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COW ISLAND REGATTA

September 12, 2020

Merrymeeting Community Rowing Association

Course and Event Description:  Visit Brunswick, Maine and row the beautiful Androscoggin River alongside Cow Island.  This 5K course is a “buoy and back” race, featured with a gentle turnaround, fun awards, and Maine hospitality.  Open to Junior (U19), Open and Master's 4+'s; Junior (U19) 8+'s, and Junior (U19), Open and Masters 1X and 2X racing shells (recreational shells are a separate entry and can include novice rowers), including a hotly contested mixed 2X race.  Junior (U19) Novice 4+'s will be judged separate from regular U19 4+'s.  All racers in novice categories MUST be in 1st year of rowing.  

Location: Water Street Ramp – Merrymeeting Community Rowing - Androscoggin River – Brunswick and Topsham, Maine - GPS entry “100 Water Street, Brunswick, Maine” shows the site well on MapQuest and Google Earth

Race Organizer:  Renée Bowie:  [email protected]; 207-347-0787

Website: https://rowbrunswick.org/

Please consult the website for directions to our regatta.

Your Stay:  Make it a Maine weekend!!  There are a number of hotels and campgrounds in the greater Freeport, Brunswick, and Bath area.  We urge you to make reservations as soon as possible as hotels book quickly for the fall season. 

Bring the kids!

T-shirts and Awards:  Please include your t-shirt size on the regatta entry form if you desire to purchase one ($12).  Ordering by 8/29 will guarantee your size.  T-shirts purchased at the regatta will be $20. Please click on the T-shirt tab to view this year's t-shirt option.

Awards:  Medal awards will be distributed to 1st, 2nd and 3rd place finishers in each age and race category (US Rowing Master’s age category and handicapping will be followed for Master’s events), and cow bells will be awarded to 1st place over-all (non-handicap) event finishers.  

Food:  Snack Foods and Drinks will be available to all participants for a requested donation.

Waiver:  Please sign and return the regatta waiver prior to the regatta payment deadline.  No rower will be allowed to participate if a waiver is not signed.  US Rowing membership is NOT required to compete in this regatta.  PLEASE SEE THE WAIVER LINK ON THE SIDEBAR TO ACCESS THE REGATTA SPECIFIC WAIVER! **Note, waiver forms will also be present at the regatta.  Please wait until we update the waiver to the 2020 form.

Trailers:  The regatta is held near a community park, and rowers are launched from a community-owned dock.  Trailer parking is available regatta-side.  However, it is strongly recommended that rowers carpool.  If singles and doubles can be included on the team trailer, and rowers carpool, that would be ideal to reduce the number of individual vehicles in the parking lot.  Please indicate on your registration form how you will be transporting your boat and if you will be parking your vehicle in the lot.