Volume 1, Issue 1 March 22, 2010 From the Bow
Let the races begin! Spring finally sprung last Sunday and all of Philadelphia was out enjoying the weather down by the river. Runners, joggers and walkers were busy but no one was busier than the NDA crew team. The weather was spectacular for the first race of the season. The girls were competitive and knocked most of the rust off after a long winter. It was a treat to enjoy the outdoors and watch the races. Thank you to all of the parent volunteers who set up the tents, brought food, cooked and cleaned up after the races. Let’s root NDA to a successful and safe rowing season.
If anyone would like to contribute to the newsletter with any specific topics, requests or communications, please contact Lou Rossi at [email protected].
Race Results
Freshman 4x Flight featured Claire Higgins (bow), Kirsten Hamilton, Katie Roe, and Meghan McDonald. The girls rowed to a 3rd place finish just 13.63 seconds behind Conestoga and 22.06 seconds behind Haddon Twp.
JV 4x Flight 1 was next up for the Fighting Irish. The boat, led by Erica Rubino (bow), Alex Rainone, Rachel Rodden, and Grace Reilly (stroke), finished 3rd in a 5 boat race only 4.40 seconds behind Shipley and 14.95 seconds behind first place winner Conestoga A.
JV 4x Flight 2 followed, with Anna Colette Heldring (bow), Bridget O’Malley, Katherine Cousart, and Elysia Burke (stroke) in the boat. The girls finished last but only 13 seconds from a 3rd place finish.
Varsity 4x Flight was the last boat of the day for NDA crew. The team, consisting of Erin Haggerty (bow), Jen Wagner, Kate Acker (stroke), and Tori Angelucci, finished in 4th place at 29.01 seconds behind Springside.
Academy of Notre Dame de Namur 560 Sproul Road Villanova, PA 19085 610.687.0650 Team Roster
Rowing is one of the fastest growing high school sports programs in the country. This year’s NDA crew team certainly reflects this trend, 30 athletes, which is twice as many as participated last season!
Coaches: Jamie Gordon, Head Coach, 8th year Katie Horn, Assistant Coach, 6th year
Name Grade Acker, Kate Sr Angelucci, Tori Sr Bemer, Barb Jr Burke, Elysia So Coffua, Stephanie So
Conway, Parker So Academy of Notre Dame Rowing Club 2010 Cousart, Katherine So Meet the Coach Erikson, Carolyn So Haggerty, Erin Sr Jamie Gordon, head coach of NDA crew, is a member and rower at Bachelors Barge Club. In addition to Hamilton, Kirsten Fr coaching NDA and other club teams, he gives private Heldring, Anna Colette So rowing lessons at Bachelors and runs his own Higgins, Claire Fr business repairing racing shells. He has taken the Kane, Shannon Jr USRA Level III coaching certification, and has been teaching rowing since 1979. Lynch, Shannon Fr McDonald, Meghan Fr Previously, Jamie was head coach of Temple O'Malley, Bridget So University's Women's Crew, an NCAA Division 1 O'Neill, Lauren So rowing team. He also coached at Colgate, Purdue, Mount Holyoke, and Yale, his alma mater. His Rainone, Alexandra So accomplishments include 8 national championships Reilly, Grace So from high school through college and afterwards. Rodden, Rachel Jr Roe, Katie Fr Rossi, Kendall So Rubino, Rachel Fr Rubino, Erica Jr Ruth, Kristina Jr Ryan, Caroline So Stokes, Brittany So Streeter, Sareen So Wagner, Jen Jr Zack, Allie So
Academy of Notre Dame de Namur 560 Sproul Road Villanova, PA 19085 610.687.0650 Parking Info
Passes have been allocated to each member school Breaking news – all NDA novice rowers will be in proportion to the size of each program. Each racing at this week’s Third Manny Flick Regatta! program has been notified of the number of passes available to them. Come and visit the team tent to learn more about crew. Join us for an afternoon at the river. We have Trailers towed to a race with food, tents, etc. will only snacks, drinks and more information about rowing be admitted to the event if pulled by a vehicle with a with the Notre Dame Rowing Club. pass. Two parking passes will be needed for these food trailers and their towing vehicles because they This is a great venue to cheer on the team and enjoy take up two parking spaces. the excitement of rowing competition!
For those without parking passes, best parking is off Edgley Drive with easy access to the river shown on the map below. Season Calendar
Date Race Place 3/14/10 First Manny Flick Regatta* Schuylkill River
3/21/10 Second Manny Flick Regatta* Schuylkill River
3/28/10 Third Manny Flick Regatta* Schuylkill River
4/11/10 Fourth Manny Flick Regatta* Schuylkill River Lake Mercer 4/17/10 Interscholastic Sculling Regatta** Mercer County Park, NJ 4/18/10 Fifth Manny Flick Regatta* Schuylkill River
4/25/10 Cooper Cup Regatta** Camden, NJ
5/02/10 Philadelphia City Championships* Schuylkill River Robert White Regatta 5/09/10 Schuylkill River Novices only*
5/14/10 - Stotesbury Regatta Schuylkill River 5/15/10 (no Novice events)
5/28/10 - Scholastic Rowing Association Saratoga, NY 5/29/10 National Championships*** *Philadelphia Scholastic Rowing Association (PSRA) **Club regatta – composite (mixed school) boats allowed. ***Only for boats that qualify at Cities Info at www.SRAA.net
Schedules and race results available on this site! www.phillyflicks.com
Academy of Notre Dame de Namur 560 Sproul Road Villanova, PA 19085 610.687.0650 Other Info
Volunteers Needed!
NDA crew is not a varsity sport yet. As a club sport, we rely on the generous support of parents who donate their time and effort. We can use any help with chairing committees as well as those who are willing to help for one or more events.
For more information, please contact Martin Heldring at [email protected].
Committee Chair(s) Trailer/set up, take down Kevin Haggerty Food menu planning Open Food/beverages at Open boathouse for rowers Clothing – 2 ordering times Joan Burke, Carolyn Zack Communications Trish Rainone Photos/selling crew portraits Trish Rainone, Peg Heldring PSRA – one week only Robin Acker Our Home Away From Home Race recaps, newsletter Lou Rossi NDA crew rows out of Bachelors Barge Club on Advertising in Stotesbury Open Regatta program Boathouse Row off Kelly Drive, and the boathouse Nationals trip planning Open has become a second home for our rowers. Year end crew party Trish Rainone, Peg Heldring Founded in 1853, the club has managed to change Friends of NDA and fund Anne and Pat Reilly with the times and reigns today as the oldest raising for the team continuously operated rowing club in the United States. Its early story is one of men – volunteer firefighters actually – and boats although at Bachelors today female rowers outnumber the men.
Rowing was one of the sports of choice among gentlemen in the decade before the Civil War. This was particularly true in Philadelphia as rowing clubs started to form along the picturesque banks of the Schuylkill River. The earliest members of these clubs were often men of wealth and the Bachelors Barge Club was no exception.
Recognizable names from Bachelors 19th century membership rolls include Charles F. Berwind (coal), William Weightman (chemicals), Maxwell Wyeth (pharmaceuticals ), Charles E. Mather (insurance), W. Atlee Burbee (seeds and plants), Clarkson Clothier (retailing) and J. B. Lippincott (publishing).
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