Virginia Scholastic Rowing Association Championship Regatta

History was made today when North Mooreland RC competed in the VA State Championship regatta at the Occoquan course in Fairfax VA for the first time.

Michael Chilmaid competing in the Men's Single Sculls event won the silver medal behind a sculler from Jeb Stuart High School.

James River High School also competed in this regatta for the the first time and came second in the Women's Second Varsity Four and reached the final in the Women's Lightweight and Varsity Fours. The James River Men's Four reached the Petite final.

With two Richmond rowing programs reaching the main finals and medaling in two events, shows how far the development of Scholastic rowing in Richmond has come in recent years.

M1x - James River Regatta 2009

MV4+ - James River Regatta 2009

MN4+a - James River Regatta 2009

W1x - James River Regatta 2009

Spring 2009 - EVSRA Regatta I

The Eastern VA Scholastic Rowing Assoc. (EVSRA) Spring racing season began this past Saturday (March 21st) in Norfolk. North Mooreland had one entry, the Men's 1x (single scull). Facing tough competition, Michael Chilmaid finished second in a field of five. Conditions were a moderate to strong tailwind. Michael beat two scullers (Grassfield and Western Albemarle) that he had lost to before and closed the gap on the Broadwater sculler. A promising start to the season.

Results for the entire regatta can be found:

www.northmoorelandrowing.org/Results%202009/EVSRA%20032109%20Regatta%20Results.xls

Directions to Robious Landing Park Boathouse

Directions to Robious Landing Park Boathouse:

From Collegiate: Take Mooreland to Derbyshire.

Left on Derbyshie

Right on Gaskins Road

Left on Patterson Avenue

Continue on Patterson for a while (cross into Goochland).

Take 288 South towards Midlothian/Chesterfield.

Take first exit once you have crossed bridge (Robious Road/ Huguenot Trail)

Take a left at the stoplight.

Continue on Huguenot Trail/Robious Road past two stoplights.

At third stoplight turn left onto James River Road

Go past Bettie Weaver ES and James River High School

Continue on road into Robious Landing Park.

Boathouse will be at the end on the right

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Spring Season Meeting

There will be an informational meeting Sunday February 15th at 2PM at the Robious Landing Park Boathouse for ALL interested parents and rowers.

Contact Coach O'Rourke torourke@northmoorelandrowing.org with any questions.

2009 Starter

Happy 2009 to everyone, hopefully it will be a successful year for us all. For those of you that haven't visited the boathouse recently, the building work to finish the extension is virtually complete and the main task left is to build the racks for the boats in the new sections and move the perimeter fencing from the original boat house to the outside of the new sections.

Virtually all the work was carried out by Members of VBC with the assistance of some friends and family of those members.

The new boathouse will be fully finished in time for the spring season!

Talking of the spring season, which is nearly upon us, to enable us to get up and rowing quickly, it always helps to come to the first practices have done so preparation, be it running, cycling , swimming or any variety of other aerobic activity, if you can you should try to use a rowing machine, many gyms have these as standard equipment and try to build up to 20 to 30 minutes of low rate activity.

For those of you that ordered NMRC Splash tops the order will be shipped from California by January 16th at the latest, so I expect that the items will be shipped this week and will be available for distribution next week.

Head of the James Photos

Photos from the HoJ have been uploaded. Please check them out at www.northmoorelandrowing.shutterfly.com (link is also on right of this page)

If you have photos you wish to share please send them my way and I would be happy to load them to the club website.

Please see earlier post for HoJ video.

Head of the James

Mixed Eight+

Head of the James

Well done to all that raced today! Photos and Videos will follow. If you took photos or video and would like to share them please send to Michael Chilmaid. Thanks

NMRC Jackets

Please remember jacket orders are due by October 1st. Unless more orders
are received there will not be an order. Check and Order Form (see
previous post from Coach Chilmaid) can be given to Michael/ put in locker
285.

NMRC JL Splash Jackets

I will be placing an order for NMRC JL Splash Jackets on 1st October. If you require one to be ordered please follow the instructions below.

The final cost is dependent on the quantity we order, but I suspect will be $10 lower than the prices shown below, however we need to pay shipping and printing set up, which inflates the price again to those shown below.

The style is the “ Sequel” and this comes in two alternative fabrics

Hytrell – which cost $109 and Supplex that cost $89. (Last year most people bought the supplex version)

Full details can be obtained from the JL Website http://www.jlracing.com/tab.4.html

To place the order I need the following

· The male or female sizing chart to be completed with a name and the size requirements.( This will be e mailed to you seperately)
· A Check for the above amount depending if you want the Hytrell or Supplex Version.

Delivery can be from 5 to 10 weeks depending on seasonal volumes. I will place an order for those that have submitted their size requirements and provide a check payable to me (S J Chilmaid) On 1st October. No Checks, No Sizing Info, No Order !

If anyone wants to order anything else from the JL website please let me know and we can place it in this order and save on shipping.

You can purchase a NMRC Unisuit (as used by Michael Chilmaid!) from JL.

Fall Regatta Possible Head Race Dates

Below you'll find the schedule of relatively local Head Races that we are planning to race at. At the moment the only confirm race will be our "home" race the Head of the James on Saturday October 11th. Please plan to be available for Saturday morning to race on cheer on our other crews. Parents are more than welcome to also attend to watch their children in action.

Please let Coach O'Rourke know as soon as possible if you are not able to attend this regatta, so he can plan crews taking into account the impact of athletes who are not able to attend.

Confirmation of the other dates will follow, in the next few weeks.


Date Race Location
Oct 5th 08 Occoquan Challenge Fairfax VA
Oct 11th Head of the James Robious
Oct 26th 2008 Head of The La Fayette Hampton Roads VA
Nov 2nd Head of the Occoquan Fairfax VA - Sunday
Sunday

Athletic Waivers

Requests for Fall Athletic Waivers are due to Mr Palyo on Friday, August
29.

James River Regatta 2008 Mxd4+

James River Regatta 2008
Mixed 4+

James River Regatta 2008 WN4+

James River Regatta 2008
Women's Novice 4+

EVSRA Champs 2008 Mxd4+

EVSRA champs 2008
Mixed 4+

EVSRA Champs 2008 W2ndV4+

EVSRA Champs 2008
Women's Second Varsity 4+

James River Regatta 2008 WV4+

James River Regatta 2008
Women's Varsity 4+

EVSRA Champs 2008 MN4+

EVSRA Champs 2008 Men's Novice 4+

Athens Olympics Rowing 4- Men Final

6 and a 1/2 inches race

Athens Olympic, Rowing, Men´s Eight 2000m Final

Olympic Men's Eights from Athens 2004 Olympics

Olympic Rowing

Don't forget to watch Rowing at the Olympics over the next week. Heats, Repercharges and Semi Finals are from this weekend, with finals for men and women during the weekend of August 16/17th. See http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/Schedule/RO.shtml For race schedule and draws.

Did you know that 3 members of the US Rowing team, have connections with Virginia? Two rowed at UVA.

Fall Preseason Meeting & Website Updates

Stay tuned for announcement regarding fall preseason meeting.

Main club website (www.northmoorelandrowing.org) has been updated and has forms for this season available to download.

Recent Donation

The board and members of NMRC would like to thank Mr. Chip Vosmik for his recent donation of a Peinert single scull (1x). This generous donation will allow our athletes to learn to scull and compete in more EVSRA events.

If you are interested in donating please contact president Steve Chilmaid (schilmaid@northmoorelandrowing.org) or head coach Tom O'Rourke (torourke@northmoorelandrowing.org).

EVSRA Champs M1x 2007

EVSRA Champs WN8+ 2007

EVSRA Champs WV4+ 2007

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