Spring Regatta Schedule 2025
Join us for these exciting regatta events this spring season!
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John Bennett Regatta
📅 Sunday, May 4, 2025 | Sprint
📍 1 Rotary Row, Buffalo, NY 14201
Join us for the annual John Bennett Regatta hosted by the West Side Rowing Club. This event welcomes all youth athletes, coaches, parents and supporters to our rowing campus.
Event Details
The address for the West Side Rowing Club is 1 Rotary Row, Buffalo, NY 14201. Parents should park and drop their rower off in the Ralph Wilson Park across the street from the rowing club. It’s a bit of a walk to get to the spectating area from the park and parking lot, so pack light or bring a wagon. This site provides great spectating, so bring a chair to enjoy the races.
The West Side Rowing Club parking lot will be CLOSED on race day to ALL CARS. Only boat trailers will be allowed in.
Rower Drop Off: No later than 7:30 AM
Please leave enough time for travel as traffic can get a bit congested at the regatta site. Race times will likely be available using the link below later this week as times are finalized by the venue.
8:00AM – 10:30AM Time Trials / 11:00AM – 3:15PM Finals
1st, 2nd, and 3rd place medals. Food and regatta merchandise are available.
We will be making breakfast sandwiches with sausage in the morning and will have grilled cheese sandwiches and soup for lunch. Please use the sign up link below to volunteer to help with our hospitality tent this weekend.
Website: www.wsrc.org
Saratoga NYS Scholastic Championship
📅 May 10 – 11, 2025
📍 1490 NY-9P, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
With over 80 New York teams and 550 boats competing, the NY State Championships is one of the largest state championships for rowing.
This regatta is a qualifier for both USRowing Youth Invitational Regatta and the Scholastic Rowing Association of America National Championships.
Event Details
Parking:
Free parking on is available on the side of the roads prior to the hill leading down to the bridge.
Paid parking can be found at the bottom of the hill on the left; $20 per day or across the bridge on the right $40.
CHARGERS Junior Invitational
📅 May 17 | Sprint
📍 Onondaga Lake, Syracuse, NY (USA)
Join us for the CHARGERS Junior Invitational hosted by Syracuse Chargers Rowing Club. This USRowing sanctioned regatta is specifically for junior and high school rowers.
Pittsford Regatta
📅 May 24 – 25, 2025
📍 1 Village Ln, Pittsford, NY 14534
Begun in 1997 as an exhibition row for the newly formed Pittsford Crew club, the Pittsford Regatta has grown into an exciting two-day event featuring both youth (high school club) and masters rowing events. The regatta is held on the historic Erie Canal in Pittsford, NY.
The canal is ideal for racing. The water is flat and sheltered with very little boat traffic. The course consists of two lanes running a total of 1200-meters.
Event Details
Most of the races on Saturday will be in the afternoon and all finals (for Saturday and Sunday time trials) will likely take place on Sunday afternoon. Since this is a local event, we will not be serving a hot breakfast on Saturday. *Please have all rowers eat before arriving on Saturday*. We will be serving a hot lunch on Saturday around noon. We will have a hot breakfast on Sunday morning and lunch is TBD based on how we do in the time trials. If our boats progress to finals, we will make grilled cheese for lunch on Sunday.
Venue
For detailed information on the regatta please visit https://www.regattacentral.com/regatta/?job_id=9438&org_id=0
Rowers should be dropped off near Village Lane behind the DPW. Coaches will announce drop off times shortly. There are lots of great viewing spots. Many spectators choose to watch the races from Schoen Place.
Times/Heat Sheets
Heat sheets will be posted here: https://www.regattacentral.com/v3/cms/regatta/9438/heat_sheet
Weather
The weekend is supposed to be cool and rainy with highs in the upper 50s to low 60s. As always, dress in layers, wear sunscreen, and come prepared for rain just in case.
Volunteers
We will set up the hospitality tent on Friday evening. This makes for an easy transition on Saturday morning. Please view the sign up via the link below to help this weekend.