Regattas On The Lake
Competitive rowing teams first came to Lake Quinsigamond in 1857. Finding the lake ideal for such crew regattas, avid rowers established boating clubs on the lake's shores, the first being the Quinsigamond Boating Club. More boating clubs and races followed, and soon many colleges (both local and abroad) held regattas, such as the New England Rowing Championships, the ECAC National Invitational Championship, the Eastern Sprints, the Big East Championship and the Patriot League Championship on the lake. The NEIRA championship regatta which has been held on the lake since the 1950s and now features over 40 schools in 8+, 4+ and 1X divisions. Beginning in 1895, local high schools held crew races on the lake. In 1952, the lake played host to the National Olympic rowing trials. In 2005 the Quinsigamond Rowing Association hosted the US Rowing Masters Championship. The Quinsogamond Rowing Associaion will again host the US Rowing Masters National Rowing Championship on Lake Quinsigamond August 9-12, 2012. More than 1,500 athletes will compete for titles in 199 events.
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