Beach Crew’s 2012 spring racing season opened last weekend during the annual SoCal Opening Day Regatta in Newport Harbor hosted by UC Irvine. We want to thank all parents, alumni, and friends for supporting our athletes. The weather was amazing and it was a great day for a regatta!

The women’s teams race on the March 24 in Newport Harbor for Orange Coast’s Berg. Don’t forget to make reservations to come down and enjoy the San Diego Crew Classic on Mission Bay in San Diego, later this month, March 31 – April 1.

The Western Intercollegiate Rowing Championships (WIRA) is on April 28-29 at the Sacramento State Aquatic Center on Lake Natoma near Folsom and Sacramento. Great room rates are still available in Rancho Cordova at the Hampton Inn and other local hotels.

Both WIRA and Crew Classic provide great racing in spectacular venues! Don’t miss the chance to come out and support Beach Crew and enjoy several weekends on the water!

Stay tuned to the B-Newsline for the rest of our schedule.

GO BEACH!

One eventful day it will be! Please join Beach Crew, members of the Beach Crew Alumni Association, and the community of the Pete Archer Rowing Center on Saturday, November 12, for the annual Long Beach Fall Collegiate Invitational Regatta and several other events following the races.

Join us at 8:00 AM as the Varsity crews of, The Beach, UCLA, UCSB, USC, UCI, LMU, SDSU and Chapman University, face off in a 4000 meter head race down the historic Marine Stadium, through Alamitos Bay, and around Naples Island, finishing at Second Street. At 8:30 AM, Novice crews begin several rounds of 850 meter sprints inside Marine Stadium.

Breakfast will be served free-of-charge for all athletes through the generous support of the Seal Beach Lions Club and the Beach Crew Alumni Association. The parents, CSULB community, and members of the Pete Archer Rowing Center, are invited to join us for a $2 min. donation to the team.

Alumni of the team are encouraged to participate in the Beach Crew Alumni Association’s Annual Meeting at 10:30 AM to hear about BCA’s future alumni events, latest support efforts to the team, and to elect the Board of Directors for the next season.

The Beach is wrapping up the 2011 spring racing season this month. The 2011 Western Intercollegiate Rowing Assoc. Championship regatta was a challenge, yet rewarding event for all the athletes. 17 MPH winds (30 MPH gusts) brushed through the course on Friday and during heats on Saturday with chilling weather in the low 40′s. Here are the highlights.

The Men’s Varsity 4+ finished 6th in the petite final for a 12th place on the west coast ranking. The Men’s Pair got 3rd in their petites for a 9th place west coast ranking. Both the Women’s Varsity and Novice 4+ finished 1st in their petite finals for a 7th place west coast ranking.

The Women’s Lightweight 4+ was in the grand final on Sunday morning placing 6th in the conference.

See the results at GoWira.org