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Austin Rowing Club Junior Learn to Row Camp

Contact Information:
Jennifer De Haas
PO Box 1741
Austin, TX 78767
Phone: 512-472-0726
Fax: 512-472-0700
E-mail: juniors@austinrowing.org
www.austinrowing.org

Description: Monday -Friday, 7-9 a.m. for 8th-12th graders with no prior rowing experience. Limited to 12 rowers per session.

Dates and Sessions:

• Session I, June 22-26,
• Session II, July 6-10,
• Session III, July 20-24,
• Session IV, July 27-31,
• Session V, August 3-7

Ages: 8th- 12th graders

Body of Water: Lady Bird Lake, Austin, Texas

Meal Plans: None

Capital City Rowing Camps

Contact Information:

Chris Minardi
Phone: 850-294-8393
E-mail: chrisminardi@hotmail.com
www.CapitalCityRowing.org

Description: Capital City Rowing is offering several opportunities for rowers of all ages and levels of rowing who are interested in learning more about the sport of rowing. All of these opportunities will allow new and experienced rowers to participate in a hands-on coaching environment.

Dates and Sessions:

• Long Skinny Boat Youth Introductory Camps, July 27-31 & August 2-7, 8 a.m.-noon at Lake Hall, are the perfect opportunity for beginning rowers (middle or high school) to learn the fundamentals of rowing including terminology, technique and teamwork. The experienced CCR coaching staff will provide team building land drills, in addition to on-the-water instruction for beginning rowers.
• Long Skinny Boat Youth Experienced Camps, July 27-31 and August 2-7, 4-6 p.m. at Lake Hall, are the perfect opportunity for someone who has participated in a previous LSBC and/or our middle school program to further develop their rowing skills.
• Long Skinny Boat Adult Introductory Rower Camps, July 27-31 & August 2-7, 6-9 p.m. at Lake Hall, are the perfect opportunity for inexperienced adults to participate in the sport of rowing. 
• Long Skinny Boat Row & Race Camp, June 22-August 7, 5-7 p.m., is for high school, college and masters rowers with one or more years of rowing experience interested in fine-tuning their rowing skills on Lake Talquin, finishing with a race at the Canadian Henley.

Body of Water: Lake Tacquin

Meal Plans: No

Cornell University Big Red Competitive Rowing Camp

Contact Information:
Gene Nighman or Cornell Sports School
Cornell Sports School
103 Bartels Hall, Campus Rd.
Ithaca, NY 14853
Phone: 607-255-1200
E-Mail: camps@cornell.edu
www.athletics.cornell.edu/camps/rowing.html

Description: The Big Red Rowing Camp is directed by Olympians and Cornell coaches Hilary Gehman, Matthew Smith and Chris Kerber, along with three-time national champion and EARC Coach of the Year, Todd Kennett. The camp is designed for boys and girls ages 15-18. Each athlete will be challenged to his/her technique and fitness level, while enjoying a fun camp experience. Coxwains receive direct feedback and instruction. Campers row twice each day out of Cornell’s two historic boathouses on beautiful Cayuga Lake. Campers take part in erg training, receive weight training education and video feedback. Campers receive a free Cornell camp T-shirt.

Dates and Sessions: One session only with limited space (20 ports, 20 starboards, 4 coxwains) - July 26-30, 2009

Ages: 15-18

Body of Water: Lake Cayuga

Cost: $795 Residents, $695 Commuters

Meal Plans: Campers will dine in Cornell University dining halls.

Hawk Rowing Camp

Contact Information:
Daniel Kilpatrick
1733 W. Girard Ave.
Philadelphia, PA 19130
Phone: 267-231-3973
Fax: 215-575-1040
E-mail: dkilpatrick@sjprep.org
www.sjprep.org/athletics/crew/hrc/html

Description: The Hawk Rowing Camp is a “learn to row” program that introduces the Olympic sport of rowing to boys and girls ages 12 to 15 years old. The goal is to provide opportunities for students interested in learning about rowing in a non-competitive environment. The sessions teach individuals the mechanics of how to row with one oar (sweep rowing), which can also be applied to two-oared rowing (sculling). The program is designed to give each camper time to develop and improve rowing skills in a relaxed atmosphere. The students will gain an appreciation for the technical aspects of the sport, as well as the teamwork involved in moving eight oared rowing shells.

Dates and Sessions:

• Session 1: Monday, June 29 to Friday, July 10 (no camp July 3), 1-5 p.m.
• Session 2: Tuesday, July 14 to Friday, July 10, 1-5 p.m.

Ages: 12 to 15

Cost: $500

Body of Water: Schuylkill River

Meal Plans: N/A

Maine Rowing Camp at Colby College

Contact Information:
Stew Stokes
Colby College
4900 Mayflower Hill
Waterville, ME 04901
Phone: 207-859-4942
Fax: 207-859-4902
E-mail: smstokes@colby.edu
www.colby.edu/athletics

Description: For boys and girls ages 13-18 and any experience level. Overnight and day campers welcome.

Dates and Sessions: Sunday, July 12-Thursday, July 16, 2009

Ages: 13-18

Cost: $600 for coxswains; $685 rowers

Body of Water: Messalonskee Lake

Meal Plans: Full meal plan at Colby included in cost.

Navy Rowing Camp

Contact Information:
Karin Hughes
Phone: 443-822-7686
E-mail: kmhughes@usna.edu
www.navycamps.com

Description:

1) Three overnight rowing camps for girls 13-18 years old. Twenty-four hour supervision and all meals included. Saturday to Thursday, June 13-18, June 20-25, June 27-July 2. Row twice a day: briefs on performance enhancement, strength training and sports nutrition. NCAA eligibility, as well as ergometer technique. Both experienced rowers and complete novices welcome.

2) Day Camp July 6-10. Description same as above, no housing.

3) Women’s Camp: June 8-11, seven rows & ergometer training. Same briefs as girls except NCAA. Housing available at Academy.

Dates and Sessions:
Three Girls overnight camps; June 13-18, June 20-26, June 27-July 2; Girls Day Camp; July 6-10; Women’s Camp June 8-11

Ages:  Girls Camps, 13-18 years old; Women’s Camp, 18 and above

Cost: Girls Overnight - $680; Girls Day Camp - $520; Women's Camp with housing - $625, no housing - $525

Body of Water: Severn River

Meal Plan: All meals included

NBC Rowing Development Camp

Contact Information:
NBC Rowing
Narragansett Boat Club
P. O. Box 603011
Providence, RI  02906-0011
Albin Moser, Director
Phone: 401-272-1838
Fax: 401-270-9064
www.RowNBC.org

Description: Since 1971, teens and adults in the Providence metropolitan area have been taking classes in rowing and sculling classes at the Narragansett Boat Club. Our current edition of rowers follows a rowing and sculling progression from barge to Zephyr and into the club's flotilla of singles and sweeps boats. Classes run within a 90-minute timeframe, starting March 30, every six weeks until October 24. We also have special summer youth programs for scullers and sweeps rowers. For more information, check www.RowNBC.org .

Ages: 12 and up

Cost: $145 for 12 classes in Barge; $200 for 12 classes in sculling and eights. For youth spring, summer, and fall programs: $265 for 20 classes and $520 for 40 classes.

Body of Water: Seekonk River, between Providence and East Providence

Meal Plan: None. This is not a residential program.

Nova Southeastern University

Contact Information:
Stephanie Chivers
Phone: 954-262- 8278
Fax: 954-262-3926
E-mail: sc1121@nova.edu
www.nsuathletics.vova.edu/forms/rowing_camp.pdf

Description: A quality instruction camp for novice, intermediate and advanced rowers. Novice rowers will be given coaching about boat etiquette, maintenance and the basic essentials of a rowing stroke. Coxwains and rowers of all abilities will receive coaching both on and off the water and have access to a variety of equipment.

Dates and Sessions: Monday, July 13-Friday, July 17, 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m.

Ages: 11 years and up

Body of Water: Florida Inter Coastal

Cost: $275

Meal Plans: None

Orlando Area Rowing Society

Contact Information:
www.oars-online.com
Please e-mail Coach Kirsten at
kmanderson72@hotmail.com to sign up for any
of the sessions. You will need to fill out the following forms & bring them with you to the first day of practice.
1) OARS Membership
2) OARS Emergency Treatment Form
***this form must be notarized
3) OARS USRowing Waiver

Description: The summer learn-to-row session is an introductory rowing class which focuses on the basic technique of the rowing stroke. Individuals will learn how to row on the indoor rowing machine, as well as on the water.
The OARS Boathouse is located on Main Street in Windermere, diagonally across the street from Windermere Elementary School. Rowers should be dropped off in the school parking lot and walk across the street to the boathouse.

Wear athletic clothes including spandex or fitness shorts, t-shirt, hat, sunscreen, sunglasses & tennis shoes. It is recommended that you bring a full water bottle. Spaces are limited, so sign up early!

Dates and Sessions:
Session 1: June 8-12, 4:30-7:00 p.m.
Session 2: June 15-19, 8:00-10:30 a.m.
Session 3: June 15-19, 4:30-7:00 p.m.
Session 4: June 22–26, 4:30-7:00 p.m.

Ages: Any middle or high school student who is interested in learning how to row may attend. Boys & girls of all fitness levels can participate

Cost: The cost of each session is $125. Students may sign up for one or all sessions. This includes equipment use and coaching fees. Please bring a check made out to OARS with you to the first practice.

Princeton High-Performance Rowing Camps

Contact Information:
Helen Betancourt
Princeton University Crew- Dillon Gym
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ 08544
E-mail: hbetanco@princeton.edu
Phone: 609-258-6373
Fax: 609-258-2490
http://www.princetoncrew.org

Description: Are you looking for a rowing camp that will improve your skills, enable you to enhance your physiology and make you a better racer for next season? The Princeton Summer Rowing Camps are for you.

The Princeton coaching staff and several premier guest coaches are offering three, five-day rowing camps for male and female high school rowers. The camps are intentionally structured to simulate a typical week of practice during a collegiate racing season. In order to maximize each campers ability to improve, rowers will be organized according to their experience level, physiological capacity and gender throughout the week. Each rower will be comprehensively analyzed through the use of video, the ergometer and in boat racing situations. Coaches will work very closely with the rowers to establish loftier goals and by week's end; each camper will leave Princeton with the motivation to achieve a new level of speed. Rowing camps are open to all applicants between the ages of 14 and 18. Space is limited! These camps have sold out the last three years!

Dates:
Session 1: June 21, 2009 thru June 25, 2009
Session 2: June 27, 2009 thru July 1, 2009
Session 3: August 10, 2009 thru August 14, 2009

Ages:  14-18

Cost:
Day Camper - $800.00
Overnight Camper - $875.00
Fee includes instruction, meals, room (overnight campers), camp t-shirt and lanyard.

Body of Water: Lake Carnegie

Meal Plan: Princeton dining hall - breakfast, lunch and dinner

Riverside Boat Club Junior Summer Sculling Clinic

Contact Information:
769 Memorial Drive
Cambridge, MA 02139
E-mail: RBCJuniorSculling@gmail.com
www.riverboatclub.com

Description: For experienced junior sweep rowers who want to learn to scull, and for juniors with sculling experience who want more technical instruction and to improve sculling skills.

Dates and Sessions: June 22-26, 2009

Ages: Boys and Girls age 13-18

Cost: $500

Body of Water: Charles River

Meal Plans: Lunch included in cost of clinic

RowPittsburgh Summer Sculling Camp

Contact Information:
Florin Curuea
200 Mingo Road
Wexford, PA 15090
Phone: 412-680-5990
Fax: 724-935-0990
E-mail: florin@letsrowpittsburgh.org
www.letsrowpittsburgh.org
 
Description: RowPittsburgh is offering sculling camps for high school students, specializing in programs for both competitive and novice/recreational rowers. Practices will entail rowing on the water, weight training and running. On the water, coaches will provide helpful technique and performance enhancing instruction. Off the water discussions will review video footage taken on the water.  Participants are invited to compete in the Independence Day Regatta in preparation for USRowing Club National Championships, although neither race is mandatory. 

Dates and Sessions: Competitive Camp -- Session 1: June 15-July 15; Session 2: July 20-August 22; Monday–Friday,  7:30 a.m.-Noon. Novice and Recreational Camp -- Session 1: June 15-July 15; Session 2: July 20-August 22; Monday, Wednesday, Friday,  7:30 a.m. –TBA.

Ages: 14-18 

Cost: Competitive - $350 per session, 50% discount for second family member; Novice/recreational - $200 per session, 50% discount for second family member.

Body of Water: Allegheny River

Meal Plans: n/a

The Sarasota Scullers Summer Rowing Camps

Address -- Two Locations to Choose From:

South County Location: 800 Blackburn Point Road, (at Blackburn Point Park), Osprey, FL 34229

North County Location: 2500 Honore Avenue, (at Nathan Benderson Park), Sarasota, FL 34235

Contact Information:
For more information, call 941-966-2244 or e-mail at sarasotascullers@yahoo.com

Description: The Sarasota Scullers Summer Rowing Camps provide teens with the opportunity learn a new sport, meet new friends and spend time outdoors having fun, staying fit and becoming part of one of the fastest growing team sports programs in Florida. Middle and high school participants will learn and participate in all aspects of rowing and sculling with professional instruction, coaching and a curriculum that combines fun, fitness, skill training and team building.  A mini-regatta takes place the last Friday of each camp session -- bragging rights included!

A sport for anyone, even those who have not excelled in other athletic pursuits, teens have the opportunity to learn and then tryout for next year’s team, currently ranked #2 in the state of Florida based on the recent state championships held at Benderson Park in Lakewood Ranch, Fla. in April 2009. It is the only Florida rowing team with former Olympic rowers as coaches and the highest consistent medaling rowing team in the state. 

Dates and Sessions:
Session 1: June 15-June 26, 2009 (registration deadline June 5)

Session 2: July 6-July 17, 2009 (registration deadline June 26)

Session 3: July 20-July 31, 2009 (registration deadline July 10)

All camp sessions meet Monday through Friday, 7:45 a.m. to 11 a.m.

Advanced reservations for camps are required 10 days prior to the first day of each session (June 5 for Session 1, June 26 for Session 2, and July 10 for Session 3). Limited to 30 teens per session

Ages: Male and female teens, ages 13-16

Cost: $225/teen per session

Simmons Summer Rowing Clinic

Contact Information:
Naomi Rudov
300 The Fenway
Boston, MA 02115
Phone: 617-521-1025
Fax: 617-521-1026
E-mail: naomi.rudov@simmons.edu
www.simmons.edu/athletics/programs/camps/summer-rowing.php

Description: Get a jump on the fall season! Intermediate and advanced rowers will refine technique and develop conditioning strategies. Coxwains will receive coaching and audio feedback. Beginners will learn to row in 8- and 4- person shells. Learn from Simmons Crew coaches, coxswains and rowers.

Dates and Sessions: August 17-20, 2009

Ages: Girls, age 13-18

Cost: $420

Body of Water: Charles River

Meal Plans: Lunch included

Steel City Rowing Club - High School Camp

Contact Information:
Sheila Lindsey
Boathouse: 100 Arch Street, Verona, PA 15147
Office: 157 James Street, Verona, PA 15147
Phone: 412-828-5565
E-mail: steelcityrowing@comcast.net
www.steelcityrowing.org

Description:

• Session I -- Five-week Competitive Camp
• Session II -- Four-week Competitive Camp
• Nine practices a week: six mornings and three afternoons
• USRowing Level III Coaches
• Focus on Canadian Henley

Dates and Sessions: Session I: June 15-July 20, Monday through Saturday, 8:30-11 a.m.; Session II: July 21-August 22, Monday through Saturday, 8:30-11 a.m.

Ages: Session I & II -- Incoming 8th graders to graduating seniors

Cost: Session I -- $500 + races; Session II  -- $500 + races or $200 if registered for Session I

Body of Water: Allegheny River, Pittsburgh Pa.

Meal Plans: Host families are available

Steel City Rowing Club - Open/Collegiate Camp

Contact Information:
Sheila Lindsey
Boathouse: 100 Arch Street, Verona, PA 15147
Office: 157 James Street, Verona, PA 15147
Phone: 412-828-5565
E-mail: steelcityrowing@comcast.net
www.steelcityrowing.org

Description:

• 16-week competitive camp
• Three practices a week, six are available upon request
• Coaching staff includes: nine-time U.S. Junior National Team Coach Tompa
• Rowing Canada Level II, USRowing Level III, Coach Lindsey, M.SC.
• Focus on Club Nationals & Canadian Henley

Dates: May 1-August 31, Monday, Wednesday & Friday, 5:30-8 a.m.

Cost: $200 + races

Ages: Collegiate rowers

Body of Water: Allegheny River, Pittsburgh Pa.

Meal Plans: Host families are available

Texas Rowing Center Junior Summer Camp

Contact Information:
Falesha Thrash
1541 W Cesar Chavez
Austin, TX 78703
E-mail: falesha@texasrowingcenter.com
Phone: 281-881-0584
www.texasjuniorrowingcamp.com

Description: The Texas Rowing Center is hosting a summer camp for juniors ages 14-18; coxswains, scullers and sweep rowers are welcome. The camp is based out of the Texas Rowing Center in beautiful Austin, Texas, and will run from July 6-August 3, training to race at the Royal Canadian Henley August 4-9. Please visit the Web site for details on the camp, including coaches and how to qualify/apply for the camp.

Dates: Registration: March 20-June 11, 2009; Camp: July 6-August3 and the regatta is August 4-9.

Ages: 14-18 (currently enrolled in either middle or high school)

Cost: $250 plus travel expenses for the regatta

Body of Water: Lady Bird Lake, Austin, Texas

Meal Plan: Housing and meal plans should be arranged by the athletes. However, TRC is happy to help in finding housing assistance.

University of Michigan Rowing Camp

Contact Information:
Mark Rothstein, Head Coach
734.936.4808
rowing.camp@umich.edu

Description: The University of Michigan Rowing Camp invites girls and boys ages 13-18 to attend. Rowers and coxswains ranging from top-level juniors to campers new to the sport will be grouped based on skill levels during rowing sessions. A novice group will be available for campers with no previous rowing experience. All campers will be coached by the University of Michigan’s women’s and men’s rowing coaches.

Dates and Sessions: July 26-30, 2009