APRIL 6, 2024
VARSITY
We open our spring season with a race against the varsity crews of Duxbury Hih School.
Location: rowers report to the Boathouse. The race is run downstream on the Powerhouse stretch of the Charles.
APRIL 14, 2024
VARSITY
The annual contest for the Salvo Cup, between BHS and Boston Latin.
Location: rowers report to the Boathouse. The race is run downstream on the Powerhouse stretch of the Charles.
APRIL 17, 2024
VARSITY BOYS
This is an informal scrimmage with the boys crew at BC High School.
APRIL 19, 2024, 7:00 PM
ALL PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS
All Varsity and Novice parents and caregivers are invited to join in our spring potluck. Come and enjoy a relaxing evening with other crew families, and hear about the upcoming season from the coaches and FoBR leaders.
Sign up to bring a dish!
Location: many thanks to Galina Stolyarov, who will host tonight's event. They are at 61 Clark Road.
APRIL 20, 2024
ALL CREWS
This is a four-way meet with Boston Latin, Bromfield Acton-Boxborough, and Weston-Wayland, held in a beautiful spot on Bear Hill Pond in Harvard, MA. Teams race repeatedly, mostly head-to-head, in a variety of boats from eights to singles. See this course map.
The event is partially funded by an entrance fee for spectstors: $5/person or $10/family, payable at an entrance station along the walk down to the pond. Please note that no pets are allowed, per town ordinance.
Please sign up here to contribute to the food tent.
Location: the event will be held at Bare Hill Pond, in Harvard, MA. Here's a Google Maps link, and are map with parking information.
APRIL27, 2024
VARSITY
The Q Cup is a 1500-meter race on a buoyed course on Lake Quinsigamond, run from the Quinsigamond Rowing Club docks on the Shrewsbury side of the lake. BHS varsity eights race against crews from Shrewsbury, Simsbury, Duxbury, St. Johns Prep, and East Lyme.
Parents and caregivers, please sign up here to contribute to the food tent.
Location: Quinsigamond Rowing Club in Shrewsbury, MA. There are two parking options: along North Quinsigamond Avenue, north of the rowing-club entrance, and at Shrewsbury High School, where you can board a shuttle bus to the event. Here's a course map, Google Maps link, and parking map; and here is a maps link and parking map of the Shrewsbury HS parking option.
APRIL 28, 2024
All Novice and Varsity athletes are required to participate in the Crew-a-thon, Brookline Rowing’s major annual fundraising event. During the Crew-a-thon, our athletes knock on doors across Brookline in small teams, answering questions about our program and collecting tax-deductible donations. The Crew-a-thon raises about two-fifths of the $50,000 our team needs annually to fund costs (boats, oars, coaching) not covered by the high school’s athletic department. Teams will be combinations of varsity and novice rowers, equipped with talking points, maps of their targeted areas, and solicitation forms.
Location: all athletes report to BHS.
MAY 5, 2024
ALL CREWS
We will host crews from Hingham High School for a race on the Charles.
Location: rowers report to the Boathouse. The race is run downstream on the Powerhouse stretch of the Charles.
MAY 11-12, 2024
ALL CREWS
Ths is an open regatta held annually in Lowell, MA.
Parents, please sign up here to contribute to the food tent.
Location: the event will be held at UMass Lowell, on the Merrimack River. Here's an area map, Google Maps link, and more. There is a $20 fee for parking at this event.
MAY 18-19, 2024
SELECT CREWS
This is our qualifying event for nationals, and boats finishing well in these events will be admitted to the USRowing National Youth Championships in June.
There is a suggested $15 donation to USRowing for spectator admission. You can pay online using these QR codes -- one for each day of racing.
Location: the event will be held at UMass Lowell, on the Merrimack River. Here's an area map, Google Maps link, and more.
MAY 25, 2024
SELECT VARSITY
NEIRA (New England Interscholastic Rowing Association) was created by New England’s private independent schools in the mid-1950’s, and Brookline High is still one of the few public schools that compete in the league.
Parents, please use this combined spreadsheet to sign up for the food tents at NEIRA and MSPRAs.
Parking is free (see below) and there is a $10 suggested donation per spectator, which can be given at the entrance.
Location: Regatta Point Park in Worcester, MA. Here's a course map, Google Maps link, and more.
MAY 26, 2024
ALL CREWS
We wrap up our regular spring season with the Massachusetts Public Schools Rowing Association Spring Championships, a/k/a MPSRAs or "Mass pubs.
Parents, please use this combined spreadsheet to sign up for the food tents at NEIRA and MSPRAs.
Location: the event will be held at UMass Lowell, on the Merrimack River. Here's an area map, Google Maps link, and more. There is a $20 fee for parking at this event.
MAY 30, 2024, 6:30 PM
ALL ATHLETES AND FAMILIES
Come and celebrate a fantastic year of rowing and teamwork with the whole BHS Crew community, at our end-of-season picnic. We'll gather at Artesani park for a pot-luck picnic, hear from the coaches, say some well-deserved thank-you's, and send off our graduating seniors in style. See you there!
Please sign up here and indicate your potluck contribution..
Location: Artesani Park, which will be plenty familiar to anyone who has ever dropped off a rower at the boathouse.
JUNE 6-9, 2024
QUALIFYING CREWS
Crews that qualify during the NE Regionals will travel to Sarasota to compete.
Location: Nathan Benderson Park in Sarasota, FL For those not making the trip, check out the USRowing YouTube channel, which will show a live stream of events starting on Friday, June 9.
June 24 - August 5, 2024
ALL ATHLETES
The Dirty Water Boat Club, a/k/a BHS summer rowing, returns once again for the 2024. Click here for details.
Athletes can register here.
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