2008 Schedule Posted

Please note the 2008 season schedule here.

From Ellen Stuhlmann: The room block reserved for the Visitation parents at the Windsor Suites is now sold out. Almost all hotels in downtown Philly are booked for 5/15 to 5/16. Last night I searched for available rooms and discovered that the Park Hyatt at the Bellevue and the Best Western Independence  Park are not sold out - rooms are available at these properties for $400++.   There are hotels at the airport with vacancies including the Sheraton. If you search Expedia or Hotels.com you will find properties in outlying suburbs.  Next year we will reserve a much larger room block!You do not have to book a room for your daughter; team reservations are already confirmed for rowers.

Stotes info posted here

Visi Crew Handbook

The Visi Crew hand book is now available for download.

All rowers MUST bring running shoes to every practice. 

Team members need to be prepared for land training in case weather doesn’t permit us to conduct practice on the river.

Volunteers Needed

FINISH LINE TIMER

Location: Georgetown & Occoquan

Duties: You will work at the finish line to help determine shell timing and placement. The Finish Line Judge makes all lane assignments. You will need to be able to operate a stopwatch effectively in order to time the split time for the shell in your assigned lane.

Instructions: At the Regatta sign-in location, sign attendance sheet and insurance waiver. At Georgetown regattas, you will then report to the Finish line Coordinator and work under the direction of the Finish Line Judge. At the Occoquan regatta, you will then report to the Finish Line, via shuttle launch or van. You will be sitting on cement steps so bring a pillow. Please understand that your club will be fined if you fail to report for your volunteer job.

Dress: Anticipate inclement weather

AWARDS ASSISTANT & TROPHY ASSISTANT

Location of Job: Georgetown & Occoquan.

Duties: Working with the HQ Coordinator as they obtain results of specific races, organize labeled award ribbons by 1st, 2nd, 3rd places for presentation, and record the distribution of awards. Pass results to Results Poster and prepare for awards pickup by coaches only. If there is a formal award ceremony, work with the Regatta Director in the presentations of medals, ribbons and trophies to the recipients following each race or at the end of the regatta.

Instructions: Report to Regatta sign in to sign attendance sheets and insurance waiver and report to and work under the direction of the Headquarters Coordinator. Please understand that your club will be fined if you fail to report for your volunteer job.

Dress: At Georgetown regattas you will be outdoors

HELPER TAKE DOWN (WATER)

Location: Georgetown & Occoquan

Duties: At the conclusion of the regatta, you will help store the regatta equipment, motors, launches, and lane markers, etc., and will do whatever is needed to secure the regatta site again to its original order. Some heavy lifting might be involved. You will be working in a launch part of the time.

Instructions: At the Regatta sign-in location, sign attendance sheet and insurance waiver and then pick up a life vest. At the Georgetown regattas, report to the Course Master. At the Occoquan regatta, you will report to the launch dock for assignment. Please understand that your club will be fined if you fail to report for your volunteer job.