The Vesper Elite Team is organizing the 3rd Annual Vesper Auction this year to take place on March 10th, 2012! Last year, this fundraiser earned over $9,000 to benefit the Vesper elite racing squad! Please help this energetic and talented group of athletes exceed last years mark by donating to their auction. Examples of hot …
2012 Royal Henley Regatta and Womens Henley Regatta
Vesper Boat Club’s Class of 2012 openweight women will be traveling to England to compete in this year’s Women’s Henley and Royal Henley Regattas. The young, committed crew of Nicole Ritchie, Sydney Axson, Vicky Opitz and Grace Latz, is looking to gain experience in the international racing scene after having an undefeated fall season, culminating in a …
2012 Summer Racing Program
Vesper Boat Club will roll out its most ambitious summer racing program yet in 2012. As you may know, Vesper’s U23 Lightweight Program has qualified a boat to compete at the World Championships in every year since it was started in 2009; in 2011, our women’s lightweight double raced in the Grand Final–the first time …
Holiday Giving
HAPPY 2012!!! Anyone who donates a minimum of $10 to the Todd Craun Memorial Fund or Ginny Kaufman’s trip between the period of December 1st and when the Annual Dinner is Held, will be eligible for a drawing for a $100 Visa gift card. The drawing will be held the evening of the annual dinner. …
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 …
U23 World Championships — “A” Final!
Thank you everyone for your support! Though this afternoon’s race wasn’t flawless, the girls raced courageously throughout the entirety of the regatta and it was a great accomplishment to finally make the “A” final. There is no shame in loosing to the former Junior World Champions as they crushed the former U23 World Best time …
Vesper Film Shoot
A film is going to be shot at Vesper in the next few weeks. Please read the following schedule; there are a few times when we won’t be able to use the boathouse because it will be open to the film crew only. Non-exclusive Access – production crew in the club but members allowed. This …
Summer Senior Racing Program
Vesper Boat Club will roll out it’s most ambitious summer racing program yet in 2012. As you may know, Vesper’s U23 Lightweight Program has qualified a boat to compete at the World Championships in every year since it was started in 2009; in 2011, our women’s lightweight double raced in the Grand Final–the first time …
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