ROCHESTER — The Memorial Day Boat Race on the Mattapoisett River, sponsored by the Rochester Fire Department, will take place on May 27, starting at 8:30 a.m. 
at Grandma Hartley’s Reservoir in Snipatuit Road in Rochester and finishing at the Herring Weir, River Road at Route 6, in Mattapoisett.

Contestants must be at least seven years old on Memorial Day. Racers must be homemade and manned by crews of two. There are no paddle restrictions. Participants have already pre-registered. 

Divisions include open/men’s, women’s, junior boys, junior girls, co-ed and parent/child. Junior division teams should have two contestants under 14 years old. Parent/child is for a parent
with his/her child (child under 14 years old) or an adult (25 or older) with a child under 14. Trophies will be awarded to the first, second and third place finishers in
each division.

The river racing boat will be raffled and trophies and prizes will be awarded on Memorial Day at the Rochester Memorial School at 7:30 p.m.

For further information contact Boat Race Chairman, Arthur F. Benner, 508-763-2024 or email; artbenner@comcast.net.