Forest Hills Northern Crew
10th Anniversity Regatta

May 10th, 2008

Note: Times are approximate.

Participating Schools: 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. Don’t worry, there will be plenty of time to get home to watch game 2 of the Redwings/Stars hockey playoff!

Parking: We’re going to have close to 170 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.

1. 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.
2. Walk. Ada Park is not far away, and there’s a nice paved walking path that passes Ada Moorings, shadows the course that we’ll be rowing on this weekend, and ends at our boathouse.
3. 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.
4. Shuttle Bus. We’ll be running a shuttle bus from Thornapple Elementary (6932 Bridgewater SE, Grand Rapids 49546) to the boathouse. The shuttle bus will run continuously starting at 8:00AM-9:00AM. After 9:00AM the bus will run every ½ hour from Thornapple Elementary to the boathouse. At the conclusion of the event the bus will again run continuously until everyone has left the boathouse area.
5. Handicap permit. Please just show the parking guards your permit, and you’ll be allowed to park near the boathouse.

Unforutnately due to safety concerns we cannot park along Grand River Drive. 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.