March 23, 2013 7:00pm Join us for an evening of music, food and drink, friendly and competitive bidding, and great city views in one of Philadelphia’s historic boathouses! Vesper Boat Club is located at 10 Boathouse Row, Philadelphia, PA 19130 Cost: $5 at the door covers admittance, drinks, and hors d’oeuvres Past Items include: House [...]
2012 Vesper Annual Report
2012 was a busy year at Vesper. Our Club Captain, Shannon Kaplan, reported that the club participated in more than 15 regattas both on the Schuylkill and around the country. The club remains home to 60 private boats as well as 14 club singles and gigs, 16 pair/doubles, 8 four/quads and 2 eights and in [...]
Vesper Banquet
Reunion at the Vesper Banquet of the “girls” that John Hooten coached in the 70′s. Ann, Ginny, Sue, Pam , Phyllis, Sue, Marie, John [...]
To Dredge Or Not To Dredge
Just when you thought you needed a little more space under your fin… click image for full article [...]
2012 USRowing National Championships
What were you thinking after your race? “It is a pure joy to be a National Champion. I am relishing the moment right now, really having fun with training and racing and great competition. I am glad I could win one of these for Vesper.” —Matthew Brown, 2012 USRowing National Champion M1x What were you [...]
Head of the Schuylkill
Scott Wisniewski writes: Truncated racing went well [at the Head of the Schuylkill] again this weekend. Vesper finished top 3 in nearly every event it competed in; finishing 1st and 2nd in the light women’s 1x (Bryn Crawford, Mary Jones), 2nd in the light men’s 1x (Dan Scholz), and 1st by a huge margin in [...]
Vesper Women Golden At the 48th Head of the Charles Regatta
11 Vesper members won HOCR Gold this weekend in Boston. Jenne Daley along with Penn AC boat-mate Jenn Goldsack led the Gold Rush with a win in the Champ 2x on Saturday. Sunday’s racing saw the Champ women’s 4+ of Grace Latz, Vicky Optiz, Sydney Axson, Nicole Ritchie and Sam McDonald (cox) winning their even [...]
Womens’ Quadruple Sculls Bronze at Pan Am Games
Long time Vesper Member and former silver medalist at the 2009 World Championships, Megan Walsh won 2 medals at this year’s Pan American Games in Mexico. Meg capped off another great performance with boatmate and Penn AC member Catherine Reddick, in the W4x; having to again fight back into medal contention after being in fourth [...]
Womens’ Double Sculls Silver at Pan Am Games
Megan Walsh and Catherine Reddick won a Silver Medal this morning in Mexico! 6 boats covered the first 500-m in a pack; Cuba and Argentina leading followed in short order by the US and Canada, with Brazil, and Mexico about bow to stern down to the lead group. By the 1000-m mark both the US [...]
Scott Wisniewski Appointed Vesper Boat Club Head Coach
Vesper Boat Club is pleased to announce the appointment of Scott Wisniewski as Head Coach of Vesper’s Elite Rowing Program. Vesper’s Elite Program develops, trains and supportsstick athletes who have the talent, potential and passion to become National and Olympic Team rowers. Wisniewski has been the Assistant Head Coach at Vesper since 2009 and Head [...]
129th Royal Canadian Henley Regatta
Another good year at Canadian Henley! The Vesper U23 Lightweight women performed exceptionally well. The 9 U23 lightweight girls tallied 14 medals; winning the U23 lightweight women’s 2x (we were also 3rd in that event), senior lightweight women’s 8+ and senior lt. women’s 4x (less than an hour and a half after winning the eight). [...]
Vesper Masters at the 129th Royal Canadian Henley Regatta
Last weekend, July 31, several Vesper Masters women competed at the 129th Royal Canadian Henley in St. Catherines, Ontario All crews with Vesper women took gold. D1x Alix James E2x Ann Cann, Karin Constant (Rivanna, Vesper) D4x Alix James, Ann Couwenhoven, Eileen Normoyle, Linde Wilson (Vesper, Baltimore) E4x Karen Agersborg, Andrea Hurwitz, Ann Boucher, Karin [...]
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