A rising tide raises all ships and in 2018 an increase in generous giving by the Greensboro Crew family provided the funds for the club to purchase a new shell at the Head of the Hooch in Chattanooga this past weekend.
Friends and family of the Greensboro rowers have contributed over $16,000 for fleet upgrades this year. Over the summer the club purchased a used eight, coxed four, two double sculls, motor boat engine and a boat trailer with a portion of the gifts.
The new shell is a quad scull from Swift USA, acquired for $14,900. The club was able to buy the boat for $5,000 under list price as it had been test rowed by another crew racing over the weekend.
“We have gone quite a bit over our equipment budget this year but this was well worth it given the opportunity we had to buy this boat,” says club founder Gene Kininmonth.
The boat is the newest version of two quad sculls that Greensboro’s sister club, High Point Rowing Club, has raced with great success over the past several seasons.
Greensboro assistant coach Katie Ognovich says the boat is the perfect fit for the current needs of Greensboro’s rowers.
“The team is really excited about this new boat,” says Coach Katie. “It will provide us with a top of the line racing opportunity for both our youth rowers and Masters. It will also allow for an additional scrimmaging opportunity with High Point.”
The team’s next fundraising goals are for sculling oars ($5,000), and a cargo trailer wrapped with logo ($6,500) for hauling supplies such as tents and cooking equipment to races. Kininmonth says he hopes to purchase a second quad scull for intrasquad competition in 2019.
Greensboro Crew would like to express its gratitude to the following donors who contributed gifts to the club in 2018:
Julie & Daniel Algrim
Tammy Alt
Carolyn & Fred Baggett
David Bass
Keela Beasley
George & Marilyn Black
Shelly Brazinski
Michael Bunting
Shonna Carruth
Susan & Fred Chappell
Elizabeth Clary
Sarah Clegg & Sang Bo Lawrence
Todd & Dana Cossick
David & Lisa Cox
Caroline Cox
Jenny Denenny
Mack Duncan
Skotti & Anthony Frese
Wanda Gaddy
Christopher Gale
Alan & Deborah Gale
Paul & Jane Gibson Evonne & Maurice Guenther
Annie Hadgkiss
Richard & Lynn Harvey
Sherman Harvey
Teresa L. Harvey
Mr. & Mrs. Jan Hensley
Kaye Hensley
Leslie Hicks
Thane Hisaw
Julie Holmes
Anne & Parker Huitt
Judith & Powell Huitt
May B. Ikerd
Mark Kaley (Kaley Orthodontists)
Donna Keel
Brian & Margaret Keeping
Brenda & John Kirby
Mary Knott
Janet Linkert
Carolyn MacDonald
Carolyn & Danny MacDonald
John & Lucile Mackay
Marlon Marshall
Stan & Alisha Maynard
Travis Maynard
Dr. Barbara Maynard
James & Palmer McIntyre
Dawn McIntyre Johns
Holly Messick
Harold & Betty Messick
Matthew & Holly Messick
Francis Michaud
Cynthia Michaud
Teresa Morgan-Bews
Kenneth & Anna Murphy
Jane Murphy
MaryBlake Murphy
Anna Nagel
Emily Nagel
Betty Nichols
Edmund & Sara Nichols
Kellie & Todd Owsley
Ralph & Caroline Paris
Donna Pearson Vickie Rankins
Tim & Lori Ratcliffe
John Sanders Bob & Sharon Shepard
Bob Shupe
Jennifer Shupe-Marsh
Norman Smith
Midge & David Spong
Holly Spong
Susan & Russ Stephenson
Laura Tyler
Charles & Kathleen Varner
Steve & Audrey Ware
Virginia Wood
Justyna Young
E.S. Nichols Builder, Inc
Shea Landscaping
TE Connectivity