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Handball, Rowing, Running & Swimming THE HANDBALL, ROWING, RUNNING & SWIMMING SOUTH ENDER October 2019 | A Publication of the South End Rowing Club | www.serc.com LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT 3 Board of Directors THE RUNNER’S BLOCK 4 President Simon Dominguez VITAMIN SEA 5 Vice President Fran Hegeler COOKING FOR BOAT NIGHT 6 BECOMING A SOUTH ENDER 7 Secretary Josh Sale CONCORD HANDBALL TOURNAMENT 8 Treasurer Susan Blew SPRING BREAK IN THE BAHAMAS 9 Directors-at-Large Alan Lapp KEN’S MONTEREY ATTEMPT 10 Carol Merryfield NEWLY PROMOTED PILOTS 11 COMEBACKS 12 Niland Mortimer ALCATRAZ: A LOVE LETTER TO SERC 13 Suzanne Greva THE FIRST CHANNEL SWIMMER 14 Jameson WOMEN ROWERS OF 1895 15 Hurley Past President Bill Wygant Office Manager Susan Wintersteen Commissioners Boathouse Captain Tom Wurm Building Jim Bock Entertainment Betty-Jean Jaurique Gymnasium Paula Moran Handball Rory Moore Membership Andy Ramelmeier Rowing Eli Rubel The South Ender is the newsletter of the South End Rowing Club, published three to four Running Kevin Whalen times per year since 1931. We publish material by our members that reflects the ideals, Swimming Van Cornwell purposes, and accomplishments of the South End. You can find digital copies of this and Newsletter Editors Dylan Tweney past issues, many in color, at serc com/about/ Kim Hedges newsletters. It’s our members who make this newsletter, Newsletter Layout Alan Lapp so please send articles (up to 650 words), Front Cover Photo Jeff Cooperman poems, jokes, and high-resolution photos to newsletter@serc com. We reserve the right to edit all submitted material, but we’ll be nice about it, we promise. 2 Letter from the President By Simon Dominguez, SERC President Hi South End members, the following month, but we will always do what we can to give you time in front of the board as soon as I just wanted to remind you that our club is led we can. by a board of directors whose job it is to run the club on behalf of all members. You can see all of Attending a board meeting is also a great thing our current board members and commissioners to do if you feel that you might be ready to step up to listed on the inside front cover of every issue of serve at some point in the future. We have positions this newsletter. open every year and need more good people to help run the club. Please come and see what is involved Have you ever wondered what goes into running if you feel that you might be in a position to serve a club that is almost 150 years old and has over on our board. Also feel free to reach out to me or any 1,600 members? One way to find out is to attend one of the board members and commissioners listed of our monthly board meetings that are generally in this issue if you have questions on any of the held on the second Wednesday of each month at individual positions and what they involve. 6:30 p.m., upstairs in the Day Room at the club. All members are welcome to attend these meetings. Regards, We publicize the agenda for each meeting at least Simon 48 hours before the meeting so you can see if there are any issues that you might be interested in hearing about. The Plaque is Back! Each board meeting begins with a section that we call “Members’ Moments.” If you have any DC SERC issues that you want to address the board about, Row 27 233 you have five minutes to talk at this time. Please be advised that should you want to do this, then you Swim 88 214 would need to let the board secretary (currently Run 112 158 Josh Sale) know at the very latest by the Friday Bonus 3 3 afternoon before the meeting, and tell him what you would like to discuss. If the meeting is already Total 230 608 fully booked up, your request might be pushed to 3 Photo by Suzanne Greva The Runner’s Block By Kevin Whalen Big congratulations and thank you to everyone we dress up in costumes and creepy crawl (at a who supported and competed in this year’s respectable pace) between local watering holes. interclub triathlon victory against our neighboring Have you ever gawked at the beauty of Mt. Dolphin Club. At the running event, our spirit and Tamalpais from the sandy South End beach in gusto were felt throughout the course. There was a awe of the utter majesty of it all? Ever thought to massive welcoming sea of red and loud cheers at yourself: “Could I make it there, from here?” the starting line and our glorious SERC flag waving at the finish.Aaron Burby was the fastest SERC Good news! The inaugural Top of Tam event is member for the second year in a row and won first Sunday, October 27. The course begins at the end overall, with shoes borrowed from a locker mate! of the SERC dock, goes across the Golden Gate Next year, Aaron will win the race in bare feet. Bridge, and picks up the SCA trailhead through the Marin Headlands and up to the East Peak of Mt. For anyone interested in land-based activity, our Tam. Registration is required for runners—however, running group departs from the SERC Day Room contact me if you’d like to volunteer or meet us at at 6:30 p.m. every Tuesday night. We encourage the summit. members of all levels and abilities to join! A typical workout consists of a warm-up run (1 mile), Check the club calendar on serc com for the stretch, set of drills, and cool down back to the latest event details. club, traditionally followed by ice-cold beers. The Finally, we are looking for race directors for workouts are designed to challenge the fast, nimble 2020 who can think of safe and creative run routes. runners and be accessible to folks just getting Contact me with ideas and/or questions about how (back) in the game. The last Tuesday of each month to get involved! running@serc com is a “fun run” and you can always count on beers and camaraderie to follow. Speaking of last Tuesdays of the month, October Kevin Whalen 29 is a special one! It is Halloween themed and Run Commissioner 2019 4 Vitamin Sea By Janie Bryant “Hey, do you know how to light the can never have too many cheesy pieces oven?” I look over onto the patio to see of bread,” Sian notes. Sue Free and Sian Llewellyn kicked back Time for us to head back out to the with glasses of wine early on a recent patio to polish off the cooks-only bottle Thursday evening. “Possibly,” I reply. To of wine before it is time to ring the their next question—“Do you want a glass triangle (small thrill). I stroll over to of wine?”—I respond with a firm yes. ask Boat Night regular Joe Amato what Taking off my handball gloves, ready meal he likes best. He leans back from to sit a spell, I learn that Sue and Sian sanding and replies, “Whatever, it is are cooking for Boat Night. Sue takes always a surprise, fun to be surprised.” another sip of wine before hollering Sue rings the triangle and the at a few passersby in wet swimsuits, hungry, appreciative crew files into inquiring about their oven lighting dinner. abilities, but my reply remains the Once seated, the conversation closest to a solid yes that she will falls to wondering about the receive. “So what happens if I can’t logistics of running our next regatta get it lit?” I ask. Of course, being Sue while Sharkfest is underway. Free, she is undaunted and explains “Are they bringing in sharks or that cheese sandwiches can be Photos by Sian Llewellyn and Janie Bryant depending on local sharks?” rower eaten cold, and tomato soup too Steve McDonald queries, showing for that matter. “Boat Night dinner it is always helpful to have some doesn’t have to be an extravaganza,” she swimmers at the table. states and bobs her head for emphasis. Many Boat Night cooks have found Sue shares that she spent 15 minutes that it is most agreeable to cook with collecting the needed groceries at a cost a buddy. Learning and teaching about of $54. She prefers to do most of the meal recipes and splitting up the work can prep at home and only about the final be a good way to go. Darlene Comstedt 20 minutes in the Cookshack—just the and I had such fun last time we cooked finishing touches. She shares her soup together that we are planning our next recipe with us and explains that she just dinner. Inspired by Darlene’s Say No to tossed together the ingredients and went Scurvy T-shirt, our menu pretty much “vvvup in the Vitamix” in her kitchen to create it. “You wrote itself. just have to make sure you have enough room in your fridge at home and at the club.” Emily Gable came over from the handball court when we needed an extra hand wrapping the She likes to limit the stress and take in the vitamin C-rich spanakopita. We had a good time, sights and vibes of being at the club on a weekday the Boat Nighters got fed, Emily was later invited to evening, being an early morning swimmer. “It is go for a row in the barge, and Darlene was invited a whole different way to experience the club,” she for a group sunset/full moon picnic row.
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