Holiday Quarts Race

2024-12-21

Rowers prancing on the dock!

Saluting the end of the 2024 rowing season.

Saluting the end of the 2024 rowing season!

The Quarts Races

Quarts Races celebrate our rowing community and are a wonderful opportunity to bring together participants from all of our different programs. Juniors, Masters, Evening Rows, and Learn to Row participants are all welcome.

So, it's only fitting that we salute the end of a year's rowing with a Holiday Quarts Race!

As with all Quarts Races, there are prizes. Who, exactly, wins is… interesting… teams get points for winning races, of course, but attitude, silly tricks, wacky costumes, and, of course, enthusiastic singing, definitely count!

Photos

Four rowers in holiday hats on the dock.

Warming up before the races

A quad at the dock getting ready to launch.

Preparing to launch

A quad at the dock getting ready to launch.

Ready, set, go!

Two people dancing in the foreground.

Merriment!

A quad on the water.

Heading out!

Two rowers posing in a pair of hula hoops.

Dockside merriment!

Two rowers posing on the dock.

More merriment!

Two quads racing on the water. The Selkirk Trestle is in the background.

Racing!

People gathered on the dock. All are wearing festive holiday hats.

Holiday hats serve many functions on cool winter day.

A quad on the water. In the background is the Selkirk Trestle. In the foreground are two people apparently dressed as elves.e

The view from the dock.

A quad on the water visible between two heads, both sporting holiday hats.

Rowing away!

A quad on the water.

Heading out

People dancing on the dock, viewed through the grid of a fence.

Dancing! Merriment!

Two quads racing on the Gorge. Two coach boats are also visible.

Even some racing :-)

Three quads racing.

More racing…

A quad racing. In the background is the Selkirk Trestle.

And more racing…

Two quads racing with the Selkirk Trestle in the background.

Even more racing…

People, many wearing festive attire, cheer on the racers.

Cheering the athletes on!

Many thanks to the volunteers and coaches who help to make the Quarts Race happen!

Two coaches on another coach boat.

Two of our wonderful coaches.

Raindrops falling on the Gorge Waterway.

We are not deterred by a little rain!

A quad docking. Two rowers are visible, while a third helps bring them in by holding the oar.

Back on the dock.

A quad docking. One rower is visible and is wearing a hat with antlers. The picture is taken through a crowd of people on the dock.

Back on the dock.

A quad docking with three festively dressed rowers visible.

And off to join the festivities (or get ready for another race).

Two coach boats on the water.

Coaches patrolling the waters…

A quad docking. On the left, someone is carrying a hula hoop.

Is that a hula hoop?

A quad docking. The rowers are cheering.

Attitude counts when awarding prizes… this boat is determined to win!

A team of four rowers standing on the dock and posing for a picture.

Team spirit!

A team of four rowers standing on the dock posing for a picture. Our club manager, Rachel, has joined the picture and is pointing at one of the rowers.

Team spirit and a photo-bombing club manager!

A quad at the dock.

Back at the dock.

A quad at the dock. Only the athlete rowing the bow position is visible. They are smiling.

A happy rower

A quad has finished the race. One of the rowers is standing and twirling their oar.

This team is determined to win something!

A quad on the water. One of the rowers is facing backwards. Another is standing and dancing with a hula hoop.

The hula hoop reappears!

Rowers carrying a quad off the dock.

Closing things down

Rowers carrying a cleaned quad into the boathouse.

Bringing the boats back home!

Two rowers chatting.

A festive hat!

Our club manager, Rachel, presenting the table holding the race prizes.

Our club manager presenting the prizes!

A close up of the race prizes.

What a spread!

The third place team displays their prizes.

Third place! The enthusiasm worked!

The second place team displays their prizes.

Second place!

The first place team displays their prizes.

And our winners!

The first place team mugging it up by pretending to bite their medals.

Testing the gold content of the medals!

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