American Rowing’s largest prize series announces a new three series format spanning Sarasota to New Jersey, where men’s and women’s champions will be crowned in October 2019 23 January, 2019 Philadelphia – The Gold Challenge Cup Foundation announced today the new format for the third of edition of the U.S. Lotman Challenge® races. Covering three different race distances over the course of 2019, the challenge will identify America’s premier scullers and award champions in the culminating race in Camden, NJ on October 26th. The U.S. Lotman Challenge carries the distinction of being the only race offering a substantial cash prize [...]

October 29, 2018 Ed Moran, row2k.com http://www.row2k.com/events/features/2018/654/Head-of-the-Schuylkill--Wind--Rain--Cash-Sprints--Tons-of-Racing/ The chance that the Head of the Schuylkill was going to run smack into a fierce coastal storm moving up the East Coast over the weekend was never in doubt. But what remained a big question right through Friday night and into Saturday morning was how bad was it going to be, and was the two-day regatta going to have to be canceled. Following a bit of a compromise between Mother Nature and race officials, the storm blew into Philadelphia late Friday night with rain and winds averaging about 20 miles an hour [...]

BY DAN BRAUCHLI OCTOBER 27, 2018 http://www.usrowing.org/news/2018/10/27/2018-head-of-the-schuylkill-saturday/ PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – On day one of the 2018 Head of the Schuylkill, gusty winds and sustained rain made for challenging race conditions. With the cumulative efforts of race staff, volunteers, referees and many others, the race went on. Headlining the first day of racing was the third and final race of the 2018 U.S. Lotman Challenge along with the Gold Cup Challenge. Both of these races brought together some of the top single scullers in the country and world for a 750-meter sprint offering a shot at a cash grand prize. With $9,000 [...]

New Sponsors Contribute to 2018 Lotman Challenge Prize Purse October 18, 2018, Philadelphia – Additional prize money will be awarded to the winning single scullers of the 2018 Herb Lotman United States Rowing Challenge, thanks to contributions from two companies, Swing Ventures and The CES Group at Morgan Stanley. The two companies join premier sponsor Glenmede and the Philadelphia Gold Challenge Cup Foundation in partnership with USRowing, the Head Of The Charles Regatta and the Head of the Schuylkill Regatta, in their collective effort to further promote and develop single sculling in the United States by awarding prize money to [...]

Philadelphia, PA (October 2, 2018) - Eight of the biggest names in international singles sculling will compete in the 2018 Philadelphia Gold Cup, hosted by the Head of the Schuylkill Regatta on October 27, 2018. The Gold Cup is a rowing race dating back to 1920, created to honor Philadelphian John Kelly, Sr. one of the greatest American oarsman. The athletes will compete for the title of best single sculler in the world and a prize of $10,000. This year’s female competitors will consist of 2018 World Champion Sanita Puspure (IRL), 2018 World Bronze Medalist Magdalena Lobnig (AUT), 2012 Olympic [...]