Spring Regatta Schedule 2025
Join us for these exciting regatta events this spring season!
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John Bennett Regatta
📅 Sunday, May 4, 2025 | Sprint
📍 1 Rotary Row, Buffalo, NY 14201
Join us for the annual John Bennett Regatta hosted by the West Side Rowing Club. This event welcomes all youth athletes, coaches, parents and supporters to our rowing campus.
Event Details
The address for the West Side Rowing Club is 1 Rotary Row, Buffalo, NY 14201. Parents should park and drop their rower off in the Ralph Wilson Park across the street from the rowing club. It’s a bit of a walk to get to the spectating area from the park and parking lot, so pack light or bring a wagon. This site provides great spectating, so bring a chair to enjoy the races.
The West Side Rowing Club parking lot will be CLOSED on race day to ALL CARS. Only boat trailers will be allowed in.
Rower Drop Off: No later than 7:30 AM
Please leave enough time for travel as traffic can get a bit congested at the regatta site. Race times will likely be available using the link below later this week as times are finalized by the venue.
8:00AM – 10:30AM Time Trials / 11:00AM – 3:15PM Finals
1st, 2nd, and 3rd place medals. Food and regatta merchandise are available.
We will be making breakfast sandwiches with sausage in the morning and will have grilled cheese sandwiches and soup for lunch. Please use the sign up link below to volunteer to help with our hospitality tent this weekend.
Website: www.wsrc.org
Saratoga NYS Scholastic Championship
📅 May 10 – 11, 2025
📍 1490 NY-9P, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
With over 80 New York teams and 550 boats competing, the NY State Championships is one of the largest state championships for rowing.
This regatta is a qualifier for both USRowing Youth Invitational Regatta and the Scholastic Rowing Association of America National Championships.
Event Details
Parking:
Free parking on is available on the side of the roads prior to the hill leading down to the bridge.
Paid parking can be found at the bottom of the hill on the left; $20 per day or across the bridge on the right $40.
CHARGERS Junior Invitational
📅 May 17 | Sprint
📍 Onondaga Lake, Syracuse, NY (USA)
Join us for the CHARGERS Junior Invitational hosted by Syracuse Chargers Rowing Club. This USRowing sanctioned regatta is specifically for junior and high school rowers.
Pittsford Regatta
📅 May 24 – 25, 2025 | TBD
📍 1 Village Ln, Pittsford, NY 14534
Begun in 1997 as an exhibition row for the newly formed Pittsford Crew club, the Pittsford Regatta has grown into an exciting two-day event featuring both youth (high school club) and masters rowing events. The regatta is held on the historic Erie Canal in Pittsford, NY.
The canal is ideal for racing. The water is flat and sheltered with very little boat traffic. The course consists of two lanes running a total of 1200-meters.
Event Details
All masters events (singles, doubles, fours, and eights) are run head style. All youth events (fours and eights) are run progression style. Youth events begin with qualifying head races or time trials.
The top four boats progress to semifinal sprint races. Each youth event culminates in an exciting final sprint event where the top two boats race head-to-head for the gold!