Let's go see the Bulls play the Norfolk Tides(Baltimore)!

For $25.00 you get your ticket,a chartered bus ride to and from Natty Greene's, a hot dog, and beer.

All you have to do is email sue@nattygreenes.com and put the subject as Durham Bulls Bus.

The bus leaves at 6:15pm sharp!

Hope to see you there,
Debra

It's time to clean the equipment and to do so we will need volunteers to pitch in. Add your name below. We will need 9-12 people to pull this off.

Volunteers: (add name below)
Nathan, Renee, David, Cheryl, Steve
Tina, Debra, Christina, Kerry
Needed:
Buckets - Kerry can bring 3 buckets, RL x 1-2

Provided:
Water
Soap
Wax
Towels
Brushes
Tools

Stations:
Dismantle & assembly
Wash
Wax

Come and hang out with your friends and fellow rowers while choosing from an over 500 beer menu!

If you're hungry you can bring food in or order out from their list of take out menus from the areas local restaurants.

Hope to see you there,

Debra

BACKWARDS, a feature film about rowing and starring James Van Der Beek, Margaret Colin, Glenn Morshower, and Sarah Megan Thomas is now complete and ready for distribution.

Rowers, athletes, competitors, Romantics, Dawson's Creek lovers out there -- help us create the buzz to get this movie into theatres nationwide!

For a limited time, you can sneak preview the film's official trailer on our Facebook page:
www.facebook.com/backwardsthefilm

View the trailer. "Like" the film's page on Facebook! Spread the word. The "LIKES" are important as the more Facebook Page "LIKES" the sooner BACKWARDS is in a theatre near you.

If you have read the books and have not seen the movie yet please join us this Sunday at 2pm.
If you would like to get your ticket early and not wait in line or risk getting sold out you can order your ticket from www.fandango.com for $7.50+ $1.25 conv. charge.
We will meet in front of the theater.

Now that DIRT is done let's have a some fun!

If you like old fashioned manual scoring, friendly competition with beer and nachos then this is right up your alley.

If you're coming please let me know so I can reserve some lanes.

Debra
winodeb@yahoo.com

March Madness

"5000 meters a day keeps March Madness at bay"

March 1–31
The Details

Choose from two levels of participation:
The Basic Challenge: Row or ski 5000 meters each day for 25 days or more in March.
The Advanced Challenge: Row or ski 10,000 meters each day for 25 days or more in March.
This is an individual challenge. You do not need to belong to a team to participate.
Meters must be entered online in your online logbook.
Indoor rower and SkiErg meters only (no on water/on snow meters please). You can combine meters from each machine to reach the daily total of 5000 or 10,000 meters.

World Erg Challenge

The World Erg Challenge runs every year from March 15–April 15.
The Details

* Each team rows or skis as many meters as they can collectively between 12:00 a.m. March 15 and 11:59 p.m. April 15.

When:

Saturday, February 25, 2012.
Check-in begins at 8:00 am. The first event begins at 9:00 am

Event categories:

2000 meters. This is the premiere indoor racing distance. It's what the big dogs do at C.R.A.S.H.-B.s and it's a true test of physical fitness and mental toughness.
1000 meters. This is the masters outdoor sprint distance and it's available only to masters-age participants (21+). Yes, 21 makes you a master rower!
500 meters. If you like to blow it out at the beginning, this is the event for you. Don't hold back!
30 minutes. This is for those endurance athletes who can pace themselves and sustain some serious effort for a long time. Whoever rows the most meters in 30 minutes wins.

Registration fee: $35 lets you register for as many events as you dare! Register here: http://dirt.raleighrowing.org/

Awards:

Hey RRC,

The Virtual Team Challenge is about to start, it runs from January 1st to the 31st. It's time to start logging some indoor meters, and at the same time get ready for D.I.R.T. in February.

Details:

* Each team rows or skis as many meters as they can collectively between January 1 and midnight January 31 .
* This is a team challenge. You must belong to a team to participate. This is not the same as your club affiliation in your profile.
* Meters must be entered online.
* Only indoor rower or SkiErg meters count (no water or snow meters please).
* Deadline for entering meters: Friday, February 3 at midnight ET.

Visit Concept2's site today and get signed up, if you are not already.
http://www.concept2.com/us/motivation/challenges/team/teammember.asp

Have a great time!

Our past RRC President, Alexa Chew, and her husband John Clark are expecting their first baby this February and we'd love to shower them with good wishes and all things pink.

Join us for a delicious lunch at PieBird in downtown Raleigh for some sweet and savory treats.

Only your presence is requested, but if you would like to bring a gift for Alexa and John they are registered at:
Babies R Us
Target
smartmomma.com

I hope everyone had a very merry holiday and I look forward to seeing you all on and off the lake in 2012!

Debra Schneider
RRC Social Coordinator