OS.Members -Great Work at the SW Junior Regionals!!

Mudge, Annie AMudge@coxcastle.com
Mon, 12 May 2008 17:53:28 -0700


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GO STROKES!!  We had a terrific weekend of racing for the Oakland =
Strokes at CJs!  Thank you rowers, coaches and parents for making it a =
great success.  There were many, many exciting and close races.  Four =
Strokes boats qualified for the US Junior National Championship in =
Cincinnati.  Novice boats also made a great showing.  As a team, Strokes =
women scored third in Team Trophy Points in a field of 18.  Strokes men =
scored fourth in a field of 17.  Well done!=20
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It was especially rewarding to see how the athletes supported each =
other's boats coming down the course and off the water. A couple of =
athletes were overheard congratulating other crews for a job well done.  =
Very classy. =20
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Our coaches were phenomenal professionals, as always.  They spend hours =
and hours with our kids, training them how to be teammates and citizens =
on and off the water.    They appear to have taught them to be awesome =
competitors also!  We are grateful and admiring.
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You parents are no slouches either.   We simply cannot do it without the =
chaperones, bus-arrangers, hotel-reservers, bagel-slicers, =
trailer-haulers, Costco-hounds, bbq-queens, latte-carters, =
ticket-dispensers,photo-takers and photo-arrangers.  Thank you for all =
the volunteer time you devote to make the Strokes program a success. =20
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Its been a great season so far.  On to Cincinnati!=20
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Co-Presidents, =20
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Annie Mudge and Mary Williams=20

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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN class=3D646461500-13052008>GO=20
STROKES!!&nbsp;&nbsp;We had a terrific weekend of racing for the Oakland =
Strokes=20
at CJs!&nbsp; Thank you rowers, coaches and parents for making it a =
great=20
success.&nbsp; There were&nbsp;many, many exciting and close =
races.&nbsp;=20
Four&nbsp;Strokes&nbsp;boats qualified for the US Junior=20
National&nbsp;Championship in Cincinnati.&nbsp;&nbsp;Novice boats also =
made a=20
great showing.&nbsp; As a team,&nbsp;Strokes women scored third&nbsp;in =
Team=20
Trophy&nbsp;Points in a field of 18.&nbsp; Strokes men scored fourth in =
a field=20
of 17.&nbsp; Well done! </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D646461500-13052008></SPAN></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN class=3D646461500-13052008>It was =

especially&nbsp;rewarding to </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=3DArial =
size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D646461500-13052008>see how the athletes supported <EM>each =
other's</EM>=20
boats coming down the course and&nbsp;off the water.&nbsp;A couple of =
athletes=20
were overheard congratulating other crews for a job well done.&nbsp; =
Very=20
classy.&nbsp; </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN =
class=3D646461500-13052008></SPAN></FONT><FONT=20
face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN =
class=3D646461500-13052008></SPAN></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN class=3D646461500-13052008>Our =
coaches=20
were&nbsp;phenomenal&nbsp;professionals, as always.&nbsp; They =
spend&nbsp;hours=20
and hours with our kids, training them how to&nbsp;be teammates and =
citizens on=20
and off the water.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; They appear to have taught them to =
be=20
awesome competitors also!&nbsp; We are grateful and=20
admiring.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D646461500-13052008></SPAN></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN class=3D646461500-13052008>You =
parents are no=20
slouches either.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We simply cannot do it =
without&nbsp;the=20
chaperones,&nbsp;bus-arrangers, hotel-reservers, bagel-slicers, =
trailer-haulers,=20
Costco-hounds, bbq-queens, =
latte-carters,&nbsp;ticket-dispensers,photo-takers=20
and photo-arrangers.&nbsp; Thank you for all the volunteer time you =
devote to=20
make the Strokes program a success.&nbsp; </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D646461500-13052008></SPAN></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN class=3D646461500-13052008>Its =
been a great=20
season so far.&nbsp; On to Cincinnati! </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D646461500-13052008></SPAN></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D646461500-13052008>Co-Presidents,&nbsp;&nbsp;</SPAN></FONT></DIV>=

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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN class=3D646461500-13052008>Annie =
Mudge and Mary=20
Williams </SPAN></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>

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