post Early Bird

Hi everyone,

Things went well today.

We are back to practice tomorrow with some new insight to how things are looking. We're all very excited to move in to racing season.

Just a reminder on some key dates. (Keep in touch with your coach and blog for updates.)
*We may, or may not do the Welland or London regattas, depending on interest from coaches, athletes and parents; but it would be nice to get out of St. Catharines for at least one regatta.

DATE	REGATTA	LOCATION	PARTICIPANT
May 10	Boathouse Cleaning Day	SCRC	All
May 11	Tag Day	TBD	High School
May 12	Mother's Day Regatta	Martindale Pond	High School
May 18-19	High School Invitational	Welland (South)	High School
May 25	Doug&Sam Wells (WOSSA)	London (Fanshawe)	High School
May 31-Jun 2	CSSRA Championships	Martindale Pond	High School

Practice confusion and social media

Hey All,

There was a bit of a mix up on practice today. This is frustrating for athletes, coaches and parents. Please tell your friends to check the blog for official information. I have made a social media sharing button on the blog, so you can post blog information on Facebook or Twitter, it can be found on the right side. (You can share the entire blog from the home page, or click the title of a post and share from just that post.)

I will see you all tomorrow. Rest up, and good luck!

PS I have made a Facebook banner so you can tell all your friends you're a hardcore athlete, and racing season is on.

Tomorrow's Junior Boys' Practice

Tomorrow, due to working schedule confusions, the only boat that will be going out is the quad at 10am with Mr. D. The Four will not be going out tomorrow, as we do not have a full crew, or an available extra coach to run the practice. Sunday, both boys crews are expected at the island for 8am in preparation for the race, which is now at 9:20 for junior boys quad and cox-four. See you all Sunday. Get good rest and stretch often. Mr. V

Early Bird

Early Bird is this Sunday April 28th. It is a no pressure regatta that is an opportunity for athletes and coaches to get a feel for what the racing season is looking like.

Please be at the island at least 1.5 hours before your scheduled race. Your crew must be wearing matching attire. (Exceptions with weather are permitted.) I would suggest Eden sweatshirts if it's too cold for unisuits. (It probably will be.) The grand stands will be closed.

There was a bit of an issue with formatting, but here are the heats Eden will be racing in.


9:00 9  JrWomen 2x          Eden       St.Paul Churchill   Denis Morris
                                       Eden Girl     Somerwil Clint Page   Mooner


9:20 5 & 13 JrMen66kg 4+ Ridley 4x (N) Eden 4x         Eden (N)         Grimsby  St.Francis
                                                             Jim Minards Eden Pride Memories  Gerry Dick


9:30 14 JrWomen63kg 8+ St.Francis (N) Denis Morris (N) West Park (N)     Eden (N)
                                    Bruce Erskine Jim Stone                 Hamilton             Dan Little


10:40 6, 17 & 24 SrWomen 1x St.Francis         Eden                         Grimsby 63kg  
                                                Janelle Payne   Colleen Giesbrecht         Emily Mann


11:20 12 & 30 SrMen72kg 1x Beamsville St.Michael              Eden          
                                           Calvin Bond Jacob Verbraeken Brad Klassen

Early Bird Coming Up!

We have the Early Bird Regatta happening this coming Sunday, which means that we really all need to ensure that we make the most out of our practice opportunities this week, as the weather has beat us down as of late. Please ensure that if you are unable to make a practice that you give ample notice so that we can find a replacement. However, with your crews relying on you to perform at your best, please do not let them down by either taking it easy at practice or taking a day off. Remember, as this is a team sport we show commitment and respect to one another by arriving ON TIME and having our coach boats and oars ready to go BEFORE the start of practice. Junior boys: We need to have you there by 5:15am each morning. By 5:20am the oars should be hanging in the oar trees and the coach boats should be close to finished, if not already in the water. By 5:30am sharp we should be shoving off the dock to ensure that we get full use of our practice slot. Keep each other accountable and speak to your coaches if there are any concerns. Have a great week everyone. Remember to throw in extra core work on top of your practices to really help benefit your crew. P.S. show up to your classes on time, attend chapel and do your homework. Mr. V

Junior Boys Rowing Practice

Good afternoon everyone,
Today we had a little more rain and wind than we would have liked. Thank you to those who showed up to practice. A quick reminder is that unless you are told otherwise, you are to arrive to regularly scheduled practices. Do not go by your gut feelings, or rumours. Simply look at the blog or talk to your coach. We did have other plans for the morning, but told the three who showed up today to just go home, as the others made that decision for themselves.

Tomorrow morning we are still taking out the Quad (and Colleen if you would like) at 6am. That means that we want to be pushing off the dock at 6am, not just arriving. Plan to be off the water by 7am, as I have other commitments tomorrow, thus making it essential that we don't lose any time waiting for latecomers.

Have a great afternoon and evening. See you in the morning.

Mr. Vanderlee

Update April 10th

Hi crew. Just a couple of reminders

1)  The whether has been less than ideal. I don't know what's going on with the Boys (+ Colleen.) program, but I have cancelled practice for the Jr. Girls (+ Brad.) for the next couple of days. Be prepared to resume practice Friday. We will discuss Saturday then. Jr. Boys, keep in communication with your coaches.

2)  Get Registered! (Details Below.)

3)  Today I received the chapel attendance for the rowing program. Some of you are at risk of being pulled from rowing. It is part of the school rules that you must attend chapel regularly to participate in extra curricular activities. I would hate to pull some one from the crew because of this, so go to chapel!

4)  I hope that everyone has racing gear available for racing season. (Please let us know if there are any issues.) I got the invoices today, but I haven't looked at them yet.

5)  We need to stay on top of our life jacket chores. We're a new program and I would like to fly under the radar as much as possible.

If i think of anything else I will post it to the blog.

Things are running pretty good so far, so let's keep it up. I know that the beginning of the season can be very discouraging, but I encourage you to persevere.  

Register!

Hi everybody, just a reminder that we need to register BOTH for the St. Catharines Rowing Club and Rowing Canada. If you have not done this, please do that now, it's quick! Tell your friends.

Rowing Canada:
https://membership.rowingcanada.org/JoinProgram.aspx

St. Catharines Rowing Club:
http://membership.stcatharinesrowingclub.org/

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Jr. Girls + Brad
Missy will not be there for the next couple of days. We will go about our usual routine. She is planning to be there Thursday. We may switch up practice a bit for Wednesday since I have the weekly club meeting to attend to. We'll talk about it tomorrow

Jr. Boys --> Register!

The following Junior Boys have not registered yet on the St. Catharines rowing website:
Max
Keaton
Mike

Get this done ASAP. We will check again in the morning.

Practice will be at 6:30am at Eden, as the course is closed tomorrow morning due to the ice that has formed over the last couple days. We will be back on the water on Friday at 5:15am.

Mr. V

Rowing course closure.

Hi Crew,

The course has been closed again for tonight (April 3rd) and tomorrow morning. (April 4th)

The course is scheduled to be open for tomorrow after school. (April 4th)

Jr. Girls, we will be practicing after school today.

Jr. Boys, you will have practice tomorrow morning at the school. (I didn't catch the time from Mr. Vanderlee,  but just show up the same time you did today.)

Just another quick reminder that rowing gear orders are due on Friday. (Details were previously posted, so look below.) And that all athletes must be registered with the club, even if you registered last year. (http://www.stcatharinesrowingclub.org/ - Look for the moving arrow at the top left.)

Course closed for today and tomorrow morning!

Hi all,

The course has been closed for tonight and tomorrow morning. I didn't see all of you after school, so please pass this on to everyone!

Tomorrow the morning shift already has plans in place to practice at the school.

Jr. girls, and Brad: Please come prepared to practice at the school tomorrow just in case this weather keeps up. I will be at the school tomorrow and fill you in on the situation as I find out.

If we are on the water we will start running to the course tomorrow because I am concerned that our physical conditioning is falling to the wayside. Missy will be there tomorrow and we will start splitting up in to smaller crews which will help our technique and physical conditioning.

Get your rowing clothing orders in! The orders need to be in for Friday!! (details below.) Racing attire is mandatory. (Unisuit is preferred, but unitop is acceptable.) Everything else is optional. (unless your crew decides to go with hats, and then your crew must match for racing.)

Please get out for a run or an erg today. We have a race at the end of the month!

Rowing Gear!

Hi Crew,

I just got the e-mail that our rowing gear order is ready to be made! Everyone must have either a unisuit (preferred.) or unitop for racing. If you have one from last year there is no need to get a new one.

Orders must be in by this Friday!!

There's some other optional gear that I made available to you. Boys: If you want some sweat pants without 'Eden' on the rear, let me know and we can make that happen. If you would like to wear hats as a crew while racing, the entire crew must have hats. Also I mentioned that we might like a long sleeve option. I will ask about it after school, and if there is a demand for it I will get that option up. Of course parents and supporters can also make orders.

Orders can be placed at:
http://www.regattasport.com/iteams/login

Select 'Eden Rowing'

Password: EDEN13

Please come to me with any questions.