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NEWS UPDATED September 5, 2010:

Many thanks to all for the succesful NBC Open House on September 4!

September 4, 2010 We had 40 rowers in barge, rowing in 45 minutes shifts from 9:00-12:00 Noon. Now, all that's left to do is register online for classes.

Youth Fall Rowing Classes Start September 7 at 3:15 PM for the 4-days per week program; September 13 at 5:30 PM for the 2-days per week program. 3:15 sweeps program is full; sculling has only a few seats left.

Session 5 Classes start September 13. We will be sending out another global update on Tuesday, September 7. Register now. 

Erich Schultze's Under 23 Quadruple Sculls Made it to World Semi-Finals

7.25.2010 Erich Schultze, who was an outstanding nationally-ranked NBC youth sculler in high school, and is now one of the top lightweight rowers for Harvard, added another distinguishing goal to his resume: World Championship Competition. Erich was one of four young outstanding scullers who trained at the Vesper Boat Club in Philadelphia to qualify for the National Quad that competed in the World Championships in Brest , Belarus . They easily won their time trial 5:58 for the 2K. The had three weeks to prepare for the Worlds. Needless to say, Erich and his family, as well as the rest of us at the NBC, are thrilled. The results are reprinted below. Erich's Quad made it to the Semi-Finals, but did not keep up the pace to qualify for the A Final. Instead, they placed 6th in the B Final. You can read the results below and/or go to www.Row2K.com for more information.

Congratulations, Erich and his crew! No doubt they will do even better in the future.

Saturday, July 24 Race Results from Brest: The USA 4X had some kinks to unravel, given that they finished last in their preliminary heat. They did so in the repechage (or second chance) heat by placing third, which is good enough to make it to the A Semi-Final of their event.

Result  World Cup World_Rowing_U23_Championships_2010,_Brest - Race 24: BLM4x  Heat 3 Boat Progression: 1-3->SA/B, 4..->R
Rank	Boat		500 m		1000 m		1500 m		Finish		Lane
1	GBR		1:29.32  (1)		2:59.79  (1)		4:32.73  (1)		06:04.8		5
2	CAN		1:30.20  (2)		3:01.54  (2)		4:34.34  (2)		06:07.5		2
3	NED		1:30.70  (3)		3:02.57  (3)		4:35.99  (3)		06:09.8		3
4	POL		1:32.32  (4)		3:04.37  (4)		4:39.12  (4)		06:11.3		4
5	USA		1:32.63  (5)		3:04.71  (5)		4:40.16  (5)		06:20.4		1
Result  World Cup World_Rowing_U23_Championships_2010,_Brest - Race 71: BLM4x  Repechage Boat Progression: 1-3->SA/B, 4..->FC
Rank	Boat	500 m			1000 m		1500 m		Finish		Lane
1	FRA	1:26.48  (1)			2:57.23  (1)		4:30.32  (1)		06:03.5		4
2	POL	1:28.82  (2)			2:59.59  (2)		4:32.58  (2)		06:06.2		5
3	USA	1:30.52  (5)			3:02.75  (3)		4:37.12  (3)		06:10.7		2
4	BLR	1:30.46  (4)			3:02.79  (4)		4:38.21  (4)		06:12.1		6
5	CZE	1:29.79  (3)			3:03.36  (5)		4:40.32  (5)		06:14.5		3
6	SVK	1:33.62  (6)			3:11.03  (6)		4:49.35  (6)		06:28.8		1

Result  World Cup World_Rowing_U23_Championships_2010,_Brest - Race 137: BLM4x  Semifinal A/B 1
Boat Progression: 1-3->FA, 4..->FB
Rank	Boat	500 m	1000 m	1500 m	Finish	Lane
1	GER	1:28.66  (2)	2:59.38  (1)	4:30.36  (1)	06:01.5	4
2	GRE	1:29.83  (4)	3:00.68  (3)	4:32.52  (3)	06:03.8	5
3	ITA	1:28.48  (1)	2:59.57  (2)	4:31.76  (2)	06:04.0	3
4	CAN	1:29.93  (5)	3:02.21  (5)	4:34.49  (4)	06:05.0	2
5	DEN	1:29.49  (3)	3:01.49  (4)	4:34.49  (4)	06:06.2	1
6	USA	1:32.05  (6)	3:06.11  (6)	4:40.16  (6)	06:14.1
Result  World Cup World_Rowing_U23_Championships_2010,_Brest - Race 138: BLM4x  Semifinal A/B 2
Boat Progression: 1-3->FA, 4..->FB
Rank	Boat	500 m	1000 m	1500 m	Finish	Lane
1	IRL	1:29.06  (2)	3:00.01  (3)	4:31.88  (1)	06:02.2	3
2	GBR	1:29.08  (3)	2:59.86  (2)	4:32.18  (2)	06:03.0	4
3	FRA	1:27.89  (1)	2:59.21  (1)	4:32.30  (3)	06:03.5	6
4	SUI	1:29.56  (4)	3:02.31  (6)	4:34.82  (5)	06:03.6	5
5	NED	1:29.87  (6)	3:01.74  (4)	4:34.68  (4)	06:06.9	2
6	POL	1:29.76  (5)	3:01.98  (5)	4:35.82  (6)	06:09.7	1
Sunday, July 25 Race Results from Brest:
Result  World Cup World_Rowing_U23_Championships_2010,_Brest - Race 168: BLM4x  Final B
Rank	Boat	500 m	1000 m	1500 m	Finish	Lane
1	DEN	1:33.34  (1)	3:12.53  (1)	4:51.67  (1)	06:30.4	5
2	NED	1:33.73  (2)	3:14.15  (2)	4:54.30  (2)	06:31.7	2
3	CAN	1:34.15  (4)	3:14.50  (3)	4:54.72  (3)	06:32.6	3
4	SUI	1:33.93  (3)	3:15.07  (4)	4:55.54  (4)	06:35.2	4
5	POL	1:35.44  (5)	3:17.15  (5)	4:57.81  (5)	06:37.2	6
6	USA	1:36.98  (6)	3:18.84  (6)	4:59.80  (6)	06:38.1	1
Result  World Cup World_Rowing_U23_Championships_2010,_Brest - Race 182: BLM4x  Final A
Rank	Boat	500 m	1000 m	1500 m	Finish	Lane
1	GER	1:29.93  (1)	3:04.87  (1)	4:39.95  (1)	06:14.1	4
2	IRL	1:30.64  (2)	3:05.89  (2)	4:41.30  (2)	06:15.9	3
3	GBR	1:32.66  (5)	3:08.23  (4)	4:45.84  (4)	06:20.1	2
4	ITA	1:31.08  (3)	3:06.88  (3)	4:43.44  (3)	06:20.7	6
5	FRA	1:32.08  (4)	3:08.53  (5)	4:46.25  (5)	06:23.3	1
6	GRE	1:33.11  (6)	3:09.18  (6)	4:46.88  (6)	06:24.4	5

 

 

NBC's Wagner & Weiss Snare National Gold

Oak Ridge, TN – 7.18.10: The Narragansett Boat Club was ably represented at the USRowing Club Nationals in Oak Ridge . David Mercante, Ezra Mitchell, Anders Weiss and Breck Wagner along with Peter Wilhelm, coach extraordinaire, made the journey south for five days of grueling heat and humidity on beautiful Melton Lake. Mercante and Mitchell excelled in their first heat against a strong set of contenders in the Men's Intermediate Double Sculls and made the semi-finals where they made a strong effort but were disappointed. Weiss also made it through a tough heat to the semi-finals in the Men’s Junior A Single Sculls where with 750 meters to go he encountered and dragged a piece of river debris and had an unfortunate result.  

Disappointed as he was, Weiss rebounded, joining Wagner for what ended as a victorious gold medal finish in the Men’s Junior A Double Sculls, besting two favored boats, one with a sculler who placed 4^th in last year’s Junior World Championship Singles and the current Junior National doubles team which is going to the World Championships in August.  

 Wagner on his own easily took an indisputable lead in each of his races in the Men’s Junior B Single to bring home a second gold medal in the finals as well. Weiss and Wagner both expressed their deep appreciation to Peter Wilhelm, long time Barrington resident and member of the Narragansett Boat Club, for his tireless devotion both on the Seekonk and throughout this National Championship Regatta.  The boys dedicated their final results to Peter without whom this would not have been possible. The Narragansett Boat Club is located in Providence and features rowing and sculling for all ages as well as top competitors in national youth and master’s competition.

 Men’s Junior B 1X (Singles) USRowing Club Nationals Oak Ridge , TN

Final 1: Narragansett Boat Club-R. WAGNER, 08:05:16; 2: Canada-CanAmMex-J. GEISBRECHT, 08:08:60; 3: Saugatuck Rowing Club-M. MASPERI, 08:12:64; 4: Y Quad Cities Rowing-J. TINSMAN , 08:14:35; 5: Maritime Rowing Club-N. BERMAN, 08:15:36; 6: Saugatuck Rowing Club-J. PETTERSON, 08:21:43.

Men’s Junior A 2X (Doubles) USRowing Club Nationals Oak Ridge , TN

Final 1: Narragansett Boat Club-A, 07:12:56; 2: Steel City Rowing Club-A, 07:12:72; 3: Potomac Boat Club-A, 07:17:04; 4: Saugatuck Rowing Club-B, 07:17:50; 5: GMS Rowing Center-A, 07:18:10; 6: Philadelphia Sculling Club-A, 07:23:57.

Youth 1 Featured 62 Youth Rowers:  The 7:15 and 9:00 AM classes ahd enough youth scullers to empty most of the racks of singles and a few doubles. In addition, we had two eights on the water at 9:00 AM. We no longer had any room for scullers at 7:15, but we did take on more scullers at 9:00 AM with prior sculling and/or rowing experience. Youth rowers and scullers then an excellent program regatta on Thursday, July 15 for the Cord Grass Sprints Regatta which displayed the collective rowing skills of our group. 

Youth 2 Starts on July 19, Please Register Early:  If the number of boys and girls rowing in Youth 1 is any indicator of what might happen in Youth 2, we encourage you to register early, if you have not done so already. We will have plenty of seats available in the eights, so boys and girls with prior rowing experience are welcome to sign up for 7:15 and 9:00 AM. We will also include a 10:30 class for beginning scullers, since we ware limited to six zephyrs for each time block.

Adult Classes Feature four Barge Groups:  Altogether we have about 100 adult rowers this session, thanks to a great turnout of Beginner Barge and Exercise Barge Rowers. We encourage you to sign up now for your Beginner Sculling Class in the Zephyrs. Since we have only six zephyrs, that means we have 6 slots available on Mon/Wed and another six on Tue/Thu; likewise for the evening 5:30 PM classes on Mon/Wed and Tue/Thu. This will be equally important for other persons who may not be rowing now, but would like to take on the zephyr classes in Session 4. Apply now. Click on the adult application to the right.

 

NBC Scullers Place 5^th in National Youth Championships

A Special Report from Steve Clark

Harsha Lake , Cincinnati , OH /June 13: It was a warm sunny morning. It had rained quite heavily over the night, and Lake Harsha had risen more than a foot. The beach disappeared, the tents by the waterfront were taken down and the Narragansett Boat Club scullers found their boats in different places this morning. All was well and it looked like a great day for rowing.

Anders Weiss finished second in the Men’s 1x Petite Final.  This is a great showing, given the fact that he has been rowing for less than a year. Anders has demonstrated his ability to move a boat and shown even more potential for the future.  Good work!

Dave Clark and Breck Wagner finished 5 ^th in the Men’s Lightweight Double.  Dave had an aggressive race plan, and they were well positioned to win a medal at the 1500, but it was not to be.  Dave collapsed in the last 250 meters and they finished 6 seconds behind Long Beach and a ½ second behind Warwick Valley High.  For the second time in 4 weeks, Dave ended up in the emergency room getting bags of fluid drained into his arm.  There is no indication at this time as to why this is happening. He had been taking hydration very seriously and his coaches were sure that he had enough water aboard.  He weighed in this morning 4 pounds above his normal mid day weight, so one would think that he would be ready for action. He was and definitely gave it his all. Nevertheless this is a good showing and Dave and Breck should be proud of their finish.  Last year they were never really in contention for one of the top finishes. This year they had a chance, raced to win, and left nothing behind.

Once again, Narragansett boat Club has been well represented by its junior members. They conducted themselves well and raced hard in the best traditions of the club.  Recognition should be given to Coach Peter Wilhelm, who has been working with these boys over the past three years; to Steve Clark, who has been assisting Peter, and who drove the boats out from RI; and also to Liz Wagner and Yvonne Weiss who made the trip possible.

If you wish to review a complete listing of the times for these and all of the other events, go to Powerhouse Timing's website.

NBC Scullers Advance to National Youth Championship Grand Final

A Special Report from Steve Clark

Harsha Lake , Cincinnati , OH /June 12: It is raining with thunder storms in Cincinnati today. It looks like the Youth Committee did the right thing by going to the C Progression. There has been no racing after 8:40 this morning and they hope to get the balance of today's schedule in after 1330.

Yesterday afternoon was hot (87 degrees) and very humid. There was a cross tail wind that swirled around to become a spot head wind but the course was pretty fast and times reflected the conditions. They also reflect the quality of youth rowing at the national championship level.

In the Men's Single, Anders Weiss, who will be a senior at Barrington High School , did not have the row he was hoping for and finished well off the pace.  His time of 7:50.579 would be good under many circumstances, but when Andrew Campbell of New Canaan , CT puts down a 7:17.329 in the same race it looks very ordinary.  The other heat was equally impressive with Matt Maddamma posting a 7:08.765.  There are some very good scullers here, and Anders, who has less than a full year of sculling behind him, should be proud of what he has achieved.  He will compete in the B (Petite) final on Sunday.

Dave Clark, newly graduated from Moses Brown, and Breck Wagner, who will be a junior at Wheeler School , qualified for the Grand Final in the Men’s Lightweight Double. They had a controlled row and did not extend themselves in the hot weather. They did not contest it when Malvern moved through them in the second 500 and were content to advance to the Final with a solid second place.  That being said, they did row a 6:57.566 for the 2000 meter Lake Harsha Course. This was the third fastest time in the semis.  We take all of this information with a pound of salt, because everyone is rowing to advance in the regatta and the leaders are often not required to row their fastest race to achieve that goal.  But we do grasp onto any information on the relative speed of the crews.

The Lightweight Double Final will feature Andrew Campbell and Alec Bruckenheimer (New Canaan, CT ) last year's silver medalists and the second place double at the Head of the Charles for the past two years. These two scullers were first and sixth in the 2009 Fall Junior speed order.  Malvern Prep (PA) has two top scullers in their boat.  They finished 10th and 11th in the Speed Order, just ahead of David Clark.  So they are serious competition for one of the top finishes. Greg Burke and Sam Rouse of GMS (East Greenwich, CT ) have shown good speed as well as Long Beach and the crew from Warwick Valley High.  So our kids have their work cut out for them.  We are, however, quietly confident that they have put the work in and when rowing their best, they will do very well.

Results are being updated on Powerhouse timing. Failing any additional delays due to weather, Sunday's races will be at 8:30 and 9:30. We will know how it all turns out shortly thereafter.  Think fast thoughts!

 

All three scullers row out of the Narragansett Boat Club, located in Providence, and are coached by Peter Wilhelm.

NBC Honors Ray Dearden and Robert English

June 12/Providence, RI: Following a time-honored tradition, the Board of Governors voted to place two distinguished names on the bows of new shells in the boathouse. The first person to be honored was Ray Dearden, a retired architect, who had been a member of the Boat Club for at least ten years until he passed away suddenly this May. Although he started sculling in his late fifties, Ray took it on with a passion and became determined to win the Boat Club's cumulative mileage medal. As he was doing so, others in the club were determined to pass him and yet, though Ray was not the speediest of scullers, he was the most tenacious that year and successfully took the honor. Ray was also a very active member of Chapter 49 of Amnesty International. The second shell is a new Vespoli lightweight quadruple scull which sports the name of Robert English on its bow. This is somewhat ambiguous, since there are two Robert Englishs, so in a sense this is an honor for the English Family, who have become most recently tremendous supporters of the Boat Club and the sport of rowing. Rowing has captured the enthusiasm of Robert English, the father, and Robbie English, the son, who is now a student at the University of California-Berkley. This ceremony capped an 3-hour long outstanding christening party.

Bay View Places 11th at 2010 NEIRA Championships

Worcester, MA/May 22: Going into this event the Bay View First Varsity was undefeated, but they knew that they were in for a major challenge. To make the Grand Finals, they had to place at least second in their morning heat. Despite their best efforts for this race day, they placed fourth in their heat and fifth in the Petite Finals. The major success for the day was outlasting Tabor Academy , a crew that we have never raced before. Bay View’s Junior Varsity had an excellent chance and did their best  to make it to their Grand Final, but a revamped Farmington lineup helped them move ahead of our young Bengal crew. Since there are no petite finals for the second varsity events, they had no additional race in the afternoon.

For the Bay View First Varsity’s morning heat, they took off from the starting line at a 40 for the first fifteen strokes and settled to a 34-35 strokes per minute. For the first 500 meters, the ship-to-shore radio announcer announced that Shrewsbury had made a great bid to take the lead. Meanwhile, Bay View was battling with Simsbury for fourth place. The Bengal Crew took several power of 10s to drive the shoulders and accelerate off the footstretchers. At the about the halfway point, Simsbury pulled ahead and Bay View moved within a quarter of a length of Shrewsbury . Shrewsbury had gone all out and was beginning to fade. This is where Bay View really dug deep to drive the boat ahead by taking 10s and focus fives to move through, and eventually pass Shrewsbury.  As Bay View crossed into the last 500 meters, they focused on putting as wide a gap as possible between them and Shrewsbury . They also moved up on Simsbury within the last 15 strokes, as they took it up to a 38, but Hanover and Andover were at least a boat length out of reach. The end result was Bay View in fourth place, a little more than a length behind Simsbury and two lengths behind Andover and Hanover .

Girls Varsity Eights Heat 2 Times: 1. Andover , 5:25.847; 2. Hanover , 5:26.397; 3. Simsbury , 5:31.243; 4. Bay View, 5:34.184; 5. Shrewsbury, 5:41.508; 6. Middletown, 6:01.591.

For the afternoon Bay View Varsity’s Petite Final, the battle for fifth place was between Tabor and Bay View, but we also maintained contact with Northfield Mt Hermon in Lane Two. The Bay View start was not as good as the morning heat but we were still up at a 38 for the first fifteen strokes. Then as according to plan, the boat settled to a 34. Tabor was ahead of us at the start, but after the first 500 meters I was even with their coxswain. At that point, we were also still in contact with Northfield Mt. Hermon (NMH). We took a power 10 to drive our boat ahead of Tabor and after the first 1000 meters I was on their bow ball. Bay View focused on sending all of their power off the footstretchers and maintaining their lead on Tabor. During the sprint, NMH widened the gap between fourth and fifth. Bay View finished up the last thirty strokes at 36-37. Bethany Biszko reported, “Overall both races went well; the set was perfect, the power was consistent, and the stroke rates were the best we ever had this spring.” The complete results for the entire regatta are listed at the end of this message.

Girls Varsity Eights Petite Final Times: 1. Boston Latin, 5:45.117; 2. Sacred Heart, 5:46.148; 3. Northfield-Mt. Hermon, 5:52.597; 4. Simsbury, 5:54.358; 5. Bay View, 5: 56.813; 6. Tabor, 6:01.561.

Bay View 1^st Varsity Lineup:  Coxswain-Bethany Biszko; Stroke-Chelsea Robin; 7-Danielle Riggin; 6-Haley Pare; 5-Celine Gill; 4-Erin O’Connell; 3-Maura Flanagan; 2-Christine Abram; Bow-Lindsey Sanford.  

Earlier in the morning, the Bay View Second Varsity rowed with familiar company, since they had already raced Farmington , Hingham , Shrewsbury and Stonington . The top contenders would be Andover and Exeter , to be sure, so there was one spot left and the JV had an excellent chance to make it into the final. According to the girls, their race felt really good and all were working very hard. They were last off the start and were behind for the first 500 meters, rowing at about a 34. During the middle 500 they started moving up on Stonington in Lane 4, and took a power 10 that put Bay View even with our coxswain, Nicole Karwashan. While Bay View was were up on Stonington , they also caught up to Hingham in Lane 6. Nicole reports that , “They put up a fight but during the sprint Bay View took their stroke rate up to a 36 and gave it their all. Although we didn't make it to the finals the girls were very proud of what they accomplished.” We are, too, especially since our Second Varsity is primarily a freshman boat. The complete results for the entire regatta are listed at the end of this message.

Girls Second Varsity Eights Heat 2 Times: 1. Exeter, 5:25.995; 2. Andover, 5:33.313; 3. Farmington, 5:46.091; 4. Bay View, 5:48.732; 5. Stonington, 5: 51.116; 6. Hingham, 5:51.497.

Bay View 2^nd Varsity Lineup: Coxswain-Morgan Morris; Stroke-Juliette Risica; 7-Vanessa Ghazarian; 6-Kendall Trautman; 5-Julia Calise; 4-Emmi Hodess; 3-Jessica Sciacca; 2- Jess Silvia; Bow-Emma Hanlon.

Bay View will now complete their season with the Narragansett Boat Club’s Mayor’s Cup Regatta on May 29. Most likely competing in Varsity and Second Varsity fours plus the Varsity Eight (in a mixed eight race).

 

Girl's Varsity Eight

GV8 H1

Order	Entry	Result
1	Kent	5:22.220
2	St. Paul's	5:24.030
3	Boston Ltn	5:27.015
4	Sacred Heart	5:32.215
5	Hingham	5:38.795
6	Farmington	5:59.751

GV8 H2

Order	Entry	Result
1	Andover	5:25.847
2	Hanover	5:26.397
3	Simsbury	5:31.243
4	St. Mary	5:35.184
5	Shrewsbury	5:41.508
6	Middletown	6:01.591

GV8 H3

Order	Entry	Result
1	Exeter	5:18.961
2	Greenwich	5:24.764
3	NMt Hermon	5:28.628
4	Tabor	5:30.774
5	E Lyme	5:40.095
6	Stonington	5:47.138

GV8 Grand Final

Order	Entry	Result
1	Andover	5:26.329
2	Kent	5:29.671
3	Exeter	5:35.563
4	St. Paul's	5:36.013
5	Greenwich	5:40.548
6	Hanover	5:52.042

GV8 Petite Final

Order	Entry	Result
1	Boston Ltn	5:45.117
2	Sacred Heart	5:46.148
3	NMt Hermon	5:52.597
4	Simsbury	5:54.358
5	St. Mary	5:56.813
6	Tabor	6:01.561

Girl's Second Varsity Eight

G2V8 H1

Order	Entry	Result
1	Kent	5:26.041
2	Hanover	5:31.528
3	Boston Ltn	5:36.040
4	Sacred Heart	5:39.429
5	Simsbury	5:44.286
6	Greenwich	5:57.163

G2V8 H2

Order	Entry	Result
1	Exeter	5:25.995
2	Andover	5:33.313
3	Farmington	5:46.091
4	St. Mary	5:48.732
5	Stonington	5:51.116
6	Hingham	5:51.497

G2V8 Grand Final

Order	Entry	Result
1	Exeter	5:30.388
2	Andover	5:36.557
3	Kent	5:38.979
4	Hanover	5:45.840
5	Boston Ltn	5:55.662
6	Farmington	6:02.266

Bay View Crew Wins Two for Two at Lowell; 1st Varsity Remains Undefeated

5^th Annual Lowell Invitational Regatta, Lowell, MA /May 8: This time racing on the 1500 meter Merrimack River Course, both Bay View boats took gold medals in their events. Bay View’s Second Varsity crew got the day going with another exciting race. According to coxswain Nicole Karwashan, they started at 35 and settled to 33. They were in third place behind Cape Cod and Shrewsbury, who were fighting for the lead. But the Bay View girls were undaunted and kept on driving their legs. With 1000 meters to go they added more power and began to move up on the leaders. Then, with 500 meters they followed Coach Mark Labossiere’s instruction to take a concentration twenty to stay focused on their form so they could get ready for the sprint. Once that move was complete, they moved ahead of Shrewsbury and Cape Cod. To cap off their race they sprinted at 36 with a final ten at 39. Labossiere, who was standing on shore watching and cheering with the large Bay View visitor contingent, was very happy to see his crew power it up and move through the competition.

Girls’ 2^nd Varsity Times/1500m: 1. Bay View, 5:14.58; 2. Cape Cod Rowing, 5:38.0;  3. Shrewsbury, 5:43.3; Great Bay (NH), 5:48.7; 4. Hingham B, 5:59.6; 5. Arlington-Belmont, 6:07.0.

Bay View 2^nd Varsity Lineup: Coxswain-Nicole Karwashan; Stroke-Juliette Risica; 7-Vanessa Ghazarian; 6-Kendall Trautman; 5-Julia Calise; 4-Emmi Hodess; 3-Jessica Sciacca; 2-Jess Silvia; Bow-Emma Hanlon. 

Rather than have heats and finals, the regatta organization chose to have Second Varsity Flights, three separate races for the different second varsity crews entered. Bay View’s was the third flight. The winners of the other two were Community Rowing, 5:09 in the First Flight and Hingham A, 5.12.9, for the third. Community Rowing is a huge rowing organization that draws rowers from throughout the Boston Area. Bay View defeated Hingham in head to head competition on Cape Cod last Sunday. The times of the other second varsity crews are listed below.

Next up was the Bay View First Varsity. This was to be a match up between Bay View and Community Rowing, but a thunderstorm delayed the racing and caused a change in the program. As a result, Bay View was racing a different array of crews. According to Celine Gill and Chelsea Robin, this was their best start of the season. Coxswain Bethany Biszko agreed that Bay View jumped out on the other crews to take a significant lead. When they settled their stroke to 32-33, the field began to come back on Bay View, but that’s when Chelsea Robin to it up to 34-35 and they moved out again to hold their lead. A final sprint at 39 helped Bay View retain their lead and win a closely fought race with outstanding form.

Girls 1^st Varsity Times/1500m: 1. Bay View, 5:00.9. Lowell, 5:03.1; 3. Cape Cod Rowing, 5:06.0; 4. Brookline, 5:07.8; 5. Manchester Central (NH), 5:10.5; 6. Northampton, 5:12.00.

Bay View 1^st Varsity Lineup:  Coxswain-Bethany Biszko; Stroke-Chelsea Robin; 7-Danielle Riggin; 6-Haley Pare; 5-Celine Gill; 4-Erin O’Connell; 3-Maura Flanagan; 2-Christine Abram; Bow-Lindsey Sanford.  

For the Bay View 1^st Varsity this was going to be a 1500 meter heat with a 1500 meter final later in the day. But, a serious thunderstorm interrupted the regatta, caused the evacuation of the river, and delayed the racing for 2 hours. As a result, the regatta organization decided to go to flights for the First Varsity Crews. Bay View was in the second flight. Community Rowing had a winning time of 4:55.0 in the first flight. GLR, Greater Lawrence Rowing, won the third flight in 4:54.4. Since the crews were started with floating starts and rowing on a river, comparing times between different races is challenging. Nonetheless, this is the closest time that a Bay View Varsity Eight has been to any CRI boat at this regatta. This also applies to our Second Varsity. Great job, Bay View! This is Bay View Crew’s best showing ever at this regatta. The times of the other first varsity crews are listed below.

Bay View has next weekend off. Coming up will be two weeks of training to get ready for the New England Interscholastic Rowing Association Championships on Lake Quinsigamond, May 22. Whether or not the Bay View Crews will make it into this event will depend upon the Seeding Committee. By comparing results from the 21 different schools in the Association, they will determine who will be among the 18 1^st Varsity Crews and the 12 2^nd Varsity Crews. Two things are for certain. First, this is the first time that a Bay View 1^st Varsity Crew is undefeated going into the NEIRA. Secondly, our 2^nd Varsity has certainly come on strong in the last two regattas and deserves a good hard look to make it into the top 12.

In addition, to the NEIRA, Bay View will also compete in the 2^nd Annual Rhode Island Interscholastic Regatta on May 20^th at the Narragansett Boat Club and the Mayor’s Cup Regatta, on May 29. Both will take place in Providence at the Narragansett Boat Club. If you do not know how to get there, use the website directions. Do not use GPS. Log on to www.RowNBC.org.

Brown Men Defeat Harvard Varsity and JV in Two Sizzlers

Providence RI/April 10: The decks of the Narragansett Boat Club were loaded with alums from Brown and Harvard plus many other friends of rowing. The riverbank was lined by cars between the Henderson Bridge and Irving Avenue. All this for a chance to view two outstanding races.  In the preliminaries, the 4V/2F and the Frosh/Novice 8, it was Harvard with comfortable wins. This changed with a Brown win in the Third Varsity. For the JV and Varsity races, it was hammer and tongs with the crews starting in the mid-40's and settling not much lower. Throughout most of the competition in both races Brown took a slight early lead and held on down to the wire, except that in the JV, the Bruins were able to extend the difference to almost a length. For the Varsity race, it was "a very close race", at times distinguished by a "half a seat" lead, if there is such a thing. Coming down the homestretch, the Brown Varsity was clearly in the lead, even though Harvard ratched the stroke up beyond 42 in an attempt to stretch into first. Two great races, which will no doubt lead to an eager rematch at the Eastern Sprints next month.

Distance: 2000m Conditions: Crosswind. Varsity race at high tide. Order of racing 4V/2F, 3V, 1F, 2V, V. Times: Varsity - Brown, 5:41.5; Harvard, 5:42.5. 2nd Varsity: Brown, 5:51.9; Harvard, 5:54.0. Third Varsity: Brown 5:56.6; Harvard, 5:59.7. 4V/2F: Harvard, 6:14.2; Brown, 6:19.1. Frosh/Novice 8: Harvard, 5:53.9; Brown, 6:06.2.

Bay View Crew Takes Three Wins and a Second

Providence RI/April 10: It was one of the biggest match races in the history of scholastic rowing on the Seekonk. Southfield School and Newton Country Day traveled from Boston to race our home crews of Lincoln School and Bay View Academy. In the First Fours, Bay View left the start at 35 strokes per minute, held it there for about 20 strokes and then settled to a long, strong and smooth 32. Within 20 strokes they moved out on the field with Lincoln leading a tightly packed field in second place. From there on the Bay View foursome continued to move smoothly down the 1500m Seekonk River Course and headed straight for their Lane One target. 1^st Fours Times: 1-Bay View, 6:09.4; 2-Lincoln, 6:18.1; 4-Southfield, 6:24.3; 4-Newton, 6:33.06. First Four Lineup: Bethany Biszko, Coxswain; Chelsea Robin, Stroke; Danielle Riggin, 3; Haley Pare, 2; Celine Gill, Bow.  

In the Second Fours, Bay View took the lead and steadily moved out on the field to win by a 7.7 second margin. 2^nd Fours Times: 1-Bay View, 6:11.8; 2-Lincoln, 6:18.1; 4-Newton, 6:46.4; 3-Southfield, 7:20.4. Second Four Lineup: Nicole Karwashan, Coxswain; Christine Abram, Stroke; Lindsey Sanford, 3; Erin O’Connell, 2; Maura Flanagan, Bow. This was actually Maura Flanagan’s second race of the morning, since she had to “hotseat” immediately following the Third Fours Race (see below).

In the Third Fours, Bay View’s lineup with mostly first year rowers jumped off the line at 44, and then settled to 38. As they tired, they finally settled to 36. But, the high stroking start did not result in an expected gain in speed. Newton took an early lead rowing calm and long 31 strokes per minute. Consequently, Bay View was 3-4 lengths behind. Undaunted by their position, they kept plugging and found a way to move back into contention to challenge the leading Boston crew, especially when Newton’s bow caught a crab that briefly slowed their boat. This helped give Bay View an extra spurt, but they ran out of time and distance to effectively get even. As a result, they had to be content with a well-fought second place. 3^rd Fours Times: 1-Newton, 6:30.5; 2-Bay View, 6:35.38; 3-Lincoln, 6:50.9; 4-Southfield, NTT. Third Four Lineup: Chiara Ponko, Coxswain; Jess Silvia, Stroke; Maura Flanagan, 3; Emmi Hodess, 2; Emma Hanlon, Bow.  

The Fourth Fours was a dual race between Bay View and Newton. Even though both crews were comprised of novice rowers, Bay View easily overpowered the Newton crew, which had a good deal less experience. Nevertheless, this was compounded by the fact that this Bay View crew had its best row for the entire week of training in fours. Fourth Four Times: 1-Bay View, 6:25.1; 2-Newton, 7:20.9. Fourth Four Lineup: Morgan Morris, Coxswain; Juliette Risica, Stroke; Julia Calise, 3; Kendall Trautman, 2; Jessica Sciacca, Bow.  

The Head Coach for Bay View is Albin Moser, who now begins his seventh year with the program. Albin is assisted by Mark Labossiere, who started working with the novice program in the fall of 2009. Bay View’s rowing program started in 1999. Even though the crew has no boats, oars, boathouse, or motorboats, it has been able to succeed through great support from St. Mary Academy – Bay View and our parents as well as special cooperation with the Narragansett Boat Club, the proud bastion of rowing in Rhode Island since 1838.

Bay View will now return to their central racing boats, the eight-oared shells. Next Saturday, April 17, Bay View was set to travel to East Lyme, CT, but their coach relayed that most of his crew would be on vacation, so he had no crew and no race for Bay View. Consequently, Bay View is now searching for alternate competition. Lincoln School will continue to train in fours and possibly look for a rematch with Bay View later this spring.

DOCK MOVING PARTY WAS A BRILLIANT SUCCESS

3/21/2010 AT INDIA POINT AND THE BOATHOUSE: This is the same as a regatta, except that we attempt to cover a distance of slightly more than 2K and the objective is simple: get the docks into the water and tow them back to the club. Call it the Seekonk River's version of the swallows returning to Capistrano in the spring. Many thanks to all who helped, but especially the technical savy and skill of Pete Evans who developed all the fittings to secure our floating monoliths and, of course, incomparable enthusiasm and forethought of Dan Gorriaran, whose role was to be the Viking in Chief of the rest of us who pried, lifted, pushed, and towed to his commands. If you missed this event, you can join us for the next installment which will most likely take place on November 27, since we insist on delaying Christmas shopping until our docks are back in their winter resting place.

ANNUAL AWARDS PARTY HAS EXCELLENT TURNOUT

1/29/2010 AT THE GORRIARAN'S: Many thanks to Cindy and Dan who opened their house to an overflow turnout of NBC members and thanks to NBC Secretary Kim Worrell, who made all of the other arrangements. Thanks, too, to all of our members who brought such outstanding dishes to this pot luck event. There was no potluck involved, though, in making the awards presentations. President Jamie Reavis and Dan Gorriaran did an excellent job. Heading the list of awardees were Libby Boghossian and Erich Schultze, our Championship Scullers; Gilles Bruneaux, who received the C.P. Williamson Award; Amy Abbott, who garnered the Maggie Chadwick Award; and Dan Gorriaran, who was presented the Moser Award for his over and above service to the Boat Club, year in and year out. In addition, we have the mileage leaders who received gold, silver and bronze medals. Carol Browning (1,467.2), Anne Fleet (1,340.6), and Joan Brush (1,150.7) took top honors for the women. Scott Roop (1,951.8), John Balletto (1,879.1), and Andy Washburn (1,827.6) rowed their way to the top in 2009. Overall, members of the Narragansett Boat Club rowed a grand total of 70,946.8 miles for 2009. If you would like to see how you stack up, check the bulletinboard at the boathouse. By the way, send your dues payments to Kim Worrell ASAP. The Boat Club has bills to pay. Many thanks to Dan for compiling and posting all of the numbers. 

OVER 50 NBC MEMBERS GAIN THEIR FLIPPERS AT THE JCC

1/30/2010 AT THE JCC IN PROVIDENCE:  Many thanks to Dan Gorriran, who spearheaded this project, and many others who assisted him. Thanks to them, many NBC members either had a chance to review getting back into a flipped single, or experience this for the first time.  This skill is essential for anyone considering rowing in the frigid spring waters. There were also a few new members who took advantage of the opportunity to pass their swim test, which is mandatory for all rowing members.

Dan reports that the session went extremely well with everyone getting back into a flipped shell. The goal was to bive instruction on how to get back in with the easiest technique and also to remind all rowers to appreciate their limitations. The end result is Dan's hope that "this will encourage people to row with a partner as often as possible." There are already plans to do this again in January, 2011.

You can find the link to the first video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMnWkYY6olA

INDOOR ROWERS AND SMALL OUTBOARD MOTORS FOR SALE

2/1/2010:  The NBC has several Concept 2 Model C indoor rowers for sale. Persons interested in making a purchase should contact Albin at  . Each rower is worth $300. We also have several Mercury outboard enjines for sale (9.9-8.0hp) and a 15hp Honda engine. Once again, persons interested in making a purchase should contact Albin.

NBC BOG RE-ELECTED ON JANUARY 13, 2010

6:30 PM at 83 Arlington Avenue, Providence:  The election of officers for 2010 took place at the Annual Meeting. Unlike our neighbors in Massachusetts, there were no upsets.  John Ryan replaces Gayle Simmons as Lieutenant and Kit Wise takes the At-Large seat vacated by John Ryan. Congratulations to all and many thanks to Gayle Simmons for her excellent work as Lieutenant in 2009.

President: Jamie Reavis
Vice President: Carol Browning
Treasurer: Garrett Palm
Secretary: Kim Worrell
Captain: Pete Evans
Lieutenant: John Ryan
At-Large: Mitch Berkson
At-Large: Bill Prichett
At-Large: Kit Wise

Advisory Board: Provisional augmentation of the Board's At-Large members will also be voted in. That slate included Chris Bardt, Stephanie Zurek, Dan Gorriaran, John Balletto, and Cheryl Krause.