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The Gay + Lesbian Rowing Federation marked 20 years of hosting a booth at the Head of the Charles Regatta and Festival on 18 – 20 Oct 2024.  Situated along non-profit row, the booth is 100 meters before the finish line and affords some great viewing as crews battle to the finish. 
 
The booth is located along a footpath fronting the Charles River.  The booth location creates a bottleneck among the foot traffic flow that creates incredible visibility for approaching crews, coaches, visitors, and parents.  Flowing from the finish line towards the main expo of the festival, everyone has to pass in front of the booth before they can peel off in one of several directions.   
 
There were displays for the Rower’s Pledge, the GLRF global initiative to promote inclusion and acceptance in the broader rowing community, and for the 2025 Sin City Erg, in January 2025 in Las Vegas.  Booth visitors enjoyed inspecting the various GLRF t-shirts, hoodies, and headwear. 
 
In all the years of hosting a booth, this weekend seemed to be the best with only a touch of wind on Friday and sunny skies every day.  Yes, it was jacket chilly in the morning but by Noon, all of us began shedding layers.  At the booth we had GLRF members @DPH2002, @Bob715, and @Howie55.
 
Throughout the weekend, GLRF members stopped by to say hello. It was great catching up with @omac, @DESIGNINGJIM35, @rowrgrl, @OneChocolateRower, @chgorower, @jalfano, @philly_cox, @rasta,and several coaches and coxies whose userids we can’t recall.  It was great catching up with allies John and Charlotte from Calm Waters Rowing, Chris from Rowing News, and Bobbie from the Crew Classic.   
 
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The Gay + Lesbian Rowing Federation will host our fourth indoor rowing event, an ergatta, on Sunday 19 January 2025, in Las Vegas. The Sin City Erg is presented for the worldwide LGBTQ+ indoor and outdoor rowing community, age 13 and over. The event is inclusive to the broader rowing community and everyone is welcome so bring your straight teammates to compete! The ergatta is part of the Sin City Classic, the largest annual LGBTQ+ multi-sport event in the world.
 
If you're looking at the tags and wondering what the 2X, 4X and 8+ is all about, that's because this event is offering standard individual races as well as team events.  Everyone registers, then we get a line up for the team events and plug it in the computer.  The race runs just like an individual race, except the lineup for each boat is calculated by the computer to show the combined time of the team boat compared to other team boats.  First across the line wins, just like on the water.  Sounds like a great challenge for university teams, for junior teams, for club teams .... 

GLRF will mark 20 years hosting a booth at the 2024 Head of The Charles Regatta!
 
Stop by to learn about our brand new community platform update, GLRF V2.0
 
Discover all the ways your club or programme can promote acceptance and inclusion. Find out how you can add your website to the GLRF list of inclusive rowing clubs. Above all, decide you need to join the Global LGBTQ+ Community! Registration is free. Join us today!
 
Help promote the GLRF community with one of our new shirts.
 
Get onboard with the Rower’s Pledge and add your voice for acceptance and inclusion. Get a free Rower’s Pledge Sticker!
 
Start training for the 2025 Sin City Erg! Make plans now to compete with your teammates.
 
Dates:
 
Friday, 18 Oct 2024 – Sunday, 20 Oct 2024
 
Booth hours:
 
Friday, 18 Oct 2024: 11h00 – 18h00
Saturday, 19 Oct 2024: 07h30 – 18h30
Sunday, 24 Oct 2024: 07h30 – 17h30
 
Location: find us along the nonprofit row just before the finish line
 
Christian Herter Park
On Soldiers Field Road and across from the Harvard football stadium
Along the Charles River
Boston, Massachusetts
United States