LWRC NEWSLETTER December 2007 Web site: www.lakewashingtonrowing.com

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Marcie Sillman Bill Tytus Kate Brooks John Robinson Ben Porter KC Dietz Rachel McGovern Conor Bullis

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Operating Board 2008 Marcie Sillman

As you settle into these short winter days, no doubt you’ve got a little extra time on your hands. Why not consider a term on the LWRC Board of Directors? Positions include President, Vice President, Secretary (or co-secretaries), Captains (or co-captains), and Treasurer (or co-treasurers). You’ll find the job descriptions at the end of this article. The Club membership will vote on officers and captains at our annual meeting, scheduled for Sunday, January 13th at the boathouse. If you are interested in running for office, please submit your name and a brief paragraph explaining why you want to run and outlining your qualifications by December 31st. You can email them, or any questions, to Marcie Sillman, [email protected]. If you miss this deadline you can still be added to the ballot before January 13 annual meeting. Board Position Descriptions: President Presides over all meetings of the Club and the Board; appoints committee heads and may establish committees for special purposes; presides over small jobs as needed.

Vice-President Assumes the duties of the President in his or her absence. Often takes on special projects for the Operating Board. Secretary Keeps minutes of Club meetings; publishes and edits the Club newsletter and corresponds with the different club programs for articles and updates. Treasurer Develops the annual budget, collects all bills, and pays all expenses; monitors and reports on the financial condition of the Club and maintains membership accounts; oversees fundraising projects. Captain Directs equipment use, regatta entries and boathouse maintenance; establishes rules for the use of boats, assigns boats to be used in competitions, assigns storage rack space, and maintains an inventory of the Club equipment; processes Club regatta entries as required. The position can be shared by two members, preferably one sculling captain and one sweep captain.

Rowing Across Cultures Photos by Dennis Williams

LWRC was honored to have Japan’s Shimane University participate in this year’s Head of the Lake. Shimane University, located in Matsue City on the western side of the main Japanese island of Honshu, is the first Asian crew to participate in Seattle’s annual fall regatta. The trip was organized by Seattle resident Koko Kimura, who moved to Seattle from Tokyo as a student, and her father Fumio Kimura, president of the university’s rowing association. LWRC hosted a reception for the Japanese team on Friday Nov. 9 at Columbia Center Club in downtown Seattle. The crew team introduced themselves and recited their seat number in English to great applause. The Shimane Univesity rowing team presented Regatta Director Ben Porter with a plaque displaying the Lake Washington club oar together with the College team’s oars. Despite stormy conditions, the crew no doubt enjoyed their visit to Seattle. A language barrier did not deter the foreign rowers from making many new friends. As I was walking along the trailers that lined the parking lots on Northlake Way, I saw the entire team run up to several college and high school crews to get photos with their fellow teammates. -Tina Cha Top Left: Evan Jacobs finds a common language with the Japanese college rowers: technology. Top Right: from left John Stewart, Fumio Kimura and Ben Porter. Middle Right: The Shimane University crew on race day. Bottom Right: LWRC Members and Shimane University athletes gather together for a group photo at the Columbia Center Club reception. Photos provided by Dennis Williams

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Head of the Lake Photos Photos by Wendy Young

Top Left: Theresa Batty and Susan Kinne, racing in the Masters 8+ with Watercat; Top Right: Stroke Josh Proctor, Carl Russell, Doug Banks, Mike Rucier and coxswain Scott McConnel racing in the Masters 4+; Center: In the triple, stroke Evan Jacobs, Matt Crouthamel and Tyler Peterson; Bottom Left: Amanda Lee in the Open 1X; Bottom Right: Andrew Jaffray, one of many members who volunteered countless hours for the annual regatta. Photos provided by Wendy Young.

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2007 Head of the Lake Wrap-up Julie Smith

Head of the Lake Regatta! A subject for discussion among you Lake Washington Rowing Club members now and for the new year. What kind of regatta do we want, where and when? We as a club must make major decisions about our annual regatta. Indeed, you’ll be hearing about the subject from your new board in January. Meanwhile, those of us on the organizing committee want to acknowledge that some things need to be done differently and/or better about our club’s historic regatta (safety, first aide, communication, launch driver training, cox meeting). We also want to acknowledge that some aspects of the 2007 HOTL went well (profitable merchandise sales, vendors, registration, volunteers) and we want to thank all of you who helped. Here are some comments on some aspects of the event: Visiting Japanese team A dozen Shimane University men traveled all the way from Matsue City on the western side of the main Japanese island of Honshu to be the first Asian crew to participate in Seattle’s annual fall regatta. The trip was organized by Seattle resident Koko Kimura, who moved to Seattle from Tokyo as a student, and it was sponsored by her father, Fumio Kimura, president of the university’s rowing association. “We chose the Head of the Lake because it is the biggest race on the West Coast of the United States,” said Fumio Kimura. “I want to show the students Seattle’s wonderful rowing environment.” Thank you, John Stewart and Howard Lee, who helped orchestrate the Japanese team’s trip and reception. Volunteers For starters, we applaud your volunteer efforts! HOTL requires roughly 250 volunteer jobs, many of them shifts (merchandise sales, for example). You volunteers numbered more than 225, including those of you who doubled and even tripled duties. Roughly half of all club members volunteered for jobs, mostly on race weekend and some during race week or before.

At least 25 of you volunteers aren’t even club members, but are friends and family of members. At least one volunteer had no connection to the club but was intrigued by the buoy deflating job involving beer and pizza. Patty Seebeck, sorority house mother at the University of Washington, helped clean up trash and deflate buoys. Lots of you signed up early and jumped in when you saw a job uncovered (such as too few packet pickup people). You truly got into the spirit of a team effort. Clever award goes to Jana Lauderbaugh and her Sunday morning merchandise sales team. After being besieged with questions about Visa and MasterCard, the team got the bright idea to tape their foreheads with the message: “Yes, we accept credit cards.” Note to sign maker: Need sign with this message. Grace under pressure award goes to production wizard Jannie Curtin who turned thin material at the last minute into a suitable regatta program. Praise also went to the vendors and the setup for them. Starbucks hospitality van was a big hit, and the vendors appreciated both their spaces and their space heaters. Media HOTL made the news big time, thanks partly to stormy weather, but thanks mostly to the efforts of HOTL’s communications manager Mike McQuaid. He reports that the regatta received 47 separate media mentions including preview and day-of-event coverage in key Washington State newspapers including Seattle Times, Seattle PI, Tacoma News Tribune, The Olympian, Kitsap Sun and Spokesman Review along with Outdoors NW. And, moving on to next year Here’s your first volunteer call for next year’s HOTL. As summarized by Barbara Colven, here’s this year’s HOTL organizing committee’s wish list for planning HOTL 2008: 1- One detail-oriented person in charge as committee director. Work with committee members to establish written guidelines and schedule tasks and completion dates. Need an administrative person who understands how to motivate people and how to plan strategically such as structuring committees and establishing communication. continued on page 5

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Captains’ Corner KC Dietz and Rachel McGovern

Safe Winter Rowing: Winter can be a wonderful time to row. There are fewer pleasure boats on the water and the weather can be very calm, making for meditative conditions. However, the water is cold, which means you must take safety precautions when rowing. The best defense is to row with other members, have a Personal Floatation Device (PFD) on board or on your body, have your cell phone in a waterproof container, wear bright clothing and use lights in the dark. There are many marine equipment stores in close proximity to the boathouse where a PFD, waterproof bags and lights can be purchased. Conor has lights for sale. JL clothing, located on Stone Way, has bright outerwear for sale that is great for rowing. Honor Thy Neighbor: Be quiet: Houseboat occupants are asleep in the early morning. Please honor our neighbors by lowering your voice, your cox box and reducing any other extraneous noise on the docks. Club Boat Use and Reservation System: • You may reserve the same club boat during the week ONCE by putting a sign on the boat with the day and time you wish to reserve. Otherwise, boat use is FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED. • General Use boats do not require permission to use if you are a competent rower and have passed your flip test. If you are unsure which boat to use, please ask your captains. • RESTRICTED USE boats are just that - RESTRICTED. We have many fragile boats available for club use, but you may not decide for yourself if you can row them. A few of these boats may not be used every day. They will be used primarily for RACING. You must ASK PERMISSION from the captains. Thank you for your cooperation. Winter Training (for those so inclined): We encourage you to continue your training through the winter. • WEIGHT LIFTING: Kate and John Brooks have offered many tips for weight training designed for rowers in previous newsletters. Check them out again! • ERGS: If you are participating in the Concept 2 Challenges this winter, getting ready for Ergomania in January or just staying fit off the water, the Concept 2 web site has lots of training tips (www.concept2.com). • SPEED TRIALS: If you are planning to race in San Diego or Opening Day or just want to challenge yourself, start tim-

ing in small boats between the Ballard and Fremont Bridge. The course is approximately 2300 meters. Log your time in the Speed Log notebook on the sign out desk! Spring/Summer Racing: • Sound Rower racing starts in early February. North American Open Water Championships will be held in the San Francisco area this summer. Check out the schedule at www. Soundrowers.org • San Diego Crew Classic: Please let the captains know if you are interested. Entries are already available. • Opening Day: Early interest sign up will be posted after the first of the year. • Henley Veterans Regatta, July 13-14: Is anyone interested in attending? Please consult the following website for information: www.utrc.org.uk/events/hvr/vet.html • Northwest Masters Regionals to be announced soon.

Head of the Lake con’t from page 4 2- One administrative assistant to support the HOTL committee director, send meeting agendas, take meeting notes, etc. 3- One or more sponsor chairs who understand that obtaining sponsors is an art requiring excellent writing skills, good presentation knowledge, and time spent to insure successful handling. Membership feedback and HOTL committee planning will begin in January. Stay tuned! - Julie Smith for the 2007 HOTL organizing committee

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Theresa Batty, Developmental Sculling Theresa trained with the national team pre-elite lightweights from 1986-1989. In 1989 she was selected as an alternate for the National team. She won several U.S. titles and competed in Canada and Europe. Theresa started the crew program (with Cath Johnson) at The Evergreen State College. She’s coached at Green Lake, Mt. Baker and Stockholm rowing club.

Competitive Sculling Group (206-547-1583) The competitive sculling group is coached by Bill Tytus and Frank Cunningham. The purpose of this group is to improve your sculling (although we are occasionally visited by pairs, which we welcome) through conditioning and technique. Practice Times: 5:30 AM Monday - Friday; 6:30 AM Saturday Coached practices are on Wedensday and Saturday

Conor Bullis, Mixed Sweep Team Conor has also coached several Oregon crews, including Corvallis Rowing Club, Willamette University and most recently Oregon State. Conor rowed for Oregon State four four years, and was the JV8 Team Captain. Conor is also coaching at Lakeside.

Sculling Technique (Hugh Lade, 206-524-7591) For LWRC members who seek intensive technique instruction, whether they are experienced competitive scullers or recent Learnto-Scull graduates. Instruction mirrors the technique and drills taught in the Competitive Sculling Group, but without the conditioning workouts. Participants choose wherries or racing singles, rowing with an instructor rowing alongside to demonstrate drills and describe movement, sound and feel. We expect you to become a skilled, efficient sculler who understands how and why a boat moves fast. Practice Times: 6:00-7:30 AM Monday and Thursday Newcomers should contact Hugh prior to joining. [email protected]

Frank Cunningham, Coach to all Frank started rowing as a schoolboy in 1937. Stroked during his years at Harvard, winning numerous races. His heavyweight 8+ at Harvard was inducted into the Rowing Hall of Fame in 1975. Coached Seattle Junior Crew, Lakeside School Crew, and many LWRC crews. Andi Day, Evening League Andi began coxing,rowing and coaching at her alma mater, WSU. She was one of the founding members of Kenai Crewsers and Anchorage Rowing Association in Alaska. She served several years on the ARA board, a year as the Team Manager, and has coached Learn-to-Row, Masters, and Juniors. Hugh Lade, Sculling Technique Hugh raced in college (and summers at LWRC in the mid-’60s) and as a master, winning US and Canadian national titles. He leads the twice-weekly Sculling Technique sessions and instructs beginning and intermediate Learn-To-Scull classes. Anna Noble, Intermediate/Advanced Sculling Anna joined LWRC in 1995, as a part of the collegiate summer program. Since then she has competed, both sculling and sweep, for a variety of clubs at numerous races throughout the U.S. and Canada. She has coached youths and adults, sweep and sculling, beginners and advanced rowers. Bill Tytus, Competitive Scullers Bill has raced at the national level since high school. Won Junior Nationals (4+), 2nd at IRAs in college (8+), placed 2nd in Diamond Sculls at Henley (1x), stroked US 8+ at European Championships, 2nd at PanAm Games in 1x. Coached UW Men’s lightweight crew. An LWRC member for almost 40 years and an LWRC coach for almost 20, Bill has coached Masters and Junior National Champions. John Tytus, Mixed Sweep Team John rowed four years in college, trained at many USRowing and Elite camps. Highlights include the silver medal at National Championships in the Senior 4-. John began coaching the MST in 2001. His crews have won gold in regattas across the country. Molly Zeaske, Evening League

Fridays with Frank (206-547-1583) This group of women scullers focuses on rowing larger boats with a goal of racing. This is not a group for beginners. Participants should have mastered fundamental sculling technique, and have passed the flip test. Practice Times 5:30 AM Fridays Martha’s Moms (Lynne Robins, 425-825-9843) The Moms have a history of rowing competitively that spans over two decades. We welcome new members. Women 27+ years of age with some rowing experience should contact us. Practice Times: 5:15 AM Tuesday, Thursdays; 6:00 AM Saturday Info: Lynne Robins, 2007 Captain: [email protected] Nancy Richards, Member Liaison, [email protected] Mixed Sweep Team, (John Tytus, 206-251-4789; Conor Bullis, 206-547-1583) The LWRC Mixed Sweep Team rows eights and fours, with an emphasis on skill building and preparation for competition. This developmental program accommodates rowers from intermediate to advanced skill levels. Both men and women, lightweights and nonlightweights, masters and non-masters, are encouraged to show up and will be boated appropriately. Practice Times: 5:00 AM Tuesday, Thursday; 6:00 AM Saturday Evening League (206-547-1583) The Evening League program welcomes people with some skill who want to row recreationally and have a good time. The group is perfect those who want to stay in shape, receive coaching, and might want to try racing. After Thursday rowing we often go out to a local Fremont establishment for social hour. Practice Times: 6:30 - 8:15 PM Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays

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