Rower Fee

The fee is $400 per rower/coxswain and covers bus transportation, lodging, regatta fees & expenses and  meals.

Rowers designated as alternates pay 50% but should pay in full now and then will receive a refund after the trip. 

The Regatta Fee is due by Tuesday, May 24, 2022. 

Rower Lodging

The team will be staying at the 

Days Inn Cherry Hill

525 Route 38 East

Cherry Hill, NJ 08002

P (856) 663-0100

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Hotel rooms for rowers/coxswains, coaches and chaperones have been arranged by the club and will be paid out of the regatta fee.

 Meals

Thursday May 26:

• Bring a bag lunch and snacks for the bus ride

• Catered Team dinner at hotel (Brio Tuscan Grill - pasta)

Friday May 27

• Grab-and-go breakfast at hotel for athletes

• Lunch and snacks at team food tent all day

• Catered Team dinner at Hotel (Zoe's kitchen - kebabs/falafel)

Saturday May 28

• Grab-and-go breakfast at hotel for athletes

• Lunch and snacks at team food tent all day

• Any remaining food from tent sent with rowers on bus, or bus will make stop for fast food on the way home. Rowers should bring money for this just in case. 

Bulk water will be available at the food tent.  Rowers and family members should bring their reusable water bottles.

Spending Money

Team members should bring extra spending money if they plan to shop at the many vendors set up at SRAA Nationals. Also a few dollars for fast food dinner Saturday evening.

Required Forms

REQUIRED: none

Please fill in this form.  FS-152 . Parents are asked to sign it and email it back to vpadmin@mcleancrew.org by Monday, May 23.

If you completed the luggage search form for Stotesbury, we will use the same form.  Parents are reminded to search their rower's luggage thoroughly before drop off on Thursday morning, May 26.

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MEDICAL (AS NEEDED): SE-63 Medical Authorization Form - To be completed for any student needed to bring other prescribed or over-the-counter medicine. Required - bring printed medical form inside a gallon-sized plastic bag with the medicine:

• Wednesday night at practice bus drop off 7:15pm at MHS, or  

• Thursday morning 7:00am with luggage.

If you completed these medical forms for Stotesbury we can use the same ones.

Spectator Lodging

A limited number of rooms at a discounted rate are available for parents attending but not chaperoning. Single Rooms $120, Double Bed Rooms $125, plus applicable taxes

Contact heatherlwhitney@hotmail.com to be added to a wait list. 

Luggage & Thursday dress

Rower's luggage will be loaded onto the bus Thursday morning. Rower will NOT have access to luggage until check-in at the hotel. Everyone

should board the bus dressed to row, with crew bag as needed. Bus will go directly to water for unloading, rigging and a practice row. 

 Team Dinner

We will have a team dinner (included in fees) Thursday and Friday night, at the hotel. Chaperone and coach meals are covered. Spectator parents who would like to attend can do so for $25. Please pay here and email regattachair@mcleancrew.org to add your name to the list so we get a final count for food. 

Transportation

We will provide bus transportation to and from the regatta for rowers and coxswains. Per FCPS regulations, no rowers will be allowed to drive to or from the regatta in a car driven by anyone other than their own parents, another rower’s parents (with written permission from their own parents) or by a vehicle driven by a designated chaperone.

*Rowers are welcome to make the return trip to McLean with their parents ONLY after being released by their COACH (shell/gear loaded for return to McLean) AND checking out in person with their CHAPERONE.

Notifying the school about May 26 and 27 absences

Rowers should give all teachers advance notice regarding their absence from school for the Regatta. The roster will be provided to the attendance office. McLean High School Administration, guidance and teachers will review/approve (or disapprove) the rower absences in advance of our trip.

What to pack

Photo ID required, complete uniform - uni and tech shirt - required to row. Be prepared for all weather conditions, with layers for rainy or cold weather, appropriate footwear for rain and walking, sunscreen, headgear, sunglasses.

Parking and More at Nationals

Nationals is in a more suburban area and parking and logistics is much easier than at Stotes. For more information on the regatta, schedule, race course and more go to: https://www.sraa.net/regatta-site.html

There is a big parking lot near the river but it will fill up quickly. It is the same lot that the chuck wagons will be in. It does empty out and fill up as the day goes on. There is plenty of street parking as well. Below there is an address to the venue as well as course information. Here is a link to the Map for parking:

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Thursday, May 26

7:30 am Rowers drop off luggage at Dance Room at MHS for storage and inspection

11:00 am Bus arrives MHS, front entrance, parent volunteers load luggage

11:30 am Bus departs MHS for Philadelphia

3:00 pm Arrive Camden County Boathouse, Cooper River. (rig and row)

6:00 pm Depart for hotel at Cherry Hill

7:00 pm Catered dinner at hotel (Brio Tuscan Grill)

Friday, May 27

TBD

Saturday, May 28

TBD