Gold Cup Clinic

This year the Dad Vail is hosting The Philadelphia Challenge Cup, which will feature four of the top men and women single scullers in the world. As part of this special event, the DV also will host the inaugural 2011 Gold Cup Clinic. Each Olympic oarsman/woman will give a clinic about their training methods, technique, race strategy, etc. geared toward high school and college oarsman and coaches as well as any other interested party. The clinic, free to all who preregister, will take place on Thursday, May 12 in Dad Vail-sponsored tents on Kelly Drive along the race course. There will be a well-marked sign-in area for the attendees. For more information or to register your athletes, visit http://www.dadvail.org/Clinic .

The Dad Vail is also looking for volunteer river marshals.

RIVER MARSHALL CREW
Position Description
Coaches from Boathouse Row in Philadelphia are requested to help direct river traffic from launches on the water Thursday, May 12, 2011. This is an important task to ensure the safety of all rowers on the river that day. With 3000 participants in the 73rd Annual Dad Vail Regatta it will be very helpful to have area coaches directing crews when necessary from the water.

Marshall Shift Times
Thursday, May 12, 2011 Shift Status
Shift 1: 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM Open 3 coaches needed
Shift 2: 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM Open 3 coaches needed
** Volunteers are welcome to volunteer for both shifts.

If interested, contact Kate Lapszynski at kate.lapszynski@gmail.com.
If you know of anyone else willing to volunteer in any way for the DV, please have them contact Kate.

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Leslie Pfeil
President, Philadelphia Scholastic Rowing Association

Garden States/Cooper Cup

13 top 3 finishes and 29 medals collected in two days at the Garden State Championships and Cooper Cup. Two days of tough racing brought lots of hardware to Haddon Township Athletes. 5 boats were crowned NJ State Champions and have officially qualified for the Scholastic National Regatta:

• Girls lt 2x (Juliette/Kate)
• JV Girls 2x (Salena/Sara)
• JV Girls 4x (Emily D./Mandy/Nicole/Cassidy)
• Varsity Girls 4x (Tori/Catie/Emily/Julie)
• JV Boys 4x (Ryan/Jim/Nick/Alec)

Two additional boats medaled at this regatta:

• Varsity 1x: Matt Glace
• JV Boys 2x: Nelson/Alex

Erik Duffy raced a heroic race as a novice in a Varsity race finishing fourth by a whisker, a tremendous accomplishment.

Today's Cooper Cup brought tougher racing but HT crews were still able to grasp medals in three boat categories:

• Women's Novice 2x (Maddie/Kassidy)
• JV Girls 4x (Listed above)
• Varsity Girls (Listed above)

All in all, it was a tremendous weekend for the Hawks!

Dear Coaches,

Welcome to the Garden State Scholastic Championships on Saturday, April 30. Please review the following additional information and contact us if you have questions.

1. The coaches/coxswains meeting will be held at 7:45 AM at the Camden County Boathouse, 2nd Floor. Directions to the boathouse can be found on our websitehttp://www.camdencounty.com/boathouse/
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2. Crews are responsible for bow numbers.

3. Weigh ins for lightweight rowers are from 8 AM to 10 AM at the boathouse. Coxns are not required to weigh in. No weigh ins will be permitted outside this window. Please have the weigh in forms filled out prior to arriving.

4. Progression for events with 7 boats will be set that the last place boat in each heat is eliminated. If there are any scratches prior to the regatta, that result in a 7 boat race the same rule will apply, the last place boats will be eliminated.

5. Heats may be redrawn if scratches prior to racing necessitate a redraw.

6. Please notify Eileen Normoyle at normoyles@comcast.net of any scratches prior to the regatta. Scratches will also be handled at the coaches meeting. The chief referee will make all changes to the schedule.

7. North Park Drive will be closed from Cuthbert Blvd to Donahue Avenue. All tow vehicles will be given a parking pass when they arrive. That pass will allow them to park diagonally on North Park Drive after the blockade during the regatta.

8. The Park will allow tents up after 5pm Friday. No tents are permitted past the painted line at the river bank

9. NO vehicles are allowed on the grass areas. Vehicles will be ticketed and or towed.

Food trailers maybe parked in the public parking lots. Trailers must be unloaded at curb side.

Haddon Township Finishes 2nd In the Manny Flick Series

The HT Crew Club Girls finished 2nd overall in the team points competition for the Flick-Horvat Points Trophy tallying 166 points over four regattas. The Hawks averaged 41.5 points per regatta and every boat scored points for the team at one point during the series. "The coaching staff is incredibly proud of that statistic" said Coach Wisniewski, "we have won races as individual boats in the past, but this is the first year that the entire team has made this level of commitment and it's a really special thing". At Manny Flick #3 and #4, 5 out of the 6 boats racing finished in the top three and the girls JV2x of Julie Cippon and Catie Ely went undefeated in the 3 regattas in which they were in that event.

The Conestoga Crew Club won the trophy scoring 258 points, an incredible accomplishment from the established team from Berwyn, PA.

HTC accomplished this with only 14 girls on the team including novices: "we were incredibly efficient and this is a team accomplishment that all can be proud of". Baldwin finished third with 137 points.

HT Boys also improved throughout the Flick series scoring 22 points in Manny Flick #3 and the JV boys 4x medalled in Mercer two weekends ago.

The coaching staff believes the team has had one of the most productive spring breaks in club history and everyone is so excited to have the team race for medals in the coming weeks. "With the cancellation of Flick #5 and racing in Mercer being truncated, it feels like we haven't toed the line for a long time" said Coach Scott, "I think stepping back from racing has been a really productive thing for us, but I know everyone is very excited to getting back to lining up 6 across".

The team has forged through the challenges of winter training and spring break and their discipline has shown in race results and boat quality. I believe their efforts also help them to develop a deeper and more meaningful understanding of the sport and their abilities. "Right from the beginning, everybody has made a commitment not just to rowing faster and winning races but to getting closer as a team. The success so far this season is a testimony to this cohesiveness and brings fantastic energy to the club's future" says Assistant Coach, Annie Bowler.

The coaching staff is most proud that every kid at one point or another has had a moment of revelation this season, where they've achieved a goal that has not been easy and some of them have reached levels that they have been working towards for years. "I honestly do not believe I could've said that last year or the year before" says Scott, "I can pick a moment for literally every individual on the team where they have achieved a genuinely challenging goal that they should feel really proud of accomplishing and I think we are more primed than ever to have a lot of fun racing for medals".

CANCELLATION OF SUNDAY APRIL 17 FLICK

Due to predictions of high river flow and very high winds, the Sunday, April 17 Flick regatta has been cancelled.

If you are a guest, please contact me and we will refund your entry fees. We hope to see you next year!

For more information, visit http://waterdata.usgs.gov/pa/nwis/uv?cb_00060=on&cb_00065=on&cb_00010=on&cb_00045=on&format=gif_default&period=7&site_no=01474500

http://water.weather.gov/ahps2/hydrograph.php?wfo=phi&gage=padp1&view=1,1,1,1,1,1

www.phillyflicks.com

Thank you,

Leslie Pfeil

PSRA President

Mercer Juniors/Flick 5

Lineups for Mercer:
Women's Lt. 2x:
Juliette/Kate
Maddie/Kassidy
Boys JV2x:
Alex/Nelson
Varsity 1x:
Tori King
Men's Varsity 1x:
Matt Glace
JV 4x:
Emily/Mandy/Nicole/Cassidy
Men's JV4x:
Ryan/Jim/Nick/Alec
Women's Lt 4x:
Catie/Salena/Sarah/Julie

*There is no novice Gig race at this event and we are on a waiting list for a 2nd Varsity women's 1x. Schedule is here.

Manny Flick #5 (Sunday)
Boys Gig: Jake, Eric
Boys JV2x: Alex/Nelson
B JV4x: Ryan/Jim/Nick/Alec
BV1x: Matt
GN2x: Maddie/Kassidy
GJV1x: Sara/Salena
GLtwt2x: Juliette/Kate
GV4x: Tori/Catie/Emily/Julie

Phillyflicks.com

This Week

This week will be a bit of a juggling act, so we'll need everyone to be on point to make it happen. Today is the Cooper River clean up day so we will have to volunteer from 3-4 and then try to get on the water. If the water is no good today or we can't get on, we will erg test tomorrow at the school instead of Thursday.

Thursday will likely be a water day.

Trailer loading will likely happen on Friday evening and Saturdy we will be rowing out of Vesper for practice which means we will likely have to rig/derig and re-load boats on Saturday so they can be transported to the canoe club on Sunday morning. Everyone will need to be active and moving on Saturday!

Sunday's lineups will be the same as last week.