Alumni
“I recently moved back to the Bay Area with my young family, and was pleased to find that Berkeley Crew still exists. I’d assumed that it had been lost years ago in some budget cut...”
Be there for us, so we'll be there for you.
Mary Glaeser offers this history of the facilities used by Berkeley Crew:
| Season | Men | Women | Notes | 1967-70 | AP (with CAL Women) | This may have been a different building than the sailboat house. | 1970-1980 | CAL Boathouse | LMRC | Women's team established in 1976 | 1980-81 | LMRC | LMRC | 1982-1986 | CAL Boathouse | LMRC | 1986-1987 | GI | LMRC | BHS was no longer allowed to row with CAL probably because of NCAA concerns. | 1987-2002 | MV | LMRC | 2002-2003 | JLAC | LMRC | 2003-2004 | JLAC | LMRC and AP | LMRC boathouse underwent extreme renovations from 2004 -2008. | 2004-2008 | JLAC and AP | JLAC and AP | Men's & Women's teams merged 2004-2005 |
LMRC –Lake Merritt Rowing Club inthe building that now houses the Lake Chalet Restaurant. (A fee was paid for each participant each year for use of the facility and boats – Women owned few boats and only one was regularly stored at LMRC.)
CAL Boathouse – the original CAL men’s boathouse in Oakland.
GI – Outdoor facility off Government Island.
MV – Alameda Dock a floating dock off Marina Village with no indoor facility very minimal fee.
AP – Aquatic Park sailboat house from City of Berkeley.
JLAC – Jack London Aquatic Center.
