Philadelphia,
PA – August 1, 2012 -- The 2012 season of the Philadelphia Classic Regatta Series continues this Saturday, August
4th with the annual Quaker
City Masters Regatta.
A regatta dedicated only to masters (age 21
or older), the Quaker City Masters Regatta has been held for the
past 12 years. This Saturday, there are over 400 registered competitors in over
250 boats representing 33 clubs and nine states, including Pennsylvania, New
Jersey, New York, Virginia, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Delaware
and Maryland..
“What is unique about the Quaker City Masters Regatta is we
charge a flat $50 ‘slot’ fee that entitles the participants to compete in as
many races as they wish to during the event, and includes lunch, a t-shirt, and
a party after the last race,” said John Willemin, Regatta Director of the Quaker City Masters Regatta. “We will have approximately 420 participants
in 257 boats, from 33 clubs representing nine states, a significant field for a
mid-summer master’s event, and their last opportunity to race before the 2012 USRowing Masters National Championships
August 9th to 12th in Worcester, Massachusetts.”.
Saturday’s Quaker City Masters Regatta begins at 9 a.m., and the last race of
the day is scheduled at approximately 3:30 p.m. Admission to view the Quaker City Masters Regatta on the
banks of the Schuylkill River and in the Grandstand located on Kelly Drive
beneath the Columbia Railroad Bridge is free of charge. Limited parking for cars is available nearby
in Fairmount Park. A full schedule for the Quaker
City Masters Regatta is available online at http://www.boathouserow.org.
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 Philadelphia Classic Regatta Series connects the rowing competitors of
today to the historic home of the international rowing elite. It is 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).
Over 175 years later, the
Schuylkill River hosts more regattas annually than any other river in the
nation. Last year’s debut
season of the Philadelphia Classic
Regatta Series featured over 35,000 competitors in over 7,700 boats
representing not only high schools but colleges, clubs, masters and open
programs from around the country. This season has already featured some of the
biggest competitive rowing fields, as well as some of the largest audiences, in
Philadelphia’s storied tradition in the sport.
The remaining 2012 Philadelphia Classic Regatta Series schedule of historic
regattas:
- Saturday,
October 13: 26th Annual
Navy Day Regatta
- Saturday,
October 20: 4th Annual Philadelphia Children’s Foundation Regatta
- Saturday,
October 27 & Sunday, October 28:
42nd Annual Head
of the Schuylkill Regatta
- Saturday,
November 10: 9th Annual Hutchinson Cup Regatta
- Sunday,
November 11: 4th Annual
Philadelphia Turn & Burn Regatta
The Philadelphia
Classic Regatta Series has
been recognized by the Philadelphia Sports Congress as one of the "Premier
Annual Events" for
the city, state and region along with the Penn Relays (April); Blue Cross Broad
Street Run (May); Devon Horse Show (May); TD Bank Philadelphia International
Cycling Championship (June); Philadelphia Insurance Triathlon (June); ING Rock
'n' Roll Philadelphia Half Marathon (September); the Philadelphia Marathon
(November) and Army-Navy
Football.
The
official host hotel of the 2012 Philadelphia Classic Regatta
Series is the Sonesta
Hotel Philadelphia. The
official host restaurant of the 2012 Philadelphia Classic Regatta
Series is Buca di Beppo-Philadelphia. Official
sponsors of the Philadelphia
Classic Regatta Series
include Monarch Travel Services and Spike's Trophies. Hilton Garden Inn Fort Washington and Double Tree Suites by Hilton Philadelphia West are hotel partners
of the Philadelphia
Classic Regatta Series.
Additional
information is available at http://www.BoathouseRow.org and at http://www.pitchengine.com/philadelphiaclassicregattaseries.
Media Contact:
Jim DeLorenzo,
Jim DeLorenzo Public Relations
215-564-1122