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DC Strokes Rowing Club and The Stonewall Regatta Organizing Committee (ROC) are pleased to invite you to the 17th annualStonewall Regatta on Sunday, June 6, 2010. As in past years this will be a USRowing sponsored event. We look forward to welcoming back competitors who have attended and supported our regatta since 1994, and we welcome all new participants.

GLRF is pleased to announce a winter training camp at the Miami Beach Rowing Club. Developed for experienced rowers, both individuals and clubs squads will have the oppotunity to enhance their rowing technique, and to develop drills, training routines, and goals to take home with them to apply in their spring training. This camp is for serious rowers with at least two full seasons of rowing experience. With that said, rowers with less than 2 seasons, who have a significant amount of water time and race experience, are encouraged to attend. 6 on the the water sessions. All camp participants will row twice a day except Sunday and Monday. Participants will row in both sweep and scull depending on their abilities, their abilities, their boat and style preferences, and the number of participants.

Welcome to rowing at World Outgames 2009. Rowing is one of the most popular sports in Denmark and we look forward to sharing our proud traditions with all rowers who wish to compete for fun and medals. We will be hosting three events: a 6-lane side-by-side 1000m regatta over two days (Sunday 26th and Monday 27th July 2009) at the national rowing station on Lake Bagsværd, a 1,000m inrigger sprint race on Wednesday, 29 Jul 2009, and a 6km head race (Thursday 30th July 2009) through the habour right in the city centre. The Danish Rowing Federation (DFfR) will be sanctioning all events.

DC Strokes Rowing Club and The Stonewall Regatta Organizing Committee (ROC) are pleased to invite you to the 16th annual Stonewall Regatta on Saturday, May 30, 2009. As in past years this will be a USRowing sponsored event. We look forward to welcoming back competitors who have attended and supported our regatta since 1994, and we welcome all new participants.

The Stonewall Regatta Organizing Committee and the DC Strokes Rowing Club invite rowers to compete at the Stonewall XV Regatta. Stonewall is the only glbt-sponsored regatta in the United States. The event helps kick off the mid-Atlantic adult sprint racing season and serves to connect groups from different backgrounds and different geographic regions. Teams enter from private clubs, the armed forces, and other glbt crews (from cities like Boston, Chicago and Toronto). Last year’s regatta drew 350 rowers from 22 clubs to compete in 55 events. The course, set on the Anacostia River, starts just below the Pennsylvania Avenue (Sousa) Bridge and finishes downriver between the double I-295 bridges. * Launch/recover: Anacostia Community Boathouse * First race at 0900h. and last race at 1600h. * Course: 1,000 meter finals-only masters sprint race * Boat entries: 1x, 2x, 4x, 4+, and 8+ * Category entries for novice, masters, and open] * USRowing categories AA - J

Rowers are invited to compete in a friendly and informal head-style relay, otherwise known as a stake race (régate au piquet). The race will take the form of a 3,000 meter head race along a 1,500 meter course. Boats will turn around a buoy at the far end of the basin and race back to the starting line. One category of competition will be offered: 4x+. Rowers will gather at 09:00h. for lineups and a coxswain meeting. Racing will follow. Results will be posted at 13:00h. A picnic, organized by the gay sailing club, Voile et Croisière en Liberté , will follow the race at 1300h at the basin. Spectators will have access to the large, sunny deck at the boathouse to soak in the rays and watch the race. There is no charge to watch the race.

Three full days of coached-rowing activities will focus on intermediate and advanced techniques intended to enhance your experience on the water.

Stonewall Regatta XIV

The Austin Rowing Club will again host the Presidents' Day Weekend Winter Rowing Retreat beginning Friday morning February 16th and running through Monday morning the 19th. We are excited by this opportunity to meet with old friends and make new ones. As many additional Coaches as demand requires will support our Head Coach George Jenkins. Please pass the word on to fellow rowers across the country. Registration includes: · Three and a half days of on-water, coached rowing activities · Video analysis from our professional coaching staff · Opportunities for Sweep and Scull Rowing · 2007 Winter Retreat T-shirt · Friday night mixer · Saturday evening party · Sunday evening dinner · Monday morning Scratch Regatta Y’all come down now. We look forward to sharing our beautiful lake with everyone in February!

Looking for an excuse to escape the cold next winter? How about some beautiful summer sunshine in Melbourne?! The Melbourne Argonauts will be hosting this one day regatta in connection with the city’s premier Midsumma Gay and Lesbian Festival, Situated on the beautiful and curving Yarra river, the Henley Course regatta will challenge crews from all over the region. Plan a wonderful week or more. Row on the Yarra, tour Melbourne, see the sights, and then call Mom because you will never want to leave.

The regatta was hosted at the Montreal Bassin Olympique, a FISA Class A certified course. The event was sanctioned and calendared by FISA and feature FISA certified judges. The event was run on the FISA World Masters template. The course was 1,000 meters, offered six fully buoyed lanes and all races were handheld starts. The event was organized by the Outgames Regatta Organising Committee with support from Rowing Canada, Aviron Québec, the Montreal Rowing Club (MRC), and Odawagan, the GLBT rowing crew of MRC. Competition was open to men and women, age 18 - 99. Race events were held for single sex boats and mixed boats. There were no adaptive entries. Boat rentals were available and featured race-competitive quality boats. The regatta had a total of 304 participants.

The regatta was hosted at Crystal Lake by the Crystal Lake Rowing Club. The 1,000 meter course began mid-lake and pointed downwind to a finish line near the main beach. The lanes were partially buoyed. Floating starts were used. Rowers had about 2 hours to practice before the start of the race. The race was a USRowing sanctioned regatta. A total of 8 USRowing judges were assigned to the regatta. One protest was filed. Events were listed for men, women, and mixed boats, in both masters and open categories. Many of the boats were composite entries with rowers coming from various rowing clubs. Loaner boats were provided from the Mendota Rowing Club, the Crystal Lake Rowing Club, the Chicago River Rowing and Paddling Club, and Purdue University. The boat manufacturers included Kaschper, Hudson, Derigo, Wintech, and Vespoli, and others. Some of the more energetic rowers raced all weekend, by participating in the Chicago Sprints on Saturday, 15 Jul 2006, and then racing at the Gay Games.