Happy Thanksgiving!

Certainly this year the Haddon Township Crew Club has a lot to be thankful for. We have had one of the most exciting and productive Fall seasons yet, we have had two of our seniors go on official recruiting visits to colleges, and Senior, Emily Gartland received a partial scholarship because of her participation in our club! This is a goal that I feel the club should be particularly proud of. Because of everyone's hard work, we are literally creating opportunity for our athletes that are tangibly, positively effecting their lives.

We continue to push forward this spring and hope for the most successful season yet. As many of you know, we are working hard to bring in new equipment and more seats for our kids, and we are energized to host and participate in this year's Haddon Hammer.

As the club moves forward we are continually dependent upon the energy of not only our athletes but our parents, coaches, alumni, and of course, our board. The parents have had a wealth of exciting ideas and I'm looking forward to seeing these innovations become reality.

Hopefully, this is just the tip of the iceberg. I firmly believe, with continued energy and willful persistence that we can continue to push forward and achieve even bigger and better things in 2011 and beyond.

Happy Thanksgiving once again to everyone! I am truly thankful to be a part of this program and to have the opportunity to coach such an amazing group of young individuals.

This Weekend

There will be a lot going on this weekend. The following is the schedule and the lineups. Since our last race on Sunday is at 3:30ish we will not make it back to the boathouse with enough time to unload and rig. Everyone should plan on being at the boathouse on Monday at 3pm to get the boats prepared for winter.

Saturday:
Women's Double: 10:17am (Audacity)
Salena
Cassidy
Men's Double: 10:31 (Sykes 2x)
Erik Duffy
John
High School Girls Quad: 11:48
Lane 2 (Aggression)
Julie
Catie
Emily
Tori
Event 11b
Lane 2 (Intensity): 11:55
Sara
Emily Donovan
Juliette
Mandy
Lane 3 (Honk: Located at Bachelors Boat Club) 11:55
Kassidy
Kayla
Amber
Nicole

High School Boys Quad: 12:09 Lane 4 (Haddonfield)
Ryan Clark
Erik Monzo
Nick Herceg
Nelson
12:09 Lane 1 (Determination)
Brandon
Alec
Jim
Evan
12:16 (Pocock)
Marvin
Jake
Mike
Kevin

SUNDAY
2:05pm (Lane 4) Aggression
Same as yesterday
2:10 (Lane 5) Intensity
Sara
Cassidy
Juliette
Salena
2:15 (Lane 2) Honk (Located at Bachelors)
Kassidy
Kayla
Amber
Nicole
2:25 (Lane 1) (HaddonField)
Ryan
Erik
Matt
Nelson
2:30 (Lane 3) Determination
Same as yesterday
2:30 (Lane 5) Pocock
Same as yesterday
3pm (Lane 3) Audacity
Emily Donovan
Mandy
3:25pm (Lane 5) Sykes
John
Erik

The following are the lineups for this weekend. We have had another unfortunate emergency with boats (damage to the Determination hull and loss of fin) and I am working on finding us another boat to row which may be on Boathouse Row. Please be advised there may be a last minute change for one boat.

Matt Glace 1x

A Quad (Aggression) Women:
Catie
Julie
Emily G.
Tori

B. Quad (Intensity)
Salena
Emily D.
Sarah
Mandy

C. Quad (?)
Kassidy
Kayla
Amber
Nicole

A Quad Men (Haddonfield)
Ryan
Erik
Nick
Nelson

B. Quad (Quadzilla)
Brandon
Alec
Jim
Evan

C. Quad (Pocock)
Marvin
Kevin
Mike
Erik D
(Not sure of the order here)

There will be a lot going on the next two weeks (as usual). This week we will practice at normal time except for this Friday afternoon. We will head to Philadelphia immediately following school on Friday and all can expect a 3:50 launch time. We will try to be off the water by 5:40. This will depend on the speed of rigging that the kids can accomplish.

Next week, because of off days and scheduling we will have practice on the following times:

Tuesday November 2nd: All at 12:30

Thursday, November 4th: ALL at 10:30am

Friday, November 5th: Early group at 10:30am and late group at 12:30.

Saturday, November 6th: Captain's practice at the school at 10AM

The Jingle Bell Run/Walk for Arthritis is a holiday-themed event that will take place on Saturday, December 11th at the Camden County Boathouse in Cooper River Park, Pennsauken, NJ. Registration starts at 8:30am. The event flyer is attached.

I have also attached the volunteer form which includes a description of the volunteer positions. We need volunteers to assist in event set up, registration, cheering, water stations, and other assistance. The volunteer arrival time depends on the type of volunteering you are doing but you will be notified once you have submitted your form. Volunteers that register by Nov. 1 are guaranteed a t-shirt but of course we still accept volunteers after that date. You may register with the attached form (which you can return to me via Emily) or online at www.camdencountyjbr.kintera.org.

Feel free to pass along this information to any teams or clubs that you think would be interested. Let me know if you have any questions. I can be reached on my cell phone (609) 707-1909. We look forward to having you at the best race of the holiday season!

Thank you,
Sarah Gartland
Arthritis Foundation Volunteer

Practice Schedule Change

I apologize for the late notice, however we will only have one practice on Thursday, October 21st and Friday October 22nd. Any students that have a previously scheduled conflict on those days, no matter what the reason, will be excused from practice if they notify the coaches in the next two days. I again apologize for the schedule change. All students should report to the early practice on those days.

There will be a coached captain's practice this Saturday.

The Social Network: Henley

By the way. Our old assistant coach, Michiel Bartman was in the actual dutch boat that won this race. That boat went on to win a silver medal in the Olympics.