Poughkeepsie Crew General Regatta Information
HRRA BOATHOUSE REGATTAS
PARKING - for most regattas at the boathouse there is a daily parking fee of $5 or you can purchase a season pass for $20. Athletes may also be dropped off and picked up in designated areas, please be courteous and cooperative with the parking volunteers! There is no parking fee for the Hot Dog Regatta.
SPECTATORS - We encourage families to attend these races - we will have a tent and/or a table set up with food at most of them and we will provide more information about each race prior to the event.
VOLUNTEERS - We are asking for 2 to 4 adult volunteers at each regatta to help make sure the kids have food/drinks and provide whatever other support they or the coaches need on these days. Volunteers who have signed up to help will receive a pass to use on regatta day so they will not have to pay for parking. The pass must be returned to Orlando or Tracy.
FOOD - Athletes eat free at local regattas. The School District and the Parent’s Association will supply some food/beverage items and we will ask families to donate healthy food items (sometimes asking for them to dropped off the night before a race). Family members who want to eat at a local regatta where we are cooking food will be asked to pay $5 per meal per person.
OTHER COSTS - The school does not always pay for the race fees for the Row for the Cure, in which case there may be a $10 per race donation if athletes attend. Some of the races have t-shirts, food or other items to sell so a few extra bucks might come in handy.
REGIONAL REGATTAS
TRANSPORTATION - the athletes are driven to the race course by the coaching staff and/or school district employees/bus drivers. There are restrictions on transporting an athlete to and from regattas, please talk to your coach if you need to make other arrangements.
PARKING - the Section 9 regattas that are held regionally at other boathouses do not generally charge for parking.
SPECTATORS - we always encourage families to attend! A few days before the race we will send out any parking or travel directions so you can find the race course!
VOLUNTEERS - we are asking for one to two adult volunteers at each regional race to help with snacks and drink for the kids and provide whatever other support they or the coaches need on these days.
FOOD - The School District and the Parent’s Association will supply some snack/beverage items and we will ask families to donate healthy snack items (sometimes asking for them to dropped off the night before a race).
OTHER COSTS - None!
SARATOGA INVITE, STATES, STOTES and NATIONALS
LODGING - The athletes and coaches stay in hotels as a group. The athletes will be required to pay a hotel fee, usually $50 to $65 for two nights, $25 to $35 if it is just one night. They will share rooms with other athletes as assigned by their coaches. These amounts will be finalized and communicated to athletes about a week prior to the event. There are extra rooms for parents if they would like to attend and stay in the same location, please tell Tracy if you would like one of these rooms.
TRANSPORTATION - the athletes are driven to the hotel/race course by the coaching staff and/or school district employees. There are restrictions on transporting an athlete to and from regattas, please talk to your coach if you need to make other arrangements. Saratoga is about 2 hours away and some parents make the drive up and back on the same day rather than stay in a hotel. Camden and Philadelphia are both about 3 hours,
PARKING - there is usually a $10 to $15 parking fee, per day at each of these larger regattas.
SPECTATORS - we always encourage families to attend! A few days before the race we will send out any parking or travel directions so you can find the race course!
VOLUNTEERS - we are asking for 4 adult volunteers for each meal at these away regattas.
FOOD - The parents group buys, prepares and serves all the food the athletes need at the race course - usually breakfast, lunch and sometimes dinner. We will ask families to donate an assigned healthy food item for the food tent (we will pick it up the night before at the boathouse or when the bus leaves). The list of what you should provide will go out along with the information for the race.
There will be a food fee of $15 to $20 per athlete that will cover their meals at the food tent for the duration of the regatta. They will need extra money for eating dinner at restaurants - usually $10 to $20.
OTHER COSTS - Family members who would like to eat at the food tent will pay $5 per meal or $10 for the day, per person. There are usually many vendors and food options at these regattas, so spending cash can be useful.
If an athlete is finding it difficult to cover any of these fees or the cost of uniforms please talk to your coach, Orlando or Tracy so we can help find a confidential solution together.
WHAT TO BRING
Uniforms, extra socks, rain boots, cold weather gear, rain gear, flip flops or slip on shoes, water bottle, multiple changes of clothes, blanket, any medications you need (inhalers, epi pen,etc…).
A trash bag to protect your stuff from mud and rain helps and a roll of toilet paper!
BE CAREFUL with money and electronics.
PARKING - for most regattas at the boathouse there is a daily parking fee of $5 or you can purchase a season pass for $20. Athletes may also be dropped off and picked up in designated areas, please be courteous and cooperative with the parking volunteers! There is no parking fee for the Hot Dog Regatta.
SPECTATORS - We encourage families to attend these races - we will have a tent and/or a table set up with food at most of them and we will provide more information about each race prior to the event.
VOLUNTEERS - We are asking for 2 to 4 adult volunteers at each regatta to help make sure the kids have food/drinks and provide whatever other support they or the coaches need on these days. Volunteers who have signed up to help will receive a pass to use on regatta day so they will not have to pay for parking. The pass must be returned to Orlando or Tracy.
FOOD - Athletes eat free at local regattas. The School District and the Parent’s Association will supply some food/beverage items and we will ask families to donate healthy food items (sometimes asking for them to dropped off the night before a race). Family members who want to eat at a local regatta where we are cooking food will be asked to pay $5 per meal per person.
OTHER COSTS - The school does not always pay for the race fees for the Row for the Cure, in which case there may be a $10 per race donation if athletes attend. Some of the races have t-shirts, food or other items to sell so a few extra bucks might come in handy.
REGIONAL REGATTAS
TRANSPORTATION - the athletes are driven to the race course by the coaching staff and/or school district employees/bus drivers. There are restrictions on transporting an athlete to and from regattas, please talk to your coach if you need to make other arrangements.
PARKING - the Section 9 regattas that are held regionally at other boathouses do not generally charge for parking.
SPECTATORS - we always encourage families to attend! A few days before the race we will send out any parking or travel directions so you can find the race course!
VOLUNTEERS - we are asking for one to two adult volunteers at each regional race to help with snacks and drink for the kids and provide whatever other support they or the coaches need on these days.
FOOD - The School District and the Parent’s Association will supply some snack/beverage items and we will ask families to donate healthy snack items (sometimes asking for them to dropped off the night before a race).
OTHER COSTS - None!
SARATOGA INVITE, STATES, STOTES and NATIONALS
LODGING - The athletes and coaches stay in hotels as a group. The athletes will be required to pay a hotel fee, usually $50 to $65 for two nights, $25 to $35 if it is just one night. They will share rooms with other athletes as assigned by their coaches. These amounts will be finalized and communicated to athletes about a week prior to the event. There are extra rooms for parents if they would like to attend and stay in the same location, please tell Tracy if you would like one of these rooms.
TRANSPORTATION - the athletes are driven to the hotel/race course by the coaching staff and/or school district employees. There are restrictions on transporting an athlete to and from regattas, please talk to your coach if you need to make other arrangements. Saratoga is about 2 hours away and some parents make the drive up and back on the same day rather than stay in a hotel. Camden and Philadelphia are both about 3 hours,
PARKING - there is usually a $10 to $15 parking fee, per day at each of these larger regattas.
SPECTATORS - we always encourage families to attend! A few days before the race we will send out any parking or travel directions so you can find the race course!
VOLUNTEERS - we are asking for 4 adult volunteers for each meal at these away regattas.
FOOD - The parents group buys, prepares and serves all the food the athletes need at the race course - usually breakfast, lunch and sometimes dinner. We will ask families to donate an assigned healthy food item for the food tent (we will pick it up the night before at the boathouse or when the bus leaves). The list of what you should provide will go out along with the information for the race.
There will be a food fee of $15 to $20 per athlete that will cover their meals at the food tent for the duration of the regatta. They will need extra money for eating dinner at restaurants - usually $10 to $20.
OTHER COSTS - Family members who would like to eat at the food tent will pay $5 per meal or $10 for the day, per person. There are usually many vendors and food options at these regattas, so spending cash can be useful.
If an athlete is finding it difficult to cover any of these fees or the cost of uniforms please talk to your coach, Orlando or Tracy so we can help find a confidential solution together.
WHAT TO BRING
Uniforms, extra socks, rain boots, cold weather gear, rain gear, flip flops or slip on shoes, water bottle, multiple changes of clothes, blanket, any medications you need (inhalers, epi pen,etc…).
A trash bag to protect your stuff from mud and rain helps and a roll of toilet paper!
BE CAREFUL with money and electronics.