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Mark your calendars and tell your friends - CRU is having a masquerade-themed party/fundraiser on Friday, August 20th at Scarlet Bar (3320 N. Halsted St) and we need everyone to be there! A $30 wristband gets unlimited beverages from 9 - 11:00 p.m., and there will plenty of jello shots to go around. So come on over, have a few drinks and support the team at Scarlet on Friday, August 20th!
Congratulations to CRU's competitive team for its 1st-place win on June 26th in Grand Rapids, MI! The Men's Masters 4 won the 1k with a time of 3:38.68. Coming in 2nd was Lincoln Park at 3:40.15, and 3rd was Ann Arbor at 3:55.29. Go CRU!
Attention collegiate rowers, both current and recently graduated - Looking to continue training and row with a great team this summer? Row with CRU! Contact us for details and tell us when you'd like to start.
CRU is currently raising funds to purchase a much-needed 8-person boat for the 2011 season, and we need your help! Our total fundraising goal is $15,000, which will help us secure a quality boat with all necessary equipment and new oars. No amount is too small, and your donation is tax deductible. Click on the paypal link to make a donation today!
For the position of Coach, Club program, we are pleased to announce Ingrid Bard. Ingrid has rowed for four years at Drake University, three of those years were on the Varsity team. In her senior year, Ingrid served as co-captain of Drake University’s rowing team, responsible for training incoming freshmen. She has rowed around the country in several regattas in Florida, Indiana, California, Oklahoma, and Pennsylvania, just to name a few and during her entire four years at Drake only missed three practices (hint: don’t be late to practice!) In May of every year, Drake would row at Dad Vails in Philadelphia and her Four placed third in the Grand Finals during her senior year.
For the position of Coach, Novice program, we are pleased to announce Jenn Gibbons. Jenn rowed at Michigan State University, is a US Rowing Level II Certified coach and currently rows as a member of Lincoln Park Boat Club. Jenn began coaching in 2005 as the Men's Novice Coach for Ignatius Chicago Crew. Since then, she has coached the Women's Novice and Men's Varsity team. Jenn enjoys running marathons, eating hot wings (not at the same time) and kicking cancer’s butt as the founder and coach of Recovery on Water (ROW), a rowing team for breast cancer survivors. She is thankful she can share the sport she loves with CRU, St. Ignatius and ROW and looks forward to welcoming CRU's novice rowers to the team.
Chicago Rowing Union is celebrating its 5th year and season kick-off with a fundraiser party at Wild Pug (4810 N Broadway) on Saturday, April 3rd, from 7 - 10 pm. We're having a $30 open bar ($20 goes directly to the team!) with all the well liquor, wine, and beer you can drink. Plus, the Wild Pug has generously offered to concoct its own special drink just for CRU (also unlimited!), and they're calling it the "CRU-driver." What's in a CRU-driver? Stop by on April 3rd and find out! Special thanks to Wild Pug and Svedka vodka for their sponsorship!
CRU is having a party/fundraiser to celebrate the end of its first season on Thursday, Oct. 22 at Hydrate from 7:00 to 10:00 pm. $10 cover gets 3 drinks, and CRU gets 100% of the proceeds! Bring your friends and have a drink or 3 with the team to celebrate the end of a fantastic season!
Experienced coxswains: Interested in joining CRU and getting paid for it? In an effort to boost the number of our full-time, dedicated coxswains, CRU is rolling out a new coxswain compensation program as of August 1! For more information, please send us an email at chicagorowingunion@gmail.com.
CRU was represented in Copenhagen by John Sanders, Brando Mataya and Mike Check, winning bronze in the Men's Masters 4+ (1k sprint) and Men's Open 4+ In-Rigger (head of the harbour 6k) races. Check photos here.
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