Archive for October, 2009

Alumni Success in Tiger Country

Posted Oct.26, 2009 under High School

Princeton NJ – Gainesville Area Rowing alums had a strong showing at the Princeton Chase Sunday.  The Chase, a 3-mile head race held on Lake Carnegie featured Varsity lightweight & heavyweight 8s, Novice 8s as well as Varsity & Lightweight 4s, and small boats competition.

David Fette, a freshman rower for Boston University men’s team, sat 4-seat of the Terrier’s Freshman 8 that placed 4th of 17 crews with a time of 14:07.6.  Princeton won with a time of 13:41.1

On the women’s side was Scotia Stein in the 6-seat and Jenny Tomlinson in the 2-seat of University of Virginia’s Novice 8.  The Cavs’ boat placed 3rd of 16 crews with a time of  16:26.0 behind 1st place Princeton (16:13.8) and 2nd place Colombia (16:25.7).

Congratulations to our Alums!

Complete results are at  https://secure.powerhousetiming.com/powerhouse/webpages/raceResults.jsp?raceId=239

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GatorHead 2009 Results

Posted Oct.25, 2009 under Featured, High School

GatorHead
The all points trophy for the 2009 GatorHead Regatta went to Gainesville Area Rowing for the 4th year in a row! Lake Brantley Rowing Association came in 2nd place and Orlando Area Rowing Society came in 3rd.

The full results for the 2009 GatorHead Regatta can be found here: Gatorhead 2009 Results

Thank you to all of our visiting teams: Bolles, Boone, Jacksonville, Lake Brantley, Lyman, Maclay, Melbourne, OARS, Power Ten, and ROCCS. I hope these teams enjoyed the competition and a beautiful day at Newnans Lake in Gainesville, Florida. We are looking forward to great competition again next year and finding out which team will take home the Gator Head trophy in 2010!

Thank you, too, to all of our sponsors who helped support this year’s Gator Head through either services or monetary support: Alachua County ARES/RACES, Gainesville Amateur Radio Society, Alachua County Sheriff’s Office, APD, A.S.A.P. Screenprinting, Ashtin Communications, Captial City Bank, City of Gainesville, City Water LLC, Domino’s Pizza, Florida Food Service, Gainesville Amateur Radio Socity, Gainesville Sports Commission, and Capital City Bank. Special thanks to: Driscoll Engineering, Harwood Brick, Fringe Benefit Coordinators, P & J Marine, Publix Supermarkets, Larry Watts, GAR Alumnus, UF Rowing Club, GAR Masters, and GAR Parents and Rowers who have worked so hard to make this a successful regatta.

Stay posted – photos from the regatta will be posted here!

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GAR Concept 2 Fall Rowing Challenge Results

Posted Oct.24, 2009 under Masters

Fall Rowing Challenge
The 2009 Fall Rowing Challenge has concluded. Thank you to everyone who participated. Fourteen GAR ergers reached the 100k goal and all together they rowed over 2.5 million meters. GAR placed in in the top 5 rowing clubs (of 60), and 31st out of the 256 groups that participated in the challenge.

Concept2 has sent out Concept2 socks for those that reached the 200K level and a Concept2 towel for the 100K level.

See the full results here: http://www.concept2.com/sranking03/team/teamStandings.asp?re_index=39&group=team
Great job!

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GAR Members at the Head of the Charles

Posted Oct.17, 2009 under Masters

GAR’s presence was felt at the Head of the Charles Regatta in Boston today. This morning new GAR Master Andy Hogshead, in the Harvard Alumni Mens 8+, rowed to a 6th place finish in a field of 34 boats. Their raw time was 16:47.586, a mere 11 seconds from medaling. Way to row, Andy! Full results for this event can be found here: http://www.hocr-timing.org/results/19213.htm

This afternoon, in the Director’s Challenge Mixed Double, Jen Figueroa and Bill Griffith were the fastest on the water by more than a minute in the 22 boat event. They rowed the course in an unofficial time 18:54.679. After handicaps were applied their great row gave them a third place finish. Full results for their event can be found here: http://www.hocr-timing.org/results/14435.htm

Also, congratulations to GAR Alumi David Fette. David Fette is a 2009 Alumni Rower of GAR. David is currently attending Boston University and rowing with their college crew team. David and his crew raced against 46 other club boats and their boat came in 4th! Full results for this race can be found here: http://www.hocr-timing.org/results/14393.htm

Congratulations to Jen, Andy and David!

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First Coast Regatta Results

Posted Oct.12, 2009 under High School, Masters

Here are the results from the First Coast Regatta. Congratulations to all the rowers!
The final results with times can be found here: Final Results 2009

Youth:
Womens Youth 8+ Final – 1st Place
Womens Youth Novice 8+ Final – 3rd Place
Womens Youth 4+ Final – 2nd Place
Womens Youth Novice 4+ Final – 2nd Place
Womens Youth Lightweight 4+ Final – 2nd Place
Womens Youth 1x Final – 3rd Place
Womens Youth 2x Final – 2nd Place
Mens Youth 8+ Final – 11th Place
Mens Youth Novice 8+ Final – 2nd Place
Mens Youth 4+ Final – 4th Place
Mens Youth Novice 4+ Final – 3rd Place
Mens Youth Lightweight 4+ Final – 4th Place

Masters:
Mens Championship 1x Final – 2nd Place
Mens Championship 2x Final – 2nd Place
Womens Championship 1x Final – 1st Place
Mens Masters 4+ Final – 4th Place
Womens Masters 4+ Final – 3rd Place
Mixed Open 2x Final – 2nd Place
Mixed Open 4+ Final – 3rd Place

Again, congratulations to all of our rowers! It was a great day!

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Wine Tasting Fundraiser

Posted Oct.11, 2009 under Fundraising

invitationBack by popular request, Sara Landis, owner of The Perfect Gift, has agreed to host another wine-tasting. 100% of ticket proceeds go to GAR! This will be held on Friday, November 20, 2009.

10 Tickets for the Wine Tasting Fundraiser will be distributed to the Youth on October 12th at practice as a part of their fall fundraising packets. Tickets should have already been distributed to the Masters.

Download posters for the event here:
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For more information, contact Nina Cornwell, GAR Fundraising Chair at tnmcornwell@gmail.com