The HOSR continues to be America's favorite headrace…featuring a great course with just enough curves and bridges to make it interesting. Easy launching for out-of-town competitors. Convenient parking. Central location for restaurants, hotels, touring. No wonder it's America's favorite regatta.
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OVERALL POINTS TROPHY WINNERS FROM 2011
High School/Connecticut Boat Club
College: Drexel University
Open: Vesper Boat Club
Masters: Vesper Boat Club
HOSR UpdateThe Head of the Schuylkill Regatta (HOSR) today announced new partnerships with Regatta Central and Race Day, two well-known and highly respected rowing organizations who will perform important management functions for the HOSR, the largest regatta on Philadelphia's Schuylkill River. Regatta Central, will be the new registrar, and Race Day, the official timer, for the 2012 Regatta, October 27th and 28th.
Now in its 42nd year, the HOSR will open registration on May 1, 2012. Coaches and competitors, already familiar with Regatta Central, will finally have the opportunity to put the HOSR on their regatta schedules at the same time they register for other races.
According to Lisa Verges Dunlop, president of the Head of the Schuylkill Regatta, "we expect this new relationship to be a win-win for both the Regatta Operations Committee and our more than 6500 participants. We continue to explore every opportunity to make the HOSR experience as seamless and user friendly as possible, from beginning to end. Regatta Central makes registration easy for competitors and coaches while offering excellent information for the race organizers to receive the information it needs, in real time. The wonderful staff at Regatta Central knows the sport from all perspectives and we look forward to working with them as we continue to grow."
Regatta Central and Race Day have worked as a team for several years, especially on the Schuylkill River. According to Clete Graham, former Commodore of the Schuylkill Navy and founder and principal of Race Day, "We are confident that our experience, combining all aspects of race management for more than 20 regattas on the Schuylkill, will benefit the HOSR. We know this will be a great relationship for the future of both organizations."
With the addition of the Head of the Schuylkill, Steve Lopez, founder and president of Regatta Central, now counts every Philadelphia regatta as part of his roster. "The Head of the Schuylkill Regatta is one of the largest and most respected head races in the U.S." said Lopez. "We welcome them to Regatta Central and know we will enjoy this new relationship. We anticipate a great year and look forward to celebrating in Philadelphia on October 27th and 28th."
The Head of the Schuylkill Regatta welcomes ALDEN ROWING as a new gold sponsor in 2012. Alden's sponsorship will focus on supporting and further developing two events that were successfully introduced in 2011: the Open and Masters Full-Course Chase for Rough Water Singles (Saturday) and the "Viking Venture," also for Open and Masters Rough Water Singles, on Sunday.
In addition to vying for HOSR medals in each of these races, the male and female rough-water competitors that record the fastest combined time for both events will earn the title of "Most Awesome Viking." In recognition of this accomplishment, Alden will present two trophies named after real Norse heroes who established the first, albeit short lived, Viking settlement in North America circa 1010 AD. The "Thorfinn Karlsefni" trophy will go to the fastest male and the "Gudrid Thorbjarnardottir" trophy to the fastest female.
Alden Rowing, the original US recreational rowing shell manufacturer, is located in Boxborough, MA and has supplied a full line of recreational rowing shells, adaptive equipment and related rowing equipment to the US and worldwide for over 40 years. To learn more, contact Alden at www.rowalden.com.
The fall is a beautiful time to visit Philadelphia! Before or after you cross the finish line make time to explore our restaurants, exciting museums, entertainment venues and the many things to do. Bring your family and friends to cheer you on and stay the weekend and plan some non-rowing fun. Find the latest information on how to get here, how to get around and all about the many exciting things to do at visitphilly.com. Find Visit Philly on Facebook, Twitter and You Tube. And see uwishunu.com, a blog about all of the great things you wish to know about Philadelphia.
Philadelphia offers a spectacular fall head racing venue. You know that if you are a returning competitor.
What you may not know about are the many exceptional entertainment, cultural and dining opportunities unique to our city. For rowers with families. For 20 and 30 something singles. For high school and college crews.
We encourage you to add some of these non-rowing experiences to your visit, and to extend your visit to include a Friday or Sunday night stay. For answers to your questions about these opportunities, visit www.visitphilly.com. You also are welcome to email questions to travel@hosrregatta.org; they will be answered promptly by the writer of these pieces, a perennial competitor. We will be adding pieces regularly in the months leading up to the Regatta.
Many thanks to Judy Hasday for all the photography she generously supplied for our web site.