asking all Saline Rowing parents to volunteer to help run the regatta. See below for information on Regatta Volunteers. More information will come out later this week with report times, volunteer reminders and other race day information.

No Parent Food This Week
Since our club is hosting the regatta, there will not be any Saline parent/spectator food options. It will be a long day from pre-race setup through post-race cleanup, so we encourage all Saline volunteers and spectators to bring their own snacks, lunch and water for the day.

Rower Food
There will be food at the boathouse for the rowers consisting of a continental breakfast, snacks and a pizza lunch along with beverages for the day. We will not have the grill and cook top burners set up like we traditionally do for a regatta.

Regatta Volunteers
As we have all seen at other events, hosting a regatta is no small undertaking. We need help from EVERYONE this weekend to make our event run as smoothly as possible for the rowers and guests. There is a link on the team site (below) for volunteer signup. Please sign up as soon as possible. If you have questions on volunteering, please email Mike Ward who is our regatta chair. Cheryl Brill will be coordinating volunteers on the day of the event to ensure we have enough help in the right places during the day. Look for updates later in the week on volunteer report times and places.

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Promote the Salt Springs Sprints!
Sue Stack has coordinated with the High School and Saline Post to promote our event. Thank you Sue! This event is a great chance to showcase our team and the sport to our community. I have attached the flyer that was put up around the school and the race logo. Feel free to share this on social media and ask your friends and neighbors to come check out the team and races.

Thanks again for everyone’s help. See you again Saturday morning and GO HORNETS!

Chris Frick