An Open House/Parent Meeting for all prospective new rowers (Year 6-12) will take place at the Jamestown Indoor Rowing Center on Sunday, February 8 at 4pm. Please email the team at contact@highpointrowing.com for more information.
Registration is now open for the Spring Middle Rowing Season. High Point Rowing Club will accept up to 35 middle school students for the spring season on a first come, first serve basis (18 have already registered). Registration is not complete until receipt of payment and waivers so parents should do so quickly to avoid disappointment.
NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY!
The spring season runs from February 23 through May 30. Rowing sessions are offered Tuesday and Thursday in the afternoons from 4:15pm until 6:15pm and at 9:00am on Saturday mornings. During the week we can accommodate Greensboro and Winston-Salem rowers arriving as late as 4:35pm.
The season begins at the team’s Jamestown indoor rowing facility and then students transition to rowing on the water at Oak Hollow Lake once weather permits in March. Please see the Register page for details on fees.
This program is designed for students in Years 6 – 8. No experience is necessary but participants must be confident swimmers for safety reasons. New members must have a parent complete the waiver and swim form found on the registration page.
FAQS:
Is rowing for both boys and girls?
Yes!
Will there be another Crew Interest Meeting to find out more about joining the team?
Yes. A Middle School Crew Open House/Parent Meeting will take place at the Jamestown Indoor Rowing Center on Sunday, February 8 at 4pm. Please email the team at contact@highpointrowing.com for more information.
Where does the team row?
The team rows at beautiful Oak Hollow Lake. For directions see this link
Are all practices mandatory?
No. Attendance is never taken so you if you cannot make it to all practice sessions that is OK. Keep in mind that like anything in life you only get out of something what you put into it. We find that the longer our rowers are on the team the more committed they become.
When is the Crew season?
Crew is a year round sport comprised of three distinct seasons.
Fall Season: This season begins in August and the team will row through to early December, competing in scrimmages and boat races called regattas against other rowing programs in October and November.
Spring Season: Rowing begins in mid-February and races begin in late March and continue through May.
Summer season: A great time to participate in a Summer Rowing Camp to learn to row.
Do I have to row all seasons?
No. For example, a student may wish to row in the fall season and then play another sport such as Baseball or soccer in the spring. Rowing is a great conditioning activity for other sports and many athletes use it for cross-training purposes.
Will rowing help me get into college?
Our high school seniors earned rowing scholarships valued on average of $29,000 this year. For many high school students, experience in rowing may just be the best extra curricular activity they could take on outside of the classroom for getting into college. For girls especially, there are serious advantages to being a rower. Colleges need lots of female rowers to balance out large male football teams. Consider this, UNC has 60 girls on their women’s rowing roster. Princeton University has 140 women on their rowing team. Wisconsin has even more!
Do you want to be applying to great colleges like UNC, Princeton or Wisconsin as a volleyball player or as a rower?
I have never rowed before. When is the best day to come down to learn?
Come to the Crew Open House on February 7th to learn more. Email contact@highpointrowing.com to sign up.
Does everyone get to race?
Everyone who regularly attends rowing practice sessions gets to race. At rowing regattas we will race in a number of different racing classes such as Varsity, JV, Novice (first year rowers) and Middle School. We will even race in mixed crews of boys and girls.
