The Family and Friends of Navy Lightweight Crew
Folks…
A couple of articles of interest:
* row2k interview with Tom Weil. This is a follow-on to the earlier reports on Tom’s collection and the opening of the rowing exhibits at Mystic Seaport
* From today’s Yale Daily News on the history of rowing competition and betting of shirts.
Enjoy … Cheers!
Best regards,
Coach and TB406
Continue reading “Tom Weil Q&A and Oarsmen must win to keep shirts on their backs”
Folks…
It is opening day at Fenway Park. Celebration of the 2007 World Series championship. a beautiful day in the neighborhood. {I agree with Coach Andy Card that we hope that the Red Sox are playing much better in October than they have so far in April!}
Thought that you all might like to hear what the scribes are saying about last weekend’s racing in the Yale Daily News.
Continue reading “Johnson and Copley Cups from Yale Daily News”
Folks…
The Light Blue Lions of Columbia got off to fast start, led by a length at mid-race and finished 6 seats (2.7 seconds) ahead of Rick Clothier’s 1V in racing on Lake Carnegie this morning. The win was the first for Columbia since racing for the Maxwell Stevenson Trophy renewed in 2002.
Next for the Navy HWs — Adams Cup versus Harvard and Penn on the Schuykill River in Philadelphia next weekend. The rest of the Navy HW squad will race Columbia on May 4. That same weekend the Navy HW 1V will travel to Seattle to race the 2007 IRA National Champion Washington Huskies.
Continue reading “Navy HWs fall to Columbia and lose Stevenson Trophy Race”
Folks…
The results are in, cheering is over and the focus is now on practice and finding speed for next week’s competition.
Continue reading “Yale wins “Battle of the Blues”; Navy retains Callow Cup; Yale Women take Cayuga”
Folks…
Earth Hour 2008. As cities and households turn off their lights for an hour, remote sensing imagery shows the world getting enveloped in a calm, temporary wave of darkness. Images from past year have been fantastic – really shows our presence on the planet.
Continue reading “8 2 9 PM 2 Day”
Folks…
If you missed it … results from Henley on Thames. {see article below}
Racing this Saturday:
Navy Lightweights open their season vs. Princeton in competition for the Joseph Murtaugh Cup on the Severn at 0700.
Yale Heavyweights face off against Brown on the Housatonic at Derby at 0800
Continue reading “First blood in the 2008 Boat Races went to Oxford — Racing this weekend”
Folks…
A late report on the opening day of racing for the Yale HW men. Competition included crews from Temple, Emory, Wesleyan, Florida Tech, Colgate, and Jacksonville. Yale was the winner in 1V8+, 2V8+, F8+ and F4+.
Rob Friedrich, Navy LW coach, reports:
Continue reading “Yale Sweeps Pre-Season Mayor’s Cup; Navy LWs add Delaware”
Folks…
The weather is still mixed here in Western PA, but the rowing season begins tomorrow! Yale Heavyweights will open in a pre-season 1,500 meter contest in Tampa, FL.
Should the rowing season kick off before St. Patrick’s Day? At least it should be warm on Florida’s west coast.