End of Year Celebration & Fundraiser
The EBRC/OT ‘End of the Year Celebration/Fundraiser’ is Nov 17th. Mark you Calendars and Get your tickets today. Continue reading…
The EBRC/OT ‘End of the Year Celebration/Fundraiser’ is Nov 17th. Mark you Calendars and Get your tickets today. Continue reading…
Meet Erin Griffith, one of the fastest women at EBRC and a natural competitor who takes the words “empty the tank” to heart. At 2017 Southwest Regionals, she collected hardware on every event she participated! This girl is all business. Continue reading…
Meet Jose Vergara, Club Team. Jose is a regular at erg practices so he’s in the boathouse nearly everyday of the week. Originally from Brazil, Jose is known for his commitment to rowing and the team while running a successful immigration law practice. Read on to find out more about him.
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Great publicity this week about the opening of the channel by Lake Merritt (thanks, Measure DD!). As a former LMRC member, I can attest firsthand about what grand tradition they have, seeped in 100 years of history. One of the oldest clubs on the West Coast, the LMRC has been cordoned off in their landmass-surrounded lake for their entire existence, the dam having been implemented 150 years ago (thanks, Sam Merritt!).
LMRC has been a great sister club to the EBRC. We relied on them physically and mentally to get through the times when our location and club status was still uncertain. With Lake Merritt, still home of the SW Regionals, there was only the possibility for about 100-125 strokes before you had to spin your boat and go back the other way. Now, with the gradual opening of the channel over the next few years, the possibility for a unique sprint course presents itself.
A boathouse-to-boathouse journey back into the history of Oakland, the community and the bay. What will start at the boathouse of Lake Merritt will end at the boathouse of the boathouse of the EBRC. I present to you now, rowing community, the first draft of the Lake-to-Estuary Race.
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As the changes from Measure DD continue to take effect, bridges will be raised and the waters of the lake will creep closer to those of the estuary. We’re looking forward to many more celebration days together as these barriers between are brought down.