Spring Competitive High School Team Information

2007-2008 Season Information

If you are an athlete playing a Fall sport and plan on coming to the team later in the season, you must contact your coach and we ask that you take this one-day workshop so that you are not as far behind when you join the team: Learn to Row Workshop for Juniors
Novice Try-out dates: September 10-22, 2007 Monday-Friday 4:00pm-6:30pm
Contact: Graham Willoughby graham@MarinRowing.org

Novice Try-out package:

'07-08 Cover Letter
2007-2008 Calendar
Jr. Waiver and Health Form
What to expect during try-outs
What to expect if you make the team
Financial Aid Application

Breaking the Myths about Rowing:

MYTH: I don’t go to Redwood, I can’t row.
TRUTH: Marin Rowing is not a Redwood-only sport. We recruit from all the high schools in the county.

MYTH: I can’t play another sport for my school.
TRUTH: Student-athletes are encouraged to play a Fall or Winter sport of their choice and come to try-outs immediately following the end of the season. Athletes may not play a spring sport for their school due to weekend competition conflicts. You must attend the first meeting.

MYTH: Practices are held too early in the morning.
TRUTH: Practices are held in the afternoons after school from 4:00-6:30 pm

MYTH: Costs are high.
TRUTH: Costs run similar to those of club soccer and volleyball. Scholarships are available.

MYTH:It's a cult.
TRUTH: Rowing is the ultimate team sport and athletes become close friends and competitors. It is also a sport that unless you try it, you’ll never know the pride that comes with the success of a great race.



Crew Policies and Rules
Code Of Conduct
Chaperone Guidelines

Yearly Practice Schedule
Novice MenMTWTHF 4:00pm to 6:30pm, Sat 9:00-11:30am
Novice WomenMTWTHF 4:00pm-6:30pm, Sat 8:30-10:30am
Varsity MenMTWTHF 3:30–6:00pm, No Sat practice yet
Varsity WomenWTHF 4:00–6:30pm, Sat, Sun 9:00–11:30am

Coaches

Names, bios, and contact Information for the coaching staff can be found on the "Contact Us" page.

2007-2008 Junior Racing Schedule

When What Where Contact
Sept 8 Novice Junior Meeting MRA Boathouse All Novice Juniors
Sept 30 Varsity Parent PotLuck MRA Boathouse All Varsity Parents
Oct 7 Novice Parents Meeting St Luke's Church SR. All Novice Parents
Oct 9 Monthly Jr Boosters Meeting MRA Boathouse All Parents welcome, but not mandatory
Oct 14 Head of the Port West Sacramento All Varsity crews
Oct 20-21 Head of the Charles Boston Varsity 8 only
Oct 27 Head of the American Lake Natoma, Sacramento All Junior Crews
Nov 11 Head of the Lagoon Foster City Varsity Boys
Nov 18 BIAC Fall Regatta San Mateo Varsity Boys
Dec 2 Oakland Sprints Oakland Estuary VB, NB and NG only
Jan 13 Bow Rides Fundraiser MRA Boathouse All Juniors
Sat Feb 2nd US Junior Men's ID Camp CAL Boathouse Registration
Sat & Sun, Feb 9-10 Junior Ergathon Bon Air Center Ergathon
Sun Feb 17th US Junior Women's ID Camp Marin Boathouse Registration
Sat Feb 23 Home Regatta vs. Serra men, BHS women, Palo Alto and Delta Corte Madera Creek All Junior Crews
Sat March 1 Novice Regatta Lake Merced, SF. Novice Crews Only
Sun March 2 Nor Cal vs So Cal Regatta Redwood Shores, Belmont Varsity Crews Only
Sat March 8 Battle of the Bay Oakland Estuary All Teams
Sat March 15 Los Gatos, Pacific @ Oakland Oakland Estuary All Teams
Sun March 16 SWJRA Sculling Regatta Lake Chabot, Oakland Varsity Scullers
Sat-Sun March 29-30 Windermere Crew Classic Redwood Shores, Belmont Varsity Only
Thurs-Sun, Apr 3-Apr 6 San Diego Crew Classic Mission Bay, SD. Varsity and JV + Boys Light8
Sat April 12 SI, Stanford @ Capital Lake Natoma Novice only
April 19-20 Long Beach Junior Regatta Long Beach, Ca Novice crews, Varsity scullers
Sat April 26 SI@Pacific 1500m Lake Merced Novice only
Sun April 27 Oakland, NorCal @ Capital Lake Natoma Varsity only
Fri-Sun, May 9-11 Southwest Regional Championships Lake Natoma, CA All Teams
June 1 Junior Awards Banquet Mill Valley Rec Center All Juniors and Parents
Wed-Sun, June 11-15 Youth National Championships Harsha Lake, Cincinatti, OH Varsity only
       

History:

The Marin Rowing Association is a non-profit organization founded in 1968 by Coach RC "Bob" Cumming. For the first eight years the club focused on a high school team made up of boys from Redwood High school. In 1977 Cal rower Jana Barto began a high school program for women from Redwood High. Today both teams row under the name of the Marin Rowing Association.

The MRA takes students from all of the high schools throughout Marin County and San Francisco. The tradition of the junior program at Redwood, and now Marin, runs strong. Numerous Marin Juniors have raced on Junior National Teams throughout the years, and many have gone onto National and Olympic Teams. The traditions started by Coach Cumming and Jana Barto set the stage for the programs' successes to this day.

Our Competitive Program is a 9-month season Sept-May, but we encourage athletes to play Fall and Winter sports for their individual schools. Athletes who make the team may not play a spring sport for their school due to weekend competition conflicts. The MRA is a highly competitive, pre-elite level rowing program and is considered one of the top in the country. We are looking for highly motivated athletes to join our teams to race at the State, Regional and National level. Try-outs run for two-weeks in September and are open to athletes with or without prior experience. No experience is required to try-out for the team. Juniors who are interested in learning the sport of rowing in a non-competitive environment have several options open to them:

  • Private Sculling Lessons. Sculling is rowing in a single shell with two oars, compared with sweep, which is rowing in a bigger shell (8 or 4-man) with one oar. Sculling lessons are offered at all times throughout the year by our sculling coaches at a cost of $60 for a one-hour lesson. To schedule a sculling lesson please call Amanda Harvey at 415-472-7262.
  • Summer Learn-to-Row Workshops. These one-day weekend workshops teach the beginner the basic skills needed to go out for 1 one-hour sweep row. Learn to Row Flyer...

  • Summer Youth Learn to Row Camps. We offer summer rowing programs for ages 12-18. These are non-competitive camps that give the athletes the basic skills need to try-out for the Competitive Team in the Fall. Youth Summer Camps

    Junior Booster Club
    The parent-run Booster Club is the main support group for the junior athletes and coaches. The committee handles numerous functions such as coordinating transportation to regattas, sponsoring pre-race dinners, fundraising, social functions, uniforms, and publishing a newsletter to keep parents informed.

    Ergathon
    The biggest fundraising event for the juniors is the Ergathon. An "Erg" (short for Ergometer) is a machine that imitates the rowing motion and is the principal land training device for rowers. The Ergathon is a 24-hour event in which every Junior rower takes a turn rowing on the Erg for a certain portion of the 24 hours. Held every February, the Ergathon is a fun and profitable event. But the success on the Ergathon relies on donations. Junior rowers are asked to raise money from friends and relatives which will be used to purchase new equipment

    eScrip
    eScrip is a potentially huge fundraiser for the club. Every time you shop and use your registered Safeway Club Card and/or your registered credit or debit card at many local merchants, you earn money for us.

    The Marin Rowing Association
    http://www.marinrowing.org/staticpages/index.php/juniorprogram