Water Practice

Since the weather has been surprisingly warm George Mason University Crew will start water practices on Saturday 02/04/2012. All rowers meet at Shenandoah Parking Deck at 12:15 to carpool to the boathouse.

Spring 2012 Tentative Regatta Schedule

April 1, Occoquan Sprints, Sandy Run Regional Park
April 7, Rocketts Landing, Richmond, VA
April 14-15, Knecht Cup, Camden, NJ
April 21, Kerr Cup, Philadelphia, PA (TBD)
April 28, (TBD)
May 6, Mid Atlantic Collegiate Crew Championships, Sandy Run Regional Park
May 11-12, Dad Vail Regatta, Philadelphia, PA
May 26-27, American Collegiate Rowing Association (ACRA) Championship, Gainesville, GA

New Officers of the Crew Club

The Crew Club held its annual officer elections for the coming year on Saturday, December 4. The officers for 2012 are:

President: Matt McKinney
Vice President: Lindsay Holzer
Secretary: Brett Baker
Treasurer: Joseph Taylor

We look forward to an exciting spring semester with our new team leadership. As always, any emails regarding the club can be sent to georgemasoncrewclub@gmail.com.

Fall Regatta Schedule

Welcome back to all club members! The fall season is off to a great start, with a lot of new membership and several full boats on the water everyday. The regatta schedule for this fall will be as follows:
October 9: Occoquan Challenge @ Sandy Run Regional Park
October 16: Occoquan Chase (hosted by GMU Crew Club) @ Sandy Run Regional Park
October 22: Head of the Charles Regatta @ Boston, MA. Only the varsity 8+ will race.
November 5: Head of the Occoquan (HOTO) @ Sandy Run Regional Park

Of special importance here is the Occoquan Chase, which is the club's largest fundraiser of the year. While all members will be helping in the setup/running of the regatta, we will need novices to help with concessions, shirt selling, and dock mastering. It is important that all club members are in attendance at this regatta.

Spring Break 2011

The Mason Crew Club finished up our annual spring break training week on Saturday, March 19. Thanks to all the dedicated rowers and coxswains who showed up consistently for this crucial week of 2-a-day practices, and also thanks to coaches Bob Spousta and Greg Muir. Our spring regatta season will kick off on Sunday, April 3, when we host the Occoquan Sprints at Sandy Run Regional Park. The season will continue through the American Collegiate Rowing Association Regatta at the end of May. The tentative regatta schedule below is accurate.

Spring 2011 Tentative Regatta Schedule

April 3, Occoquan Sprints, Sandy Run Regional Park
April 9-10, Knecht Cup, Camden, NJ
April 16, Kerr Cup, Philadelphia, PA
April 23, Rocketts Landing Collegiate Regatta, Richmond, VA
May 1, Mid Atlantic Collegiate Crew Championship, Sandy Run Regional Park
May 13-14, Dad Vail Regatta, Philadelphia, PA
May 28-29, American Collegiate Rowing Association (ACRA) Championship, Gainesville, GA

HOTO 2010

The Mason Crew Club participated in the annual Head of the Occoquan (HOTO) at our home waters, Sandy Run Regional Park, on Saturday and Sunday, November 6 and 7. As a club, we fielded more boats in this regatta than any other this fall, with 6 boats entered. In the first race of the day the varsity 8+ set the standard for the day by holding off Pitt to place 3rd out of 17 crews. The varsity's efforts were matched by the novice 4+, which came in 4th of 16 crews. Shortly thereafter the novice 8+ rowed their first race as a boat, taking 13th of 20 crews. Finally, 2 varsity 4+'s rowed to finish off the day for Mason, with the first 4+ taking 3rd and the second 4+ taking 15th of 31 crews.
In addition, Sunday brought another race for our club, with the racing of a quad. The first GMU quad in some time took 1st place of 3 crews in one of the regatta's last races.
Congratulations to all Mason rowers and coxswains on their outstanding close to the 2010 fall season! From now until the ice breaks on the Occoquan we will be in land training: erging, lifting, and working on land to get as strong as we can for the spring season.