Lake Merritt and the City of Oakland and USRowing are hosting the 2018 US Rowing Masters National Championships at Lake Merritt which started Thursday August 16 and go to August 19, 2018 (racing daily from 8 am to 6 pm).
Sunny and warm in Oakland today, and Lake Merritt is a bustling pile of rowers and boats on day 1 of Nationals. Racing kicked off this morning, shortly after 8am, and will continue until just after 6pm. With… https://t.co/F8rBkeBvYS
— Station L Rowing (@stationlrowing) August 16, 2018
And US Rowing reports that the Oakland US Rowing National Championships has the most registrants than any other event hosted before: over 1,300 rowers are competing at Lake Merritt.
FREE BEER for Masters #Rowers at #NationalChamps on Saturday courtesy @NatRowingFound @USRowingTeam
Meet your National Teams–World Champions–and compare medals @Marin_Rowing @EBRC_Oakland @LGRCRow @CRIBoston @AustinRowing @ChinookRowing
— BIAC (@BIACRWC) August 15, 2018
The US Rowing National Championships are free for spectators to attend and there are local food trucks every day from 11 am to 7 pm, as well as a beer garden featuring local breweries daily from noon to 8 pm and races on the lake all day from 8 am to 6 pm.
Racing is underway at Lake Merritt! #usrmastersnats #lakemerritt pic.twitter.com/gaYQqMuE1F
— USRowing (@usrowing) August 16, 2018
Go down and cheer on the Lake Merritt Rowing Club!
Stay tuned.