Entries from December 2005

Tuesday, December 13th, 2005

2005 Tempe Town Lake Holiday Boat Parade

Each year we make the boat decorations more elaborate. This year the barge was turned into a huge sleigh with a Santa clad in a Hawaiian shirt being pulled by sailing penguins and rowers. This year we won the man powered division again, we have won this division each of the 5 years […]

Tuesday, December 13th, 2005

2005 Marathon Championship Regatta Report

Arizona Outlaws

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At the 2005 Marathon

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Rowing Championship

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This year all of the Outlaw Marathon Rowers had marathon experience and trained harder than in past years. Since there were no newbies in the race we had a little less fun telling snake and alligator stories.

As with many regattas, the trip itself is a big part of […]

Tuesday, December 13th, 2005

December Rowing User Meeting

The meeting was primarily focused on reviewing the Rowing Code of Conduct that will go into effect January 2006. When the final revision is complete all rowers will need to sign the abbreviated code of conduct, in addition all program administrators, coaches, and boat space owners will need to sign the full Code of […]

Friday, December 9th, 2005

HotHead, Head of the Marina, & Newport Autumn Rowing Festival

The fall head-race season for the Outlaws consisted of 4 races, on 3 consecutive weekends, spread over 2,000 miles.
Our first race was the HotHead, held locally on Tempe Town Lake. This year there were very few participants from outside the local rowing community, which guaranteed the perfect regatta conditions, sunny, warm, and no wind. […]

Wednesday, December 7th, 2005

2006 Race Schedule

Here’s our race schedule for 2006:

*January 14-16: Masters Rowing Clinic, San Diego, California
January 28: Rowing Triatholon (in the morning), Local Rowing Social (in the evening), Tempe, Arizona
February 4: 2nd Annual Arizona Indoor Rowing Championship, Tempe Town Lake Marina, Arizona
February 11: San Diego Indoor Classic, San Diego, […]