Arlington Crew

THERE IS STILL TIME TO MAKE YOUR RESERVATION.

BRING PAYMENT ($25 pp) with ROWER’S NAME and NUMBER of QUESTS in an ENVELOPE marked ARLINGTON CREW BANQUET to MS. MONGELLI IN THE ATHLETIC OFFICE by TUESDAY, MAY 25

Arlington Crew Banquet is Thursday June, 3rd from 6:30 – 10:00 pm at the Poughkeepsie Tennis Club*. ATHLETES, FRIENDS, and FAMILY are ALL INVITED!

Buffet Dinner catered by Cosimo’s & Dessert generously donated by Caffe Aurora

This event of by reservation only, no walk ins. Make checks out to ARA.

Contact Joyce Quattrociocchi, 635-2784, JAQ618@aol.com

2010 Arlington Crew Awards Banquet RSVP

* The Poughkeepsie Tennis Club is located at 135 So. Hamilton St., Poughkeepsie NY

Saturday, June 5th will marked the end of our Spring 2010 season. From 3pm to 5pm, there will be MANDATORY BOATHOUSE CLEAN-UP. Athletes are reminded to dress appropriately for this messy job!

At the same time, Arlington Crew parents are asked to join the ARA Board for the final Parent Meeting of the season. The meeting will take place in the Regatta Room at the Boathouse.

Two important items will be voted on:

REMINDER: If you are interested in joining the ARA Board, please contact any current Board member or email info@arlingtoncrew.org by May 30th.

Arlington Rowing Association is a non-profit corporation. It’s Board of Directors is made up of 11 volunteers (Arlington Crew parents). Board members serve for a term of one year, July 1 through June 30.

This coming year, the Association is in great need of new Board members. Only 5 members of the Board currently plan to seek re-election.

Arlington Crew parents have volunteered their time in the past so that your child has the opportunity to be a part of this wonderful sport with their schoolmates. There are only 8 Board meetings required per year. Every position can be learned and no prior knowledge of the sport of crew is necessary. All that is truly needed is the desire to see this organization continue.

Voting will take place at the last Parent Meeting of the season (Date TBD – will be held on the same day/time as Boathouse clean-up). Please consider throwing your hat into the ring. Contact any current Board member or email info@arlingtoncrew.org

Please join your TEAM MATES, FAMILY and FRIENDS as ARLINGTON CREW celebrate the season!

Buffet Dinner catered by Cosimo’s

Mixed Green Salad with Balsamic Vinaigrette

Sundried Tomato Penne alla Volka

Spicy Chicken Fusilli

Rigatoni with Sausage and Broccoli Rabe

Lemon Chicken

Rosemary Roasted Potatoes

Includes soda, water, coffee

Dessert generously donated by Caffe Aurora

Celebration Cake

$25 per person

2010 Arlington Crew Awards Banquet RSVP

* The Poughkeepsie Tennis Club is located at 135 So. Hamilton St., Poughkeepsie NY

Do you have some great pictures from the Spring 2010 Arlington Crew Season that you are willing to share? Pictures will be used for the Arlington Crew slideshow, AHS Sports Award slideshow, and eventually on our website.

Please put your very best shots on a CD and bring them to the Boathouse this weekend. CDs can be placed in the Lock Box or given to Terry Boniello or Heidi Bodley.

This weekend’s races present a great opportunity to take even more pics. Info will follow next week on how to get those to us…Thanks for your help!

Information from the race director for the Hudson valley Rowing League Championships, Saturday May 22, 2010, at the HRRA Boathouse:

Race Day (for JV and Varsity):

Race Schedule :

Only In-House coaches are allowed in the parking areas in back of the boathouse.
All visiting trailers are to park on the south side of the Boathouse (BH). Parking attendants will direct you.

Tents can be set up on the grass between the Greenway and the river but must a minimum of 30 feet from the river.

AED is located INSIDE the MAIN BUILDING by the EAST SIDE DOORS & EMERGENCY PHONE is LOCATED OUTSIDE BY THE RIVERSIDE MAIN DOORS UNDER THE STAIRS.

FIRST AID: SEE SPACKENKILL COACH CROSS

The Arlington Crew Coaches and Arlington Rowing Association Board proudly congratulate the Arlington Crew Novice rowers for their great performance at the HVRL Championships this past Saturday. The Novice Team placed FIRST in ALL of their events!!!!!

“We are very proud of the novice, not only with the race results, but how well they supported each other for every race. We also want to recognize the parents for really making the day very special. The food was wonderful and the team really enjoyed sharing the day with them.”

– Coach Mott and Coach Malone

2010 HVRL Novice Championship Results

Attention athletes and parents :

A message from the AHS Athletic Office…

Note: the bus will drop all athletes off at LMS when the team returns from Stotes on Saturday

Location: The Stotedbury Regatta is held on the Schuylkill River – May 13, 14, &15 2010

Departure: Athletes participating in the race will depart from Arlington High School Thursday, May 13th at 1500hrs, from the rear of the High School near the Athletic Office. BE ON TIME! We have to be in Philadelphia by 1900 for a pre-race meeting and rigging the boats. STAY IN THE GYM LOBBY AREA WHILE WAITING FOR THE BUS TO ARRIVE. DO NOT WANDER AROUND THE SCHOOL.

• We will be traveling in two buses. FDR and Spackenkill will have boats on our trailer for this trip. They are our guests and you are expected to act in a courteous and sportsman like manner towards them.

Return: Athletes will return on Saturday, May 15th. The annual Car Show will be held at the High School on that day. Therefore when we return, all athletes will be dropped off at LAGRANGE MIDDLE SCHOOL, on Stringham Road.

Baggage: Arlington Crew volunteers will be in the gym lobby on Thursday, May 13th between 0715 and 0730 to place bags into a secure room for early inspection. ALL BAGGAGE AND CARRY ON BAGS WILL BE SEARCHED PRIOR TO TEAM LOADING BUSES per school policy. Anyone arriving with luggage in the afternoon will be LAST ON THE BUS and their baggage will be inspected at that time. “Late arrival Seniors” ONLY can drop off their bags with Mrs. Mongelli in the athletic office when they arrive at school.

• Label the outside of your luggage with your first and last name.
• All medications, both prescription as well as over the counter, MUST be placed into its original container and then into a zip lock bag and must be accompanied by a NOTE from a parent with a day time contact phone number clearly written as well as detailed instructions for use of the medication(s).
• Be Prepared: The races go on rain or shine, only thunderstorms halt the progress. Dress for all kinds of weather, bring boots, the site tends to be extremely muddy. Have rain gear on hand because there are no indoor facilities on site..

Costs:

• $120 per athlete ($100 for room plus $20 for the food tent for 2 days) is required for this 2 day race. All checks made payable to A.R.A. Turn in room + food tent money to Mrs. Bodley by Wednesday, May 12th.
• Additional cash for dinner Thursday and Friday nights (Mall food court or chain restaurants – $60 max.)
• Any family needing financial arrangements, please contact ARA treasurer Gary Puchkoff directly, puchkoff@yahoo.com, by Tuesday evening. If no arrangements are made by that time we will assume full payment will be made by Wednesday evening.

Rowers have received additional trip info and specifics about the hotel in a handout.

Contacts: For further information you can contact the chaperone committee Heidi Bodley at 914-456-7947. In an EMERGENCY on race days, you can contact Heidi Bodley or the Head Coach Paul Stasaitis (845-591-5306) DO NOT contact coaches for race results!

From Chris Chase at Saratoga :

The weather looks pretty harsh Friday night until 6am Saturday morning. Thundershowers possible/probably. The rest of the day looks windy and rainy. Basically, the usual stuff. (check the weather on Saturday or Sunday.

Please make sure your kids are prepared for this weather. It says the temps will drop from the mid 70’s to the mid 50’s by Sunday. A west wind is fairly shielded from the course, a SouthWest wind is a direct head wind.

The parking lot will be muddy. There is another lot before you get to the Golf Course (on the right) if you want to park there and be shuttled. Your choice. Less mud and chance getting stuck in it.

SemiFinal sheets will be printed after the Time Trials and available at the Coaches Tent by the registration tent. By day’s end, Sunday’s race sheets will also be available. We will be updating the NYS Champs page on the Saratoga Crew website with the results periodically, AND, I believe that the local sports writer (Stan Hudy) will be covering the racing live on his blog at www.saratogian.com/blogs/. You are welcome and encouraged to have family and friends interact there. He is in the Timing Tent and knows results before I even do.

MOST IMPORTANTLY !!!! The Time Trials will be run first! All boats will begin by getting that “time of record”. Please let your athletes know how important it is to race it hard. If the Frosh/Novice Events are not run on Saurday, the TT times will dictate the medals. If Semi’s are not run, the TT times will populate Sunday’s Finals. These times are very important. We have become a HUGE regatta and the only way to keep it to 2 days was to use this system. It isn’t pretty, but it’s what we got.

No matter what happens this weekend, there is an expectation that coaches and athletes will handle themselves with class. We had some moments last year that stretched this thin. It will not happen again. If the HEAD COACH needs to address something, so be it. He/She is welcome to without an angry mob. Judge Referees will not be verbally attacked. Larry Muri (Chaminade) is the go-between for the NYSSRA and any issue of fairness/competition/etc. Please spend a moment with him should any issues arise.

Lastly, Have fun….and bring yer boots. If you can’t have fun…..still bring the boots.

Chris