RECENT NEWS

The Resolute Team will be arriving at the Stotesbury Regatta the afternoon of Thursday, May 17^th.

If you know, in advance, of service work you would like to have done and would like to be put on the Service Schedule, e-mail Rob Mason, our Production Manger, at rmason@resoluteracing.com . Please include in your e-mail a detailed list of the work required. This will help for planning purposes to insure we get you and your crew out on the water as quickly as possible.

We, of course, will be there throughout the regatta with our parts van fully stocked… just in case something unexpected should come up.

See you in Philly.

Thanks to all who participated in the Spring 2012 Photo Contest.  We won’t bore you (even though we are) with how great all the photos are (they really are great) and how hard it was to choose (even though it really was hard) instead we will get right to the point.

The Winners are:

First Place: Hope Wilkinson

Second Place: Gene Paskiewicz

Third Place: Gene Paskiewicz

Due to the fact that our second and third place winners were one and the same our Marketing Manager decided to spread the Reosolute love around a bit more and add another category.

Honorable Mention: Holly Johnson

Thanks again to everybody for taking the time to send their photos in. We hope you feel free to send in any Resolute shots you are really proud of. You never know…we just might want to use them.  And wouldn’t it be cool to have a goodie bag full of Z gear show up on your doorstep just for taking a photo and then sending it in?

Frank will be at the Three Rivers Rowing Association Scholastic Sprints in Pittsburgh, PA this Saturday.  Get out and support your local crews!

Jeff will be at the New England Rowing Championships on Lake Quinsigamond in Worcester, MA this Saturday. Let’s hope for some warm sunny weather!

Casey will be at the FSRA Sweep Championships in Nathan Benderson Park in Sarasota, FL.

Phil will be at the Mid-Atlantic Rowing Conference in Gifford Pinchot State Park in York County, PA.

Casey and Phil will be at the SIRA Championship Regatta April 21-22 in Oak Ridge, TN.

Frank will be attending the Zanesville Invitational on April 21 at Lake Dillon in Zanesville, OH.

Photo courtesy of Liz Swain

Calling all Resolute Fans, Followers and Rowing Junkies:

Resolute Racing is looking for your take on the stealthy Z.

Send us your creative, funny, or crew filled pictures of Resolute’s out in the wild and you could be sporting some fine Z gear.  One grand prize winner will receive a bag of Z gear worth $100.00, one 2nd place winner will receive a bag of Z gear worth $50.00 and one 3^rd place winner will receive a bag of Z gear worth $25.00. Winners will be chosen by our illustrious Resolute Photo Jury.

Rules of the Game (because you knew we had to have some…):

1. Photos must be 300dpi in resolution.
2. Be sure you have permission of all the folks that appear in your photo to have their lovely selves spread all over the rowing world.
3. Keep the photos clean and classy.
4. By submitting the photos you give us the right to use the photo in any marketing promotions or on the website. We will of course give you full photo credit.

Please e-mail your entry to our Marketing Manager, Leann at lboggs@resoluteracing.com. In the subject line use “Spring Photos 2012”. They don’t have to have been taken this spring….just in case you happen to have some rockin’ ones from last fall hanging about. You will be notified by e-mail if your photo makes the cut.

To get yourself in the running get your photos in by April 30^th.

It is spring and racing is well underway.

Casey’s weekend will be spent at Cooper Creek, Benderson Park in Sarasota, FL at the Florida Intercollegiate Rowing Association Championship April 13-14 at and the Florida Scholastic Rowing Association Sculling Championships on April 15^th.

Frank will be at the Marietta Invitational Regatta in Marietta, OH.

Phil will be at the Knecht  Cup April 14-15 on the Cooper River in Cherry Hill, NJ.

While most everyone is looking forward to the start of the San Diego Crew Classic tomorrow we thought we would pass along a firsthand recap of the The Henley Boat Races Oxford vs. Cambridge that took place last weekend.

Chris O’Hara, the Head Coach of the Oxford University Lightweight Women’s crew, sent along this great note after the race.

Hello!

Our time was 6.48, the winning time in the heavyweight race was 6.38 (Cambridge).  Under the heavyweight winning time + 4% rule, we needed to be faster than 6.53, which we were, so Full Blues should be awarded!

A very solid performance rowed in perfect conditions - minimal stream and very light head wind made both stations fair.  Our girls got off to a flying start at 44, and very quickly went up by half a length.  They settled around 35, and gradually stretched the lead to a length by 750m.  Oxford broke contact and obtained clear water by the 1000m mark.  Cambridge continued to apply pressure over the second half of the race, but didn't have the speed and had lost control of the steering so were forced to row in our wake for the final 1000m.  As you know, we crossed the line one and 1/3 lengths clear.  Oxford has now won 8 of the last 11 Lightweight Boat Races, all of them in Resolutes!

Best regards and thanks as always for giving us the fastest boat on the river!
Chris

We love getting news like this especially since the girls were rowing in a 5 year old boat!

For more coverage on this race click here.

Rowing Related also has coverage of this event as well as a link to a wonderful gallery of photos from the race.

This was in our Marketing Manager, Leann’s in box this morning. It was a great way to start off the work day.

Hello Leann!

          I am a freshman on the University of Rhode Island women's rowing team and I rowed for Bromfield the last four years in high school. Did I mention that I LOVE Resolute with a burning passion?

          We met briefly at your tent at the Head of the Charles and you gave me your business card telling me to send over any good pictures I may take.

Yesterday our men’s team scrimmaged against Boston College here in Rhode Island and I got a few pretty good pictures! Hope you enjoy them!

          Also, I've been following Resoulte Racing Shells on Facebook and I am extremely impressed with how beautiful the paint job on the Bromfield/ Acton-Boxboro lightweight 4+ has turned out. I remember when we got our 8+ that got painted the same blue color back from the shop. My jaw dropped all the way down to the ground!

Thank you for all the fast boats throughout the years! 

Sincerely,

Liz Swain

And thank you Liz for the awesome shots! We love 'em.

Happy First Day of Spring! While we haven't had much to complain about here in New England, having had a very mild winter, it is still nice to know we are that much closer to  beach weather.

What better way to welcome spring than to show off the next Lightweight 4+. This blue is the perfect compliment for a beautiful spring day.

Take a quick peek of the boat as she just arrived in paint and the first color is applied.