April 24, 2002 Oakland Strokes News Bulletin www.geocities.com/oaklandstrokes Dear Strokes Families and Friends ~ Here is what you have all been waiting and working for ~ SOUTHWEST JUNIOR REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS RESERVATION FORM MAY 10-12, 2002 We're in the final stretch of the Oakland Strokes rowing season. The year ends with the Southwest Junior Regional Championships at Lake Natoma, CA. Maps are provided in your rowing handbook. This is a great place to watch crew teams from all over the West race in this elite competition. The winners are invited to participate in the U.S. Junior championships held in June in Cincinnati, Ohio. This is our last team event until Awards Night. We encourage all parents to attend. Bring your sun block, hat, beach chair, and look for us at the Oakland Strokes Tent. There is a charge for parking once inside the gates to the racecourse. There are booths with food and vendors selling race regalia, and pictures are taken of each boat (which you may order). Hope to see you there! ************************************************ We have the delightful pleasure of finishing our rowing season, once again, at the CSUS Aquatic Center at Lake Natoma. This facility has been beautifully developed, at the cost of hundreds of thousands of dollars, with the primary purpose of hosting rowing events. In fact, I have it on good authority that it quite possibly will be the site of a future Summer Olympics. Let us show our collective "Oakland Strokes pride" by cheerfully complying with the following reminders and *new* rules. (forwarded by SRJRAC Committee) 2002 Southwest Regional Junior Rowing Association Championships May 11-12, 2002 Lake Natoma Sacramento, Ca Hosted by the CSUS Aquatic Center Regatta Reminders 1-Athletes and coaches will receive wristbands with their check-in packets. IF WRIST BANDS ARE LOST THEY WILL NOT BE REPLACED. 2-**New** for this event. There will be a $4.00 admission fee for each spectator entering the Nimbus Flat State Park. Participants and coaches will be allowed admittance with presentation of their wristbands. 3-There is a $6.00 per vehicle/day parking charge for the Nimbus Flat State Park. Coaches and crews will receive parking passes in their check-in packets. If you pre-purchase a parking pass for the any of the days of this event or you leave the lot and return, please understand the a parking pass DOES NOT GUARANTEE YOU A PARKING SPACE. Space in the Nimbus Flat State Park is limited; once the lot is full it will be closed and reopened, as spaces are made available. Thank you for your understanding. 4-No glass containers are allowed in the State Park. 5-Dogs and other domestic animals are not permitted to run at large in any unit of the State Parks System. ***Dogs are prohibited on any beach adjacent to any body of water. 6-Sale of merchandise from alumni/hospitality tents to anyone other than your programs supporters/alumni is prohibited. 7-There will be merchandise and food vendors at this event. 8-Refuse, including garbage, cigarettes, paper boxes, water bottles, coxswain weights, shall be placed only in designated receptacles. Please help keep our State Park clean. 9-Parking is permitted only in designated areas. Blocking parking spaces is prohibited. Cars not in designated spaces will be ticketed and/or towed. 10-No private shade tents are allowed for this event. 11-BBQ's are permitted but must NOT be located under the alumni/hospitality tents. They must be in an open air space, clear of trees and tents. 12-Please, for your safety, do not swim on or near the race course and launching/retrieval beaches. ****************************************** SCHEDULE OF EVENTS: MAY 10TH: WE WILL DEPART VIA TEAM BUSES FROM THE BOAT HOUSE. BE THERE AT 9:15AM. BUSES WILL DEPART AT 9:30AM. PLEASE BE ON TIME! WHAT TO BRING ALL ROWERS MUST BRING A SACK LUNCH AND BEVERAGE. ALSO BRING A HAT, SUNGLASSES, SUN BLOCK, WATER BOTTLE, AND SNACKS. EXPECT HOT WEATHER. WE WILL GO STRAIGHT TO THE COURSE, RIG BOATS AND PRACTICE. WE WILL CHECK INTO THE HOTELS AT 2PM. WE WILL RETURN TO THE COURSE AT 5PM FOR A ROW, FOLLOWED BY A TEAM DINNER AT OUR TENT AT THE LAKE. MAY 11TH: RACES BEGIN AT 7AM AND CONTINUE ALL DAY. ALL MEALS ARE PROVIDED FOR THE ROWERS AT THE LAKE. ROWERS MAY BRING EXTRA SNACKS AND DRINKS BACK TO THE HOTEL WHILE RESTING. MAY 12TH: RACES BEGIN AT 7AM. AWARD CEREMONY WILL BE HELD THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON SUNDAY. ROWER'S BREAKFAST WILL BE PROVIDED AT THE COURSE. NO LUNCH IS BEING PROVIDED, SO BRING MONEY TO BUY FOOD FROM VENDORS. IMPORTANT: ALL ROWERS MUST ARRANGE THEIR OWN TRANSPORTATION HOME ON SUNDAY WITH THEIR PARENTS OR ANOTHER TEAM PARENT. THE TEAM DOES NOT ORGANIZE THIS. HOTELS: The Men's Novice and Varsity teams will be staying at The Larkspur Landing, 121 Iron Point Road, Folsom. Phone number is 916-355-1616. Rooms are reserved for chaperones. Parent reservations are on your own. The Women's Novice and Varsity teams will stay next door at the Hilton Garden Inn, 221 Iron Point Road, Folsom. Phone (916) 353-1717. Rooms are reserved for chaperones. Parent reservations are on your own. CHAPERONES AND VOLUNTEER DRIVERS ARE NEEDED FOR THIS EVENT: CHAPERONES WILL SHUTTLE ROWERS TO AND FROM THE HOTEL AND THE COURSE ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON AS NEEDED. HOWEVER, ADDITIONAL DRIVERS ARE NEEDED TO HELP SHUTTLE THE ROWERS TO AND FROM THE RACE COURSE AND HOTEL DURING THE RACES ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. *****LAST YEAR LOTS OF PEOPLE VOLUNTEERED AT THE COURSE AND WE'RE COUNTING ON YOU TO DO SO AGAIN.***** TRANSPORTING 140 ROWERS IS NO SMALL FEAT! (WE DO THIS BECAUSE IT'S BEEN OUR EXPERIENCE THAT RESTING OUT OF THE SUN IS CRUCIAL TO GOOD RACE RESULTS.) THIS WILL NOT CONFLICT WITH VIEWING A PARTICULAR RACE. IF YOU ARE WILLING TO HELP, PLEASE CALL LOWRY GREENLEE AT 925-254-5862. COST: $165.00 NOTE: COST INCLUDES TWO NIGHTS HOTEL, ONE-WAY BUS TRANSPORTATION, REGISTRATION FEES, AND TRAILORING BOATS, PLUS COACHES' EXPENSES. THIS PRICE ALSO INCLUDES FOOD: 2 BREAKFASTS, 1 LUNCH, and 2 DINNERS. ADDITIONAL SPENDING MONEY WILL BE NECESSARY FOR ANY T-SHIRTS AND MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. ***PAYMENT IS DUE BY FRIDAY MAY 4TH*** You will not be permitted to travel if payment is not received prior to May 10TH PLEASE MAIL CHECKS TO: Debra Hayes 1205 Bay Street Alameda, CA 94501 (510) 865-2821 Go Strokes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!