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Happy New Years from the Beekley Foundation. We look forward to 2012!

Hello Fellow SDSU Rowing Alumni, Family & Friends!

The foundation has lots of exciting information to share with you in this late summer newsletter: As always, keep an eye on our website (http://beekleyrowing.org) for the latest updates!

Table of Contents:

1. Alumni Event @ Angels Stadium on August 20

2. Del Mar Horse Races (Date TBD)

3. Aztec War Games/Fall Alumni Weekend (Oct 8 -9)

3.1 Alumni vs.Team Race (Oct. 8 )

3.2 Boat Dedication (Oct. 8 )

3.3 Football tailgate before SDSU/TCU (Oct. 8 )

3.4 Golf Tournament (Oct. 9)

4. Crew Team Update

5. Foundation Update

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Let’s get started!

1. Alumni Event @ Angels Stadium

Alumni Dan Smith (Rowed 1997-1999 & current foundation secretary) is heading to Angel Stadium next Saturday, August 20 to watch the Angels take on the Baltimore Orioles at 6:35PM. He has invited all alumni to come join him. Tickets are going to be about $30 each. This is a good chance for Orange County alumni to get back in touch with the team and foundation! However, those living in San Diego shouldn’t feel left out. Angel Stadium is a short train-ride away! Take Amtrak train 785 (leaves Solana Beach @ 4:35PM) to Angel Stadium. You can catch a ride home on train 592 leaving the stadium @ 9:11PM. Respond to this email if you are interested in going. He will be purchasing tickets no later than Wednesday this week.

2. Del Mar Horseraces

Alumni Mike Clodfelter has offered to put together a day at the Del Mar Races. The season runs until Sept. 7, so stay tuned for an update!

3. Aztec War Games/Fall Alumni Weekend

It’s time to mark your calendars for the Aztec War Games/Fall Alumni weekend. This year, the event will take place on the weekend of October 8/9. The members of the foundation are hoping that we are able to re-connect with a large number of alumni this weekend, as the goal is to turn this event into the fall version of the “Crew Classic”

3.1 Alumni vs Team Race

Grab your rowing gear and jump into a shell. The current rowers on the team have challenged the alumni to a race. This is a good chance to get back in the waters of Mission Bay, and a fun way to find your favorite seat in a rowing shell. Let us know if you’re willing to compete, because the foundation is trying to acquire some “competitor” shirts for the participants.

3.2 Boat Dedication

The family of Alumni Andy Drilling have recently donated a shell to the program in honor of his grandparents. The shell has been named “William Francis.” After the race, we look forward to christening this new shell!

3.3 Tailgate before SDSU/TCU Football Game

After the morning rowing events, enjoy an afternoon in San Diego, before heading to Qualcomm Stadium to watch the SDSU/TCU football game. The game kicks off at 7:30PM, and it’s a good chance to see SDSU’s much-improved football team play last year’s Rose Bowl Champions. The foundation will be tailgating before the game and we hope that you can join us!

3.4 Golf Tournament

On Sunday, we are putting together the Second Annual Beekley Foundation Golf Tournament. This year we will be playing at Mission Trails Golf Course. Once again, it will be a 4 man scramble. Let us know if you are interested in playing, so we can reserve a spot for you. (If you can’t put together a 4 person team, but still want to play, let us know, and we will pair you up with other alumni!)

4. Crew Team Update

This year, the team looks forward to having its biggest returning class in many years. There are 16 to 18 rowers that will be returning! (While many of us remember having much larger returning classes in the past, this is really exciting, as just 2 years ago, there were only 5 returning rowers) The team is going to hit the recruiting trail hard once school starts on August 29. The team was also recruiting players at the Freshman Orientation a few weeks ago, and they are looking forward to growing! If you have any questions, feel free to contact the coach (Brian Robison: brobisonsdsucrew@gmail.com) for more information. He has also invited our alumni to come down to the boat-house to observe a practice if you’re interested!

In our next newsletter, we hope to have the schedule posted for everyone! Also, be aware that the Crew Classic will be taking place on the March 31 & April 1.

5. Foundation Update

The foundation still continues to work to raise money to support the team and to keep our alumni in touch with what’s going on. We look forward to hearing more from our alumni regarding what they want to hear regarding the team, and ideas that our alumni base has for events or fundraising opportunities. We’ve been excited to see some of our alumni get involved with the program again, and we are looking forward to hearing from more alumni! Send us an email to catch up, join our alumni group on LinkedIn or follow the foundation on Twitter!

All of us in the Beekley Rowing Foundation thank for supporting the team!

Jake Wittler Andy Olson Jon Singer Dan Smith

President VP Treasurer Secretary

We had a lively meeting on Monday. In attendance was President Jake Wittler, VP Andy Olson, Treasurer Jon Singer, Secretary Dan Smith and coach Brian Robison.

We discussed many topics. Of note, a former coach is interested in coming back to coach the team. The money to make this happen would be raised by our alumni, and much of the money has been committed already. Nothing is set in stone, but the team and foundation are very interested to learn more.

Much time was spent discussing recruiting for the year. The team expects at least 16 rowers back, and they are looking to add quite a few more bodies to the program!

Finally, we have several events coming up:

1) Mark your calendar for the weekend of October 8 & 9. We will be hosting a giant SDSU rowing weekend. It kicks off on Oct 8 with the Aztec War games. Come down to the boathouse and jump in an alumni boat to race the current team. Following that, there will be a dedication for the new William Francis boat, which was donated to the team by Andy Drilling’s family. After the festivities at the boathouse, we invite you to come watch the SDSU football team host TCU at Qualcomm Stadium. We will be tailgating beforehand! Finally, we will be hosting a golf tournament on Oct 9.

2) Day at the Del Mar Races & Anaheim Angels Baseball game: Stay tuned for upcoming dates!

Read the full meeting minutes here

The H. Del Beekley Rowing Foundation Monthly Board Meeting will occur on Monday Night, 7PM at the Woodstocks Pizza near SDSU. All members are welcome to attend.

There is lots to talk about:

1) School is starting, so recruiting season will be heating up. We will discuss the teams recruiting plans and goals.

2) The alumni need to begin planning the “Aztec War Games” event on Oct. 8

3) Some of our alumni have some fundraising ideas to help raise money for a coach.

On June 6, the H. Del Beekley Rowing Foundation board met at Woodstocks. The full board was present. See the full meeting minutes for all the information about the meeting, but here are some highlights:

Mike Buckel is back as the team president. This will be his second year as president
The team is expecting to return over 20 rowers, and Head Coach Brian Robison and
Lots of ideas thrown around for keeping our alumni involved:
- Next Event will be at the Horse Races. Mike Clodfelter will arrange a date. Keep your eyes open for an email from us!
- Dan Smith will look into doing a baseball game with the LA alumni at either Dodger Stadium or Angel Stadium
- A big push will be made for the ‘Aztec War Games’ alumni event in October. That weekend will feature an alumni boat race, a golf tournament, and the SDSU/TCU football game at Qualcomm Stadium. Mark your calendar for October 8 & 9!

As always, keep in touch with us for the latest information!

Last night, the H. Del Beekley Rowing foundation put together an alumni function at the Padres vs. Mariners Baseball Game. 11 former SDSU Rowers and Coxswains attended.

Even though the Padres lost 4 to 0, the foundation members had a great time! See some photos here!

Keep an eye on our calendar! We are looking forward to putting together a Golf Tournament, a trip to the Del Mar Racetrack, an Alumni vs. Rowers Paintball Game, and a few other events. If you aren’t receiving the emails from the foundation, please Contact Us!

The foundation held it’s monthly board meeting on May 2, 2011 at Woodstock’s Pizza near SDSU. This was the final meeting of the racing season, as the Men’s team just returned from the WIRA races in Sacramento. In attendance was the President (Jake Wittler), the Vice President (Andy Olson), Secretary (Dan Smith), Coach (Brian Robison), Assistant Coach (Derek Snyder) and former rower Tobin Ortega.

The team did well at WIRAs. Due to new rules enacted by WIRA, the team was only able to enter a novice 8 and a lightweight 4. The Novice 8 had their best result of the season, when they finished 3rd in the Petite Final. They were able to beat teams that they had not beaten all season. (The lightweight 4 struggled, as they broke a rigger in the middle of their race)

Both the team and foundation reported success during the Crew Classic. Alumni Dave Sheeron offered to match up to $1000 raised by the team at Crew Classic. The team earned the full amount, and raised over $2000! Between the Alumni Boat entry fees, and donations, the foundation raised another $670!

Keep an eye out for some upcoming events. We still are planning to have an outing at a Padres baseball game, and we are still targeting a June date for our annual golf tournament!

See the full meeting minutes here, and feel free to join us next month on June 6 @ Woodstocks!

At the end of the Annual Foundation Meeting at the Crew Classic, the Foundation’s officers were elected. Please support the following people:

President: Jake Wittler
Vice President: Andy Olson
Treasurer: Jon Singer
Secretary: Dan Smith

On April 3 at 5:30PM, 19 people met at the Crew Classic for the Annual Beekley Foundation Meeting.

During the meeting, many topics were discussed. Current President Jake started off discussing the state of the foundation. The membership remained stagnate at about 35 members. The foundation did hold its first golf tournament last June, and is putting on the second annual tournament in June.

The focus of the foundation was to originally create a large endowment fund to help fund a full time coach. This goal is unchanged, but the much of the short-term focus of the foundation will switch to getting more alumni involved. This will involve hosting many small events throughout the year, including the main events hosted by the foundation. Due to the limited amount of time available to the officers of the foundation, these smaller events will be run by the members of the foundation.

The full set of meeting minutes can be read here

The first event will be a Padres game hosted by Mike Clodfelter sometime in May, and BBQ event will be lead by Joe Whitaker this summer. Stay tuned to this website (and check your email) for more information.

Go Aztecs!

Happy New Years!

Late Summer Newsletter!

August 2011 Meeting Minutes

August 2011 Board Meeting

June 2011 Board Meeting

Padre Game Wrapup

May 2011 Foundation Board Meeting

2011-2012 Beekley Foundation Officers

Crew Classic Annual Meeting