CBC ROWING PROGRAMS

- Summer Racing - Summer Novice -

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SUMMER ROWING PROGRAMS
Crescent Boat Club again offers two summer rowing programs described in detail below. Crescent’s focus on rower’s safety, both on and off of the water is a key ingredient to our successful programs. Whether your child is interested in learning how to scull (rowing with two oars), participate in a competitive sculling program or just keep in shape this summer, we offer those experiences here at Crescent.

Novice Sculling Program

Coach: Ray D’Amico (Head coach St. Augustine Prep – Richland, NJ)

Coach D’Amico has been involved with and has headed youth rowing programs for the past 25 years in addition to building a winning program at St. Augustine’s. Ray also coaches at Viking Boat Club in Ventnor City, NJ. Crescent is glad to have Ray back for his third year running the novice program. This is a development program with a focus on learning and exercise, not on competitiveness. There is a Youth Regatta scheduled for July 15^th for those in the program interested in participating.

Audience:

• never rowed (sculled or swept) before
• never sculled before
• non-competitive
• seeking exercise opportunity
• boys and girls
• typically 8^th graders, freshmen, sophomores

Time:

• 8:00 A.M. – 11:00 A.M
• Monday through Thursday
• June 23^th – July 26^th

Cost:

• $525
• Additional $75 for those that have never rowed before
• Make checks payable to Crescent Boat Club
• Address to: Crescent Boat Club

Attn: Joe Ferry
5 Kelly Drive
Philadelphia, PA 19130

ALL PARTICIPANTS MUST SIGN OR (IF UNDER 18) HAVE PARENTS SIGN WAIVER

ALL PARTICIPANTS MUST READ RULES OF THE SCHUYLKILL RIVER

ALL CLUB MEMBERS MUST READ AND SIGN ROWING MEMBER RULES

Contact:

For further inquiries about the program, please contact either:

• Coach Ray D’Amico rayscull@aol.com
• Dave Ragan (Captain – Crescent Boat Club)
• Joe Ferry (Business officer) ferry@tenebrae.org

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Competitive Junior Program

Coach: Javier Murillo (Former Head Coach Peruvian and Argentinean National Team)

Coach Murillo is an internationally recognized rowing coach. He has headed junior and elite level rowing programs in South America for over the past 25 years. This program is targeted for the serious rower intent on improving their sculling skills and winning races this summer for Crescent Boat Club. Specific goals include victory at Independence Day and Canadian Henley.

Junior Rower Defined:

A Junior is a competitor who in the current calendar year does not attain the age of 19, or who is and has been continuously enrolled in secondary school as a full time student seeking a diploma. A competitor thus ceases to be a Junior after December 31 of the year of his or her 18th birthday, or of the year in which he or she completes the 12th grade of secondary school, having been a full time student, whichever is later.

(1) A competitor's eligibility to compete in Junior events is not affected by his or her classification by skill under Rule 4-105 ("Classification by Skill"). A Junior competitor's classification by skill in non-Junior events shall be as provided in that Rule.

(2) Within the Junior classification, there shall be a sub classification known as "Junior B" made up of those Juniors who in the current calendar year do not attain the age of 17.

Audience:

• a Junior rower is anyone under 18 (December 31st is the effective date so your rowing age is your age at the end of the year
• experienced upperclassmen

Time:

• Monday through Friday (races are typically on Saturday)
• On the water at 6:00 A.M.
• Off the water by 8:00 A.M.
• Starting early June (at close of school year)
• Program ends at the conclusion of the Canadian Henley (mid-August)

Cost:

• $525 - per rower

ALL PARTICIPANTS MUST SIGN OR (IF UNDER 18) HAVE PARENTS SIGN WAIVER

ALL PARTICIPANTS MUST READ RULES OF THE SCHUYLKILL RIVER

ALL CLUB MEMBERS MUST READ AND SIGN ROWING MEMBER RULES

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High Performance Sculling Program

This program is primarily intended to reach post-graduate athletes, both men and women, as well as for those during the summers of their scholastic/collegiate careers, who wish to become competitive scullers.

The High Performance Sculling Program (HPSP) will be applicable to an annually selected group of the most competitive and proficient scullers.


OVERVIEW
All athletes interested in the HPSP must become members of CBC and will be subject to the CBC Constitution and By-Laws.

The HPSP will be comprised of two groups; the Year Round; High Intensity training group and the Summer; Non-Junior training group.

More details regarding the HPSP can be found in the club’s HPSP plan. Each athlete who joins the program will be required to be familiar with the plan.


Program Goals     
The goal of the HPSP is to allow for a natural progression for the best sculling athletes developed by the Crescent Boat Club to advance to medal winning results at national and international regattas, the FISA World Championships.

The club, coaches, its representing crews and athletes will pursue;

- Olympic medals - Selection for Olympic and/or World Champioonship teams by winning the United States National Team Trials and surpassing the international time standards - International regatta victories, such as tthe Henley Royal Regatta - Victories at events entreated in the USRowwing National Championship Regatta and the Royal Canadian Henley Regatta

Training Groups     
The HPSP will be comprised of two groupings; a Year Round; High Intensity training group and a Summer; Non-Junior training group. While Crescent intends to create and sponsor a Year Round; High Intensity training group, many athletes will most likely initially begin through the Crescent Summer Non-Junior, as well as Junior, programs. These competitive training groups are designed to provide scholastic and collegiate athletes with summer training, a chance to improve their technique, and an opportunity to race for medals and championships. The hope is that these athletes would remain at Crescent after graduation to pursue full-time post-collegiate training with the Crescent Year Round; High Intensity training group of the HPSP.

Year Round; High Intensity
The Year Round; High Intensity training group will be designed to prepare athletes to pursue and realize the program’s goals. This program will identify and train HPSP candidates who will have the potential to continue this tradition in the future.

Summer; Non-Junior
The Summer; Non-Junior training group runs from June to early August, and focuses on preparing athletes to win medals at the USRowing National Championship Regatta. Select athletes from within the program also have the chance to compete at the Canadian Henley Regatta and United States National Team Trials. Entries to these and other regattas will be dependent on the competitiveness of the crew. The HPSP Coach, Club Captain and the Racing Committee reserve the right to exercise discretion relative to permitting crews to enter all events.


DETAILS
The following section provides a more detailed view of the HPSP. The details surrounding the daily operations will be similar for the Year Round; High Intensity and the Summer; Non-Junior training groups.

Coaching Staff     
Javier Murillo , Crescent Head Coach - former coach of Argentinia's Olympic Crew, and Peru's elite rowing team.

Size     
The HPSP athlete pool looks to accommodate a maximum of about 12 highly motivated scullers. The program composition could foster the development of scullers in various boatings.

The following table summarizes different boating arrangements during any practice session;

Daily Schedule     
Training is essential to producing a fully prepared sculler for any and all competitions. The following details the training schedule;



Training Sessions     
The annual training plan calls for a total of 12 workouts per week; two on each day of the week and one workout on each weekend day. The weekday practice time, of those coached sessions, will occur at 5:30 p.m. Saturday practices will be run at 7 a.m.

During weekdays the plan will encourage athletes to train, unsupervised, during the mornings and attend evening coached sessions.

The following table summarizes the daily training times;



Equipment     

Boats
The program will be able to support both heavyweight and lightweight classes. In addition, team boats will be emphasized. The program shall be geared towards the handling of one to three quads and two to four doubles, and possibly as many as six doubles, at any given time.

Team boats shall be coached during sessions identified above. Athletes may row singles that are personally owned during unsupervised practices. In the event that there are an odd number of scullers on a given coached training session, some may be placed in singles. As a general rule, those scullers who own their own boats may be assigned to the single before those who will need to use club equipment.

Sculls
Athletes are encouraged to provide their own sculling oars. Participation with the HPSP does not require ownership as the club possesses ample sets of sculling oars for club use.

Costs     
The following details the expected expenses relative to the operation of the HPSP, namely coaching, entry fees, lodging and transportation.

Entry Fees
All entry fees to those regattas mentioned above will be paid by the club. Fees for any additional regattas that athletes of the HPSP wish to attend will be covered on a case by case basis. The HPSP Coach, Club Captain and the Racing Committee reserve the right to exercise discretion relative to covering entry fees to all regattas.

Lodging
CBC does not provide or arrange for lodging for athletes from out of town. Room and board for all regattas requiring travel will be the responsibility of the athlete and the Coach.

Transportation
Transportation to and from regattas will be provided by and the responsibility of the athlete and the Coach. Transporting equipment to and from regattas will be provided by CBC. Trailer fees may need to be defrayed by both athletes and the Coach. Scullers may wish to transport their own equipment.

Prerequisites/Standards     
Individuals interested in training in this HPSP will be experienced rowers committed to full time training. The Year Round; High Intensity and the Summer; Non-Junior training groups seek athletes for Intermediate, Senior and Elite competition.

Preferably, candidates for this program will be collegiate, varsity athletes or recent graduates eligible for Senior B (under 23) competition. All candidates will have spent 2005 - 2006 in an active rowing training and racing program.

Initially, the program will accept athletes with a willingness to commit to adherence to high intensity training. The program will try to accommodate any athlete who is interested in pursuing the program’s goals. However, as limited seats become a constraining factor, ergometer testing may be used as possible screening criteria.

An ergometer time-standard matrix, provided below, may provide some guidance on the selection and identification of HPSP candidates and potentially as initial criteria for creating team boat lineups for training sessions and regatta event entries;

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Links to Rules of Schuylkill River, Waiver, and Member's Rules. The waiver should be signed and put on file with Schuylkill Navy and USRowing as this will be required for participation in all regattas.

WAIVER

RULES OF THE SCHUYLKILL RIVER

SIGN ROWING MEMBER RULES