Show your rower support!
The Six Bridges Regatta will be held on the Arkansas River this Saturday, Aug. 30. The 5K on water is hosted by the Arkansas Boathouse Club. This will be the first year a regatta has been held on the Arkansas River since 1938.
The regatta is a national “head” or timed race and there are 65 heats for every type of boat and crew. The Boathouse Club is hoping to draw 400 participants to the Saturday event, sanctioned by the sport’s governing body U.S. Rowing.
Mike Coulson, 61, chairman of Coulson Oil Company Inc., is one of the enthusiasts behind the Arkansas Boathouse Club — home of the river’s burgeoning rowing scene — and is honorary director, with his wife Beth, of the Six Bridges Regatta-Head of the Arkansas scheduled for Labor Day weekend. Click here to read the full story about the regatta’s history and Coulson’s involvement from our July issue.
To check out the course map, click here.