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Notes on navigating the website:
As an example: Move your mouse over the headings on the top blue/purple line and a drop down menu will appear to show the selections available.
Under "Parent" you will see the "Food Selection", move the mouse over it and left click to get to the food selection menu page.

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New England Champions '59, '62, '64, '65, '77, '88, 89, '90, '91, '92, '93, '95, '00, '03, '07, '08, '09, '10, '11, '12, '14, '15

2024 - New England Championships Boys: Team Trophy Bronze, B1 Silver, B2 7th, B3 Bronze

2024 - New England Championships Girls: Team Trophy 4th, G1 5th, G2 Silver, G3 Bronze

2023 - New England Championships Boys: Team Trophy Silver, B1 5th, B2 Silver, B3 Silver

2023 - New England Championships Girls: Team Trophy 5th, G1 4th, G2 6th, G3 8th

2022 - New England Championships Boys: Team Trophy Bronze, B1 4th, B2 Silver, B3 4th

2022 - New England Championships Girls: Team Trophy 5th, G1 4th, G2 8th, G3 4th

2019 - New England Championships Boys: Team Trophy 4th, B1 6th, B2 4th, B3 Silver

2019 - New England Championships Girls: Team Trophy 6th,6 G1 5th, G2 5th, G3 6th

2018 - New England Championships Boys: Team Trophy 8th, B1 8th, B2 7th, B3 5th

2018 - New England Championships Girls: Team Trophy 2nd, G1 Silver, G2 Silver, G3 Bronze

2017 - New England Championships Boys: Team Trophy 4th, B1 7th, B2 6th, B3 Silver

2017 - New England Championships Girls: Team Trophy 3rd, G1 Bronze, G2 4th, G3 Silver

2016 - New England Championships Boys: Team Trophy 7th, B1 7th, B2 4th, B3 8th

2016 - New England Championships Girls: Team Trophy 4th, G1 5th., G2 4th, G3 4th

2015 - New England Championships Boys: Team Trophy 2nd, B1 Silver, B2 Bronze, B3 Silver

2015 - New England Championships Girls: Team Trophy 4th, G1 Gold., G2 Silver, G3 7th

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To provide information and news for the Parents, Friends, and Alumni of Andover Crew.

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On the donation page click the "x" the "Designation" window and then scroll down to "Other" and enter "Crew boats and accessories

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Andover Crew Community

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Some of us still use ink and paper while others use Android and iPhones to communicate. You can participate with Andover crew via this web page and the links at the top of this page to our Facebook group (800+ members), and our LinkedIn group (250+ members). You can also sign-up for our newsletter by contacting us at andovercrew@andovercrew.com. We welcome participation, comments, suggestions and especially stories and pictures of Andover rowers young and old. We are happy to help people reconnect with old boatmates.
Our LinkedIn group is our latest addition. We hope our LinkedIn group will provide the opportunity for the Andover Crew family to provide support for our younger rowers as they move into the world. Our young men and women who have maintained good grades while spending 25 to 30 hours a week on competitive rowing at the countries top colleges have already proved that would be valuable additions to any organization that wants to be successful. Membership is only open to rowers, alumni and parents.
Click on the picture to join the LinkedIn group..


Boathouse Weather METHUEN WEATHER
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News April 21st, 2025

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Quick Update:

We have posted a Preliminary Schedule for the races at Hanover NH this coming weekend.
The food table will be more of a challenge and will be more important for the athletes. A preliminary menu has been posted below. Please volunteer to bring food and help if you can.
The trip to Hanover is a quick 40 minutes up I-93 to Manchester and then a scenic hour long drive in I-89 to Hanover, the home of Dartmouth College.
Over the years many Andover Crew Alumni have raced on the Connecticut River for Dartmouth College. Miles Hudgins '21 rows for the Heavyweight team. We have a soft spot for their Head Coach, Wyatt Allen who coached my daughter at UW. Our friend Marth Beattie is a volunteer coach with the women. Amongst Martha's many accolades are that she is the only woman to have coached B1 at Andover and was in the very first class of women at Dartmouth. Martha's son and daughters all rowed for Andover.

Hanover is a beautiful town for a walk after the races. You can have a very good meal in the Hanover Inn Hotel or excellent pub food at Murphy's on the Green before you drive all the way back to Boston. If you are more adventurous you can have a superb meal at the Simon Pearse glass studio and restaurant in Quechee Vermont.

We have posted some pictures of practice on the Mighty Merrimack. Click here to jump to Spring 2025 pictures.

Our opening season races will now be this coming weekend with Deerfield, BC High, St. John’s Prep for the boys and Deerfield, Glastonbury and CRI for the girls.
Come on down to the river and enjoy the excitement of the races. With 5 visiting schools, come early to grab a parking space. There are a few handicapped parking spaces in front of the Boathouse for those that need them.

If you cannot travel to support the team, you can follow the races on live video of our home races in our Facebook group. When you ask to join the group, remember to enter your athlete's name as your connection to the group. Click here for the group FacebookFriends of Andover Crew

Older News:

The Kent races were canceled due to extreme weather conditions. We were on I-90 heading west but had to turn around. The top boats returned to our boathouse to unload the trailer, rig the boats for Monday and do an erg piece.

At least we can say we are undefeated so far this season. We think this is the first time in the 70 year history apart from COVID, that we have canceled the first two races.

It is Spring racing season. In fall we row, in Spring we race. All rowers are now competing for places in racing boats. If they make a boat go faster they move up the line. Everyone is pushing to make their boat go faster. Fall rowing is warm and cuddly, Spring rowing is not.

The team had a fantastic pre-season trip to Texas to find their river rhythm again before the seasons starts on the Mighty Merrimack. A big 'Thank you" to the everyone involved in organizing the trip.

The racing seasons starts with the boys racing away at Salisbury.

So friends and family block out all the weekends from now to May 24th. This season we will be away on April 12th to Kent, both in Connecticut and April 26th to Hanover NH. All other races will be at home until NEIRAs.

Supporters responsibility during racing season is most importantly to cheer like crazy in the last 500 meters. Family supporters also provide food for the rowers. This is very important, the rower have to re-fuel within the hour. Any delay will affect their recovery time. Please make sure we keep them healthy.
Our rowers practice endless hours on the water to lay down an extreme effort over 6 minutes and 1500 meters of water. It is not a good idea to try this on a full stomach. So our rowers do not eat much before a race. We feed them after the race to help them recover.

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This week we will be traveling with the tribe again. This time to the far wild north on the actual border between New Hampshire and Vermont. The town of Hanover, the home of Dartmouth College and Hanover High School. We will be racing Hanover and Bedford. The Hanover boathouse,108 Lyme Rd, Hanover, NH 03755, is about 3.5 miles north of the town on the Connecticut river. Parking for the regatta will be at the Middle School at 63 Lyme Rd, Hanover, NH 03755 about 2 miles from the boathouse.
There will be no parking at the boathouse or Wilson's landing for rowers or spectators. The only parking on site is for the trailers from each school, two food parent trucks from each school, and coaches vehicles. Shuttles will be running from 11:00am- 4:45pm constantly.
The schedule will be confirmed on Raceday after discussions with our visitors.

Food Table - Parent volunteers

Race day - Tribal travel to the Hanover boathouse,108 Lyme Rd, Hanover, NH 03755,.
The rowers have to eat carefully before races and need to eat almost immediately afterwards to replace the expended energy to ensure a swift recovery. Our parents run a food table to feed the rowers as they come off the water.
We need volunteers to be leaders for the food table this year. Just for this weekend at Kent, Rosy Darby will come out of retirement to organize the food table. Please check out this Hanover plus food table list
Please click the signup sheet or email Rosy at andovercrew@andovercrew.com and let us know what you can bring for this race.
Check out what rowers should and should not eat and when
See you by the lake! Go Blue!

Races: Saturday - April 26th Hanover High School & Bedford Crew.

When: Saturday April 26th meeting 11.30 am to 5.00 pm.
Who: B1 to B4? and G1 to G4?. To be confirmed. Always check with your favorite athlete.
Where: Hanover Boathouse, 108 Lyme Road Hanover, NH
Parking: Hanover Middle School, 63 Lume Road, Hanover NH
Very Preliminary Race Schedule
To be confirmed with our hosts.
11.30: Athletes arrive.
12.00: Coxswain meeting and lane draw
12.15: Vesting coxswains tour racecourse.
12.45: Boats will start to launch 45 minutes before their race.
Race start times:
1.30: B1 - Andover, Hanover, Bedford.
1.45: G1 - Andover, Hanover, Bedford.
2.00: B2 - Andover, Hanover, Bedford.
2.15: G2 - Andover, Hanover, Bedford.
2.30: B3 - Andover, Hanover, Bedford.
2.45: G3 - Andover, Hanover, Bedford.
3.00: B4 - Andover, Hanover, Bedford.
3.15: G4 - Andover, Hanover, Bedford.
4.00: Food and chat if we are all still standing.
Updates will be posted on Friends of Andover Crew on Facebook
We will probably not have livestreaming as we cannot go on the water. Andover Crew Livestream on Facebook


Sunny:
Temperature: 55 (but remember it is New England!).
UV index: 3.
Humidity: 78%.
Wind: NW 10 to 15 mph.
Rain: 70%.
In New England weather forecasts are usually not to be trusted.
Thanks
See you by the river! Go Blue!

Hanover 1500 meter racecourse

Boats launch onto the Connecticut river near from the dock at the boathouse. It is a smaller dock and Hanover will have their own dockmasters. Most races take place going up stream, starting down the race course near the UVRF docks and ending at the finish line by the docks at the boathouse.
The Hanover boathouse,108 Lyme Rd, Hanover, NH 03755, is about 3.5 miles north of the town on the Connecticut river.
Parking for the regatta will be at the Middle School at 63 Lyme Rd, Hanover, NH 03755 about 2 miles from the boathouse.
There will be no parking at the boathouse or Wilson's landing for rowers or spectators. The only parking on site is for the trailers from each school, two food parent trucks from each school, and coaches vehicles. Shuttles will be running from 11:00am- 4:45pm constantly.

Hanover Boathouse

Hanover Race Course

Parking and Food drop

From Andover to Hanover
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Rowing at Andover

Rowing is a team sport. There is no concept of MVP. It is all about the boat and the greater team. The top G1 and B1 boats are made faster by all the rowers below pushing them to justify their places in the top boats. When any boat captures gold at Interschols they are representing the whole team.

Coaches start out with their best guess at boat groupings. They observe the melding of the crew. They make changes to improve the speed. Eventually they may “seat race” the last couple of places in a boat. This means swapping rowers in and out of the boat to see who can make the difference. Spring racing is serious, there is no room for personal preference. Only boat speed matters.

The same philosophy applies to coxswains although it is a little more difficult for the casual observer to see and understand. The first requirement of a coxswain is boat safety. The first racing requirement is to steer well in all circumstances. This is not as simple as it sounds. A 60 ft. shallow draught boat is wobbled by unbalanced rowers, pulled off course by currents and blown off course by winds. A long thin boat reacts slowly to steering corrections. A good coxswain looks ahead to sense currents and winds to ensure the best true line to the finish. There is always a race plan but the opposition sometimes has other ideas so a good coxswain has to modify the race plan on the fly. So in one of these serious spring races, the coxswain is steering, calling the rowing rate, watching for changes ahead, telling the boat their position in the race and trying to urge them on with calls that connect with their deep down inner strength. There needs to be a bond of trust between the rowers and the coxswain. All of our Andover coxswains are brilliant. On the water only the coach and crew can tell which coxswain fits best with each boat.

As we work through the spring the top boats are usually stable but the lower boats are changed around from week to week as rowing skills improve. Coxswains in the lower boats are also swapped around to try and share the racing experience. The goal of the season is to create top boats that win medals at Interschols and beyond and lower boats that acquire the racing skills to move up in the coming years.

The kids work very, very hard every day on the Merrimack in rain, hail and even snow. Hours of freezing cold, painful muscles and nasty looking hand blisters. All for a race that last about 6 minutes. That is 6 minutes of extreme effort and pain with glory or failure at the end.

So what can parents do? Provide support and encouragement. Share your amazement at their efforts and if you live within traveling distance you can come to the races to yell “Go Blue!” Everyone is very welcome at all the races. The rowers might not always express it very well but they really do appreciate supporters on the river bank. Of course we guarantee bright sunshine for every race.

Races at home and away are almost full day events. The rowers have to eat very carefully before the races and are always ravenous afterwards. The parents organize a food table for the rowers so that each boat can eat as soon as they have stowed their racing shell after the race. We will have a group of volunteers to organize and run the food tables at the races. We will have a number of other volunteer tasks.

We will publish directions to the away boathouses. See full Draft Spring Schedule

To help understand the strange world and words of Crew we recommend the following links.

All the new words, there will be a test

How to row but you are not allowed to use this to critique

Different types of boats and rigging

What rowers eat

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Given that many races are decided by 0.2 seconds it might be good to listen to a video created by the Canadian team with a speech from a movie.
Please forgive the swear words.

Click here Inches

If the Inches video has raised your blood pressure than you can be calmed by this video made by Oscar Tang'56 on his retirement as President of the Board of Trustees.

An Andover Life - Andover Crew- Oscar Tang '56

© 2019 Phillips Academy

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Andover Athletes racing for their colleges this spring

we like to keep a list of Andover Crew Alums racing for colleges this spring. Please email andovercrew@andovercrew.com with names and colleges of anyone you know racing this spring.. If you are lucky enough to attend a regatta with these athletes, wish them well. GOOD LUCK for the season!!

Spring Schedule

To live is to row, to row is to race, to race is to test the limits. NEIRA beckons.

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A Call to Oars:
Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more;
Then imitate the action of the tiger;
Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood,
Disguise fair nature with hard-favour'd rage;
Now set the teeth and stretch the nostril wide,
Hold hard the breath and bend up every spirit
To the full height. On, on, you noblest rowers.
Whose limbs were made in New England show us here
The mettle of your pasture; let us swear
That you are worth your breeding; which I doubt not;
For there is none of you so mean and base,
That hath not noble lustre in your eyes.
I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips,
Straining upon the start. The game's afoot:
Follow your spirit, and upon this charge
Cry 'Go for myself, my family and Andover Crew!'
(Mostly from Henry V Act 3 Scene 1)
- Apologies to Will Shakespeare.

Preliminary Andover Spring Racing Schedule 2025 (Teams, times and boats may change)
Date Day Team Opponent Site Time
05-Apr-2025 Sat Boys B1-B5 Salisbury Away Canceled
05-Apr-2025 Sat Girls G1-G? No Race for the girls Home Canceled
12-Apr-2025 Sat Boys B1-B? Kent Away Canceled
12-Apr-2025 Sat Girls G1-G? Kent Away Canceled
19-Apr-2025 Sat Boys B1-B? Deerfield, BC High & St. John's Prep Home Results
19-Apr-2025 Sat Girls G1-G? Deerfield, Glastonbury, & CRI Home Results
26-Apr-2025 Sat Boys B1-B? Hanover & Beford Away 12.00 pm
26-Apr-2025 Sat Girls G1-G? Hanover & Beford Away 12.00 pm
3-May-2025 Sat Boys B1-B? St. Paul's & Hingham Home2.30 pm
3-May-2025 Sat Girls G1-G? St. Paul's & Hingham Home 2.30 pm
10-May-2025 Sat Boys B1-B? Tabor-Exeter Home 12.30 pm
10-May-2025 Sat Girls G1-G? Tabor-Exeter Home 12.30 pm
17-May-2025 Sat Boys B3-B6 Lower Boat regatta Home 12.30 pm
17-May-2025 Sat Girls G3-G6 Lower Boat regatta Home12.30 pm
24-May-2025 Sat Boys B1-B3 Interscholastics (NEIRA) Away 8.00 am
24-May-2025 Sat Girls G1-G3 Interscholastics (NEIRA) Away 8.00 am
07-June-2025 Sat Alumni Reunion Row Home 7.00 am

The number of boats depends the other schools. Any possible Post Season competition depends on Intershol results

For past years' results go to Row2k results and enter the year.

The times listed are approximate times for the first racing boat to go on the water. The teams and supporters arrive about an hour earlier to setup for the races.

GO BLUE!!

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The Spirit of Andover Crew

Crew is a little different from other sports. All the students, boys and girls, everyone from varsity first boat to the sixth boat, train together, practice together, race together. Everyone jumps on the same bus for the bone-rattling trip to the boathouse. Everyone helps with the launches. Everyone shares the same cold wet days on the Merrimack. Everyone shares the same pain, the same pleasure. Everyone will have the same joy as the boat starts to sync and the speed increases. There is no individual effort. There is no individual glory. Only one boat, eight rowers, one coxswain, one shell. A racing boat.

Below is a multimedia section including a video of this year's (07) interschols, Michelle's call and video from Henley '06 and a documentary video about Andover crew made by Katherine Adams '06. Recently we have noticed people referring to Andover crew as a world class program. The shallow reason for such an accolade is probably the recent racing performance such as B1 with two silvers and a gold and G1 with three silvers in the last three New England Championships. We think the program is world class because of the spirit of Andover crew down through all 12 boats. We hope the videos below will help you visit again with the spirit of Andover crew.

Interschols '07 Video

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Click the links below for Interschol video thanks to Jim Moroney.
Click here for Interschol video part 1
Click here for Interschol video part 2
Click here for Interschol video part 3

Abingdon Race Henley '06 - Michelle's Coxswain's Call: You can feel the spirit as you listen to this race from Henley '06. Abingdon, one of the top English schools, used their fantastic start to take an early lead of over a boat length. Lesser crews would have crumbled. Andover clawed back into the race and then pulled off a tremendous sprint to take the victory.

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Click the CONE for a video combination of the coxswain's recording and the TV recording of the Abingdon-Andover race. The video will start with a photograph of the team racing at Henley. The TV footage from www.rowtv.co.uk will appear for the last 500 meters.

Andover Crew video: Katherine Adams created this Andover crew video in the Spring of '04. As you watch this movie I think you will appreciate that Andover Crew is something very special. We have split the movie into four parts to make it easier to play and download. Please click on the link and it will play using Media Player. You may also right click on each part to download the four files and then use the 'open' command under 'file' to select all four to play as a group.
Andover Crew Video Part 1
Andover Crew Video Part 2
Andover Crew Video Part 3
Andover Crew Video Part 4
Courtesy of Katherine Adams '06

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Here is a video Created by two members of the Andover Crew team this year 2019.

Created by Rick Ono '19' and Sam Boshar'19

© 2019 Phillips Academy

Here is a video thanks to Neil Evans, Associate Director, Digital Communications at Andover.

An Afternoon on the Water

© 2019 Phillips Academy

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Here is a video made by Oscar Tang on his retirement as President of the Board of Trustees.

An Andover Life - Andover Crew- Oscar Tang '56'

© 2019 Phillips Academy

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General Information

Coaches:

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Coach Taylor Washburn '03' Director of Andover Crew.

Taylor is an '03 graduate of PA. He rowed at Andover and Princeton before going on to row with the US National Lightweight Team. He comes back to Andover with coaching experience at Andover, NMH and Tabor. His 2012 Tabor B1 lost the NEIRA championship to Andover B1, coached by his father, by 0.233 of a second. We are told he has improved. :-)
Taylor is the Cluster Dean for Abbot and will be teaching math.
We welcome Taylor and his young family back to Andover.

The goal is to inspire happy rowers to learn to row in the fall and win the New England Championship in the spring. We all wish Taylor and his team every success.

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Coach Dale Hurley joined us in 2006 and has been a inspiration to our young rowers ever since with his famous launch cry of "What do you do when you are not having fun?" "PULL HARDER". He came to the program with coaching experience at Blair Academy, University of Pennsylvania, University of Tennessee, and the US Naval Academy built on top of a successful rowing career that included being a 5 time member of the U.S National Lightweight Rowing team.

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Coach Ellen Minzner is a two-time World Champion in the Lightweight Women's pair who as a coach has helped thousands of athletes start rowing. She has coached at Wellesley College, Kansas State University, and the University of California at Berkeley, as well as at high school programs including the Winsor School, Greater Lawrence Rowing, and CRI where she won the Isabel Bohn Award from US Rowing, recognizing her significant achievement in providing opportunities in rowing for athletes with disabilities.

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Coach Andy Finch learned to row at Boston University. After four years with the BU program, and upon graduation, Andy went on to row on the Lightweight US National Team for 3 years; 1994, 1995, and 1996. Coach Finch has previously coached at Brooks School, Philips Exeter, and more recently founded the rowing program at St. John's Prep in Danvers, MA. He continues to row and competes annually in the Head of the Charles Regatta which he has only missed once since his first in 1991.



Coach Amanda Foushee Instructor English. Amanda was a coxswain in her rowing life and is excited to be back on the water

Coach Jose Manuel Zorrilla Matilla Instructor Physics and supervisor of the Phillips Academy Observatory.

Coach Logan Jester Instructor in mathematics and house counselor. Logan coached at Rutgers prior to PA.

Coach Aiden Spencer Teaching Fellow in Philosophy and Religious Studies. Rowed at Hobart and William Smith Colleges and also at St. Paul's school where his father was a coach.

Coach Ei Smith Instructor in History & Social Science. Coaches Ice Hockey and Crew.

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Captain election results:
Girls' Team co-Captains '23/24:Maya Rodgers and Giuliana Cardinale.
Boys' Team Captain '23/24: Luke Francis.

O Captain! my Captain! rise up and hear the bells;
Rise up--for you the flag is flung--for you the bugle trills;
For you bouquets and ribbon'd wreaths--for you the shores a-crowding;
For you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turning;

Walt Whitman

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2025 Spring Pictures

Spring Practice at the William Brown Boathouse

Some pictures from the Merrimack. I jump on a coach's launch to try and take these pictures. I only capture the students assigned to that coach. I know every parent is primarily interested in pictures of their favorite athlete. I will try to capture all the students over a number of trips on the river with the different coaches. On race days I do my best to capture every athlete. A big thank you to the coaches for allowing me to join them.

If any parent would like to share their photographs on this site, please email andovercrew@andovercrew.com and together we will make it happen.

launching with Coach Ellen Mitzner

Ring of power with Coach Jester


Reaching in a new Hudson

Reflections in the Bob Moss

For many more pictures from the Mighty mwerrimack please click the buttons below.
Spring Practice page 1
Spring Practice page 2
Spring Practice page 3
Spring Practice page 4

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Alumni News

Reunion Row: Saturday - June 10th Reunion Row

Bring back the Merrimack spirit.
When: Saturday June 7thth meeting 07.00 am to 9.30 pm.
Who: All the 5s and 0s plus any other Andover Crew souls brave enough to join us especially anyone who missed out during COVID.
Please email andovercrew@andovercrew.com so that we have a good idea of the numbers.
Where: William Brown Boathouse, 620 Lowell Street, Methuen.
Draft Schedule
7.00: Rowers arrive.
Sort everyone into boats.
Carry boats and oars to the dock.
7.30: launch for a gentle row on the mighty Merrimack.
Later: Refreshments in the Bill Brown Boathouse.

See you by the river! Go Blue!

Directions to Boathouse

Where: William Brown Boathouse, 620 Lowell Street, Methuen, MA
Following are the directions to the William Brown boathouse from the I-93:
The I-93 road works are now complete so we have new directions.
1. 620 Lowell Street, Methuen.(Use this address for your GPS.)
2. Take I-93 North or South to Exit 46. (Route 110/Route 113 toward Lawrence/Dracut)
3. From I-93 North Follow the exit 46B ramp to join Route 110/Route 113.
4. Move over to the far left after joining.
5. Turn left at the traffic lights to Lowell Street/Route 110.
6. From I-93 South stay to the left on the exit 46 ramp. 7. Go straight across at the traffic lights to Lowell Street/Route 110.
8. On Lowell Street/Route 110 Drive straight through the first light and continue on for 1.3 miles.
9. The boathouse is located on the left.
10. Please be careful to indicate early to turn into the boathouse so that people behind you know you are going to stop.
Click here for a Boathouse Map

Go Blue!

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We have posted pictures from our fun 2015 Reunion Row. Click here 2015 reunion Row pictures.

Our dear friend, Liv Coffey '07 stroked the 2018 Cambridge Women's Boat Club to victory in The Boat Race. Liv rowed for Andover, Harvard and the US team where she won a World Championship. Someone told Liv it was impossible to complete an MBA at Cambridge and row for the University. Now they know they were wromng.
You can watch the race on YouTube here Cambridge Oxford Women's Boat Race 2018

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Pre-Henley 2007

Andover Crew history

Interested in the history of Andover Crew?
We have now posted all the yearbooks to http://www.andovercrew.com/YearBook/indexYearBooks.html . Enjoy! We are still missing Yearbooks for the following years 1958, 1959, 1984,1985, 1991 and 2004.

Here are some yearbook pictures. Please see if you can guess the year and name any of the people. These are also posted on Facebook.
You can email your answers to andovercrew@andovercrew.com.

Yearbook
With help from Hobey Birmingham '62
Boys 1963
Standing Row: Coach Bill Brown, James Pinney '63, Jan Askman '63, James Wells '63, John Born '63, Hugh Emory '63, Dan Eubank '65, Gib Vincent '63, Gordon Hardy '63
Front Row: Paul Hoffman '63
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1970s?
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With help from Neil Batt '82:
1st Row: E.Roche '83, P. Tipton '83, D. Mahoney '82, M Weatherley-White '82, J Doggett '83
2nd Row: T. Lameyer '82, N. Batt '82, D. Duquette '82, S. Hochman '84
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With help from Struan Robertson '83:
Girls 1 and 2nd 1983
1st Row: Rachel Moscarella '83, J. Gillivray ;84, Rachel Simons '83, Carolyn McGowan '83, ?
2nd Row: Thayer Tolles '83, E Stier '83, Donna Hoitsma '83?, Betsy Biern '84
3rd Row: L.Doucette, Susannah Hill '83, E. Crowther, L. Zuckerman '83, Elizabeth McHenry '83
4th Row: P. Canfield, S. Black '83,S. Hazelwood '85, Milisa Galazzi '84.
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Boys 1 and 2nd 1983 L-R, Boys First Boat:
1st Row: Max Drake '83, Patrick Tipton '83, Geoffrey Tuller '83, Alec Hugo '83, Chris Tompson '83,
2nd Row: Jeb Doggett '83, Eamon Roche '83, Steve Hochman '84 & Bruce Trask '83,
3rd Row: Boys 2nd Boat- Art Muldoon '84, Mikkel Hermann '83, (coxswain)?, John Helmers '83, Struan Robertson '83, Peter Washburn (coach)
4th Row: Dan Miller '83, ?, Fritz Reichenbach '83, Steve Blackwell '83.
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1982 G1
1st Row: P. Hager, R Moscarella '83, R. Simons '83, C. Richards '82, L. Carr
2nd Row: J. Mulvihill '82, T. Tolles'83 , E. Biemann '82, M. Durham '82

For more alumni stories click here Alumi Corner
Year Books Andover Crew

We have started digging into the history of Andover Crew.
Looking for new alumni new, please send them in if you have some to share
Here are some old pictures from Henley:

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Henley boat
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1959 - First Andover trip to Henley
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1959 Andover vs Thames Rowing Club

1959 Boat: Bow-Bill Taylor, 2-Chris Miller, 3-Jack Allen, 4-Renny Maier, 5-Dick Masland, 6-Art Burnham, 7-Bill Sanford, stroke-Maynard Toll (Captain), cox-Patrick Cary-Barnard. (Thanks to Bill Sanford)

We have also started a web page for the rowing entries in the Year Books from 1956 when Coach Brown founded Andover Crew. Below is the first entry from 1956. We have now posted all we have on Year Books Andover Crew
We are still missing Year Books for the following years 1958, 1959, 1984,1985, 1991and 2004. If you have a Yearbook for any of these years and are willing to scan it or send it to us to scan please email us at andovercrew@andovercrew.com.


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1956 Year Book

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Coach Peter Washburn - Andover Crew 1981 to 2014

We owe a huge thank you to Pete Washburn and his wife Kit for the last 33 years. Thanks for all the boats that raced at Interschols, Youth Nationals and Henley Royal Regatta but most importantly thanks for being a wonderful coach and mentor to generations of Andover rowers and coxswains.
The pictures below are a team photograph from 1981 and a race day picture from 2013.
You will always be in our hearts.
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In memoriam John Dent

It is with great sadness that today, we learned that our friend, John Dent, passed away, peacefully, after his battle with cancer. John has been a long time member and friend of the Andover family from his days coaching on the Merrimack to his more recent assistance with Henley visits. He enriched the lives of many of us. He will be missed tremendously. Our condolences go to his family.


John Dent 1970

John Dent 2007

John Dent 2016
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Related links

We believe all of the links are working again. Please email us if you have any problems with the links or if you have a favorite link that you would like us to add to our list.


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AndoverCrew on YouTube

This is a list of Andovercrew videos on YouTube by various contribitors in no special order.

Oscar Tang: Andover Life
Abingdon-Andover Henley06
2011 NEIRA B1 Final
2011 NERIA G1 Final
2011 NERIA B3 Final
2011 National Championships
2011 National
2011 NEIRA G2 heat
2011 NEIRA B2
2011 NERIA G1 heat
2011 NEIRA G2 Final
2011 NEIRA B1 Heat
2011 NEIRA B2 Final
2010 NERIA Trophy presentation
2010 Interschols Luc goes swimming
2010 Interschols Girls G1
2007 Henley Women's Regatta

We have added video, thanks to Joe Bouscaren. They are on Youtube as well. Search Andover B1 Neira.
You can click on them to play if this is jumpy or slow then you can right click and download them to your computer and play.
They are MP4 format and can be viewed with a free player from www.divx.com.
Click on Interschols Race video B1
Click on Interschols Race video B2
Click on Interschols Race video B3
Click on Interschols Race video G1
Click on Interschols Race video G2
Click on Interschols Race video G3
Click on Row2k Article

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The 2017 Photo Stories

















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Seats matter
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Boat lengths matter
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To the river
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Focus
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Taming the river



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The new Hart Perry - Bill Brown Trophy.
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Smile it is racing season.


There is a new fashion on the Merrimack. For the first time ever we have provided bright yellow "pogies" to keep the extremities warm during rowing. As you all should know, this is New England and we will row in any weather unless there is a safety concern such as lightning.

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Andover crew Hats - THE definitive fashion statement this Spring

We have re-ordered Andover Crew hats. Most of the hats this year will be white with blue embroidery. Every rower and coach will get a free hat before Grandparents' Weekend. Any leftover hats will be available for $20.
If you would like a hat please email andovercrew@andovercrew.com. The hats are lightweight with a built in sweat band.:

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Andover Crew Hat - front
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Andover Hat - back

We also have a small quantity of dark blue and light blue visors for $10.
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