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Dear Members: A big thank-you to Fran and Mitch Mason for hosting our Holiday Party last
weekend. With her Italian roots, Fran is no stranger to hospitality and good
food, and it showed. Our potluck resulted in a cornucopia of treats. There were
unconfirmed, late night sightings of roller skating revelers bearing goblets of
wine… We recognized John Belcher for his heavy lifting around the boathouse this year; Laura Lengowski for her superb work in resurrecting and improving our website; Tom Blake for his magnificent gold medal performance at the Head of the Occoquan; and Dan LeBlanc for his leadership in coaching the very young VCU crew to several gold medal performances over rivals William and Mary, ODU, Mary Washington, and others this past season. The Megan O’Malley Cup for the best Novice was awarded to Gwynne Williams. Larry Murtaugh won the Most Miles Rowed award, with 1065 miles, an amazing feat in this year of Noahesque rains. And who could forget Barry Peirce’s award-winning cheesecakes—more incentive to erg this winter… Cheers, Paul D. Georgiadis |