HOCR deadline for 1xers and Challinor Fund details!

Thinking about racing in a single sculling event at the 2009 Head of the Charles Regatta?  Well, it’s time to quit thinking and get to registering! 

Single sculling event applications are due this Saturday, August 1!

Need more inspiration? 

Don’t forget that if you are a PBC member or a competitive program member with an accepted entry to race a single at this year’s HOCR, you could be recommended to receive reimbursement for your racing expenses from the David Challinor Head of the Charles Memorial Fund!  And if you’re one of the chosen two scullers, not only will you get reimbursement, but your name will appear on the Challinor Fund’s plaque at the boathouse with names of fellow recipients for years to come! 

For general registration information and deadlines, please visit the HOCR competitor’s information page here.  To go straight to the single sculling events registration page, just click here. 

For more information on the David Challinor Head of the Charles Memorial Fund, Board Member Ed Ryan has provided us with all the latest details below, on behalf of the Board.

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As many of you are aware, Dave graciously and generously remembered PBC in his will, and made a significant bequest to the Club.  The Board solicited ideas from members on an appropriate use of these funds, and after receiving and considering many excellent suggestions, we arrived at the David Challinor Head of the Charles Memorial Fund (”The Fund”) as the best way to remember Dave and promote his ideals and competitive spirit.

The Fund will be used as follows:  Each year, starting this year (2009), the Racing Committee shall nominate for Board consideration qualified scullers, at least one male and one female, to receive reimbursement of up to $1000 for expenses related to racing at the Head of the Charles Regatta.  To qualify, each nominee must have an accepted entry to race in a single sculling event for PBC at the Head of the Charles Regatta.  Each nominee must be an active member of PBC (or a child of an active member) or a member of a competitive program at PBC.

The Racing Committee’s nominations are due to the Board in September, after the accepted single sculling entries are announced by the Head of the Charles Regatta organization.  From the pool of nominees, the Board will select the final recipients, one male and one female.  Recipients will be announced at PBC’s Semi-Annual Meeting in early October.  A David Challinor Head of the Charles Memorial Fund plaque will be created and displayed at PBC with the names of each year’s recipients.

The Board believes this to be a fitting and appropriate tribute to Dave’s legacy, and that Dave would appreciate this use of the funds he entrusted to the Club.  The Board intends the Fund to continue in perpetuity, meaning that it is intended to rely on the investment proceeds of Dave’s gift as opposed to the principal of the gift.  The Board reserves the right to the change the terms of this Fund at any time, and/or to discontinue it.  Any issues regarding the Fund shall be resolved exclusively by the Board.

Protected: 2009JUL15 BOG Meeting Minutes

Give to the Potomac River Sports Foundation

Support Potomac Boat Club’s National Team athletes with tax deductible donations to the Potomac River Sports Foundation (PRSF)!  The PRSF is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit charity.

To donate through PayPal, click here.

Donations made by check should be made payable to “Potomac River Sports Foundation,” and mailed to Paul Knight at following the address:

Paul Knight, Treasurer
Potomac River Sports Foundation
c/o Nossaman LLP
1666 K Street NW, Suite 500
Washington, DC 20006

Any donation - whether large or small - is greatly appreciated, so let’s help all of our deserving athletes and coaches realize their National Team dreams!

Erik Meyers – President, PRSF
Paul Knight – Treasurer, PRSF
Matt Madigan – Head Coach, PBC Open Sculling Program and Director, PRSF

Schuylkill Navy and IDR Results!

Todd Nix sculls like a champ, too!

Bet you’re wondering how your fellow PBC’ers are doing on the racecourse this summer.  The answer?  Pretty darn well!

Below is a list of all of our gold medal winners from the Schuylkill Navy and Independence Day Regattas, including Todd Nix … whose name we’re seeing in a heck of a lot of first place finishes this year!

Great job, Todd!  And congrats to everyone!  With Club Nationals, Diamond States, and Masters Nationals just around the corner, stay tuned as PBC’s gold medal count continues to rise!

[Admit it.  Summer is a little more fun with a gold medal or ten around your neck, isn't it, PBC?!]

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Click on the links in red to see all results.

Schuylkill Navy Regatta - June 13

Men’s Master Single B:

• Todd Nix

Men’s Master Double C:

• Todd Nix
• Nick Holland

Men’s Intermediate 4+:

• C: Jess Ward
• Tom Trevithick
• Tom Brock
• Tyler Johnson
• Leo Hergenroeder

Independence Day Regatta - July 3 - 5

Men’s Masters Lt. Single AA/B/C/E:

• Ed Ryan

Men’s Masters Single B:

• Todd Nix

Men’s Masters Double C:

• Todd Nix
• Nick Holland

Women’s Quad:

• Vesper/Potomac

Men’s Masters A/B:

• C: My-Anh Nguyen
• Robert Price
• Nick Davies
• John Forrest
• Nick Holland
• Robert Shaffer
• Eric Bocian
• Todd Nix
• Tim Baxter

Mens Masters 4+ B:

• C: Jane Hanlon
• Chad Jungbluth
• Greg Lesage
• Todd Nix
• Eric Bocian

Board To Establish Fund in Challinor’s Memory

Yes. Dave Challinor really was as cool as he looks in this picture. And then some. We miss him.

Potomac Boat Club’s Board of Governors voted at its meeting last month to use a gift from the estate of David Challinor to help PBC scullers compete at the Head of the Charles Regatta.

Two PBC members will be nominated annually from those with an accepted entry to race in a single sculling event at the Head of the Charles.  Once approved by the Board, each could receive up to $1000 from the Challinor fund as reimbursement for expenses related to racing at the regatta.

David Challinor was one of PBC’s most admired, respected, and consistently competitive members.  He started rowing at age 14, and became a member of undefeated 1940-42 Harvard University crews.  He graduated from Harvard a year early in order to serve in World War II.  After returning to the racecourse in his late 40s, he competed successfully in sweep and sculling events for the next 30 plus years, winning the single sculling event in his age division at the Head of the Charles Regatta 13 times.

Off the water, Dave was not only a loving husband, father, and grandfather, he became the most successful assistant secretary in the Smithsonian Institution’s history.  He is credited with establishing many of the programs that today continue to foster the work of our nation’s top conservationists and naturalists.  It was this interest in nurturing others in their own pursuits of excellence that was cited by many PBC members as a reason to use Dave’s generous gift to the Club in a similar way.  The new fund will accomplish this, while at the same time, honor his incredible Head of the Charles racing legacy.

When Dave passed away early last year, we were deeply saddened as a club.  In his memory, we hung the single he had named Joan, after his beloved wife, in the ballroom.  Still, many of us have yet to fully recover from the fact that the man himself is no longer here.  The Board plans to finalize the details of the Challinor memorial fund before the start of the fall racing season, so that we will be able to initiate this formal tribute to Dave with this year’s Head of the Charles.

The Potomac Star will publish details as they become available.