Alumni
Welcome Poughkeepsie High School Rowing Alumni !!
It all began Jan 5, 1950. It was the first meeting of the PHS Rowing Team, the Blue Oarsman. Sam Kalloch was the athletic director, Joe Ryan and George Englehardt were coaching. There were 67 students, one rowing machine and no boats yet. By April 4, 1950 the Poughkeepsie New Yorker pictured George Day, Dave Smith, Bob Denhardt, Bob Becker, and Gil Bastian in a four oared gig for PHS's first time ever on the water, at the Wappingers creek. On May 6th they were ready to race Yale freshman. And,on May 13th participated in the first Schoolboy Regatta and the first Mid-Hudson Invitationals a week later. Today, rowing continues to influence many young people's lives and their families at Poughkeepsie Highschool.
CALLING ALL PHS ROWERS ...
Please join us as we celebrate our rowing history. We would like to collect as many addresses as possible of former PHS rowers for a reunion, time and place to be announced.
If you think you could help with this event or can share any information, names, addresses, e-mail addresses please respond to:
PokCrew@gmail.com
Pull out your yearbooks, search through your shoe boxes for pictures and help us bring out the memories and the stories.
Send us what you have we are just starting. Help us preserve and share our history with the rowers of today and tommorrow. MARCH 2009 UPDATE:
ALUMNI now has a FACEBOOK PAGE ...
1) REGISTER AT FACEBOOK.COM 2) search the group POUGHKEEPSIE HIGH SCHOOL CREW! SAVE THE DATE: JUNE 20, 2009 Alumni Day at the boathouse
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