Order your PBC jacket now and get it before the Charles

The Potomac Boat Club (PBC) Boathouse Sports Team Store closes on Monday, October 4th!

[Wait.  Didn't it just open?]  That’s right!  The Team Store opened today, and it closes on Monday!

It’s a special “preview” store with just one item – a PBC Facet Gore-tex rowing jacket.  It’s like the jacket made for the National Team, but we think the red and the white star make it much more fashion forward.

And, hey, if you order now, you’ll get it delivered to your house before the Charles!

Yep.  Ignore the standard “shipped by” date on the page.  They’re going to rush produce this puppy for us.  Why?  Because Boathouse cares.  No, but really, because we want you to look good at the Charles.  Not cold.  Good.

So, click on the image below and order away, PBC!  And get ready for the full PBC Boathouse Sports Team Store, featuring a hot new star logo, opening next month!  (Much longer ship date, so don’t wait!)

Register to race … only 6 days left! And volunteers still needed!

Crews head to the finish and through the Theodore Roosevelt Bridge during the SHOP.

• Click here to register! Final registration closes this Saturday, Sept. 18!
• Looking to volunteer?  We love you! Read Ed Ryan’s note below. (Instructions included!)

The 30th Annual Charlie Butt Scullers Head of the Potomac (SHOP) will be held this year on Sunday, September 26.   Regular registration closed on Saturday, September 11, 2010, but you can still register until this Saturday, September 18, by going to Ronin, registering, and by paying a small late fee, in addition to your registration fee.

After Saturday, not even your saddest puppy-dog eyes, most emphatic “pretty pleases,” or largest offers of cash to the Potomac Star at largeoffersofcash@potomacstar.com (now accepting PayPal) will get you racing at the SHOP.  No Race Day registration anymore, either.  So, go ahead.  Register already.

And don’t forget, PBC, we need you to help make the 2010 another success!  Volunteer today! Here is the how-to from our SHOP volunteer coordinator, Ed Ryan.

Yes, PBC members, spouses and friends, WE NEED YOU to help run the ONE SINGLE REGATTA that Potomac Boat Club sponsors each year. It takes a village to run this show, about 75 volunteers in total, and if you’ve been racing for Potomac, using Potomac equipment, have pride in your Club or just want something good and fun to do on a nice autumn Sunday, this is your chance.

I’m particularly interested in getting our competitive teams to respond as groups, and we’ll find fun and exciting group activities. For example, last year, the Masters Rowing Program (MRP) handled all of the launch preparation, and it was great. One big job and they independently figured out who could do it and when.

Here’s the background. The Regatta is on SUNDAY, September 26th. We need volunteers who can work (i) morning shift – 7:30 a.m. – noon, (ii) afternoon shift – noon – 4:00 p.m., or (iii) all day. Good intentions aside, please don’t say you can work in that 45 minute gap between the masters 4 and your spa appointment – you get no good conscience points and it doesn’t help us. AM, PM or all day.

So, if you can take us up on this Call to Arms, PLEASE DO THIS (and read carefully): send an email to headofthepotomac@gmail.com, and state whether you can work morning, afternoon or all day, whether you can drive a launch, and include your cell phone number and email address. Then save the date on your calendar, and you’ll hear back from us.

 Finally, our sincere gratitude and appreciation to all of the great and good-natured volunteers from last year.  It was a terrific day that went ultra smooth — it was wonderful for Potomac Boat Club to host such an event.

Many thanks,
Ed Ryan, on behalf of the Regatta Committee

30th Charlie Butt Scullers Head of the Potomac – Register now!

Men's Eights jockey for position as they approach Key Bridge during the 2008 SHOP.

• Click here to register!

Ms. Samantha Byrd, chair of Potomac Boat Club’s Regatta Committee, is proud to announce that the 30th Annual Charlie Butt Scullers Head of the Potomac (SHOP) will be held this year on Sunday, September 26.

The regatta is held in memory and honor of legendary rowing coach, Charlie Butt.

Once considered a tune up for the Head of the Charles held in mid-October, the SHOP includes more than 40 sweep and sculling events, and today is considered its own milestone on the fall racing calendar.

To register, please visit the Scullers Head of the Potomac online registration area on Ronin Racing. Entries must be received by Saturday, September 11, 2010, to avoid the late fee. Please note that once registration closes on Saturday, September 18, 2010, it’s closed. There will be no race day registration this year.

Still have a question about the SHOP? Please send it to our Regatta Committee at headofthepotomac@gmail.com.   And if you can volunteer to help out on race day, make sure you let them know at this address, too!

The Charlie Butt Scullers Head of the Potomac is a true test of physical endurance and mental toughness for sweep crews and scullers alike. Don’t miss a chance to race down one of the Nation’s most historic rivers!