Newsletter December (3) 2025

Dear MRCler,
Dear rowing friends

Today, the newsletter continues with indoor rowing in the MRC as well as hiking rowing, training camp and communication plans for 2026.

There is also a lot going on on the water, including rowing on New Year's Eve. Be careful and come into the New Year well over the end of the year!

The key figures at the end of 2025:
We start with 651 members in the year 2026 (this is (as at 18.12.2025) also the current number of members as at 15.1.2026, if the extraordinary right of termination ends due to the renovation).
The current level of donations for the refurbishment is EUR 430,000.

We would like to thank all members of the association for the MRC year 2025. Thanks to the great commitment of the athletes, coaches, the many volunteers, but also the donors and members who silently support the MRC in the background, it was a very successful and important year, in which also essential directions for the future of the MRC were set.

We wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year after 2026!
Your board of directors

MRC1880 successful in Men’s Ergo Challenge 2025

For the first time this November, there was a dedicated Men’s Challenge, similar to the Women’s Rowing Challenge. Our men did very well, the Ü60 even ended up in first place in Germany! Congratulations!
Look at how successful they were: report

Many thanks to all dedicated rowers and the great orga team around Birgit Hassler, Audrey Delphendahl, Friederike Winter and Michael Alt.

Women’s Ergo Challenge 2026

Dear MRC women,
our Ergo-Challenge starts only in January, but everyone who wants to get fit now can use the training possibilities https://www.mrc1880.de/rudern/training-winter-2025-2026/.
In January we will also offer the opportunity to ride the challenges together. Let's go for ergo training, individually or together – even non-MRC members can participate!
Register directly for the January Challenge at the link: https://challenge.rudern.de/signup.

The following four challenge dates are set:

1. – 8 January (8 min. entry by 8 January at the latest)
9. – 15 January (15 min. entry by 15 January at the latest)
16. – 22 January (22 min, entry by 22 January at the latest)
23. – 30 January (30 min. entry by 30 January at the latest)

Each challenge can be completed over a period of one week. The results must be entered at the latest by the end of the respective challenge week. There are 5 age groups:

U18 (12-17 years),
U30 (18-29 years),
30-30 (30-44 years),
Ü45 (45-59 years), and
Over 60 (60+ years).

If you have any questions, please contact Audrey, Birgit or Friederike or send an email (ergo-challenge@mrc1880.de). We are looking forward to a lively participation!

Here again everything to Download

New Year's Eve rowing

A warm invitation to traditional New Year's Eve rowing followed by a white sausage breakfast

Registered guests are welcome at breakfast! If the weather is not rowable (fog, wind, wave), we take a walk to the votive chapel.

That's it. 28.12. (until midnight) binding registration for the meal with the number of white sausages at Samantha under weiterbildung@mrc1880.de, so that I can order in time.

Di. 30.12. until 20h Registration for rowing on Crewman

Wed. 31.12. at 10:15 ready for rowing in front of the boathouse;
Against 13h White sausage breakfast
For a flat rate of €10 there are 2 white sausages, 2 pretzels and a drink. Please bring cash for the donation basket!

Greetings and Merry Christmas,
Samantha

Training camp Master 2026

The training camp organized by the MRC1880 with Tom Thallmair as trainer will also take place next year. Pre-planning for the two training weeks is already underway.
In the first week (26.04.-02.05.) other clubs participate, in the second week (03.05.-09.05.) only we from the MRC participate.

It goes back to the rowing sports center Völkermarkt, where we have gained very good rowing experience this year. The number of participants per week is at least 10 and a maximum of 16 people. Ideally, the registration takes place in a fixed boat. Last year the costs amounted to about 190 € per day (hotel, half board, trainer's fee, daily allowance for the rowing sports center).

The binding applications will run from January 2026 via Audrey Delphendahl (trainingslager@mrc1880.de).

Wanderrudern 2026

Our Wanderruderwart Hellmuth Nordwig has already put together some announcements and tenders for 2026: https://www.mrc1880.de/2025/12/wanderrudern-2026/

MRC Communication 2026

In the new year (on 1.1.2026) we will change the password of our internal homepage again.

And you can be curious: New Year's newsletters will arrive in a new look and layout.