Nereid News, 10/20/06

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- Volunteers needed for Nereid's Adopt-A-Highway cleanup
- Rowing excitement at the Head of the Passaic
- Nereid rowers in the Head of the Charles this weekend
- Interim Membership Meeting and Brunch
- Mums and pumpkins
- Saturday morning open row
- Volunteer fundraisers still needed

Upcoming events schedule

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Nereid's Adopt-A-Highway cleanup

Come one, come all....don your orange prison jumpsuit and join in the festivities as we clean up Rt 21 this Saturday, 10/21/06 at 11am. Meet at the boathouse!!

We will need about 10 volunteers. Please email Carol or Josie if you are able to help out. Thanks for your help!!

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Greenwich on top in Head of the Passaic

The HOPR provided a lot of rowing excitement on Sunday with record participation and very competitive high school races. Greenwich Crew won both the Girls and Boys 8+ races in a crowded field with 14 and 13 entries in each category. Second place went to Convent of the Sacred Heart for the Girls 8+ and Arlington Crew for the Boys 8+. Nereid didn't do badly with a 4th place in the Girls 8+. Lots of excitement on the river with 29 eights competing and numerous smaller boats. Over 400 rowers took part!

Jim Divan of East End Rowing kept his title of fastest Men's 1x on the river for a second year, with George Freimarck coming in second.  Fastest in the Women's Open 1x category was Ashley Ricci of Saugatuck Rowing Club, and Alice Matthews in the Masters 1x race. Congratulations to all winning Nereid rowers.

This regatta was only possible with the cooperation of the Nutley High School crew team, which lent its docks to Greenwich, and PRRA. For next year we plan to co-organize the Head of the Passaic with PRRA, because the race has grown to the limits of Nereid's capacity in terms of space and volunteers. A huge thank you to all volunteers, who had to overcome many small problems on and before race day, and succeeded in putting on a great regatta. Thanks!!

Photos by Maggie Stack and Joe DiCristo are now posted on the regatta website, http://www.hopr.org/.

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Nereid rows in the Head of the Charles

Nereid will be well represented in the Head of the Charles this weekend in Boston. Rowing for Nereid are:

The Head of the Charles is the largest rowing event in the world, short of the Worlds and the Olympics. Good luck everyone!!

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Interim Membership Meeting and Brunch

Save the date: On Saturday, 11/4/06 at 11am, please join us for the Interim Membership Meeting. Brunch will be served. Please look for your Evite for details.

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Miscellaneous

The Officers want to thank Dieter for donating the mums and pumpkins for the boathouse garden.

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Saturday morning open row

On Saturday mornings at 9 AM, Nereid hosts an open row at the club. We will put crews together with anyone who shows up. Afterwards, there'll be breakfast at the boathouse.

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Nereid Masters Yahoo group
We have created a Yahoo group where Nereid members can post questions to other members, post photos and classified ads, organize for regattas, find others to row with, etc.  To register, send a blank email to nereidmasters-subscribe@yahoogroups.com or email nereidpres@hotmail.com.  The group currently has 21 members.

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Nereid News submission guidelines
Nereid News is published weekly on Fridays.  If you have a news item that is interesting to other Nereids, please send a few sentences to Alice Matthews at nereidsec@hotmail.com.  The deadline for submission is Thursday night.  Your contribution will be highly appreciated.

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Previous newsletters

Nereid News, 10/13/06
Nereid News, 10/6/06
Nereid News, 9/29/06
Nereid News, 8/11/06