Parents Regatta Guide

Regatta Primer

TRANSPORTATION

Team does not provide transportation.
Rowers are responsible for getting themselves to and from the regatta.
Rowers are due at the team boat trailer 2 hours before race time for away races; 1/5 hours for Cooper River events.
Many families car-pool. Often rowers in same boat travel as a group.

Schuylkill River Rower Drop Off and Pick Up

GPS address for boathouse: 2200 Kelly Drive, Philadelphia 19129.
You cannot see boathouse from the road.
Google Map for St Joe's Boathouse HERE . As you can see from map, if you can cross over Strawberry Mansion bridge you save some time.
During regattas - Kelly Drive closed to traffic from Fountain Green Drive to Strawberry Mansion/Reservoir Drive.

Directions

Schuylkill Expressway West out of Phila (I-76 West)
Take Exit 340A (Lincoln Drive/Kelly Drive). Exits to right.
End of ramp can only turn right.
Move quickly to far left lane as cross bridge and take Kelly Drive exit (on left)
Merge onto Kelly Drive and continue to Rower Drop Off (about a mile).
After drop off, you'll be directed up Reservoir Drive / Strawberry Mansion.

ARRIVAL

For off-site events, rowers must arrive 2 hours before their race. For Cooper River, arrival time is 1 1/2 hrs.
Race times posted on blog 2 days before event.
Rowers report to the boat trailer. (location is texted to them by team captains).
Allow sufficient travel time, and check traffic reports.

TEAM TENT

Tent is central meeting site for team, family members and supporters.
A group of 3-4 parents serve as tent hosts and are collectively responsible for set up, providing/serving food (rowers, coaches and guests), maintaining the buffet, and clean up. Club chuck wagon holds basic supplies (staples, paper goods, cutlery, cooking utensils, grill) and Club provides water. Chuck wagon transported separately.
Tent is set up ready to serve 1 hour before first race. Tent closes after rowers in last race have been fed.
Location is sent out to all parents via Remind on morning of race day.

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