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Hospice Regatta features junior camp grads — Albemarle Hospice Regatta

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Blasts from the airhorn filled the air and wind filled plenty of sails as the Albemarle Hospice Regatta got underway on the Pasquotank River in Newbegun Land Saturday morning.

Split into two courses with five races — Adult Sunfish, 420, Laser, Junior Sunfish and Open class — the regatta began at 10 a.m., following a 5K road race.

Jane Terryberry won the Adult Sunfish race, Greg Duncan, an experienced sailor and instructor at the Pasquotank River Yacht Club’s junior sailing camp, took the 420 division, although 14-year old Zach Balluzzo gave him a run for his money by finishing a very close second.

Michaela Madden won the Youth Sunfish race and was followed by first-time regatta sailors Max Worley, 10, and Julianna Connor, 11.

All of the youth participants in the regatta also attended the PRYC sailing camp run by Carol Terryberry and her family.

The camp teaches the less obvious skills necessary to sailing, such as knot-tying, as well as providing plenty of supervised sailing time for children to get the hang of sailing on their own. Many of the youngsters were sailing in their first-ever regatta today, such as partners Julianna Connor and Natalie Jennison, who placed third in the Youth Sunfish race.

Both girls said that the regatta was their favorite part of the camp. “It was great to see first time sailors in the regatta today, and very exciting,” said Carol Terryberry.

The Terryberrys have headed up the annual Regatta, though only recently at their property. In past years, the regatta has been held downtown at the waterfront area, but Carol Terryberry prefers their Newbegun Land course.

“It’s almost 270 degrees of wind here, which allows for much easier sailing,”  she said.

The Run for Hospice 5K started from the boat ramps in Newbegun Land earlier that morning. Daniel O’Conner, 15, was the fastest male and had the best overall time with 21:36 while Morgan Wall, 25, finished first for the women with a time of 23:09.

Timothy Kuiper, Tarkten Pharr, Clarice Matthews and Maria Pharr also won the event in their respective age groups.

Proceeds from the 5K and Regatta will go to Albemarle Hospice, a non-profit program of Albemarle Regional Health Services that provides in-home care to terminally ill patients and their families. It covers uninsured individuals including children and the elderly and is a program that the Terryberrys believe is underfunded.

This year’s fund-raising efforts got an unexpected boost in unlikely circumstances.

During a Terryberry family vacation in the British Virgin Islands last summer, the occupants of a boat docked nearby suffered some particularly nasty fire-coral and sea urchin injuries.

As a physician, Dan Terryberry was prepared with a cache of medical supplies and Karen and Bob Spitler were able to forgo a vacation-ending trip to the mainland’s hospital because he treated them right on the boat.

While recovering, the Spitlers revealed that they were from Rhode Island and owned Spitler Race Systems, a chip-timing company that works closely with many running events.

After hearing about the Hospice event, the Spitlers generously decided to come here and time the 5K for no charge.

“That was a great help for the Hospice benefit,” said Carol Terryberry. “We were able to use a $2,000 system for free, and all that money went straight to Albemarle Hospice.”

Another fundraiser that benefits Albemarle Hospice is a golf tournament that will reach its 22nd year this fall at The Pines at Elizabeth City. Registration is available on Albemarle Home Care’s website www.ahc-nc.org .

Read more — Learn more:
Albemarle Hospice Regatta website
National Hospice Regattas Alliance website
National Hospice Regatta Alliance blog
National Hospice Regatta Alliance facebook page

The Lake Norman Hospice Regatta & Party – June 8-10, 2012

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NOTICE OF REGATTA
June 8 – 10, 2012
Raising Sails ~ Raising Spirits~ Raising Funds

Please join us for the
12th Annual Lake NormanHospice Regatta
To Benefit;  Hospice & Palliative Care Lake Norman!

Lake Norman Yacht Club (LNYC), 297 Yacht Rd., Mooresville, NC, is the organizing authorityand host of The Lake Norman Hospice Regatta.  The Lake Norman HospiceRegatta is a proud member of the National Hospice Regatta Alliance, a national network of hospiceregattas that raise money and awareness for hospice care.

The Lake Norman Hospice Regatta is aqualifying event for the Hospice RegattasNational Championship to be held in St. Petersburg, FL in April,2013.  The selected Champion of ourRegatta will represent Hospice & Palliative Care Lake Normanand our community at the National Championship. The skipper and crew will compete in Sonars and Ideal 18s (borrowedboats) against the winners of other Hospice regattas of 2012.

Festivitiesinclude a Friday evening social, the Regatta, auction/raffle, games, aninterfaith “Memorial Moment” for those interested in honoring or rememberingloved ones, Saturday dinner, and Sunday donation cookout.  Merchandise provided by Coral Reef SailingApparel will be on sale, featuring artwork provided by Marine artist WillardBond.

The Hospice Regatta Party at the Peninsula Club last weekend was a tremendous success! We are projecting that 2012 may be the year that the proceeds from the Party and the Regatta exceed $100,000! Please encourage everyone to come race, join us for drinks/music on Friday night and come to the dinner/raffle/auction on Saturday evening. It’s a fun, fun weekend on and off the water in support of a great organization.

 

Albemarle Hospice Regatta gets legs

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Pete Wallio’s PHRF A-Spinnaker class boat (left) was the overall winner in the Albemarle Hospice Regatta, Saturday


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By CHIC RIEBEL, Sports Editor
Saturday, August 7, 2010

Already well-established on the local sailing scene after just two years, the Albemarle Hospice Regatta expanded to add a 5k foot race for its third annual fund-raiser and it proved to be an instant hit.

A total of 67 runners took part in the race in downtown Elizabeth City Saturday morning.

“We were amazed that we had that many runners,” said Sean Robey, the Albemarle Hospice Regatta Chairman. “We started doing it because there weren’t that many 5ks around here and it would fit well into the calendar.

“We’re all about people enjoying Elizabeth City and its recreation opportunities. We had a lot of positive comments from the participants and I’m looking forward to doing it again next year.”

Jim Moneymaker of Elizabeth City was the overall and men’s winner in a time of 21:17, beating runnerup Derek Dail of Southern Shores by 10 seconds. Mary Kauaihilo of Elizabeth City was the fastest female, running the course in 24:29.

The rest of the day was devoted to sailing. Pete Wallio of Hampton (Va.), competing in the PHRF A-Spinnaker class, came away as the overall winner and will represent the regatta at a national event.

Terry McKinney of Hertford, a member of the Pasquotank River Yacht Club, won the Archer Farmer Cup from the Albemarle Sound Sailing Association. It is awarded for the best showing by a racer from four area sailing clubs. McKinney was first in the PHRF B-Non-spinnaker class.

While it was a gorgeous day for the 42 boats entered in 10 classes, the competition wasn’t cut-throat. It was about sharing a love of sailing and growing the sport.

“Sailing is getting bigger around here and we want to help,” Robey said. “Not only do we have the veteran sailors on the big boats, we have a cruising class that is becoming much larger. We have folks who have larger boats here on the river but don’t race them because racing can be intimidating. This is a good venue for them to get out, race on the course with other racers and they have a good time because they know it’s a little more relaxed atmosphere.”

More than a dozen younger sailors also took part.

“Bringing out the youth is another important aspect of the regatta,” Robey said. “We have a small boat series that goes along with the big boats. We have them sailing little Bics and Prams, which are small beginner boats, to the Sunfish, Lasers and 420s.

“A lot of summer camps take place around sailing. The Pasquotank River Yacht Club with Carol Terryberry has been very instrumental in holding a sailing camp in mid-July and that camp provides a wonderful feeder to the race. Kids work really hard in the camp and they get a chance to show off their skills in the regatta.”

Competition, fund-raising and fun aside, the bottom line for the regatta is making people more aware of hospice care.

“The whole purpose of the regatta is to get the word out about hospice, to let people know what hospice means and what hospice does,” Robey said. “Certainly, there’s a fund-raising aspect to this, but that’s not the primary focus. Last year we raised around $11,000 and were able to give back about $5,500 or $6,000. I don’t have numbers yet for this year, but I think it will be similar.

“While donations were a little less in total donations, we had a lot broader scope of donations.”

The donations included sponsoring trophy series and the 5K and ads in the program book.

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LAKE NORMAN HOSPICE 10th ANNUAL REGATTA – May 22-23

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Friday, May 21 – Sunday, May 23, 2010
Lake Norman Yacht Club
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A benefit for Hospice & Palliative Care Lake Norman

Regatta Weekend Activities


Friday
5-8pm – Check-in, Late Registration, and Sailor Social

Saturday
8-8:45am – Check-in and Late Registration
9am – Competitors’ Meeting
9:55am – First Warning
5:30pm – Memorial Moment
6pm – Outback Steakhouse Dinner

Sunday
9:25am - First Warning
12:30pm – Bucks for Burgers, Donation Dogs & Brats
2pm – Awards Celebration

For more information, or to register to sail, visit www.lnyc.org or contact Emily Jones atemilyojones@gmail.com.

For information about Hospice & Palliative Care Lake Norman, visitwww.hpccr.org

Regatta Fees
Registration – $50 per adult boat; $15 per junior boat*
*After May 12, registration – $70 per adult boat; $20 per junior boat
Saturday Night Dinner – $15 for adults; $8 for 12 and under

Teams of ordinary people who work together to provide for the terminally ill in most extraordinary ways.
10,000 Sponsors, Donors & Volunteers – 9,000 Skippers & Crew
35 Hospices in their local communities benefiting 500,000 Hospice Patients, Families & Friends
Hospice Regattas netted over $1 million in 2009 for hospice care in their communities!
Over $13.8 million raised nationwide since 1982.
That is the message conveyed by the National Hospice Regatta Alliance in their Fall newsletter.  The National Hospice Regatta Alliance (NHRA) is a national 501(c)(3) organization whose mission is to raise awareness of Hospice care through charity sailboat regattas — helping and promoting local hospice regattas, providing a communications network among them, and by hosting a national championship event.  From its inception  in 1982, the Alliance has grown to 27 independent regional hospice regattas across the US that publicize Hospice care, through the excitement of sailing and festivities related to the regattas.
We are fortunate to have a NHRA Director here on Lake Norman.  Treez Decker joined the 11 member National Hospice Regatta Alliance Board in 2009. The gift of time and energy Treez has provided to organizing the Lake Norman Hospice Regatta, a benefit for Hospice & Palliative Care Lake Norman, has been vital to the success of the event.  Treez is uniquely prepared to share her talents with the Alliance, while providing our local Hospice Regatta team with ideas gleaned from successful events nationwide.  When you see Treez, tell her “thanks� and ask how you can help.
Last year the Lake Norman Hospice Regatta raised $4,500.00.
For the 10th Anniversary we are setting a goal of $7,500.00.  We will need everyone’s participation, both on and off the water, to reach this objective.  Individual donations and corporate sponsorships are welcome and encouraged.