NEWS
May 18, 2012 | By Phil Anastasia, INQUIRER STAFF WRITER
Katie Ewell feels her boat getting faster and faster, just in time for the Stotesbury Cup Regatta. "It's the biggest race of the year," Ewell, a senior at Bishop Eustace Prep, said of the annual regatta that will be held Friday and Saturday on the Schuylkill. Ewell and her teammates on the Bishop Eustace varsity eight boat hope to be in contention for a medal at the world's oldest and largest high school regatta. This year's event is expected to draw 5,000 athletes from 198 high schools competing in 925 boats.
NEWS
April 24, 2012 | Inquirer Editorial
Camden County's Cooper River Park could become a much better version of itself now that the county is beginning a long-awaited $23 million, five-year face-lift that will bring people to the water's edge for recreation. This is a welcome project in a park that will pull together urban and suburban outdoor enthusiasts looking for a good softball game, run, picnic, walk, bike ride, or boat race, or who just want to throw a line in the water and hope a bass or catfish bites. Too few people enjoy the river's edge on the Jersey side, but Philadelphia landscape architects Cairone and Kaupp have designed a handsome combination of paths, boardwalks, and overlooks to bring more visitors there.
NEWS
April 19, 2012 | By Kevin Riordan, Inquirer Columnist
I think of Cooper River Park as South Jersey's version of Fairmount Park, along the Schuylkill. "It's a park everyone feels very strongly about," observes landscape architect Joseph R. Cairone, who spoke to a standing-room-only crowd at the Camden County Boathouse on North Park Drive last week. The audience had come to hear about his firm's $23 million "Vision Plan," the first phase of which will be voted on by Camden County freeholders Thursday. The project will enhance the heart of the park: the postcard-esque area that offers great Philly skyline views and features the renowned, 1.3-mile rowing course between Cuthbert Boulevard in Cherry Hill and Route 130 in Pennsauken.
NEWS
April 9, 2012 | By Reity O'Brien, Inquirer Staff Writer
Camden County officials will present on Wednesday night at a public hearing their $23 million plan to revitalize Cooper River Park. The five-year plan includes construction of a boardwalk and fishing piers along the riverbanks and improvements to athletic fields, picnic areas, the playground, and the park stadium. "It's the county's function to improve the quality of life for our residents," Freeholder Jeffery L. Nash said Friday. "There's no better way to do that than enhance our parks.
NEWS
September 5, 2011
Pennsauken police are investigating why a vehicle plunged into Cooper River Lake on Sunday morning with an elderly woman inside. Police Lt. Eric Davies said the vehicle was found by police near the intersection of Route 130 and North Park Drive about 8 a.m., with the woman inside. The car's occupant, who lived in Pennsauken, was pronounced dead at the scene. She has been identified, but her name is being withheld pending notification of relatives, Davies said. - Dan Hardy
SPORTS
May 14, 2010 | By Rick O'Brien, Inquirer Staff Writer
The Bishop Eustace girls' crew will try for its fourth consecutive varsity eight championship in the 84th annual Stotesbury Cup Regatta, the world's oldest and largest high school rowing competition, this weekend on the Schuylkill. "Anything is possible," Eustace second-year coach Danielle Ponzio said. "I expect the girls to be ready to go and perform well. " The Crusaders' boat, which took top honors at the Garden State Championships three weeks ago on the Cooper River, is made up of coxswain Kerry Walsh, stroke Caroline Bourassa, Amanda O'Malley, Morgan Weller, Sabrina Malak, Katie Ewell, Hannah Hoag, Kate Taylor, and bow Elizabeth Campanella.
NEWS
May 4, 2010
They miss proms. They miss parties. They miss movies. They get up early during senior trips, just to get in a good hour or two of land workouts before they visit Disney World. "It's in the fine print that you have to give up your life," Bishop Eustace senior Amanda O'Malley said. She was only kidding. Or maybe not. There's no fine print for the girls on the Crusaders' varsity eight boat. But there's an unbreakable bond, a shared sacrifice, a commitment to rowing and to each other that carries them across the water and across the finish line with remarkable speed and unprecedented success.
ENTERTAINMENT
May 8, 2009 | By Robert Strauss FOR THE INQUIRER
Philadelphia is replete with strange and wonderful events. Little can top the Mummers Parade, to be sure. We officially commemorate Flag Day, mostly because Philly resident Betsy Ross may or may not have sewn the first American flag. We also have the best sports victory parades - when we get around to winning the championships. And for the rowing crowd, the Dad Vail Regatta falls into the category of being a top event. It is the largest collegiate regatta in the United States, but it doesn't always have the best teams, nor does it have any real championships.
SPORTS
June 3, 2007 | By Ray Parrillo INQUIRER STAFF WRITER
It was about as rewarding a bicycle ride as one could have with a flat tire. As Washington crew coach Bob Ernst anxiously pedaled along a bank of the Cooper River yesterday, keeping a keen eye on his Huskies in the varsity heavyweight eight grand final, the air seeped out of his front tire. But the undefeated oarsmen from Washington had no such transportation problems as they outraced Stanford and Harvard by half a boat length to win varsity eight at the Intercollegiate Rowing Association National Championships.