2012 Belted Galloway Regatta
April 28, 2012
Hosted by The Forest Hills Northern Crew Team
Participating Schools: Forest Hills Central, Forest Hills Northern, Forest Hills Eastern, East Grand Rapids
Schedule: Coaches & Coxswains meeting at 8:30AM with first race scheduled to start at 9:00AM. The last race is scheduled to start at 12:15PM. Unless we experience some unforeseen problems we should have no problem keeping this schedule.
Medals/Entry Fees: We will have medals for the top 2 placing crews in the 16 events on the schedule. If we have to expand the schedule at all I can’t guarantee we’ll have enough medals.
Parking: We’re going to have over 200 athletes alone competing at this event. You add in families, coaches, volunteers and team supporters we could have close to 800 people at the boathouse this weekend. Unfortunately we don’t have the space available to let everyone park at the boathouse, stage the event, and still keep the access road open for emergency purposes. We’ve come up with 5 different scenarios to get everyone safely to the boathouse and still allow us to stage the event.
- Parking pass. Each team is being allowed an allotment of 10 parking passes for parents and supporters to use. If you have one of these passes you’ll be allowed to park somewhere in the boathouse vicinity.
- Walk. Ada Park is not far away, and there’s a nice paved walking path that passes Ada Moorings, and shadows the course that we’ll be rowing on this weekend, and ends at our boathouse.
- Drop Off. We’ll allow a drop off area just inside the entrance to McGraw Park/The boathouse drive. There’s a small turn around just inside the gate where you can turn around after dropping off your athlete. In order to keep traffic flowing we will not be allowing drop off next to the boathouse, the walk from the entrance of the park to the boathouse is only about 200 yards.
- Shuttle Bus. We’ll be running a shuttle bus from Ada Elementary (731 Ada Dr. S.E. Ada 49301) to the boathouse. The shuttle bus will run continuously starting at 7:30AM-9:00AM. After 9:00AM the bus will run every ½ hour from Ada Elementary to the boathouse. At the conclusion of the event the bus will again run continuously until everyone has left the boathouse area.
- Handicap permit. Please just show the parking guards your permit, and you’ll be allowed to park near the boathouse.
It is imperative that nobody parks on Grand River Drive, which is the main road before you get to the boathouse entrance. Cascade township has huge safety concerns regarding having cars parked on Grand River Drive. They’ve threatened to stop the event if we don’t comply. Please use one of the above methods to get to the boathouse. If you’re having problems getting to the boathouse please call the boathouse at 682-9286 and someone will help you. The boathouse is located at 8400 Grand River Drive, Ada MI 49301. The boathouse is located within McGraw Park.
Boathouse Grounds: The Forest Hills Boathouse is currently through some construction to expand the current the current structure. Please stay away from the fenced in areas and the construction equipment around the boathouse.
Race Course: Same as what we’ve had in the past. The course is about 1,000 meters long and is four lanes wide. The course goes against the current and finishes at the Forest Hills Boathouse. There is a paved trail that follows the course.
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