Learn rowing at Capital Rowing Club in a free one week summer camp! No previous experience is needed. The camp will run for a half-day Monday – Friday, with the option of doing additional weeks during the summer. You can sign up for any of the weeks.
For best consideration, please fill out the interest form by May 1, 2018.
Camp Dates:
– Session 1: Monday, July 9 – Friday, July 13
– Session 2: Monday, July 16 – Friday, July 20
– Session 3: Monday, July 23 – Friday, July 27
– Session 4: Monday, July 30 – Friday, August 3
Time: 9am-12pm
Location: Anacostia Community Boathouse, 1900 M Street SE
Ages: Rising 7th through 10th graders (or 12 – 16 years olds)
Cost: Free
Capital Rowing Club’s Summer Learn-to-Row camp is offered free to participants and comprises four week-long sessions and meets Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at the Anacostia Community Boathouse. Summer Learn-to-Row offers boys and girls, ages 12–16, the chance to learn rowing for the first time, to explore the Anacostia riverfront, and to build teamwork and friendships with students from across all eight DC wards.
The program is taught in a fun and supportive environment, with a goal of developing a solid foundation of rowing skills. Over the course of the week, students:
- are introduced to basic measures of fitness and strength on the rowing machine (i.e., erg),
- learn rowing terminology and how to handle equipment, and
- develop a basic set of rowing skills.
Training takes place on CRC ergs and on CRC barges (i.e., eight-person training boats). The daily schedule includes warm-ups, on-the-water instruction and practice, and land-based team- and strength-building activities. On the last day of camp, students have an opportunity to race in a friendly, intramural environment. Afterward, we celebrate our achievements with an outdoor pizza party at the boathouse.
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Mary McMenamin and Jennifer Tujague
Juniors Program Representatives
Capital Rowing Club
Ward 6 Public School Parents Organization 