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To follow up our great results that the Junior Program brought home, our Masters Rowers started their competitive season on June 5th with Derby Regatta.

With over 50 rowers participating in this event it will take a long time to list all the winners but I would like to mention the incredible performances in women's 8+ and women's 4x and doubles as well as men's 4+, open men's 4+ and pair. Unfortunately the weather did not cooperate and we weren't able to finish our winning streak by not racing in men's 8+ and mixed 8+.

But the highlight of this race was listening to our Novice women's 4+ singing the National Anthem as they got the medals around their necks! A great welcome for our Novice Men and Women rowers, who got their introduction to competing and bring with them so much fun and vivid spirit to our team!

Last weekend we took a smaller group to a only singles and doubles event in New Rochelle. After an incredible performance we won the most points edging NYAC by only 3 points! 

Congratulations to all for these great results and thank you for all your hard work and commitment.

This weekend we will be back on the road for another full day of events in Princeton. Let's hope for great weather and much Gold!!

Congratulations to all of our Saugatuck Junior rowers that competed at the 2010 Youth National Championship!  6 of the 9 boats representing SRC qualified for the Grand Finals!  On the boys side in the 2x, Max Meyer-Bosse and Graham Anderson controlled the race from start to finish to take home the gold medal for the second year in a row.  The Lightweight 4+ of Greg Zales, Max Malec, Ryan Shimizu, Marco Grant, and Max Gibson fought hard in a very tight race to finished 5th.  On the girls side we became the first club ever to qualify 2 boats in the Grand Finals for the 4x!  Then to make it even better Susan Greenberg, Melly Markovic, Lizzy Youngling and Alex Zadravec finished 2nd while Nicoline Lomas, Breezy Ferrara, Sam Smolka and Kathleen Taylor finished 4th!  We also finished a 5th place finish in the Lightweight 2x with Sarah Frear and Celine Bondoc, and a 6th place finish in the 2- with Nikki Wells and Georgia Pinter.  Congratulations to everyone on a great showing for Saugatuck!! 

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John has been cooking professionally since 1995, having had the opportunity to train under Master Chef Fortunato Nicotra and Lidia Bastianvich at Felidia Restaurant.  Most recently, John has collaborated with the co-founder of The Dressing Room, Michel Nischan, acting as the Executive Chef of that American cuisine, farm to table restaurant for the past two years.  John has experimented with various cuisines throughout his career, but finds his greatest inspiration from creating innovative, healthy organic farm fresh dishes while supporting local farmers and their sustainable agricultural and aquacultural practices.

His passion for using local, organic and sustainable foods is reflected in the various causes he has generously donated his time to support, including ArtFoodHope (organized by Alice Waters, The Dressing Room was one of 12 restaurants chosen nationwide to coordinate a private benefit dinner for the January 2009 Inauguration of President  Barack Obama); Chefs for a Cause benefiting The Yale Sustainable Food Project; the 2009 Global Environmental Citizen Awards honoring Her Majesty Queen Noor and Edward Norton presented by the Harvard Center for Health and the Global Environment) and the Wholesome Wave Foundation Benefit working alongside Jacques Pepin and Michel Nishan in 2008.

John’s appetite for experiencing new food and cultures has been cultivated by extensive travel through Central and South America, as well as Europe.  On the rare day that he is not creating in the kitchen, you can find him experimenting with various organic hops and developing new micro-brews like his spring “Holzweissen” and his descriptive “Vaastwarth pale-ale”.

He is supported in all his endeavors by his wife, Eliana Vera. John graduated from the University of Maine with a major in economics and a minor in Spanish Literature. In whatever free time he has left, he enjoys sailing and literature.

Reserve your spot now for the ONE MONTH Non-Member Novice Learn to Row Program – Program now includes fitness privileges!

Every participant who tries the novice Learn to Row class will also receive complimentary access to the fitness facility and fitness classes for the entire month!

The Learn to Row Program starts in May and provides participants two classes per week for one month commitments at a time. Classes are offered at different times/days during the week and are designed to teach the 18 years old and over novice about the sport, how to properly row with a crew and water safety. The program starts in May however it runs through the season and a new class starts each month from May forward. The novice Non-Member Program is a month to month commitment for a maximum of three months.

During the first month, the class participants are welcome to take advantage of our beautiful fitness facility and fitness classes as a complimentary offering while they are learning to row.

Try it for a month, love it for a lifetime!

The offered schedule of classes is as follows:

For more details please contact our S.R.C. Club Rowing Director Nicoleta Mantescu, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , or Membership Director Mary Green in the Membership section of this website.

You may also call 203-221-7475 and ask for Nicoleta at extension 304.