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South End Rowing Club is an athletic club and social club in
The South End Rowing Club maintains a fierce but friendly rivalry with its next-door neighbor, the Dolphin Club. The clubs hold an annual triathlon in rowing, swimming, and running. As of 2010, the South End Rowing Club has won the competition 29 of the past 31 years. The ladies' crew from the South End races its wooden barge against the ladies' crew from the Dolphin Club.
Every year since 1978 the South End Rowing Club has hosted the Bridge to Bridge Regatta in September. This race is open to the public, and typically includes singles and doubles, and plastic and wooden boats alike. The race courses vary from year to year, but there is typically a "long course" which starts at Aquatic Park and circumnavigates the south tower of the
Club Rowing on San Francisco Bay, 1869-1939, Featuring the South End Rowing Club
The South End Rowing Club - HISTORIC RESOURCE EVALUATION - Carey & Co., Inc.
(archive)
San Francisco, California
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The South End Rowing Club, founded in 1873, is one of the oldest athletics clubs in the western United States
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. The boathouse, with a fleet of 30 boats, is located in San Francisco
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, California
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, at 500 Jefferson Street near Fisherman's Wharf, adjacent to the San Francisco Aquatic Park. The club supports participation in rowing
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, swimming
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, handball
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, and running
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History
The original boathouse was located in the South End neighborhood (subsequently torn down), near present-dayAT&T Park
Oracle Park is a Major League Baseball stadium in the SoMa neighborhood of San Francisco, California. Since 2000, it has been the home of the San Francisco Giants. Previously named Pacific Bell Park, SBC Park, and AT&T Park, the stadium's curren ...
and Mission Bay. The boathouse was moved by barge to Aquatic Park in the early 1900s, and to its present location in 1938. Portions of the original boathouse remain a part of the club.
The South End Rowing Club maintains a fierce but friendly rivalry with its next-door neighbor, the Dolphin Club. The clubs hold an annual triathlon in rowing, swimming, and running. As of 2010, the South End Rowing Club has won the competition 29 of the past 31 years. The ladies' crew from the South End races its wooden barge against the ladies' crew from the Dolphin Club.
Every year since 1978 the South End Rowing Club has hosted the Bridge to Bridge Regatta in September. This race is open to the public, and typically includes singles and doubles, and plastic and wooden boats alike. The race courses vary from year to year, but there is typically a "long course" which starts at Aquatic Park and circumnavigates the south tower of the Golden Gate Bridge
The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate, the strait connecting San Francisco Bay and the Pacific Ocean. The structure links the U.S. city of San Francisco, California—the northern tip of the San Francisco Pen ...
and the westernmost tower San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge
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, as well as a "short course" from Aquatic Park around the Bay Bridge tower and back.
The South End also hosts a yearly competitive swim from Alcatraz Island
Alcatraz Island () is a small island in San Francisco Bay, offshore from San Francisco, California, United States. The island was developed in the mid-19th century with facilities for a lighthouse, a military fortification, and a military pris ...
in San Francisco bay to the Aquatic Park, which is open to the public. The event is limited to 600 swimmers and reaches its capacity for registration months in advance.
See also
* Dolphin South End Runners ** Walt Stack, founder Dolphin South End Runners *Dolphin Club (San Francisco)
The Dolphin Club, also known as the Dolphin Swimming and Boating Club, is an athletic club in San Francisco, California. It caters to open water swimming, rowing, kayaking, stand up paddleboarding, and 4-wall handball.
The clubhouse and boat hou ...
, neighboring rowing club
* Irish Hill (San Francisco)
Irish Hill was a small working-class neighborhood in San Francisco, near the intersection of 22nd Street and Illinois Avenue. Expansion of the local iron and steel works, including leveling of the hill, effaced the neighborhood in the late 19th ...
References
Club Rowing on San Francisco Bay, 1869-1939, Featuring the South End Rowing Club
The South End Rowing Club - HISTORIC RESOURCE EVALUATION - Carey & Co., Inc.
(archive)
External links
* Multi-sport clubs in the United States Rowing clubs in the United States Sports clubs established in 1873 Sports teams in San Francisco Sports in San Francisco {{rowing-stub