| |
| BAIR
ISLAND NEWS
The BIAC Newsletter |
 |
| May
2003
Volume 2, Number
5 |
| |
| Welcome
to BAIR ISLAND NEWS, BIAC's
electronic newsletter. The purpose of BIN is to communicate
with members about the Center's activities and programs, to
promote a greater sense of community within BIAC, and to spread
awareness of BIAC's activities beyond the membership list. |
| |
Your
comments and contributions are always welcome. Please email
them to the editor, Craig
Canine. Thanks! |
| |
|
|
IN
THIS ISSUE |
|
GENERAL
BIAC NEWS |
• BIAC Offers Summer Rowing and Paddling
Programs for Non-Members |
|
• "We Knew Her Back When . .
." (Precocious BIAC Cox'n Makes Good) |
|
PADDLING
NEWS |
• BIAC Hosts NorCal's First
OC6 Race of 2003 Season |
|
• BIAC Paddlers Participate in Santa
Barbara's "Rig Run" Race |
|
|
ROWING
NEWS |
|
• BIAC
Strikes Gold (and Silver and Bronze) at Gold Rush Regatta |
|
• This Winter, Erg to Paris! |
|
COMING
EVENTS |
|
|
GENERAL
BIAC NEWS |
|
| BIAC
Offers Summer Rowing and Paddling Programs for Non-Members |
The
Center's sweep rowing, sculling, and  paddling
programs are all offering Community Access Programs (CAPs)
this summer, aimed at adults in the surrounding communities
who would like to try out a new aquatic sport.
Neither
previous experience nor BIAC membership is required of participants
in any of these programs. For details, see the CAPS
page on the BIAC web site. |
| |
| "We
Knew Her Back When . . ." (Precocious BIAC Cox'n Makes
Good) |
Late
last month, one-time BIAC cox Sarah Sherman got the news that
she'd been accepted to attend the Junior National Team Selection
Camp
this summer in San Diego. Sarah, who is about to complete her
sophomore year at Phillips Academy in Andover, Mass., started
coxing at age 12 at the old Stanford Rowing Club, BIAC's "parent"
organization. (She has also sculled a single since she was 13.)
At Andover, Sarah has coxed the boys' first varsity 8+ since
her freshman year.
We emailed Sarah
to ask about the latest development in her coxing career.
Here is her reply:
I
am very excited about going to the Junior National Team Selection
Camp this summer. To qualify for the camp, I needed to send
in a practice/race tape and a coxing resume. I think the National
Team coaches base a lot on previous racing experience and
the tape, as they have no concrete numbers with which to judge
us (such as erg times).
If
I had any advice to give a coxswain, I'd say, RECORD EVERYTHING!
I didn't know I was going to apply until this winter,  and
by then, my school's crew had stopped rowing. I was stuck
with no tapes. That's where you all came in! I coxed at BIAC
during my spring break and made some tapes. I guess they did
the trick.
The
camp this summer starts June 11 and it ends either when you
are cut or when you finish the race at the Junior World Rowing
Championships in Athens, Greece, on August 7-10. The 8+ is
the only boat which requires a coxswain on the women's Junior
National Team. There are 5 or 6 coxswains competing for that
one spot. It will be tough, and I'm excited for the experience.
- Sarah Sherman
Photos:
(Top) Sarah with first-place women's open 4+ crew
at the 1999 Head of the Lagoon Regatta (rowers, R to L: Michelle
Smith, Debra McCabe, Clare Abram, Emily Soelberg). (Bottom)
Sarah calling the strokes.
|
| |
|
PADDLING
NEWS |
| |
| BIAC
Hosts NorCal's First OC6 Race of 2003 Season |
| On
April 26, the BIAC paddling program, Hui Wa'a, put on the annual
Berkeley Pier race. This was the first OC6 (six-person outrigger
canoe) race of the 2003 season. The course started near the
Berkeley marina, proceeded along the Berkeley pier, then out
to Treasure Island, and finally returned to near the Berkeley
marina for the finish.
In addition to hosting
the race, BIAC fielded teams that performed well -- including
an 11-second overall win by the open men's team.
Complete
results can be found on the Northern
California Outrigger Canoe Association web site.
|
| |
| BIAC
Paddlers Participate in Santa Barbara's "Rig Run"
Race |
Five
BIAC teams traveled to Santa Barbara to participate in the Rig
Run race on May 17. This annual 11-mile OC6  race
heads offshore to go around two oil rigs and then returns. We
borrowed a few paddlers from other clubs to complete our crews
and were able to enter one women's senior masters team, two
senior masters men's teams, and one masters men's team.
Our
masters men's team finished third in its division and fifth
overall -- an excellent result in the highly competitive southern
California outrigger canoe racing circuit. Complete results
can be found at www.koa.org.
|
| |
|
ROWING
NEWS |
| |
| BIAC
Strikes Gold (and Silver and Bronze) at Gold Rush Regatta |
| BIAC
rowers brought home plenty of precious metal from the Gold Rush
Masters Regatta on May 25 at Lake Natoma, near Sacramento. We
entered a total of 13 boats in 10 events. Of these, 7 boats
won medals. The winning BIAC boats (age categories) and their
finishing places were:
 Men's
single (F+) - Luis Yanez 3rd
Men's quad (A+) - 2nd
Women's 8+ (A-B) - 1st
Women's 4+ (A) - 2nd
Mixed quad (A+) - 1st
Mixed 8+ (A-B) - 2nd
Men's single sprint - Brian Dour 2nd
Honorable
mention goes to the BIAC novice women's 8+, who rowed an impressive
first race.
Congratulations
to all who represented BIAC in this highly competitive regional
regatta!
Photo:
BIAC advanced women's 8+ pulling their way to the gold (rowers,
stroke to bow: Kristin Henney, Bethanie Bayha, Tyler Morse,
Karen Osman, Victoria Szabo, Karna Nisewaner, Laura Foster,
Fiona Ashley; cox: Rich Tzeng)
|
| |
| This
Winter, Try Erging to Paris! |
| Here's
a recent bulletin from our friends at Concept2:
Building on the success
of last year's U.S. Indoor Rowing team trip  to
the British Indoor Rowing Championships [see
story], Concept2 will once again be assembling a team
of the fastest indoor rowers in the country. The 2nd Annual
U.S. Indoor Rowing Team will travel to Paris in December 2003
to compete in the 1st Annual European Indoor Rowing Championships.
The
12-member team will be selected based on 2000m rowing scores,
in the age and weight classes of the European Championship.
Click
here to go to the Concept2 site for more information.
|
| |
|
COMING
EVENTS |
| |
|
• June 7 - BIAC Junior Rowing Program Summer Open House
- see details |
| |
• June 11 - Board meeting, 7pm at boathouse |
| |
|
GO
BAIR! |
|
|
|
|