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USRowing Announces 2010 Under 23 National Team Roster

Nicole Bielawski, a graduate of Friends Academy and a Sagamore member, will represent the United States in the Women's quad at the 2010 World Rowing Under 23 Championships scheduled for July 22-25 in Brest, Belarus. The full press release is available online. Continue

Added by Mike Wagner on July 14, 2010 at 1:00pm — No Comments

2010 Independence Day Regatta

At this year's Independence Day Regatta in Philadelphia, all 9 of 9 Sagamore junior boats made it to finals and out of 352 crews Sagamore finished 9th earning 80 points. Results | Photos Continue

Added by Mike Wagner on July 12, 2010 at 3:30am — No Comments

Coindre Hall Rowing Programs Move to Fleets Cove Beach

Effective immediately and until further notice Sagamore's Coindre Hall rowing programs will be operating from Fleets Cove Beach in Centerport, New York.

Suffolk County Department of Parks is performing badly needed renovations to the Coindre Hall mansion boathouse. For the safety of our crews during construction it was necessary for the rowing programs operating out of the boathouse to vacate the building and move to temporary quarters.

The Town of Huntington has grac

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Added by Mike Wagner on June 22, 2010 at 11:00pm — No Comments

Competitive Summer Programs for High School Rowers

Please see the site below for details about the competitive summer programs. Spots may be limitted, so please register early. http://www.sagamoresummerrowingprogram.org/ Continue

Added by Troy Smith on March 6, 2010 at 10:18pm — No Comments

Crew Club of Oyster Bay has new home page.

For information on High School rowing at Sagamore go to: http://sites.google.com/site/crewcluboysterbay/ Now accepting rowers for Spring Season! Continue

Added by Troy Smith on March 6, 2010 at 10:06pm — No Comments

Frostbite Regatta 2009 Final Results

The Frostbite Regatta 2009 Final Results (PDF) are now available to download. Thank you to all who participated and supported our annual Fall regatta. See you next year! Continue

Added by Mike Wagner on December 3, 2009 at 4:43pm — No Comments

Long Island Frostbite Regatta

LOCATION CHANGE! Due to a Long Island Railroad construction project at Beekman Beach, the Long Island Frostbite Regatta will be held on Centre Island, NY. Click here for directions (PDF). Regatta Schedule Long Island FrostBite Regatta 2… Continue

Added by Mike Wagner on October 29, 2009 at 2:00pm — No Comments

Sagamore Rowing Association & New York Cycle Club "Ride and Row" 8/30/2009

Nine cyclists from New York Cycle Club gathered in Queens and rode a lovely route out to Oyster Bay for a rowing session with Troy. The "Ride and Row" was scheduled for Saturday 8/29, but bad weather cancelled the ride. We arrived (fortunately) after the Tobay Triathlon was over, grabbed lunch in town, and cycled over to the boathouse. After lunch, Troy gave the cyclists an overview of the rowing stroke, and got the novice rowers on the rowing machines. Then, after a tutorial on how to carry th… Continue

Added by Claudia Kulesh on September 16, 2009 at 11:00pm — 1 Comment

History Class On The East River

While she is not a Sagamore member, this is a great video piece about NYC school teacher Tori Gilbert teaching rowing on the East River in Manhattan. Click through to watch… Continue

Added by Mike Wagner on September 5, 2009 at 6:01pm — No Comments

From Row2k.com: Update to NYS Navigation Laws

Not directly applicable to athletes but certainly applies to launch drivers ... | more | Continue

Added by Mike Wagner on August 26, 2009 at 2:13pm — 2 Comments

Nicole Bielawski '09 finishes 15th in the World!

From FACrew.Ning.com: "After a full day of racing, Nicole Bielawski finished 15th out of 32 single sucllers at the Junior World Rowing Championships in Brive-la-Gaillarde, France. Nicole leaves this regatta with a personal best 2000 meter race on the water of 8:03.7. The experience gained during this week of racing was immense, which will become useful as she heads to Princeton University this Fall.… Continue

Added by Mike Wagner on August 7, 2009 at 6:43pm — No Comments

Quarterfinal: 2009 World Rowing Junior Championships

"In the women's single sculls, Nicole Bielawski (Old Westbury, N.Y.) finished fifth in her quarterfinal and will now race in the C/D semifinals. With three to advance to the semifinals, China and Ukraine established themselves in the top two positions early in the race. Bielawski got off the line in third position, but Japan's Tomomi Akao passed her in the second 500 meters. The American was unable to get back into contention for a top three finish. China's Ting Cao won the race in an 8:02.72, w… Continue

Added by Mike Wagner on August 6, 2009 at 2:00pm — No Comments

Heats: 2009 World Rowing Junior Championships

"Nicole Bielawski (Old Westbury, N.Y.) finished second in her heat of the women's single sculls to advance directly to tomorrow's quarterfinals. Bielawski and France's Helene Lefebvre battled each other through the 1,500-meter mark, with the American holding a 0.62-second lead going into the final 500 meters. With three to advance to the quarterfinals, Lefebvre decided to go for the victory, while Bielawski settled into second place to easily advance. Lefebvre finished with a time of 7:56.04, wi… Continue

Added by Mike Wagner on August 5, 2009 at 11:30pm — No Comments

Blogging from Junior Worlds

Jason Moskowitz, the Head Coach from Friends Academy, is blogging from Junior Worlds on the FA Crew Web site. Follow the latest news about Nicole Bielawski races here: http://facr… Continue

Added by Mike Wagner on August 5, 2009 at 10:30am — No Comments

Maccabiah Rowing Finals Slideshow

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Added by Mike Wagner on July 29, 2009 at 2:59pm — No Comments

Sagamore Athlete Liz Barnett is racing at the 2009 World Maccabiah Games

Nine elite Jewish Rowers have been appointed to the Maccabi USA Rowing Team and will compete at the 18th Maccabiah Games in Israel, July 12 - 23. They will be part of the USA Team of over 980 athletes, joining 8000 other Jewish athletes from over 60 countries. Head coach, Craig Hoffman, of Berwyn, PA has great expectatio… Continue

Added by Mike Wagner on July 12, 2009 at 3:30pm — No Comments

Sagamore Athlete Nicole Bielawski Earns Junior National Team Berth at Junior Trials

"In the women’s single sculls, V Sculls’ Nicole Bielawski easily swept the best two-out-of-three finals. In Friday morning’s first race, Bielawski rowed to a 22-second victory over Baltimore Rowing Club’s Agne Pakalniskyte. Bielawski clocked an 8:16.860, while Pakalniskyte finished in an 8:38.893. In Friday afternoo… Continue

Added by Mike Wagner on July 10, 2009 at 11:00pm — No Comments