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Timeline of the MPSRA
2001 - The first Spring & Fall championships are held on Lake
Quinsigamond.
The 8 existing public school teams make up the Spring regatta.
2005 - MPSRA files for incorporation as a non-profit 501c3
- First draft of bylaws (now Procedural Rules) is written.
- In 4 years, the league has doubled in size and now consists
of 16 teams.
2006 - MPSRA Championship becomes a USRowing registered regatta
- Spring Championship moves to Lowell (but flooding sends the
regatta to a backup location on the Cape)
- MPSRA begins purchasing trophies for State Champions
- Wayland-Weston crew joins Brookline HS as one of two teams
in MPSRA history to send a boat to the Youth National
Championship.
- League begins seeding championship races.
- In December 2006, the league meets to discuss a permanent
date for the Spring regatta. The decision is made to move the
MPSRA championship to Memorial Day weekend to enable
MPSRA teams to also compete at the NEMA Regionals to qualify
for the Youth National Championship.
2007 - Five participant programs qualify crews for the Youth
National Championship in the Spring. (Boston Latin, Lowell,
Shrewsbury, Wayland-Weston & Worcester). This is the first
year more than one Massachusetts public school crew
competes at Nationals.
2008 - Current MPSRA Procedural Rules are written.
-MPSRA moves from being an open public league, to a league
of specifically school-focused programs.
Meeting Minutes Archives
(lots of information on regatta structure here)
MPSRA Presidents
Richard Stavros 2001-2004
Dale Wickenheiser 2004-2006
Will Stevens 2007-2010
Gillian Curran 2011-
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