CALENDAR of EVENTS

New Pair

With the support of alumni donors, the team recently

expanded its fleet of boats with the purchase of a two-person

shell from UTC Rowing. The pair is a beautiful addition and

has already been put to use during practice.

Issue IV & V • March & April 2012

A MONTHLY NEWSLETTER

April 21-22

SIRA

The team will travel to Oak Ridge, TN for The Southern Intercollegiate Rowing Association’s Championship Regatta

April 7

10th Year Anniversary Dinner Outdoor on the Whitetop at the Boathouse Restaurant

Join the team and alumni as we celebrate the ten year history of VCU Crew. Hosted at the same site as the regatta, festivities begin at 5:00pm with a cocktail mixer, followed by a cook-out style dinner. The fundraising dinner is $25 per person and will include raffles, good food, and good times. Please dress in formal attire (dinner jackets for men and dresses for women).

April 7

Fourth Annual Rocketts Landing Collegiate Regatta, 4708 E. Old Main St. – Richmond, VA

For our home regatta, teams from GMU, JMU, ODU, U of R, VCU, and William & Mary will take to the waters for 2000 meter sprints on the James. Races begin at 9:30am and wrap up at 2pm.

Immediately following the races there will be a family and friends “Learn to Row” session for anyone interested. Be sure to bring workout clothes and experience how everything works in crew.

News to Know

Additional Sponsors

Many thanks to our new sponsors:

The Gellatlys, PLATINUM LEVEL

Matt Wilson, PLATINUM LEVEL

Brandan & Gigi Willis, PLATINUM LEVEL

Andi Wilson, BRONZE LEVEL

Daisy Massey, BRONZE LEVEL

Sandy Harris, BRONZE LEVEL

Crew Team at VCU

907 Floyd Ave.

PO Box 842032

Richmond, VA 23284

vcucrewevents@gmail.com

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Support the Crew Team!

by PayPal or by check

www.paypal.com > row4crew@hotmail.com

To become a sponsor or for more information, contact us at vcucrewevents@gmail.com

Attention Parents

Parents who are interested in getting more

involved with the team are encouraged to join

the Parent Crew Association (PCA). The basis of

this group is to allow parents the opportunity to

get in contact with each other, carpool to races,

host dinners, and to further support the team. If

you would like to be a part of the PCA, please

email Mrs. LaVerdy at jalaverdy@fcps.edu

April, 01/2009

April, 04/2009

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Spring Training Cocoa Beach, FL

Although it had a rainy start, the team spent a memorable seven days in Florida for Spring Break. Aside from honing in on technique during two-a-day practices at 7am and 2pm, the team frequented other area attractions such as Ron Jons Surf Shop, Karaoke Night at Ice Cream Junction, and of course the beautiful beach.

Occoquan Sprints Fairfax Station, VA

The team participated in the first regatta of the season this past Sunday, April 1st. Rowers represented VCU in

the Men’s Novice 8+, Women’s Novice 8+, Women’s Novice 4+, Women’s Varsity 4+, Men’s Varsity 4+,

Men’s Pair, and Women’s Pair divisions.

03.03 | Mitch Meyerhoeffer 03.03 | Victoria Jump 03.06 | Chris Coon 03.09 | Aaron Lee 03.09 | Jason Montgomery 03.17 | Michael Oppecker

03.28 | Catherine Gellatly

04.01 | Tim Nesselrodt 04.05 | Alex Nash 04.10 | Yuriy Levitskiy 04.18 | Stephen Huggins

04.25 | Melissa Ramsey

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GET YOUR GEAR!

Didn’t have a chance to get your order in for apparel? We will be taking orders for team t-shirts ($10), sweatpants ($20), and sweatshirts ($20) at the dinner on April 7.

We will also be selling the official regatta t-shirt that morning for only $15.

Email Khiem Tran (treasurer) at trankq@vcu.edu for questions or for a preview of the designs.