The first races of the 206th running of the Confederation 75 Royal St. John’s Regatta are in the books.
The Rogers Senior Women’s was a close one with Volkswagon St. John’s crossing the line in 5:10.49, just in front of Hyflodraulic’s 5:12.90. Smith Stockley (5:26), Dawe & Burke (5:32) and Momentum Health (5:38) rounded out the top five.
While the five teams in the first women’s race usually advance to the championship in the evening, O’Neill Nissan, rowing in the second race of the day, won it in a time of 5:37.44 to nudge out Momentum Health.
In the men’s category, Capital Home Hardware, the favourite, rowed 9:48 to claim first place with East Coast Kia well back at 10:15.06. Torbay was third (10:34.24) with EMCO/HVAC fourth (10:45.01) and Smith Stockley fifth (10:54.86.)
The winner of the second men’s race, CAF #1, so far sneaks into the championship race with their time of 10:44.44 to squeeze out Smith Stockley.
The championship races go at 6:30 for the women and 7 p.m. for the men.
The weather is co-operating, although people pondside say the winds have been picking up throughout the day.
Race results are available through the Royal St. John’s Regatta Website.
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Meanwhile, City of St. John’s offices and facilities will be closed for the Regatta holiday.
Garbage and recycling will go ahead as scheduled and Robin Hood Bay will be open for commercial and residential drop off.
Parking by-laws are still being enforced, but there will be no paid parking as it is a shop’s closing day.
Splash pads will be up and running, however the Bannerman Park pool is closed. The pool at Bowring Park will be open after 2:45 p.m.
A number of road closures and no parking zones are in place due to all the activity down by the lake.
⚠️ ROAD CLOSURES: To facilitate the Royal St. John’s Regatta, there will be road closures and no parking/tow away zones in the Quidi Vidi Lake area starting at 5 p.m. on August 6 and ending in the evening on August 7.
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Road Closures:
Carnell Drive
Circular Road (Bannerman Street to Empire Avenue)
Clancey Drive
Empire Avenue (Rennies Mill Road to Forest Road)
Forest Road
Kenna’s Hill
King’s Bridge Road
Lake Avenue
Lakeview Avenue
Quidi Vidi Village Road
Legion Road
Pleasantville Avenue (Taylor Place to The Boulevard)
The Boulevard
Access to the Legion will be permitted via East White Hills Road only
Winter Avenue
New Cove Road (Bristol Street to King’s Bridge Road)
No Parking – Tow Away – 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.:
Berteau Avenue – east side
Bristol Street – west side
Carnell Drive – both sides
Circular Road – north side Rennies Mill Road to Empire Avenue
Circular Road – south side Monkstown Road to Rennies Mill Road
Clancey Drive – both sides
East Drive – north/east side
Glenridge Crescent – inside curve
Judge Place – west side
Lake Avenue – both sides
Lakeview Avenue – both sides
Legion Road – both sides
Selfridge Road – both sides
The Boulevard – both sides
Tunis Court – inside curve
Winter Avenue – north side
