Los Gatos Rowing Club
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Los Gatos Rowing Club

Located at beautiful Lexington Reservoir, Los Gatos, California
Juniors Rowers - Ages 14-18 • 8th - 12th Grade
Click here for more information about LGRC Junior Rowing.

Registration for Fall Season 2010 is Open.

Coaches Corner

Dear LGRC Rowers and Parents,


This week marks the start of the Fall Junior Season.  Welcome back to our returning rowers and welcome to our new rowers and their families.  Many of our novice rowers participated in our Summer Learn to Row Program and thus know their way around the boathouse.  For those brand new to the boathouse, do not hesitate to ask questions or for help from any of the other rowers.  


We have made some changes and added some new coaches to our staff this year and look to build a strong, fast and fun boathouse that will see success in all of our boats, from top to bottom.


While many of the names on our coaches roster are familiar ones, 3 names are new to our staff, Evan Bainbridge, Kasey Heil and Katherine Cobarrubia.   Please help me welcome them.


Evan Bainbridge comes to LGRC from Newport Aquatic Center where he served as the Assistant Varsity Men’s Coach that led the Lightweight 8+ to a National Championship in 2009, and Lead Novice Boys Coach in 2010.  As a junior, Evan rowed at LGRC and then went on to row at OCC before finishing his degree at Chapman. 

 

Kasey Heil, also a LGRC alum, recently graduated from Washington State University with a degree in Kinesiology.  While at Washington State, Kasey rowed and coxed for the varsity womens program.  In the past few years Kasey has coached at LGRC as a part of the Summer Junior Development Camp and the Masters Program.

 

Katherine Cobarrubia coxed for Capital Crew in Sacramento as a junior and for UC Davis in college.  Currently she is a teacher at Presentation High School and will assist with both our Master and Junior Programs. 


We look forward to another year of hard work and fast boats.


Thanks,


Jaime Velez

Director of Rowing, LGRC

2010-2011 LGRC Coaching Team



Varsity Women:  


Lead Coach – Matt Pinschmidt


Assistant Coach – Kasey Heil


 

Varsity Men:  


Lead Coach – Evan Bainbridge


Assistant Coach – Blake Gourley



Novice Women:  


Lead Coach – Patrick Lynch


Assistant Coach – Diane Schneider


 

Novice Men:  


Lead Coach – Jaime Velez


Assistant Coach – Bob Cowan

 


Additional Assistant Coaches:


  Tiffany Frye 

Katherine Cobarrubia

"It may seem like you don't always have a choice in life, you do have the choice to choose courage right "                 -Will Scoggins    
Boathouse Work Day & Cleanup



Thanks to all the Masters who gave up their Saturday afternoon to help finish off some of the boathouse projects!  The boathouse is looking good with the re-designed oar holders and kudos to Mick and his crew working hard on the new shelves and stands at the back of the boathouse.

Masters Competitive Sweep Program

Attention Masters
Due to the number of Masters participating in the Competitive Sweep Program we have created an attendance spreadsheet for the program.   The attendance sheet would allow the coaching staff to set the line-ups for practices in advance.   The current attendance sheet goes through September.  Click on --Masters Attendance Sheet--to edit which days you will be attending practice and which days you will be away.  For questions, changes or issues regarding the spreadsheet,  please e-mail Amy Timpe.  
LGRC Needs You!
LGRC members donate many hours to help make the club a better organization. Boathouse improvement projects, outreach to disadvantaged or special needs individuals, learn-to-row programs, and club events are just a few of the activities run by volunteers. 
Check out "Volunteer Opportunities" to see what you can help with. If you have any questions or project suggestions, please contact Amy Timpe.

Gold for the US Jr. Men's 8 at World Junior Championships
Congratulations to Los Gatos Rowing Club junior rower Zach Hershberger and the entire US Junior Men's 8 crew on winning GOLD in an exciting final on Sunday, August 8 at the 2010 World Rowing Junior Championships in Racice, Czech Republic.  It was a great race, with Germany (2 seconds behind at the 1500m mark) pushing hard in the last 500m in an attempt to cross the finish line ahead of the US.  The US held strong and finished .67 seconds ahead of the Germans!  Click here to see the US Rowing press release.  
  

Welcome New Members
We have lots of new faces around the boathouse!  Click here to see who they are and please extend them a very warm welcome.


LG Weather 

Click for the latest Los Gatos weather forecast.

 Upcoming Events
• Sun., Aug. 1, Fall Season Registration Opens for Junior Rowers.  Click here for more information about LGRC Junior Rowing.
• Tue., Sep. 7, 3:30-6pm, First Practice of Fall Season for Returning Junior Rowers 
• Wed., Sep. 8, 3:30-6pm, First Practice of Fall Season for New Junior Rowers
• Wed., Sep. 15, 7pm, Mandatory Meeting for All Varsity & Novice Parents, Daves Ave. School, LG







It's sunny & beautiful &
the reservoir is full.
Come row with LGRC!




Masters 2010 Fall Season   Sign Up for sessions now!
 2010 Fall Season Begins the Week of August 16.  
Masters Competitive Sweep Fall Program
Masters with one or more years of rowing experience who want to compete in the Fall Head Races.

More Info/Sign up

Masters Novice 1 Fall Sweep Program
Open to adults with little or no rowing experience who have completed Learn-to-Row or have rowed through other means.

More Info/Sign up

Masters Competitive Sculling Program
Open to Masters with two or more years sculling experience who want to compete in the Fall Head Races.

More Info/Sign up

Masters Beginning & Intermediate Sculling Program
Open to masters with limited sculling experience or who want to rebuild their stroke.

More Info/Sign up

                             
In addition to the programs listed above, LGRC will be offering a variety of sculling programs from private lessons to an informal Sunday Buddy row.  For more information and sign up instructions click here.   Adult (Masters) Programs

LGRC Sponsors

 

Thank you to our sponsors who so generously support LGRC with donations of time, money, and equipment.  We deeply appreciate your support.  Members and friends of LGRC, we encourage you to patronize the individuals and businesses that support us!

 

 
Andrew & Julie Southern		  Chateau Construction

 

Dan Bainbridge

 
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