APRIL 4, 2026
VARSITY
The annual contest for the Salvo Cup, between BHS and Boston Latin.
Location: rowers report to the Boathouse. The race is run downstream on the Powerhouse stretch of the Charles.
Food tent details
APRIL 10, 2026, 7:00 PM
ALL PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS
All Varsity and Novice parents and caregivers are invited to join in our spring potluck. Come and enjoy a relaxing evening with other crew families, and hear about the upcoming season from the coaches and FoBR leaders.
Sign up to bring a dish!
Location: many thanks to Petra Bignami, who will host tonight's event. They are at 146 Tappan Street.
APRIL 11, 2026
VARSITY
Race against the varsity crews of Duxbury High School.
Location: rowers report to the Boathouse. The race is run downstream on the Powerhouse stretch of the Charles.
APRIL 19, 2026
8:30 AM - 3:00 PM
ALL CREWS
The Harvard Henley is a four-way meet with Boston Latin, Bromfield Acton-Boxborough, and Weston-Wayland, held in a beautiful spot on Bear Hill Pond in Harvard, MA. Teams race repeatedly, mostly head-to-head, in a variety of boats from eights to singles. See this course map.
Parking is free, but the event is partially funded by an entrance fee for spectators: $5/person or $10/family, payable at an entrance station along the walk down to the pond. Please note that no pets are allowed, per town ordinance.
Location: the event will be held at Bare Hill Pond, in Harvard, MA. Here's a Google Maps link, and are map with parking information.
TBD (Vacation Week)
VARSITY BOYS
This is an informal scrimmage with the boys crew at BC High School.
APRIL 25, 2026
VARSITY
The Q Cup is a 1500-meter race on a buoyed course on Lake Quinsigamond, run from the Quinsigamond Rowing Club docks on the Shrewsbury side of the lake. BHS varsity eights race against crews from Shrewsbury, Simsbury, Duxbury, St. Johns Prep, and East Lyme.
Location: Quinsigamond Rowing Club in Shrewsbury, MA. There are two parking options: along North Quinsigamond Avenue, north of the rowing-club entrance, and at Shrewsbury High School, where you can board a shuttle bus to the event. Here's a course map, Google Maps link, and parking map; and here is a maps link and parking map of the Shrewsbury HS parking option.
Food tent details
APRIL 26, 2026
All Novice and Varsity athletes are required to participate in the Crew-a-thon, Brookline Rowing’s major annual fundraising event. During the Crew-a-thon, our athletes knock on doors across Brookline in small teams, answering questions about our program and collecting tax-deductible donations. The Crew-a-thon raises about two-fifths of the $50,000 our team needs annually to fund costs (boats, oars, coaching) not covered by the high school’s athletic department. Teams will be combinations of varsity and novice rowers, equipped with talking points, maps of their targeted areas, and solicitation forms.
Location: all athletes report to BHS.
MAY 3, 2026
VARSITY
Please come cheer our Varsity team on as they race against crews from Hingham.
Location: rowers report to the Boathouse. The race is run downstream on the Powerhouse stretch of the Charles.
MAY 10, 2026
ALL CREWS
Location: the event will be held at UMass Lowell, on the Merrimack River. Here's an area map, Google Maps link, and more. There is a $20 fee for parking at this event.
Please note that the event has been condensed to Sunday only.
This is an open regatta held annually in Lowell, MA.
MAY 16-17, 2026
SELECT CREWS
This is our qualifying event for nationals, and boats finishing well in these events will be admitted to the USRowing National Youth Championships in June.
Location: West Windsor, NJ
MAY 23, 2026
QUALIFYING CREWS
NEIRA (New England Interscholastic Rowing Association) was created by New England’s private independent schools in the mid-1950’s, and Brookline High is still one of the few public schools that compete in the league.
Parking is free (see below) and there is a $10 suggested donation per spectator, which can be given at the entrance.
Location: Regatta Point Park in Worcester, MA. Here's a course map, Google Maps link, and more.
MAY 24, 2026
ALL CREWS
We wrap up our regular spring season with the Massachusetts Public Schools Rowing Association Spring Championships, a/k/a MPSRAs or "Mass pubs.
Location: the event will be held at UMass Lowell, on the Merrimack River. Here's an area map, Google Maps link, and more. There is a $20 fee for parking at this event.
JUNE 4, 2026, 5:30 PM
ALL ATHLETES AND FAMILIES
Come and celebrate a fantastic year of rowing and teamwork with the whole BHS Crew community at our end-of-season picnic. We'll gather at Artesani Park for a potluck picnic, hear from the coaches, say some well-deserved thank-you's, and send off our graduating seniors in style. See you there!
Please sign up here and indicate your potluck contribution..
Location: Artesani Park, which will be plenty familiar to anyone who has ever dropped off a rower at the boathouse.
JUNE 9-14, 2026
QUALIFYING CREWS
Crews that qualify during the NE Regionals will travel to Sarasota to compete.
Location: Nathan Benderson Park in Sarasota, FL. For those who would like more information, including how to watch the races over a live stream, please take a look at the US Rowing Youth National Championship website.
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