Fall Season

The weather outside is really making me realize that the summer is coming to an end. It's a bit chillier than it has been, and it's rainy. Not how I'd ideally like to kick off our fall season, but I'm excited for the season ahead. I hope to have lots of newbies come out so we can really attack the training. We haven't been able to get into the schools to do demos so we may be low on numbers, but that still won't stop us. Quality is always better than quantity anyway! We've got some great rowers from the summer so they'll help our 'newbies' get up to speed quickly. We only have 2 months for our whole season so that doesn't leave much time to get them race ready. Game on!

Portuguese American Police Association Scholarship Banquet

Hello everyone!

Just wanted to pass along details of the PAPA Banquet for any of you that may be interested in either attending, or possibly making a donation. One of our youth rowers' dad sent this to me so I know it's a good cause!

Hi Folks

Could you let everyone know that the Portuguese American Police Association Scholarship Banquet (PAPA banquet) will be September 24, 2011

Where: New Bedford Sports Acushnet Avenue

When: Saturday September 24, 2011

Time: Appertizers 6-7:30 Dinner 7:30

Dinner Family Style Portuguesse Soup, Salad, Pork Alentejana, Fish Fillettes, Desert, Coffee

OPEN BAR 6-10

Donation $55.00 Per Person

ANYONE NEED TICKETS PLEASE LET ME KNOW

THANKS

It's an AWESOME Time

Emanuel Maciel
New Bedford Police
Director of Animal Control
President, Animal Control
Officers Association of Mass.
871 Rockdale Avenue
New Bedford, MA02740

Well, Irene has passed

I have to say, we were very lucky here at NBCR. We were able to borrow a truck and a trailer from CRI to load up all of our boats. Tons of club members came down to help load and they brought friends, relatives, etc. and the task went really quickly. The HDC helped us out again and let us store the trailer at State Pier and not even have to unload it. It worked out perfectly!

Then Irene came through and the docks, wakeless launch, and all trees, etc. at Popes Island were in tact. The only damage I really saw was that one of the Popes Island signs came down but our 'boathouse', the docks, the marina all looked in great condition. The office had power when I got back here and Irene left very little mark on us. One of our adult rowers, David Filipek, was gracious yet again and let me borrow his brand new truck to pull the trailer back to Popes Island to unload. I almost didn't give it back! We unloaded over the course of 2 evenings and got everything down. I gotta say, our members (and many of the youth dads) are strong!! Randy at the HDC even mowed the grass inside the fence for us!

So we're back up and running and while we were very lucky and made it through Irene unscathed, many others did not. It's been hard to remember how many people have gone days without power when I have it at work, at home, and the weather has been great. But I'm sure there are plenty of people that have spent the last few days removing fallen trees and branches, and buying all the candles and flashlights they can find. I hope all of you in that position are back to normal as soon as possible!!!

Good Night Irene

Who says New Bedford isn't exciting?! Crazy talk...it's plenty exciting here as we prepare for Hurricane Irene to pay us a visit. The last hurricane (Earl) ended up to actually be quite a nice weekend, but I'm thinking Irene may not be so nice.

No worries though. We've got lots of friends to help us out. CRI is going to loan us a truck and trailer to load up all of our equipment and the city is working on a place for us to stash everything while we wait out the storm. We've got lots of strong members so we'll load everything up, wait it out, and then back to business as usual.

We're gonna be ready for you, Irene!!!

BIG Day on Sunday!

Many many thanks go out to our awesome volunteers as we had our largest group of Learn-To-Row newbies come through Popes Island this past Sunday. We had 2 boats running for several hours and kids of all ages along with adults hopped into the boats and gave it a whirl. As the day went on, the winds picked up but our coxswains did a fantastic job steering the boats, and our experienced rowers worked hard to keep the boats on track.

AT&T was on hand again handing out ice cold water, and thankfully, when my phone got soaked with water, Curt Boardman was there to help me bring it back to life. Gotta love those AT&T guys! Ricky Rosario also hopped in the boat to try rowing, and Curt came in the launch with me to keep an eye on the boats. Curt's becoming a mini coach!

We also had fresh coffee and donuts thanks to the Dunkin Donuts at 150 S. Main St. in Acushnet. Mmmm, those were delicious!! Er, I mean, I hear they were.....

Our rowers were truly awesome as we were definitely busy all day long. It was go-go-go but everyone that came through had a really good time and several of the adults signed up for the Learn-to-Row Class that started on Monday. We had a fun time going over safety, equipment, and hopping on the ergs on Monday. They asked some great questions and we did quite a bit of work in just one day! I look forward to seeing them again tonight!

Learn-To-Row this Sunday!

It's that time again! Yes, we have another Learn-To-Row Day coming up THIS Sunday, August 21st. AT&T will be on hand again with ice cold water, and hopefully we'll have Dunkin Donuts there as well. Register online for your slot (we schedule in groups of 4 so register in order to get a slot). Ages 12 and up are welcome and even if you don't want to row, come check it out! Popes Island in New Bedford. See you there!

More pictures from AHA Night!