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From Steve Avery (averysteven@home.com)
Steve Avery, currently in route to MA after completing 21 years of Naval service, rowing has never left my thoughts, it's the greatest sport there is and I thank Coach Lineberry for introducing me to it, I only regret that I rowed for only one year but I will be trying to get into a local rowing club when I get settled in MA
From Carolyn Collevecchio Moore (carolynm@southlandmtg.com)
Great website! I am
thirilled to see that WP Crew is still so strong! Please add to the
history section that the 1987 Womens' Varsity 4 won a gold at Nationals under
the direction of Julie Scott. I was the varsity coxswain in '87 and that
was definitely the highlight of my high school career. Thanks and keep up
the good work!!!!! Best of luck with the new boathouse!
From Melissa Ballard (lis1817@aol.com)
Full Athletic Rowing
Scholarship to UCF
UCF women's crew captain 99'-00'
Major: Micro/Molecular Biology
Will graduate in May 2001 and will then move to Atlanta in June 2001 to work for
the Center for Disease Control in the Diagnostics Department of Parasitology
From Jamie R. Sims (jrsims@bellsouth.net)
Excited to see the site! I am not sure I can make the
dedication but will if at all possible. Give Bert my best and one
suggestion would be to add an email link for emailing the coaching staff.
I need to catch up with Bert. My only feedback is that there should be more in
his bio about his impact on his rowers. In my opinion he is one of the
greatest men and leaders I have had the pleasure to work with. Keep it up.
From George Linney
Dear WPHS Crew,
Thanks for sending me information about the upcoming dedication.
Unfortunately, I am running a marathon in Charlotte that weekend or else
I would have done my best to be there. I only rowed one year at Winter
Park, but it was without question the most important sports team that I
have ever been a part of. The best I ever do to relive those old days
is get on an erg and beat myself up for a "500" or two, but as all of
us
connected with rowing know, that's not the same as being on the water.
I'm a director at a summer camp for
girls called Illahee,
and right now we are busy recruiting staff for next summer. Please feel
free to keep sending me information.
I don't know who reads these e-mails, but if someone can forward this to
Coach Bertossa, I would appreciate it. Dan, I hope you and your family
are doing well. My parents are now in Charlotte so I don't get back to
Winter Park much anymore, but the next time I do, I will give you a
call. I see Chris Rikard from time to time, since we were both Furman
graduates, but if you see Sam, Cameron, Hugh, Brad, or any of the rest
from 1993, give them my best. I miss those days. We didn't
necessarily
have the end results we hoped for, but that doesn't matter much
anymore. The work that we put in and the friendships we made were what
really mattered. Thank you for being such a great role model and
friend. I'm sure you are having the same impact on rowers and chemistry
students now, that you had on me back then.
Thanks for everything,
George Linney, Class of '93
From Ruth Ann Uhey
(Johnson) (BasketIdeas@aol.com)
I am a former rower. I
rowed in 1982. It's great to be an alumni and continue supporting the
endeavors of WPHS Crew! I am also a friend of Kim Kunihiro (parent of
current rower Emily Kunihiro).
From Ken Turner Jr.
(EvilKrusty@ihateclowns.com)
I am a former rower for WP
from 93 to 96. I also helped Dan coach the novice crew in 97. I now
live in San Diego, California but plan to move back to Winter Park December
2001.
From Nora Stevens
L'Heureux (nlheureux@cfl.rr.com)
I was a coxswain for the
1978-1979 year and was an assistant coach for Jim Cooper in 1987 (or 1988).
From Jim Mitchell
(I was "Jimmy" in those days) (jmitchell4@cfl.rr.com)
A small correction to the
history: I was the coach in 1973. After graduating in 1971, I assisted
Coach Wray in 1972 and was named coach for 1973. I coached for only the
one year as I left for college the following fall.
I was varsity coxswain at WPHS for '70 and '71; in 1969 I was on the Edgewater
crew team making the varsity by the 3rd race. Bob Garapic, who passed away
in 1993, was my stroke at WPHS. (Dennis Kamrad was my coach at Edgewater)
If I remember correctly, the 1970 team was the first to row on Lake Howell,
using the southwest shore. The 1971 team moved to the current location.
I believe the property used to be owned by the Heidrich family (?). Redbug
was just a 2 lane road then and we would run from the practice site to near 436
and back. Hard to imagine that now.
From Alan Dinnan
(dassocajd@aol.com)
I rowed ( stroke )my senior
year 1972. Man that was a long time ago. I do have a picture of our crew on lake
Howell I will bring with me.
From Paul Stewart
(paul@semw.net)
1979- mens (4) novice
mens (8) novice
mens (4) JV - National Champs - State Champs
mens (8) JV - State Champs
Mens (4) Olympics Sports Festival
From ken scott and julie
(spake) scott (kjjclscott@aol.com)
Ken Scott rowed 1970-1974
Julie(spake)Scott rowed 1972-1976 and coached 1980-1987 Ken also coached while
Julie was expecting their first child and also took the women to nationals
From Mark A.
Tarmey (HUFFTARCH2@aol.com)
I was coxswain for WPHS
72-74, undefeated in the State of Florida,and attended Nationals Sophomore and
Senior years in Deleware. My father, Ted Tarmey was was an organizer and
founding member of Florida Schoolboy Rowing Association and one of the first
Race Officials when only 4 crews competed annually; WPHS, Edgewater HS, Howey-In-The
Hills Academy and Sanford Naval Academy, (now defunct). Sanford was replaced in
73 season by Jax Episcopal.While at WP we raced most of the teams visiting
Rollins including Coast Gaurd Academy, Morris Harvey (where then coach Clark
Wray went on to coach)and Priceton University. The undefeated 72-73 team raced
Princeton at DineyWorld beating them by more than a boat length and proudly
claiming a Princeton Orange and Black rowing jersey for our impressive
"losers" shirt collection. Boasting the WORLD'S FATTEST COXSWAIN,(ME
at 5'-6" and a very lean 128 LBS,probably felt like an anchor at the rear
of the shell! I was probably one of the last generat!
ion of male Coxies, and ocassionally rowed BOW in practice in order to fill out
a JV boat. I finally grew a little in college, and am now 6', 225; finally big
enough to row, but alas old and out of shape!),but in those days, my crews
bested anyone who would get on the water with us, including UCF (then FTU) and
Rollins. Please give my regards to Skip Sandberg(stroke), John Ross (7), Ken
Scott(6) David Loy;aka "Budda"(5) Rich O'Neal(4)Tim Scott(3)Scott
Lyden(2)and John Scogberg(bow);Best wishes to all of the teams and coaches,
past, present and future.
P.S. I am the Principal and Owner of Huffman/Tarmey Architecture in Tallahassee.
We support the Leon Crew and would have GLADLY designed the Boathouse for the
team pro-bono!
Unbelievable. Today I
got the postcard announcement of the WPHS Crew boathouse dedication.
Unfortunately it is Saturday and I live in Colorado so no way can I make it
there, but I was fascinated by the history of the team. I was one of the
original ten who rowed the blue and white Optimist Club boat that we
"lovingly" nicknamed "The Barge" because it had been
fiberglassed and weighed a ton. I rowed for two years, 1962 and 1963 (an
error in the history on the web site) as a junior and senior. It was one
of the truly memorable experiences of my high school years and a welcome
diversion from the pool as I was basically a swimmer.
Anyhow, I am responding to the note about buying an oar.
Absolutely!!! We are building a log home on a lake in the mountains and I
will proudly display it. Give me some more information if you would.
I, of course, would prefer to have an oar that had been used at the national
championships. A winning one would be a nice touch!
I'm genuinely pleased and impressed with the success of the program and am
stunned at the number of kids involved.
Best of luck and keep me on your list for future contacts and donations.
Dick Talley
Class of 1964
From Chrissy Auger
(CAuger1025@aol.com)
I rowed 3 1/2 years, am randomly coming home from school
this weekend and am excited to be a part of the ceremony!!
Any chance we can get out on the water!?!?!?
From Beth Price
(blp999@aol.com)
It looks wonderful! I
am so excited that you all have come so far.
From Robert A. Roy
(royr@genium.com)
I was a member of the
founding crew 1961-1962. After HS I rowed at Rollins. In 1973 I helped kick off
a new rowing club in Schenectady, NY, where I had moved to work for the General
Electric Company. I am still on the board of the Aqueduct Rowing Club (new
website:http://home.nycap.rr.com/rowaqueduct) and I still row every season and
erg with other members in the wintertime. I had the great pleasure to bump into
a number of WPHS Crew members at the Head of the Charles several years ago and
was pleased to learn how successful the program had become.
Started from the Aqueduct boathouse were the crews from Union College and
Niskayuna, Burnt Hills, and Shenendahowa High Schools, whom you may have raced
against. The sport continues to grow!
Although unable to be at the new boathouse dedication, I would like to give you
my "Optimist Hustlers" sweatshirt from the first year of WPHS rowing
as an historic momento for the wall of the new boathouse.