Racing is back in Boston! While we are still many months from Head Of The Charles, the rowers are back at it on the river. Further downstream from the start of the Head Of The Charles course, you’ll find the 2K course. Nearly every weekend starting in March and running through April, you’ll find a […]
Lyssa joins the Race Committee!
Hello, Lyssa here. I recently joined the HOCR Race Committee, which is a group that collaborates around the operational and logistical details for the Head of the Charles Regatta™. I attended my first Race Committee meeting earlier this month. Similar to walking into the morning referee meeting for a regatta, there were a lot of […]
2024 HOCR Umpire Planning Underway
The 2024 Leadership team has been working hard for multiple months on all the tasks that go into your experience at the regatta. The regatta racing dates for 2024 are October 18-20. We will also have shifts in a few days leading up to the regatta and the Monday after. Direct invitations for Station Lead […]
HOCR 2022 Registration is now open!
Registration is now open for the 2022 Head Of The Charles Regatta! We hope you will join us as a volunteer with the Umpire Committee on October 21-23 in Cambridge, MA. We have an umpire team of over 100 volunteers whose primary role is the support of fair racing! Volunteer registration takes place on RegattaCentral. […]
HOCR 2022 – Save the Date!
Hello everyone, we are excited to be communicating that this year the Head Of The Charles Regatta will take place October 21-23 in Cambridge, MA. We are so grateful for the leadership Laura Kunkemueller has given to this regatta for so many years, and we’re excited to announce that the torch has passed to Kirsten […]
Thank you for another successful Head Of The Charles Regatta!
We appreciate your contributions and expertise to our umpire committee; we know it requires a lot of physical stamina and mental agility to be an HOCR umpire across all of the roles we manage! We thank you for being a part of this team. We welcome your feedback on what went well for you over […]
We’re already almost to the end – but the racing holds strong!
Umpire Team – we are so thrilled to be together again and it’s been a busy two days! We are pushing through to the finish across all levels of the HOCR and we couldn’t make this happen without you… or without the power Albin and Norm are sending us all from CBC! We look forward […]
Umpire Team – we are ready!
We hope you are all feeling prepared for a wonderful weekend of racing and friendly competition! If you are looking for details or logistics as the weekend progresses, please check here on our microsite. Many of the documents or details you may be looking for can be found under the “Quick Links” tab – including […]
The countdown is on to this year’s Head Of The Charles racing!
As we get closer to regatta weekend, a few updates: Umpire Training Overview – check out the “Umpire Training” page on this microsite where you’ll find our 2021 training module that outlines specific responsibilities and also provides background to racing at the Head Of The Charles. Videos and questions embedded in the presentation will help […]
HOCR Volunteer Registration is OPEN!
We hope you will join us as a volunteer with the Umpire Committee on October 22-24 in Cambridge, MA. We have an umpire team of over 100 volunteers whose primary role is the support of fair racing. There are many ways to participate as a volunteer, including transportation of personnel, transportation of equipment, and umpiring. […]