The registration packet for the fall 2010 season is now available.  Download it here. WWC-FALL2010-RegistrationPacket

Come and be part of a championship team!  Try something new–you will make great friends, become fit and strong, and enjoy beautiful Lake Cochituate, all while competing for your school in a varsity sport.  Registration is open to all high school students at Wayland and Weston High Schools.

Need more information?  Take a look at the registration packet–it includes the details of practice times, a tentative schedule, and other useful details.   If you have any questions, call or email Barbara Sheffels (508-358-5461; barbsheffels@comcast.net).

Returning rowers: registration is due August 16, 2010.  First day of practice is Monday, August 30, 2010.

New rowers: registration is on a rolling basis.  We prefer to receive your registration by August 16, but you may register after that date.  Please contact Barbara Sheffels (barbsheffels@comcast.net) if you are registering after September 3.

SUMMER ROWING PROGRAMS

Come and row this summer on Lake Cochituate!

For adults, we offer learn-to-row sessions, as well as opportunities for intermediate and experienced rowers (including Wayland-Weston alums) to get out on the water. All will receive coaching from our excellent coaching staff.  You do not need to be affiliated with Wayland-Weston Crew; open to the community.

For students, we offer a non-competitive sculling program to those with prior rowing experience.  Come and learn to scull—it will improve your sweep rowing!

Morning and evening times available.
1) Adult Learn-to-Row Program. For adults who are interested in learning how
to row or who are just beginning to row in 8 or 4 oared shells. This is a sweep rowing
program; each rower will learn to row with one oar (as opposed to sculling, where each
rower has two oars).  Sign up for 2-week sessions, beginning June 21.
2) Experienced Collegiate/Adult Rowing Program (including WWRA Alums). For
experienced rowers who are looking for a quality sweep rowing experience over the
summer.  Sign up for 2-week sessions, beginning June 21.

Download the registration packet for the adult programs here:  SUMMER2010-RegistrationPacket

Questions? Email Brian DeDominici: bdedom@gmail.com

3) Junior sculling.  For Junior athletes interested in learning to scull in a non‐competitive environment with a strong focus on technical development. Participants will have the opportunity to row in quads and doubles (4 and 2 person sculling boats). You must have prior rowing experience (for example, at least one semester in a junior rowing program, or by approval of the coach).  Sign up for 2-week sessions, beginning July 5.

Download the registration packet for junior sculling here:  Summer Sculling Registration 2010

Questions? Email Matt Hanig: mahanig@gmail.com

Please download the registration packet for all information about our adult summer rowing program. Please send any questions to Brian DeDominici @ Bdedom@gmail.com SUMMER2010-RegistrationPacket.rev

Hi Everyone.

A quick re-cap of the Lowell Invite. First off, I want to thank all of the parents and athletes for helping out Saturday. The T-storms made life a bit more interesting than we’d like, and I think the kids did a great job getting work done then making their way to the buses for safety. For the parents, thank you for backing us up and holding down the fort!

The Novice Boys were on the water when the T-storm rolled through, thanks to great work by the Lowell regatta staff the boats were off the water and the kids got to safety in an expedient fashion. Unfortunately, the novice boys were not able to race, although they did get a row down the course after retrieving their shells from the staging area.

On to the results:

The Varsity girls competed in five events, taking Silver in all of them. Crews bringing home the medals were the 1st Varsity 8, 2nd Varsity 8, 3rd Varsity 8, Lwt. 4, and pair. The open four was scheduled to race in the late afternoon, unfortunately racing was cancelled shortly after they launched. The novice girls won Flight “A,” making a turn around on crews from CRI and Essex that they lost to the previous week, besting the field by 3 seconds. The Novice girls “B” boat came home with bronze medals, finishing 3rd in the 3rd flight to CRI “B” and Hanover “B.”
The Varsity Boys pair started off the day with a silver medal, nipped by a crew from Brookline by 1 second. Both the 2nd and 3rd Varsity 8s finished 2nd, taking home some hardware. The Boys Lightweight 8 raced in the Open Varsity 8 category, finishing 4th to strong openweight competition from Bromfield, Hingham, and Northampton. Capping off the results, the Boys Lightweight 4s finished 2nd and 4th respectively.

Overall Wayland-Weston finished 2nd in the team points standings!

I’ll have the information for Northeast Regionals out tomorrow, I’m hoping to have heat assignments by then! For now the preliminary schedule is posted on www.regattacentral.com.

–Matt

Invitational Photos Available

See Wayland-Weston Invitational Regatta photos at  Joe Provenzano’s Repechange Photography site, http://repechage.smugmug.com/.

Other news of interest…

• Town Crier Sports Correspondents Margo Cox and Henry Gula recap in fine journalistic fashion a memorable week of fours and eights racing in which we hosted top-flight crews including National Championship gold, silver and bronze medalists:
  • “Wayland-Weston boys crew faces the iron,” http://www.wickedlocal.com/weston/sports/x289800414/Wayland-Weston-boys-crew-faces-the-iron
  • “Wayland-Weston girls crew pitted against elite,” http://www.wickedlocal.com/wayland/sports/x1560843604/Wayland-Weston-girls-crew-pitted-against-elite
• Wayland voters this week have an opportunity to green-light the Recreation Department’s plans for a new beach house at Town Beach.  Mark your calendar for voting this Tuesday and Thursday, more info at Wayland eNews http://waylandenews.com/wordpress/elections-2010/debt-exclusion-beach-house-plans/, Friends of Wayland Town Beach, http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/group.php?gid=163444251118, or contact Recreation Director Nancy McShea, nmcshea@wayland.ma.us or 508.358-3662.
• Join us for this month’s meeting of the Friends of Cochituate State Park, Wednesday, May 12, 6-7 p.m. at State Park HQ, 93 Commonwealth Road (Rt. 30), Wayland.  Refreshments will be served.  Visit the Friends at http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/group.php?gid=205398925526.
• Mike Lowery and the Wayland Surface Water Quality Committee continue their excellent work, in partnership with DCR, Natick, Framingham and others to keep North Pond free of Eurasian milfoil.  Check out the latest progress at  http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/pages/Wayland-MA/Wayland-Surface-Water-Quality-Committee/112331025458392.
• If you missed last month’s live broadcast of The Boat Race on BBC America, or if you’d like to see Oxford and Cambridge go at it again, the Beeb has posted streaming video of the race, which runs about 19 minutes, at http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/rowing/8601964.stm.

As the cold of March gives way to April and the spring, so marks the beginning of another season for the Wayland-Weston rowing team. Beginning practices officially in mid-March, the team begins their spring racing schedule in mid-April.

The beginning of the season consists of scrimmages and time trials in order to test boat speed, lineups, and many other factors that will eventually go into the formation of several competitive boats hoping to make an impact on the regional and national level.

On Sunday, the first of these unofficial races took place at Lake Cochituate in Wayland. Wayland-Weston’s varsity boys hosted teams from Lowell High School and Essex Rowing Club for some early season head-to-head time trials.

The W-W men’s first varsity 8+ finished first over the 1500-meter race course with a time of 4:56, followed by Essex at 5:04 and Lowell at 5:25. The W-W second and third varsity boats finished with times of 5:13 and 5:25, respectively, in their event. They were followed by Lowell’s second boat at 5:46.  These early results show promise for a strong season, with the second and third boats once again showing the team’s depth and prospects for the future.

Despite the team being younger than average (there was only one senior in the first boat), W-W is looking to continue to build success and uphold its reputation as a perennial powerhouse, without going through a “rebuilding” year.

Head coach Brian DeDominici was pleased with the day, saying, “It was great to have Essex and Lowell out for some early season trials. I thought each boat did very well and was able to gain some valuable experience for our next race.”

The team will have another scrimmage race next weekend before traveling to Saratoga, New York, for their first official regatta

Wayland-Weston Crew “Icebreaker” Fundraiser

Saturday April 3rd at 7 pm
Weston Community Center
(20 Alphabet Lane in Weston)

Relax and dance to the classic rock sound of Wayland’s original dads’ band, The Daddios. Beer,
wine, soft drinks and light snacks will be served. Help launch this spring’s winning Crew season!

Tickets are $75 per person ($65 by April 1st).
Please send a check (payable to Wayland Weston Rowing Assoc.)
to Sonchu Gavell at 81 Claypit Hill Road, Wayland, MA 01778

Silent Auction Items

1. Day trip in a private plane – a flight for up to three people with a certified flight instructor from Hanscom Field in a single engine plane. Choose your favorite local destination (Martha’s Vineyard, Nantucket etc.) or a scenic flight over much of the Bay State. Flight for up to three flight hours in a Cirrus SR22 (whole plane parachute equipped).
2. V.I.P. sculling lesson/session provided by the best in the business (our coaches!)
3. Amazing Celtics tickets – Here’s your chance to catch the last regular home game of the season. 4 seats, center court, only 16 rows off the floor. Celtics vs. Milwaukee on Wed. April 14th.
4. Lake Winnipesaukee Great Escape – The ultimate in relaxation. Enjoy a long weekend in a beautiful vacation home on the water at Lake Winnipesaukee.

Please help make this a successful event. We rely on monies raised to fund all of our Capital Equipment,
including boats, oars, ergs, and launches. The only way we will reach our $20,000 goal is with the support of
all team families – please attend the party or buy tickets even if you cannot attend. Kindly forward this
invitation to your friends and family.

Monday, March 15, is our first day of practice, from 3:30 until 6.

PLEASE NOTE:  We will be meeting at Wayland High School, so please plan your dropoff and pickup accordingly.  The room is L1, in the Language Building.  This room is in a building between the first building you drive by and the field house, and I or a coach will be out in front to direct you once you have parked.

Parents, you are invited to the first hour of practice (3:30-4:30), which will be a presentation on nutrition by Nancy Clark, one of the best speakers available on sports nutrition.  Please come!  You will find out what to feed your athlete before and after practice and races.

Rowers, the price of admission to the nutrition talk is a snack–you must be properly fueled for the afternoon.  

Rowers, you will have other presentations, squad meetings and possibly a short run or workout after the nutrition talk.  Watch your email for a message from your coach about whether or not you will be working out that day.

See you Monday!