Check out ‘Head of the Pooch’
› After leaving Head of the Hooch rowing regatta, head over to Basecamp Bar and Restaurant, 346 Frazier Ave., for Head of the Pooch.› This fundraiser for McKamey Animal Center starts at 11 a.m. and continues until 4 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 4. For a $10 donation, you’ll receive a souvenir cup and three OddStory Brewing Co. beer tickets. All drink proceeds will benefit McKamey as will 15 percent of food proceeds during those five hours.› Bring your pooch for free treat bags from Slobberbones.› For more information: www.mckameyanimalcenter.org.
The first Saturday and Sunday of November are significant to rowers: It’s the weekend of Head of the Hooch.
Head of the Hooch, one of the country’s largest rowing regattas, offers two days of racing action in downtown Chattanooga on the Tennessee River. The first race on Saturday, Nov. 4, is 8:45 a.m., the last at 6:24 p.m. Action Sunday, Nov. 5, starts at 8:15 a.m., with the last race at 2:25 p.m.
This regatta is a head race, meaning competing crews race on a course at different times pitted against each other, but their finishing times determine their places. Head of the Hooch competitors row a 5,000-meter course (3.1 miles) on the river, finishing at Ross’s Landing Park, 201 Riverfront Parkway.
Head of the Hooch, also known as the Head of the Chattahoochee, was founded in 1982 by the Atlanta Rowing Club. The first year saw 225 rowers enter filling 105 boats. For 16 years the regatta took place on the Chattahoochee River in Roswell, Ga.