Pioneer Valley Riverfront Club sets reopening after COVID shutdown
Updated Mar 10, 2021;
Posted Mar 10, 2021
6/17/2020 - Springfield - Daly Therrien of Longmeadow High School practices rowing on the Connecticut River. (Hoang Leon Nguyen / The Republican)
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SPRINGFIELD The Pioneer Valley Riverfront Club, shuttered in 2020 by COVID-19, will reopen later this month but with part-time staff only and probably fewer rowers than it had in 2019.
“Frankly, the kids are excited to get back on the water,” Executive Director Ben Quick said Tuesday. “And the adults too.”
Varsity rowers who are in eighth through 12th grade will return March 28, and other programs will begin on April 5. Kayak rentals will resume May 29. Public access to the water resumes when the club can get its docks back in the water, Quick said. The club has been opening the parking lot for visitors to North Riverfront Park throughout the shutdown.