Philadelphia Classic Regatta Series Inaugural Season Schedule Released with 22 Regattas on Philadelphia’s Schuylkill River beginning Sunday, March 20th
Philadelphia, PA – January 26, 2011 – The Philadelphia Classic Regatta Series, which brings together 22 previously independent events into the first year-long regatta series in the United States, has released the complete schedule for its debut season.
Beginning on Sunday, March 20th with the first of the five high school oriented “Manny Flick” races for the Philadelphia Scholastic Rowing Association, and continuing through November 13th’s Bill Braxton Memorial Regatta, the 2011 debut season of the Philadelphia Classic Regatta Series will attract over 35,000 competitors in over 7,700 boats representing high school, college, club, open and masters programs from around the country.
The Philadelphia Classic Regatta Series is governed by The Schuylkill Navy, which was founded in 1858 and is the oldest amateur athletic governing body in the U.S. It is comprised of the 12 rowing clubs of Philadelphia’s historic Boathouse Row along the Schuylkill River.
Built upon a tradition that launched November 12, 1835 with the first organized regatta on the Schuylkill (a full eight years before the start of the rowing program at Harvard), the Philadelphia Classic Regatta Series is the first of its kind in any city in the U.S. and represents a beloved Philadelphia athletic institution. The Schuylkill River hosts more regattas each year than any other river in the nation, as well as two of the country’s oldest continuing regattas, The Schuylkill Navy Regatta (dating back to before 1860) and the Independence Day Regatta (initiated in 1880). Those two historic events are a significant part of the 2011 schedule for the Philadelphia Classic Regatta Series, which also includes the second largest regatta in the nation (the Stotesbury Cup Regatta), which is also the nation’s oldest and largest high school rowing event.
The Philadelphia Classic Regatta Series has been designed to build further support for the sport of rowing in not only the City of Philadelphia, but the region and the nation as well.
With three of the largest regattas in the Mid-Atlantic region on the schedule, as well as two of the nation’s oldest regattas, the 2011 schedule of the Philadelphia Classic Regatta Series connects the rowing competitors of today to the historic home of the international rowing elite.
The complete 2011 Philadelphia Classic Regatta Series schedule of 22 historic regattas:
• Sunday, March 20: 1st Manny Flick Regatta (high school)
• Saturday, March 26: Murphy Cup (college)
• Sunday, March 27: 2nd Manny Flick Regatta (high school)
• Sunday, April 3: 3rd Manny Flick Regatta (high school)
• Sunday, April 10: 4th Manny Flick Regatta (high school)
• Sunday, April 17: 5th Manny Flick Regatta (high school)
• Saturday, April 30: Catholic League Championships (high school)
• Sunday, May 1: Dr. White Regatta (high school)
• Sunday, May 8: Philadelphia Scholastic Rowing Assoc. Championships
• Fri., May 20 & Sat., May 21: Stotesbury Cup Regatta (high school)
• Saturday, June 18: Schuylkill Navy Regatta (clubs/open)
• Fri., July 1 to Sun., July 3: Independence Day Regatta (clubs/open)
• Saturday, July 16: Philadelphia Youth Regatta (clubs/juniors)
• Saturday, July 30: Quaker City Masters Regatta (clubs/masters)
• Saturday, September 17: Philadelphia Turn & Burn Regatta (clubs)
• Saturday, September 24: The Hutchinson Cup (clubs/high school/college)
• Saturday, October 8: Navy Day Regatta (clubs/high school/collegiate/masters)
• Sunday, October 9: Row for the Cure (clubs/high school/college)
• Sunday, October 23: Philadelphia Children’s Foundation Regatta (h.s./coll.)
• Sat., Oct. 29 & Sun. Oct. 30: Head of the Schuylkill Regatta (h.s./coll./clubs/open)
• Saturday, November 12: Philadelphia Frostbite Regatta (h.s./coll./clubs/open)
• Sunday, November 13: Bill Braxton Memorial Regatta (h.s./coll/clubs/open)
About the Philadelphia Classic Regatta Series:
The Philadelphia Classic Regatta Series brings together 22 separate rowing events into the first unified series of its kind in the United States. From March to November, the Philadelphia Classic Regatta Series features over 35,000 competitors in over 7,700 boats representing high schools, colleges, clubs, as well as masters and open programs from around the country. It includes several of the nation’s oldest and largest regattas, all conducted on Philadelphia’s historic Schuylkill River. It is organized by The Schuylkill Navy, the oldest amateur athletic governing body in the U.S., representing the 12 rowing clubs based on Philadelphia’s landmark Boathouse Row. Additional information is available at http://www.boathouserow.org.
Contact:
Jim DeLorenzo
215-564-1122
jim@jhdenterprises.com