Fall Regattas:
Spring Regattas:
Fall Regattas:
ABOUT THE REGATTA: This is our closest regatta of the fall. Located in Northeast Portland (next to OMSI), this race course travels right through the heart of downtown Portland. This is a one day regatta with no over-night stay. As the regatta nears, check out the Rose City Rowing Club site.
To view the course, go to YouTube video link.
TRANSPORTATION: Our Transportation Coordinator will contact you via our Listserve prior to the regatta. Please let them know if you need a ride, can provide a ride, or are going on your own. They will coordinate carpooling for everyone. Please bring $10 if you are traveling in another athletes car to help with gas. This is a one day regatta, so plan on leaving Eugene early and getting home late on Saturday.
FOOD: The team will provide breakfast and lunch. Athletes will be on their own for any food needed/wanted during travel.
TRANSPORTATION: Rowers and their families will head up to Seattle on their own the Friday before the regatta. Transportation for these regattas will be by carpool in private vehicles. Please let the Transportation Coordinator know how your athlete is getting to/from the regattas. If you are taking other athletes, please remember that you are responsible for transporting to/from regattas. If you are traveling in someone elses car please bring $10 to help with gas.
Athletes will need to help with the boats at Green Lake (5900 W Green Lake N) on Friday evening.
ACCOMMODATIONS: Rowers arrive at University Prep School no earlier than 8 p.m. and no later than 9 p.m.
University Prep is at 8000 25th Ave NE. It is in a residential area, just a bit tricky to get to, so you are encouraged to access mapquest (or similar) for directions. See BELOW for driving directions. Bring your sleeping gear, toiletries, and towels, because there are showers. There will be parent chaperones sleeping on site.
Parent volunteers will be checking athletes in at the school gym. Be sure to let them know you are there. The school is not available for earlier check in and on Saturday morning all rowers need to consolidate their belongings on to the bleachers, as the school will be used for other activities during the day. There will be no access to the gym during the day. We are very grateful to University Prep for letting us use their gym and so we must take care with the facilities. On Sunday morning, the gym must be swept clean. University Prep personnel will inspect the facility at 8 a.m.
Families are on their own for dinner both Friday and Saturday nights. Families are on their own for lodging in Seattle. See information below for some hotel ideas.
Saturday morning comes VERY early. Parents are responsible for transporting their athletes and those in their carpool to and from the lake. The coaches will give the line ups and exact times for the events on Saturday.
You can access Frostbite regatta information by going to the Green Lake website. There is stadium type seating where you can view the races, but the cement can be cold and damp so you might want to bring a blanket or stadium chair and settle in at the finish line or other views of the race.
The coaches will announce what time the athletes all need to leave the gym on Sunday morning for Head of the Lake, but check in time on Saturday evening is the same (between 8-9:00p.m.). On Sunday morning two parent volunteers, will sweep the gym after the athletes have departed (but be sure to double and triple check yourself to make sure you have all your personal items).
Head of the Lake
Sunday's race is a long one and viewing is great! Here is a great course map. In the past parents have watched along the water near the Montlake Blvd Bridge (called "the cut") or from the bridge itself. Staging for the trailers and boats is at Husky Stadium (University of Washington).
FOOD: There is warm nutritious food at the food tent for rowers and their families, including breakfast and lunch. Dinner is on your own, please bring money for Friday and Saturday dinners.
ATHLETES: Bring snacks for the car, water bottle filled with water, cash for dinner and gas contribution to give to driver. Remember uni and JL and warm clothes, socks, many changes of clothing, etc.
HOTEL IDEAS
Free amenities such as Internet and breakfast are shown. Be sure to ask for discount options, AAA, AARP etc. No OAR group rates were offered.
1. Travelodge North has one and two bed rooms. Internet, Breakfast. A moderately priced hotel convenient to both University Prep and Green Lake. Recommendations from prior OAR guests range from so-so to poor, but location good.
2. University Inn, an up-scale University District hotel convenient to Green Lake, but some 40 blocks distance from University Prep.
3. Silver Cloud Hotel. Internet and Breakfast. An upscale University District Hotel convenient to green Lake, but about 30 blocks south of University Prep. Popular with parents in prior years
4. Hotel Deca. An all suite upscale hotel. Free Internet A University District Boutique Hotel close to I-5 and convenient to Green lake, but some 35 blocks south of University Prep.
5. Travelodge University. A moderately priced University District hotel, but has poor reviews from parents who have stayed in years past. Also about 35 blocks to U.P.
6. University Motel. A nice reasonably priced university district hotel favored by a few rower parents in past years. Reasonably close to Green Lake. Not convenient to University Prep.
7. For those on a more frugal budget, there are numerous hotels in the Sea-Tac Airport area. These are perhaps 35-40 minutes from Green Lake. Try Travelocity.com for a good selection, and a map and directions.
8. More from Google: follow this link
Spring Regattas:
This is OAR's home regatta on Dexter Lake. This is a great opportunity to see your athlete without much travel and to get hands-on experience in running a regatta.
TRANSPORTATION: Parking is limited. Please allow time to park in Lowell and catch the shuttle to the lake. (30 minutes). Remember: athletes are NOT allowed to drive themselves to the lake, please make arrangements for carpooling or dropping your athlete off.
FOOD: Breakfast and lunch are provided.
VOLUNTEERS: We cannot do this regatta with our whole club! Please watch for emails regarding volunteer opportunities.
Brentwood Regatta (Mill Bay, B.C., Canada) - April 23-25, 2010
PASSPORTS: Please obtain or renew your passport EARLY (by January).
TRANSPORTATION: We leave VERY early on Thursday morning from the SEHS paring lot, and we do NOT wait for late arrivals.
Please be sure too have your passport ready when boarding the bus. Passports will be collected as you are boarding the bus and kept in a lock box until you arrive back at South late on Sunday/early Monday morning.
It's a very long bus ride. Please bring things to keep yourself entertained. Remember, you can bring DVD's or VHS's as long as they are rated PG-13 or lower to watch on the bus.
ATTIRE: Please bring something nice to wear (slacks, collard shirts or blouses, dress, or skirts) for the ferry ride.
You will also need your regular regatta clothing: UNI and JL. Lots of extra socks, plenty of clothes for both cold/wet weather and sunshine, a warm coat, sweatshirts, hat, lots of layers.
ACCOMMODATIONS: Athletes and a few chaperones will be staying in the gym at the Brentwood College School. Please remember your: Personal toiletries, a towel and washcloth. Sleeping bag, pillow, and sleeping pad. Ear plugs, eye mask, cold medicine are usually good things to have for the gym as well.
Families are on their own for accommodations. Some ideas for lodging.
FOOD: The team will provide breakfasts, lunches, and snacks, but you will need to purchase your own dinners. There are several places within walking distance to choose from. Athletes will be responsible for their own food on the way to and from Canada (all meals on Thursday, dinner and snaks on Sunday), and dinner Friday and Saturday. There are ATM machines on the campus and nearby town. (U.S. currancy is widely accepted in Mill Bay).
TRANSPORTATION: Rowers and their families will head up to Vancouver, Wa. on their own the Thursday before the regatta. Transportation for this regatta will be by carpool in private vehicles. Please let the Transportation Coordinator know how your athlete is getting to/from the regatta. If you are taking other athletes, please remember that you are responsible for transporting them to/from the regatta. If you are traveling in another crew members car please bring $10 to help with gas.
ACCOMMODATIONS: The athletes stay at the The Comfort Inn in Vancouver, at the same exit the regatta is on (4th Plain Blvd in Wa.) We try to reserve a block of rooms for parents as well. However, space is limited, please call to book your room early. Rooms are first come-first served. Our group is listed under the Oregon Association of Rowers - OAR, and we try to establish a group rate.
FOOD: The team will provide breakfast and lunch on Friday and Saturday, breakfast only on Sunday. Athletes are on their own for dinner on Friday and Saturday, and for the travel to and from Vancouver, Wa.
ABOUT THE REGATTA: This is our last regatta of the year, and is our time to show what we have been working for all season. Races begin Friday morning and end mid-day on Sunday.
