Vesper Boat Club
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| Vesper Boat Club | |
|---|---|
| Location | #10 Boathouse Row, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. |
| Home water | Schuylkill River |
| Established | 1865 |
| Navy admission | 1870 (reinstated 1879)[1] |
| Former names | Washington Barge Club |
| President | Joanne Iverson |
| Coaches | Michiel Bartman |
| Colors | Maroon and Grey |
| Affiliations | Archbishop Prendergast, Friends Select, Sacred Heart, and Penn Charter |
| Website | vesperboatclub.org |
|
Undine Barge Club | |
| Location | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Governing body | Local |
| Part of | Vesper Boat Club (#87000821[2]) |
| Added to NRHP | February 27, 1987 |
The Vesper Boat Club is an amateur rowing club located at #10 Boathouse Row in the historic Boathouse Row of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1865 as the Washington Barge Club, the Club changed its name to Vesper Boat Club in 1870. Vesper's stated goal is "to produce Olympic champions."[3] Most recently, that goal was achieved by Andrew Byrnes and Josh Inman in the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Boathouse
Vesper Boat Club,
#10 Boathouse Row, 1972
#10 Boathouse Row, 1972
Prominent members
- Michiel Bartman - 2009 and 2007 US National Team Coaching Staff[6][7]
- Allen Rosenberg - rower and US Olympic rowing coach
- Dan Scholz - 2009 US National Team member (Lightweight Men's Quadruple Sculls)[6]
- Julie Nichols - 2008 US Olympic Team member (Alternate)[8]
- Josh Inman - 2008 US Olympic Team and 2007 US National Team member (Stroke in Men’s Eight)[7][8]
- Libby (Elizabeth) Peters - 2008 US National Team member (Women’s Lightweight Quadruple Sculls)[7]
- Wendy Tripician - 2007 US National Team member (Women’s Lightweight Double Sculls)[7]
- Jana Heere - 2007 US National Team member (Women’s Lightweight Double Sculls)[7]
- Hannah Moore - 2007 US National Team member (Women’s Lightweight Quadruple Sculls)[7]
- Carey Brezler - 2007 US National Team member (Women’s Lightweight Quadruple Sculls)[7]
- Kenneth Dreyfuss - 1972 US Olympic Team[9]
- C. Hugh Stevenson – 1972 US Olympic Team[10]
- James E. Moroney III - 1972 & 1976 US Olympic Teams[11]
- Harry Parker - 1960 US Olympic Team[12] and US Olympic Coach 1964–1984
Olympic medalists
- Louis Abell- gold medalist 1900 and 1904
- John Exley - gold medalist 1900 and 1904
- Edward Marsh - gold medalist 1900
- Harry Lott - 1904 gold medalist
- Stanley Cwiklinski - 1964 Eights gold medalist[13]
- Gene Clapp - 1972 Men's eights silver medalist[14]
- John B. Kelly, Jr. - Bronze medal 1956. Also competed in 1948, 1952, and 1960.[15]
- Bill Maher - 1968 Men's Double Sculls bronze medal. Rowed for VBC in 1969.[16]
See also
- John B. Kelly, Sr.
- John Strotbeck, Jr.
- John Timoney
References
- ↑ Janssen, Frederick W. (15 August 1888). "Vesper Boat Club". Outing Library of Sports: American Amateur Athletic and Aquatic History 1829–1888. New York. pp. 213–14.
- ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2007-01-23.
- ↑ "Thomas Eakins Head of the Schuylkill Regatta 2009 Program". Thomas Eakins Head of the Schuylkill Regatta. 2009. p. 19. Retrieved 30 April 2010.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "National Registry of Historic Places Inventory--Nomination Form". NPS Focus, National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service, US Department of the Interior. 27 November 1983. p. 663. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
- ↑ "National Registry of Historic Places Inventory--Nomination Form". NPS Focus, National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service, US Department of the Interior. 27 November 1983. p. 674. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "USRowing Announces 2009 World Championships Roster". United States Olympic Committee. 10 August 2009. Retrieved 5 May 2010.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 "USRowing Announces 2007 World Championships Roster". USRowing. 6 August 2007. Retrieved 5 May 2010.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "USRowing Announces 2008 Olympic Games Roster". USRowing. 27 June 2009. Retrieved 5 May 2010.
- ↑ Kenneth Dreyfuss, sports-reference.com
- ↑ Hugh Stevenson, sports-reference.com
- ↑ James Moroney, sports-reference.com
- ↑ Harry Parker, sports-reference.com
- ↑ Stan Cwiklinski sports-reference.com
- ↑ Gene Clapp sports-reference.com
- ↑ Jack Kelly, Jr. sports-reference.com
- ↑ "Yanks Nab Henley Rowing" The Palm Beach Post. 5 July 1969
Further reading
- "Boathouse Row". Living Places. Retrieved 30 April 2010.
- Baltzell, E. Digby (2001). "Upper-Class Clubs and Associations in Philadelphia". The Protestant Establishment Revisited. Transaction Publishers. p. 102. ISBN 978-0-7658-0664-2.
- Burt, Nathaniel (1999). "The Schuylkill Navy". The Perennial Philadelphians: the anatomy of an American aristocracy. University of Pennsylvania Press. pp. 296–300. ISBN 978-0-8122-1693-6.
- Heiland, Louis (1938). The Schuylkill Navy of Philadelphia, 1858 - 1937. Philadelphia: The Drake Press, Inc. p. 83.
- Keyser, K. C. (1872). "Vesper Boat Club". Fairmount Park: Sketches of its Scenery, Waters, and History (5th ed.). Philadelphia: Claxton, Remsen, and Haffelfinger. p. 136.
- Peverelly, Charles A. (1866). "Washington Barge Club". The Book of American Pastimes. New York. p. 216.
- Scharf, John Thomas; Westcott, Thompson (1884). "Public Squares, Parks, and Monuments". History of Philadelphia, 1609–1884 3. L. H. Everts & Company. p. 1871.
- Stillner, Anna (2005). The Philadelphia Girls’ Rowing Club: An Incremental Historic Structure Report (Thesis). p. 104. Retrieved 30 April 2010.
- Sweeney, Joe. "The History of the Penn Athletic Club Rowing Association: Part 2 - Beginning of the Clubs". Schuylkill Navy. Retrieved 30 April 2010.
External links
- "Vesper Boat Club on Boathouse Row". About.com. Retrieved 6 May 2010.
- "Vesper Boat Club". Facebook. Retrieved 6 May 2010.
- Vesper Boat Club on wikimapia.com
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