Boston Photos from Scott O'Connor

Cold, Cold, Boston

Kings Point rowers got a taste of winter at the Head of the Charles Regatta. The men's four and eight put on a good showing. This is likely the last of competive rowing until spring. For parents who braved rain, cold or sometimes sun, spring crew is a greatly different sport. Boats race against each other similar to what you saw at the Olympics. Wish our rowers a great winter training and fresh legs and arms in Spring.

Head of the Charles

The Granddaddy of them all. Not the Rose Bowl, the Head of the Charles is the world's largest two-day rowing event, first held on October 16, 1965. More than 7,500 athletes from around the world compete in 55 different race events. Racing begins at 7:45 Saturday, October 17 and continues into Sunday. Kings Point crews compete Saturday afternoon and Sunday. Rowers leave in two groups to Boston, one group Thursday afternoon the other Friday afternoon.

Some families have asked how they might help. If you are interested in helping out on the weekend then please contact Derek Hartwick (908)-917-0509 if you are willing and able to assist in any way and he will let you know how.

REGATTA INFORMATION: http://www.hocr.org//home/default.asp

The two Men’s Fours and the women’s Fours will launch at approximately 2:15 p.m. on Saturday. The Men’s Eight will launch at approximately 11:30 on Sunday. If you cannot make it to Boston, live Results are available at http://www.hocr.org/results/results.asp

Race Schedule and Lineups:

Saturday, October 17: 4:19 P.M. MEN’S COLLEGIATE FOUR
BOW NUMBER 6
COXSWAIN – ROBERT KALDENBACH
S –STEVEN JONES
3 – CHAS WATERS
2 – CONNAN INGHAM
B – KYLE O’CONNOR

Additional Team Members:
CHRIS MURPHY, DAVID WONG

Sunday, October 18 1:14 P.M. MEN’S COLLEGIATE EIGHT
BOW NUMBER 26

COXSWAIN: DANIEL DUNN
S – THOMAS GAMBILL
7 – MIKE STOCKO
6 – FRANK OSBORNE
5 – SAM DIEDRICK
4 - ANDREW PFARNER
3 - JEREMY TUNSTALL
2 – BRAD WOOD
B- DREW BALDWIN

Head Of The Charles Regatta starts at the Boston University DeWolfe Boathouse, and winds 3 miles upriver to Artesani Playground in Brighton. A course map is available at http://www.hocr.org/pdf/2007_HOCR_map.pdf

Directions to our launch site: We will be launching from and storing our shells at the Finish Area Launch Site (FALS) on Soldiers Field Road on the Boston side of the Charles River, between Eliot Bridge and Northeastern Boathouse. FALS consists of one large parking lot adjacent to the finish line, three smaller lots nearer to Eliot Bridge, and the breakdown lane of Soldiers Field Road. There will be two docks near the finish line and three docks near Eliot Bridge. We will be at this site from approximately 1000 on Friday till 5:00 p.m. Then we will be at this location from 1100 on Saturday till 6:00 p.m. where we will launch from. We plan to place our shells in the location immediately adjacent to the finish line. Look for our blue shells and the Kings Point Burgee (triangular flag with KP letters). At the race site, the team will be under the trees close to the finish line and finish line trailer. See http://www.hocr.org/pdf/eliot-finish-w.pdf

The course is within easy walking distance of 3 MBTA stations (Central & Harvard on the RED line, and BU Central on the B Branch of the Green Line). See http://www.mbta.com/ A shuttle bus for athletes and spectators will circulate throughout the race area Saturday and Sunday 7am to 7pm.

Wet and Windy in Philly

Weather was cold, often wet and full of wind at the Navy Day Regatta. Crew parents and a Tri-State parent supplied tomato pie, pretzels and all sorts of other goodies. On next to Boston for Head of the Charles.

Navy Day Regatta

Kings Point Rowing next travels to Philadelphia's Schuykill River and the Navy Day Regatta. The Navy Day Regatta was first started to celebrate the U.S. Navy's birthday and soon expanded to include many of the finest rowing schools on the East Coast. Including Navy, Army and host St. Josephs, Kings Point will row against 84 other schools and clubs.

Once again USMMA has seven boats entered, the womens pair, mens eights and four fours. You can view rowers names for events at https://www.regattacentral.com/index.jsp?tab=regattas
8 Womens Open 2x
13 Mens Collegiate 4+
15 Womens Collegiate 4+
17 Mens Collegiate Frosh/Novice 8+
42 Mens Collegiate Frosh/Novice 4+
43 Womens Collegiate Frosh/Novice 4+
44 Mens Open/Collegiate 8+

If you can come out and watch the rowers, this is a great event. Navy Day Regatta information is posted at http://www.navydayregatta.com/index.html. Kelly Drive is open to spectators, but be sure to download a parking pass. Mrs Osborne reminds parents to bring tissues and hand sanitizers. The port-a-poties get a lot of use.

Directions to Kelly Dr are available at Google Maps .