Sunday, November 15, 2009
Winter Break
The fall season is officially over! We wish everyone a wonderful holiday season and a good break-- see you in January for winter conditioning!
Head of the South 2009
I don't think many teams could have seen a more eventful regatta weekend if they tried!
It all starts with a tropical storm the week before the race, battering the southeast coast of the US and flooding all of the major rivers and tributaries from Florida to NJ. River levels were higher than we had ever seen them during the Fall season in Richmond, causing us to nearly lose our dock in the heavy flow.
Naturally, water practice was canceled due to increased safety issues, with the result being it had been a week of being off the water before our last race of the season.
But Friday came, and we decided to persevere and give the regatta our best effort anyway! So we booked our vans, packed our stuff and hit the road!
With a long drive ahead of us the day before the race, we hoped to reach Georgia as early as possible so we could get some rest before our early morning start. Unfortunately for some, that was never to happen.
It was the misfortune of 1/3 of our team to not reach GA until 4a.m. the day of the race, owing to a little fender bender in the late van while leaving Richmond. That resulted in heading back to the rental company and waiting for hours for a replacement before finally hitting the road again.
In addition to this, the rains hit GA hard, and the river in Augusta was hardly better than the one at home. However, race officials deemed it safe to proceed with the race, so we raced-- just a little bit faster!
All crews coped amazing well and put in a great effort for the last race of Fall 2009!
The Varsity women's 8 pushed harder than they ever pushed in the last 1k, and the Men's Novice 8 overtook two boats within a heartbeat of each other!
Congratulations goes to the Men's Varsity 4+ for bringing home the Bronze! Well done, boys!
It all starts with a tropical storm the week before the race, battering the southeast coast of the US and flooding all of the major rivers and tributaries from Florida to NJ. River levels were higher than we had ever seen them during the Fall season in Richmond, causing us to nearly lose our dock in the heavy flow.
Naturally, water practice was canceled due to increased safety issues, with the result being it had been a week of being off the water before our last race of the season.
But Friday came, and we decided to persevere and give the regatta our best effort anyway! So we booked our vans, packed our stuff and hit the road!
With a long drive ahead of us the day before the race, we hoped to reach Georgia as early as possible so we could get some rest before our early morning start. Unfortunately for some, that was never to happen.
It was the misfortune of 1/3 of our team to not reach GA until 4a.m. the day of the race, owing to a little fender bender in the late van while leaving Richmond. That resulted in heading back to the rental company and waiting for hours for a replacement before finally hitting the road again.
In addition to this, the rains hit GA hard, and the river in Augusta was hardly better than the one at home. However, race officials deemed it safe to proceed with the race, so we raced-- just a little bit faster!
All crews coped amazing well and put in a great effort for the last race of Fall 2009!
The Varsity women's 8 pushed harder than they ever pushed in the last 1k, and the Men's Novice 8 overtook two boats within a heartbeat of each other!
Congratulations goes to the Men's Varsity 4+ for bringing home the Bronze! Well done, boys!
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