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Club News

Excessive heat warning for DC metro!

Be smart in the heat, PBC!!!

An Excessive Heat Warning has been issued for the Washington Metropolitan area from noon until 10:00 p.m. on Saturday, July 24, 2010. The Heat Index may reach 110 degrees.

Visit the Centers for Disease Control web site for the warning signs of heat exhaustion and what you can do about it at http://www.bt.cdc.gov/disasters/extremeheat/faq.asp.

Those racing tomorrow up at Diamond State Masters regatta in DE, drink lots of water throughout the day. Heed the early warning signs of heat exhaustion and dehydration. Try to stay in the shade when you’re not racing, and GOOD LUCK!

July 24, 2010 | Comments Off

PBC PayPal Users, please standby!

Our Treasurer, Tom Stork, has an important message for PBC PayPal users: Hold off on using PayPal to pay your dues or if you can, use a good old fashioned check.

Last week, we learned that the IRS has required PayPal to supply proof that tax-exempt organizations, like PBC, with low to no fee types of accounts, are in fact tax-exempt before they will allow PayPal to continue to service these accounts. Tom is sending PayPal the information they need regarding our tax-exempt status, and plans to have the situation resolved shortly.

In the meantime, if you would like to pay your dues by check, simply make it out to Treasurer, Potomac Boat Club, then mail it …

July 20, 2010 | Comments Off

It’s Spring 2010. Finally!

Ready to row like a champion this spring?

Just when you thought we were living in Buffalo, spring arrives! The four-oar rule has been lifted, the Annual Meeting is around the corner, and W-L is already one deep in its race schedule … with a few wins, too!

With more people starting to use the club again, I wanted to send out the following safety tips, etiquette reminders, and general housekeeping practices, to get us all on the same page and safely into the spring season:

- If you haven’t yet signed up for your new access code, please contact security@potomacstar.com to set …

March 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment

Special Reports and Polls

Floyd B. Galler, Potomac Boat Club, Passes Away While Snorkling

Sounds like Floyd lived life to the fullest all the way to the end.

Bill Lanouette wrote that Floyd Galler was a stalwart of their Sunday morning rowing group for more than two decades. They sure seemed sad to hear of his passing.

If you would like to add any thing about Dr. Galler, please feel free to comment via the comment form at the bottom of this post.

In the meantime the following was released in the Washington Post. Our heartfelt sympathy goes out to Dr. Galler’s family.
Floyd B. Galler, Psychiatrist

Floyd …

July 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment

Support PBC’s National Team athletes!

Update: PBC's Brendan McEwan made it to Belarus and to semis at U23 World Championships, but the team still needs our support!

Every little bit helps … and it’s all tax deductible!

Click HERE to go straight to your donation options!

In less than a couple of weeks, our Brendan McEwan will represent the United States in the Men’s Single Sculls at the Under 23 World Rowing Championships in Brest, Belarus (July 22 - 25). Brendan won his event at trials in June by 3.41 seconds, crossing the line in 6:59.294. He will be …

July 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment

The Race Report

Potomac’s Results for Diamond States 2010

The record setting temps gave an all new meaning to the heat medals awarded today at the Howard B. Smith Diamond State Regatta (aka “Diamond States”) held on Noxontown Pond in Delaware.

Below are the results we found on Ronin earlier in the day.* (Wha …? Interference with Lane 4?! Pfffbt.)

To see all the results, click here.

* Events 38 and higher were canceled due to unsafe conditions (read: the storm, not the temps).
Potomac Boat Club - Diamond State Masters Regatta 2010
Women’s E-J 8+

Heat #2

1. Cory Conzemius [62]
(Potomac BC #3)
00:04:22.05
00:00:24.5 handicap
00:03:57.55

2. Meaghan …

July 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment

Potomac’s Results for Capital Sprints 2010

The new temporary facility for the Anacostia Community Rowing Association, upstream from the old site.

Capital Sprints is a challenge to say the least. You really earn that killer end-of-the-regatta-BBQ just getting through the start. Add wind, rain .. and God bless those Cap Sprints referees.

For those of us from PBC who make it there, it’s always worth it to spend some quality time with our friends from the Anacostia even if they hate on the rest of us (loudly via their public address system) for not showing up, and try to get us …

July 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment

Potomac’s Results for IDR 2010

Turns out, the weather up in Philadelphia for this year’s Independence Day Regatta (IDR) wasn’t so bad after all!

Missing from the racecourse, but not the initial heat sheets, was the women’s Masters Rowing Program. We’re told they decided to skip the holiday traffic. Hard to blame them for that! We’re sure we’ll see them up at Masters National Championships in August.

Below are the PBC IDR results we could dig up. To see all the IDR results, please visit the results page here.

Good job, everybody!

12 Mens Junior 1x (G. Young) – 4th
13 Mens Junior 2x (N. Al-Naji, R. Rasmussen) – 2nd
17 Mens Junior 4x Potomac B.C. A (P. Lacey, T. Myers, E.Meade, J. Hanlon) – 2nd
17 Mens Junior 4x Potomac B.C. B (A. …

July 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment