Winter Season Holiday Edition
The Catch Issue #5
LOCR Newsletter
December 15, 2023
Upcoming Events
12/16 • Christmas Ships Fleet 5:30 p.m. • Come hang out and watch from the dolphin above the boat house!
12/18 • No Practice for Middle School Team
12/17 • Early Boys in the Boat viewing • Bridgeport Regal Cinema • Officially premieres in theatre on 12/25. (P.S. LOCR is looking into a private club movie social function at the Lake Oswego theatre in late winter/early spring when the theatre is willing to show the film)
12/23 - 1/6 • LOCR will be closed for the holidays and there will be no practice for all teams
1/6 • Boat Maintenance 101 Workshop for Masters 10 a.m.-noon (session full)
1/8 • Practice resumes for all teams. Collegiate Winter Season begins. Happy New Year!
1/9 • LOCR Monthly Board Meeting 7:00 p.m. • Row studio and by Zoom
1/15 • Martin Luther King Jr. Day • No practice
2/3 • LOCR River Cruise • Save the date • Invitation open to all athletes and families/+1s. Details forthcoming!
2/24 or 2/25 • Ergathon Fundraiser (all teams) • Save the date
Winter Training is in Full Swing!
LOCR athletes are in conditioning mode and working hard to get strong and be in top form for spring sprinting season! If you or your youth athlete still wish to join in the erg fun, you can still do so. Spring regatta schedule to be posted by mid-January for athlete planning purposes.
LOCR welcomes our new administrative assistant, Sherry Busch! Sherry will assist with programming registration and other club business to help us operate more efficiently and respond to member questions and needs promptly.
End-of-Year Celebrations
The Collegiate Team hosted a mini-ergathon and potluck brunch on November 19. Rowers sprinted 500m before quickly switching rowers and rotating through their teams until completing 20k! Well done teams!
The high-school rowers (Novice and Varsity) had their end-of-season party on December 3. These kids had a great time celebrating their whirl-wind, successful fall season.
Award Recipients for Novice Team: Noelle Robinson (Coaches); Griffin Reim (Most Improved Athlete); Cash Sattelberger (Leadership); Mati Houk (Coxswain)
Award Recipients for Varsity Team: Emma Skalsky (Coaches); Saxon Kitchin (Most Improved Athlete); Connor Kelly (Leadership); Laurel Vanagas (Coxswain)
Thank you for your feedback! We hear you!
As discussed at our recent board meeting, we appreciate our members’ time in completing the recent engagement survey. LOCR has faced some challenges this year, and we are grateful for our members’ support and input on ways we can improve their experience at LOCR. It is clear that we’ve made some great strides but/and we have work to do in the coming year. Please feel free to reach out to board members and coaches with your ideas and comments anytime, and please consider joining our monthly board meetings (remote participation is always available). Your Board is working hard to make this club a great place to row!
LOCR is Recruiting!
LOCR is recruiting for a Director of Rowing and coaching positions for Head Masters, RowFitness, and Learn to Row (these positions may be combined). Please see job postings on LOCR website and consider sharing within your networks.
https://lorowing.com/jobs
Boatswains Needed!
Winter season is a great opportunity to get our fleet in order. Once the spring starts, we’ll be off to the races for nine months before we get another breather. We are looking for Masters, Youth, and parents who would be interested in helping with our winter fleet maintenance program. We need everything from organization, cleaning, minor repair, and painting. Join the #boat-maintenance channel in slack or talk to your coach about helping out! Please also be on the lookout for future Boat Maintenance 101 Workshop opportunities for all teams.