Schedule

2008 Spring Season Schedule

Date Location Opponent Boats Results
Sat 4/19 Worcester, MA Andover, St. John’s 1-4 Link
Sat 4/26 Worcester, MA Kent 1-4 Link
Sat 5/3 Hanover, NH Hanover High School 1-6 Link
Sat 5/10 Andover, MA Andover, Tabor 1-6 Link
Sat 5/17 Concord, NH St. Paul’s 1-6 Link
Sat 5/24 Worcester, MA NEIRA Championship 1-3 Link
6/13-6/15 Cincinnati, OH Youth Nationals B1, G1 Link

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The spring racing season is usually six weeks long. The first race, against Andover, St. John’s, and sometimes a few other schools, takes place three weeks after the start of the spring term at Lake Quinsigamond. Crews usually return to Worcester the following week for a dual race with Kent. The third week was traditionally a home scrimmage against St. John, though more recently versus Hanover. In week four, crews race rivals Andover and Tabor on the Merrimack. The fifth week and last Saturday before Interschols, crews bet shirts in a dual race against St. Paul’s. Every season ends with races at the New England Interscholastic Rowing Assocation Championship Regatta (NEIRAs) on the Saturday before Memorial Day. All races are 1500 meters, and all starts are floating except for NEIRAs.

The top two finishers of the Boy’s Varsity Eight and Girl’s Varsity Eight events at NEIRAs qualify for the USRowing Youth National Championship at Harsha Lake outside Cincinatti, Ohio. In years with outstandingly fast boats, crews may also choose to attend the famous Henley Royal Regatta (2112 meters) or Henley Women’s Regatta (1500 meters) in Henley-on-Thames, England.