FDR Crew 2015 Parents / Rowers Meeting 1 FDR Crew – 2015 Season Coaching Staff Varsity Girls: Boys: Novice Girls: Boys: Race Schedule (some dates tentative) Date Race Location Kate Brownson [email protected] March 21 HRRA Indoor Sprints Marist College April 18 W.A.R. Meet Hudson River, Pok Harry Harrington [email protected] April 19 Spackenkill Hudson River, Pok April 24-26 Saratoga Invitational Fish Creek, Saratoga May 1-2 Triangulars Hudson River, Pok May 9-10 NY State Championships Fish Creek, Saratoga May 15-16 Stotesbury Cup Schuykill River, Phila May TBD HVRL Novice Championships Lake Meahagh, Verplanck May 22-23 SRAA National Championships Camden, NJ May 30 HVRL Championships Hudson River, Pok May 31 Row for the Cure Hudson River, Pok Sue Benfield [email protected] Evan Quest [email protected] 489-8718 * Blue dates indicate novice participation 2 FDR Crew - HPRA Hyde Park Rowing Association (Exec. Board) President: Jim Burns [email protected] Treasurer: Dave Follis [email protected] Vice President: Sue Cerulli [email protected] Secretary: Shirley Monteleone-Harrington [email protected] Board of Directors Meetings Board meetings are open to all members and you are encourage to attend. Please note that there will be several vacant positions on the Board of Directors; please consider becoming part of the Board next year. If interested, please contact any current board member Upcoming Meetings (at Boathouse @ 7:00PM): March 3, April 7, May 5 3 FDR Crew – 2015 Complete Calendar Date Race Location March 7 Applebee's Breakfast Applebee's March 16 Novice Start Date March 18 Novice Swim Test Marlboro HS March 21 HRRA Indoor Sprints Marist College March 22 Flower Call-in March 28 Flower Pick-up March 28 Payment 1 of Installment Due April 11 Amazing Race to the River April 17 Payment 2 of Installment Due April 18 W.A.R. Meet Hudson River, Pok April 18 Darby's Fundraiser Darby's, Hyde Park April 19 Spackenkill Hudson River, Pok April 24-26 Saratoga Invitational Fish Creek, Saratoga May 1 Triangulars Picnic / Auction Hudson River, Pok May 1-2 Triangulars Hudson River, Pok May 9-10 NY State Championships Fish Creek, Saratoga May 15-16 Stotesbury Cup Schuykill River, Phila May TBD HVRL Novice Championships Lake Meahagh, Verplanck May 22-23 SRAA National Championships Camden, NJ May 30 HVRL Championships Hudson River, Pok May 31 Row for the Cure Hudson River, Pok June 2 Awards Banquet Rogers Point, Hyde Park FDR HS Cafeteria Begins at FDR HS 4 Who Pays for What? Hyde Park School District Hyde Park Rowing Association Coaches, transportation, entry fees, insurance, hotel rooms for coaches/bus drivers at away races Boathouse Lease, rowing tank usage, shells, equipment, misc. parts & maintenance, scholarships Parents Boathouse fee, hotels and food for away races, uniforms Parking fee @ home races (Spring season passes available) 5 HPRA - 2015 Budget Income Boathouse Fee Fundraisers Other Total Income $36,000 $1,000 $300 $37,300 Business-As-Usual Expenses Boathouse Fees / Tank Usage Parts/Repairs Meals @ Races / Trailer Expenses Race Related Expenses Insurance / Dues Scholarships Novice Uniforms Other (Admin, bank fees, etc.) $15,500 $3,600 $5,450 $3,775 $1,245 $500 $300 $1,500 Total BAU Expenses $31,870 New "8" Purchase $29,160 Total 2015 Expenses $61,030 Net income allows for purchase of racing shells 6 HPRA - 2015 Budgeted Expense ($32K) 7 Boathouse Fee 95% of HPRA budget is funded by “boathouse fee” FDR Boathouse Fee: Payment schedule, if preferred – installment plan with 3 payments Payment #1: $50 at parent meeting (registration fee) Payment #2: Due March 28th Payment #3: Due April 17th Varsity $225 per payment Novice $200 per payment Payment placed in an envelope, can be placed in the lock box within the FDR bay at boathouse (DO NOT PUT UNSECURED CASH IN THE LOCK BOX). If leaving CASH, put in and envelope w/ rowers name and purpose of payment To minimize your out of pocket cost: Varsity Rowers $500 Payment by check made payable to HPRA Novice Rowers $450 Profits received from the Flower Sale and Sponsor T-Shirt will go directly to Boathouse fee. If your individual profit exceeds the cost of the Boathouse fee, it will be applied toward charges for hotels for away races DO NOT KEEP ANY OF THE MONEY FROM THE FLOWER SALE. THE PROFIT WILL BE CALCULATED AFTER ALL ORDERS & MONEY HAS BEEN COLLECTED 8 Hyde Park Rowing Association – Fundraisers Profit to reduce rower’s boathouse fee Flower Sale Sponsor T-Shirts (Separate handout) Proceeds direct to HPRA budget Applebee’s Pancake Breakfast / Darby’s Event Amazing Race to the River Online-Store / AmazonSmile Auction @ Triangulars Sunglasses Sales 9 FDR Crew’s – 1st Annual Race to the River April 11th, 2015 Start: 9:00AM @ FDR High School (Rain date April 12th) Create Teams of 4 members with a maximum of 2 rowers to make the journey from FDR HS to the Hudson river while participating in challenges along the way Each team is responsible for providing their own driver who is older than 25. To register your team and if you have any questions, please contact Katie Cerulli at: 845663-3665 OR [email protected] **Parent volunteers will be needed** $10/Participant as well as 10 clear empty bottles to be collected at registration on the day of the event Prizes will be awarded to those teams completing the Race to the River in the fastest time!!! You will need to wear weather appropriate practice clothes and running shoes. 10 Hyde Park Rowing Association – Flower Sale Five varieties of potted 6” flowers ($8/flower) Easter Lilies, Mums, Tulips, Hyacinths, and Daffodils Key Dates March 22nd 9:00-11:30AM – Call-in Flower Orders Novice Boys – Michelle Zagorski Novice Girls – Sharon Squire (845-625-8802) Varsity Boys – Gretchen Burnett (845-266-3312) Varsity Girls – Sue Cerulli (914-489-1569) March 28th TBD – Pick up Flowers at FDR Cafeteria and return flower money 11 FDR Crew Online Store (9 of 38 products available) http://www.sewsporty.com/FDRcrew/ 12 Hotel and Uniform Information Hotels Rowers will receive an envelope for hotel and food payments for away races . Payment is due prior to race day. Amount and due date will be on the envelope – this must be paid in order to travel. Toga Invitational (Varsity Crews Only) – Saratoga, NY (Races both Sat. and Sun.) Check in: Fri. April 24 Country Inn & Suites by Carlson, 1130 State Route 9, Queensbury, NY 12804, (518)-745-0180 Mention Hyde Park Rowing Association for team rate NY State Championships (States) (All Crews) – Saratoga, NY Check in: Fri. May 8 Country Inn & Suites by Carlson, 1130 State Route 9, Queensbury, NY 12804, (518)-745-0180 Mention Hyde Park Rowing Association for team rate Stotesbury Cup Regatta (Stotes) (Varsity Crews Only) – Philadelphia, PA Check in: Thurs. May 14 Courtyard by Marriott Langhorne (PA), 5 Cabbot Blvd, East Langhorne, PA 19047, (215)-486-9941 Mention Hyde Park Rowing Association for team rate Uniforms • Uniforms are require to race; all rowers/coxswains must wear same style uniforms • Varsity – must order online through team store • Novice – one t-shirt is included in registration fee, rowing shorts need to be purchased separately • Uniforms take 6-8 weeks to process & ship. In order for rowers to be in uniform for the racing season ALL orders must be made on team store by midnight, March 3 (orders placed after March 3 will be treated as individual orders and not guaranteed to arrive before the first race). 13 FDR Crew – Web Pages Please check out our website!!! www.fdrcrew.org Latest news and notes Team Calendar – you can access our calendar at 3 different places, website, publicly shared on Google, and from iCloud (send us a note to get link) Coaches Corner Board members (and email addresses) Parents information Links to Online Store / AmazonSmile Photos Alumni Information Also connect with FDR Crew on Facebook .....and our email address is [email protected] 14
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