Monday, May 14, 2018

Dare to Be - the movie

Bishop Sullivan Catholic High School will show Dare to Be
on Thursday May 31st at 7:30 p.m.
Mark you calendars for this unique event.
The showing will be at the Barry Robinson Theater and
Fine Arts Center at the school.
4552 Princess Anne Rd, VA Beach.


Dare to Be is a documentary film not only on the sport of rowing, but also the human spirit. It follows a series of rowers ranging from novice girls to women training for the Olympics, as they overcome obstacles and seek greatness. We learn along their journey that greatness can come in many forms and should not always be measured by traditional concepts of success, but rather by individual triumphs. It essentially suggests that athletes can define what success looks like to them – not coming in last place, beating a rival, medaling for the first time, qualifying for nationals, or winning an Olympic gold medal.

The running time is 91 minutes. 
To help offset the cost of bringing this film, donations will be accepted at the door.

Sunday, May 6, 2018

Independent Schools/Club Regatta

We participated in our final regatta of the season on a damp Sunday at the Botanical Garden. The morning started with torrential rain but by the time the racing started we had just a slight drizzle and light winds. Below is a short video of the MN8 start. The glassy conditions were the best we've had all season!


Below are the results. No wins, other than the WV4 crew's heat win, but a number of best times on this course. The Charlie squared double (soon to be re-named "Hypotenuse") bettered their time from last week's championship by over 13 seconds. Likewise, the WV4 crew rowed their fastest time of the season from the starting platform, bettering their best time in the EVSRA championships last week by over 10 seconds (and their 2017 gold medal winning time of 6:45.4 in last year's EVSRA Championship (albeit in the W2V4 event) by close to a full minute.)  

There were some interesting results from the guys' crews. Both the M2V4 crew in event 10 and the MN4 crew (who rowed exhibition) in event 17 bettered the times of the MV4 and MN4 crews in events 3 and 15 respectively.

The coxswain's race! Usually we tell rowers not to look at their blades, but maybe we should ask coxswains to watch theirs (three seat who shall remain nameless...)