Junior Nutrition Lecture

Mary Gocke, RD and our Greenwich Crew Coaches arranged for an informative hour for our athletes and interested parents.

The theme was:

Best practices for the high school athlete.

Ladies Socials

Our Ladies Socials have picked up in popularity and we  couldn't be happier.

Join us the first or second Thursday of each month for delightful conversation and an informal gathering. See the Social calendar for each month's details and guest speakers. Guests are welcome.

Guest Lectures

Henri Roca III, MD, Lac, DAAFP, DABHM the Center for Integrative Medicine came to speak to us on Optimizing Children's Health.

We will welcome many wonderful speakers this year who will offer insight and knowledge to our caring GWC Members and parents.

Book Club

Not Just Books... a great meal too!

Jenny Lawton, owner of Just Books, will be the moderator. We’ll meet once a month for six months on the following dates/times:              

1/22 luncheon 12-2:00, cost $40 (includes book, lunch & gratuity)

2/27 dinner 7-9:00, cost $55 (includes book, dinner & gratuity)

3/26 dinner 7-9:00, cost $55 (includes book, dinner & gratuity)

4/22, 5/20 & 6/24 all luncheons from 12-2:00

Guests are welcome. RSVP with Member Services.

Chess Club for Kids

We are proud to introduce our new Chess Club for Kids. Our instructor will be Michael Zadorozny. Michael is the founder and President of the American Chess Teachers Association. He was also the co-founder of the National Scholastic Chess Federation. He has been teaching chess full-time since 1988 and many of his students have won state and national championships. Our eight-week program will run Saturday mornings from 10:30am to 12pm, starting on September 15. Class will be limited to 20 children. For registration, please contact Member Services.

(Photo courtesy of Bishop Eustace)

To conclude the season, our varsity men’s eight raced at the Scholastic Rowing Association National Regatta. Greenwich progressed through three rounds of racing in order to get to the grand finals. Greenwich was the only crew to qualify by way of the repechage. Compared to Greenwich, placed in the 29th spot in the initial seeding, the other crews in the final were seeded 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th, and 6th. In the final, Greenwich finished fifth, but the crew was able to avenge their first round defeat to Mainland. Overall, Greenwich’s fifth place finish out of 33 crews is our best national finish to date.

Greenwich Crew retained the Popiel Cup as boy's varsity eight state champions at the Connecticut Public Schools Rowing Association Championships on May 20. We also placed second in the boy's novice eight, and took bronze in the girl's varsity eight, boy's second eight. girl's novice eight, and boy's four. Congratualtions to all our rowers on a great season and a third-place finish in the overall team standings!

1st Selectman, Jim Lash, commenced the honorary 'Ribbon Cutting Ceremony' of the Public Access Walkway. Rick and Cindy Kral, GWC owners, were pleased to have so many familiar faces from the community join us in the celebration.

GWC is now the new hosting home for oyster farming. Teaming up with Fjord fisheries, baby oysters are placed into upweller tanks until they grow to the appropriate size. It seems that our local river is ideal for the rich algae that can make the crustaceans thrive. The river water is circulated through the upweller system and the oysters are tended to until they're seeded in the local sound waters.

Cris Brown, who originally ushered the rowing program into the middle schools here in 2001, was honored for his contributions to local rowers with the dedication of a new shell for the GHS Girls Varsity Crew team. “We've accomplished quite a bit over the past six years,” said Brown, “In 2001, twenty 8th graders and their parents commuted via I-95 to Norwalk and we managed to row an 8+ successfully...once!” Brown was cheered by some seventy-five rowers who gathered along the Mianus River after their rigorous daily workout. Greenwich Crew now comprises more than 200 hundred rowers in grades six through twelve.

FISA World Masters Championship Sept 7th - Sept 10th While racing at the FISA World Masters Championship, our Greenwich Crew Masters came back with spectacular results:   

Marie Kruger won gold in the 1x.  
Marie Kruger and her partner Kristen Erickson won gold in the 2x.
Katie Blankley and Kristen Erickson both won Silver in the 1x
Kristen Erickson, Katie Blankley, Ann Rosenstock, and Marie Kruger won silver in the 4x.
 
Congratulations, we are so very proud of all of you.

On 4/01, almost a hundred junior rowers came to our 4th Annual Erg-a-thon for a scorching 1,080,000 combined meters … our ergs got a workout that day. Proceeds went to our junior scholarship fund and all participants received a really cool commemorative t-shirt. Vicki S. was the girl’s winner and Philip T. had the highest meters for the boys at 16,384. Alex Y. won for raising the most dollars.

Greenwich Invitational

On 4/08, over 400 athletes and another 200 spectators attended our 3rd Annual Invitational Sprints at Grass Island. A few of Greenwich Crew’s own JV teams managed strong finishes in first place.

Good job everyone!

Vineyard Vines Raffle

Our Invitational winners were entered in a raffle drawing for stocked Vineyard Vines gift bags. Our delighted winners, Caroline L. and Clint R., proudly show their loot.

Channel 7 Interview

Andrew J. has been gaining popularity, as well as experience. Channel 7, ABC News, came to interview Andrew and learn about his diverse athletic abilities. We wish Andrew much luck in his upcoming trip to Peru where he will hike to 15,500’!