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Congrats to Mike for Bringing Bronze back to the Upper Valley!

Mike van Beuren represented UVRF at the European Indoor Rowing Championships in Dresden, Germany, on December 15, 2007. Mike brought home a bronze medal in the Mens 50-59 lightweight division with a time of 6:46.6. In February, Mike is headed to Crash Bs in Boston and would welcome training company on the erg in preparation for this competition and/or the spring season. Contact Mike at mikvan52.cs.com. Congratulations!

December Newsletter

November Board Meeting Minutes

UVRF Annual Meeting

December 1, 2008
2-4pm
Richard W. Black Recreation Center
Hanover, NH

"Golden" UVRF rowers at the Head of the Fish!

UVRF Rowers finished their 2007 racing season with spectacular results at the Head of the Fish in Saratoga Springs on October 28th. The course conditions were a bit windy and choppy but the sun was shining!

Peter Kermond and Carin Reynolds took 1st place in the Mixed Master Double event completing the course in just 12:27 minutes.
Jen Friend rowed a strong race in the Women's Master Lightweight 1x event finishing 4th, just 3 seconds behind 3rd place. Way to go, Jen!
Women's Masters Eight A boat won their event with Heidi Lange, Adina Roskies, Rowan Carroll, Deb Smith, Brenda Sirovich, April Harkness, Jen Friend, Brenda Vale and Jeff Dwyer (coxswain).
Women's Masters B boat won also took 1st place in their event, bringing home a lovely fishhead trophy and leading the 2nd place boat by 32 seconds! Congrats to Monica Descamps, Kristen Fountain, Dashiell Rae, Marty Mundy, Terry Phelps, Elizabeth Glenshaw, Karen Sluzenski, Nancy Carter and Anna Gronauer (coxswain).

October Newsletter

2008 UVRF Director Job Descriptions

October Board Meeting Minutes

Congratulations UVRF Rowers on a Successful Head of the Charles!

A 3rd (or 4th) place finish went to the amazing mixed quad crew of Peter Kermond, Carin Reynolds, Paul Gross (sitting in for T Swayze) and Liz Marshall! Peter also rowed with longtime rowing partner Tony Kilbridge in the Master Doubles event placing 5th.

Congratulations to Andy Steele who finished his first HoC race looking strong as he crossed that finish line in the Grand-Master Singles event. Liz Marshall, a veteran of racing at the HoC, finished 11th in the Grand-Master Singles Women's event. T Swayze finished 8th in the Senior-Veteran Men's Singles.

Blair Brooks, Fred Cressman, Win Piper, Tim Cox, and Sienna Chu (coxswain) placed 14th in the Senior Master Fours event. Both Win and Sienna racing at the HoC for the first time.

Dick Grossman coxed Team Attager to a course-record win in the Men's Senior Master 8's 50+, way faster than the 1980 Olympic boat!

The UVRF Competitive Women's boats rounded out the weekend of racing with a 7th place finish for the Master Eights (Rowan Carroll, Carin Reynolds, Adina Roskies, Kristen Fountain, April Harkness, Monica Descamps, Brenda Sirovich, Jen Friend and Mike Quinn(coxswain)) and an 8th place finish for the Senior Master Eights (Leslie Sonder, Deb Smith, Terri Phelps, Elizabeth Glenshaw, Dashiell Rae, Anne Steele, Karen Sluzenski, Nancy Carter and Vinny Fusca (coxswain)).

UVRF crews have secured 3 guaranteed entries for 2008, mark your calendar and see you in Boston!

Heading to Boston for the Head of the Charles? Be sure to catch the following UVRF rowers and cheer them on!

Sat 20th

8:30 am Grand-Master Singles (50+) Men : Andy Steele #44
8:51 am Grand-Master Singles (50+) Women: Liz Marshall #6
10:08 am Senior Master Eights (50+) Women: Competitve Women's team #7
10:26 am Senior Master Fours (50+) Men: Fred Cressman, Win Piper, Blair Brooks, Tim Cox, Sienna Chu (coxswain) #15
2:41 pm Master Doubles (40+) Men: Peter Kermond #5
3:05 pm Master Eights Women: Competitive Women's team #9

Sun 21st

12:59pm Directors Challenge Quad Mixed: T Swayze, Liz Marshall, Peter Kermond, Carin Reynolds

Operational Board Memo - The 2007 UVRF Board of Directors has voted to change the organizational structure of the club to an all-volunteer club, which should make the club financially healthier and better incorporate the interests and energy of its members.

Beginning with the 2008 Board of Directors, each director will have an area of operations which he/she is responsible for overseeing, supported by a group of member volunteers. At the annual membership meeting, which has been moved to December 1, 2007 (location TBD), 2007 UVRF members will choose the director of each of these positions by voting either for the slated candidate or an independent candidate.

If you are interested in filling one of these positions, please email Elizabeth Glenshaw, UVRF secretary and nominating committee member. The October newsletter, which will be arriving shortly, contains more details about this change as well as a look forward into 2008.

September Board Minutes