Racing with the Killer Crews
Those of us with the "killer instinct" enjoy the competition, and all of us have fun on the road trips!
2008 Races
Upcoming Regattas where the Bees may show the oar who is boss:
Textile River Regatta, Lowell, MA, Sun. Oct 5 (tentative)
Head of the Housatonic, New Haven, CT, Sat. Oct 11
Head of the Fish, Saratoga Springs, NY, Oct 11 (tentative)
Please let Meryl or Anita know which races you would prefer.
Sweeps and Sculls, Providence RI, July 26th
Click on the photo to look at an album of the bees at the race
On Saturday, July 26, the Bees descended upon Providence, RI, for the Sweeps and Sculls Regatta, competing in several races – Women's Masters 4+ and Masters 8+, Men's Masters 4+, and Mixed 8+. The Sprints were hosted by the Narragansett Boat Club, the oldest such club in the country, a terrific venue, and the conditions were spectacular. It was a warm, sunny day, with gentle breezes and great rowing conditions, especially in the morning. The air was full of energy and excitement, and most impressively evident was a spirit of true sportsmanship amongst the various crews.
The Bees received warm support for their efforts and will continue to strive to move up our performance levels. These races certainly give us a benchmark by which we can go forward with our workouts and establish some attainable goals for this year. We have made tremendous strides so far – certainly we were the only club from Worcester participating in this event, and it is always exciting to witness the first few steps of what promises to be a great journey. This experience just might 'bee the start of something big', so we invite everyone to come along for the ride!
Hats off to all of our rowers, and rooters! And special thanks to everyone who pitched in behind the scenes to make it happen.
2007 Races
Sunday Oct 28th - Head of the Fish
Killer Bee Womens Novice Masters Four
What a great time we had in Saratoga Springs - and now more of the rowing clubs in Northern New England, New York and Canada know the Killer Bee name.
What an excellent showing we had - (3) boats raced. Our men's 2x passed a boat, our women's novice master's 4+ came in 2nd, only 1-1/2 seconds behind the first place finishers. Our mixed eight got down the course in fine time with four of the rowers in their second race of the day, in what one rower described as "hurricane" conditions. But, being KILLER Bees, we had no problem with those gusts. Here is a link to the results http://www.racetrak.com/regatta.asp?CurrRegattaID=200
Again, we had plenty of fans to help move boats and carry oars, and to cheer "Go Bees" from the shoreline. Our fans are wonderfully loud!
October 19th - 21st - Head of the Charles Regatta
Steve Timpany put a KBRC Men's 4x together in the Directors Challenge Race. JEanette Millard raced ini the Women's 4+ event with her We Can Row breast cancer survivors crew.
October 14th - Pumpkin Paddle
Killer Bee Michele Almstrom has been busy organizing the 2nd Annual Massachusetts Pumpkin Paddle, which was a huge success. There was a Killer Bee group at the race cheering on Bryan Gregoire as he rowed one of the pumpkins to fame! Here is a link to an article which ran on the front page of the Telegram & Gazette.
September 30th - Textile River Regatta
Congratulations to all that competed at the TRR. It was a beautiful day and there certainly were a lot of smiling faces among people wearing yellow and black. KBRC had 12 athletes competing in (3) events as Killer Bees.
Our fan club was the best - it was great to have children, spouses, other relatives and friends there to cheer us on.
The results:
Mixed 2x - Gina Navia & Steve Timpany - 30:11.731 - placed 6th/ 7 - (open race - no masters handicap)
Mixed 8+ - Allen Hight, Roger Duval, Jeff Whaley, Anita Wos, Sally O'Connor, Bryan Gregoire, Michele Almstrom, Carole Whaley, coxed by Anne Zettek-Sumner - 26:06.244 placed 4th/5 - (open race - no masters handicap)
Men's Masters 2x - Jeff Whaley & Lenny Wos - 30:08.035 - placed 6th /6
Great job all - had a blast wearing those distinctive Killer Bee stripes & looking forward to our next race!
