2025-2026 REGATTAS
Fall 2025 Regattas
The Lift Bridge Regatta is hosted through the Fairport Crew Club. This event welcomes all masters, youth athletes, coaches, parents and supporters to the Fairport Boat House along the Erie Canal. .The course runs from the flood gates at the intersection of the Erie Canal and Interstate 490 (west end), to Perinton Park near the Fairport Crew Club boathouse.
Lift Bridge Regatta
September 20, 2025
Head of the Genesee
October 11-12, 2025
The head of the Genesee is part of the Rochester River Romance Weekend of activities promoting the Flower City and the Rochester rowing community. It is one of the largest regattas in New York State west of the Hudson River, hosting over 50 organizations annually. Saturday are the collegiate rowing events, and Sunday are the scholastic rowing events. The regatta is held inside of Genesee Valley Park at the Genesee Waterways Center which is located at 149 Elmwood Avenue, Rochester, NY 14611.
Head of the Charles
October 18-19, 2025
The Head of the Charles Regatta is a 5,000 meter rowing head race held each year in Massachusetts on the Charles River, which separates Boston and Cambridge. It is the largest 3-day regatta in the world, with 11,00 athletes rowing in over 2,500 boats in 73 events. McQuaid returns this year to this prestigious event for the first time since 2017 with a select group of rowers racing in the U17 4+ on Sunday.
Head of the Schuylkill
October 25-26, 2025
The head of the Schuylkill is known as "America's Favorite Regatta," and in 2016 Rowing News called HOSR "the best head race in the world. Period." The 2.5 mile course through picturesque Fairmont Park hosts tens of thousands of spectators cheering on top-caliber crews. Saturday are the collegiate rowing events, and Sunday are the scholastic rowing events. The regatta is held inside of Fairmount Park which is located at 1 Boathouse Row, Philadelphia, PA 19130.
Pull the Plug
November 1, 2025
Each year the Erie Canal gets drained for maintenance in the middle of November. Pittsford Crew celebrates the end of another great rowing season on the canal with their Pull the Plug Regatta. Located at the Pittsford DPW and old pickle factory behind the DelMonte, you can find crews trying to get one last head race in before teams have to transition to land exercises. The regatta finish line is at Schoen Place, which is a great spot for spectators on both sides of the canal.
Join us at our hospitality tent!
We have a great time together at our hospitality tent during regattas.
We hope that you would consider joining us, whether you are an alumnus, a McQuaid Jesuit student, parent or faculty member, a member of the rowing community at large, or someone curious about the sport.
We look forward to seeing you there!
