Congratulations to the US Junior Women’s Eight and Four for winning silver medals at the 2010 World Rowing Championships. The event is being held in the Czech Republic in a location about an hour outside of Prague. The US Junior Women have won 4 consecutive medals starting in 2007 (2 Gold and 2 Silver) in the eight, and now in 2010, won a silver in the Women’s Four for the first time ever! Winning two medals shows the depth and talent of the rowers and the quality of coaching. Coach Justin Moore and his assistants, Liz Trond and Kate Maloney have once again, done a fantastic job! Vespoli is the proud sponsor of the Junior Women’s Sweep equipment. Row the Rhino! BTW:The women’s eight was raced one day earlier to accomodate the Russian team which apparently mis-booked their return flight.
The long spring racing season has drawn to a successful close for Team Vespoli. To celebrate the outstanding work our craftsmen and women have done all year we held a cookout a few weeks ago. Team Vespoli built more championship winning boats this year than any one year in our history. To help share in this celebration we invited some of the coaches whose crews were victorious in Vespoli boats in 2010. Our guests included Will Porter and Kate Maloney from Yale, winners of 3 Varsity NCAA 8 winners and 1 JV winner in the last four years; Justin Moore winner of 6 NCAA titles while at Williams (and 2009 Junior Women’s 8 Gold World Championships), Liz Trond of Connecticut Boat Club who had just swept the girl’s senior sweep events at the US Junior Nationals; Steve Hargis, 2008 Coach of Junior Women’s World Champions in the 8+ and a surprise guest: good friend and great coach Brian Richardson. Brian coached the Australian men’s 8 in the 2000 Olympics to a silver medal in a Vespoli (finished second to Great Britain, who won in a Vespoli).
The celebration was a great way for our staff to meet and learn from these outstanding coaches.
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This past weekend, at opposite ends of the continental USA, crews raced to victory in Vespoli E hulls in major championships. Congratulations to all the participants.
At the NCAA’s in Sacramento, Yale won the V8 and also set a course record for women’s eights on Lake Natoma. This is Coach Will Porter’s 4th NCAA victory-all in Vespoli V1’s. On the Div III level Williams’ rules! Coach Justin Moore made it a complete team victory by finishing 1st & 3rd racing in Vespoli M2’s.
In Saratoga, NY an amazing 14 events were won in Vespoli shells. Having won already won the Stotesbury cup events there were great repeat victory performances by St. Joseph’s Prep, Mount St. Joseph’s, and Egg Harbor Township in Varsity 8’s and 4’s (boys and girls). Congrats to SRA champions in Vespoli boats: Canisius, 
TC Williams, Manhasset, Iona Prep, Our Lady of Lourdes & Ridgewood.
Just thought we should remind you that Team Vespoli Regional Representatives are the same folks you have gotten to know and trust over the past 18 years. It isn’t a “revolving door” at Vespoli. Dave Trond, Dave Dickison, Amanda Kukla, Jeff Border and JP Sekulich have been and will be here to assist you. Each of these individuals has been a rower, coach and customer! They know our products, BELIEVE in our products and most importantly they know you. So, while it may be exciting to announce a new “Account Executive” every few months, it is more reassuring to know that when you need help buying, selling, moving or repairing boats, or just good, solid advice, TEAM VESPOLI is there to help. Yes, the SAME people you have been dealing with and counting on for years! Row the Rhino!
Great crews turned in great performances on the Schuykill at the Stotesbury Cup, May 15th.
What did the winners of the sweep events have in common? Vespoli boats. Row the Rhino!
Winners racing Vespoli World Class Racing Shells included Mount St. Joseph’s Girls Senior 8, 2 nd 8, Lightweight 8 & Jr. 8; St. Joseph’s Prep Boys Senior 8, Lightweight 8 & Jr. 8; Egg Harbor Boys & Girls Senior 4’s and Boys Lightweight 4; Winterpark Boys 2nd 8. Blair Academy Boys Jr. 4 and Our Lady of Lourdes Girls Jr. 4.
If you are NOT racing in a Vespoli you should contact us today for a demo! The Rhino Rules!
The “Samantha Allen Adams ‘95″ V1 wing rigger 8+ was given to Radcliffe recently by her parents Clint and Lawson Allen. “Sam” is Director of Global Branding for the Bank of America. She rowed four years at Radcliffe and attributes her success in business to her experiences with Radcliffe crew. Pictured to the Allen’s left is Radcliffe Coach Liz O’Leary and to their right, Sam, her husband Dave and their two boys.
Vespoli, builders of world class racing shells, volunteered it’s expertise to engineering students at the University of New Haven to build a Super Mileage vehicle. The vehicle will have a light and strong carbon fiber body built by the craftsmen from Vespoli. Read the whole story here.
A motivated group of female high school rowers from Glastonbury HS pursued their dream of raising awareness for Breast Cancer. Their dream? Raise money to race in a custom, PINK 8 to draw attention to the fact that statistically 1 out of 8 women will contract this disease. It is another wonderful story of great kids doing good for others.
will carry one sculling rigger. Bags for Double and Quads are also available by special order.