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Chester River Rowing Club, Inc.
P.O. Box 838
Chestertown, MD 21620
www.chesterriverrowingclub.com
How many times have you looked out on the Chester River to watch a shell skim by? Just one or two rowers in a single or double, maybe. Or a whole team of men and women in a four-or eight-seat boat, working together.
“Wow, isn’t that beautiful!” you may have thought to yourself. “Could I do that?”
We think the answer’s yes.
The Chester River Rowing Club invites you to try your hand at rowing by joining our Spring Novice Class.
Learn to row on your own in a single or as part of a two-, four-, or eight-rower crew.
Improve your fitness & maybe lose a few pounds.
Meet others who think that rowing is a wondrous thing.
Learn to Row! May 18 to June 12, 2019
row, alone or as part of a crew, simply for the exercise, or because they love to be on the river with great blue herons and perhaps an eagle. Others like the challenge of training for regattas the Mid-Atlantic and beyond. That’s the beauty of the sport—you can enjoy the type of rowing that suits you best.
CHESTER RIVER
ROWING CLUB
CRRC has dozens of active members, from teens to “masters” in their 70s and 80s, a year-round rowing and fitness calendar and a growing inventory of boats. Some boats are rigged for sculling (where each rower has two oars) while others are sweep boats (where each crew member has both hands on one oar). We row boats with 1, 2, 4 and 8 seats:
Singles—super-stable sculls for novices and racing hulls for skilled rowers
Doubles (sculls) and a Pair (sweep)
Fours (sweep) and Quads (sculls)
Eights (sweep)
Our Novice Class is taught by a professional coach, assisted by experienced members. If you join the club after completing the course—at half-price for the first year—you can row club boats at no extra cost, after demonstrating that you can row them safely.
Rowing is- and lower-body
workout that many consider the perfect way to stay fit (and unlike gyms, the scenery is always wonderful).
The Chester River Rowing Club got its start in the 1980s when a group of men who’d rowed in high school and college decided to get back on the water. Washington College offered the use of its boathouse on an ideal stretch of the Chester River and we’ve been there ever since, teaching teens and “masters” how to row, adding new boats and growing the club.
We hope you’ll want to learn to row, and we hope you’ll want to keep at it, just for fun or as a race team member. Please fill out the form at right and mail it in along with your payment.
Chester River Rowing Club Novice Class Application May 18 to June 12, 2019
Name
Street address
Phone
Learning to row sounds like fun! Please sign me up.
E-mail address
City, State, Zip Code
Age
Classes fill quickly, so register soon!
Scholarships are awarded based on demonstrated need. Please enclose a note.
Complete this form & mail it, with your check, to:
Chester River Rowing Club, Inc. P.O. Box 838
Chestertown, MD 21620
Questions? E-mail [email protected]
2019 Spring Novice Class
For anyone in reasonably good condition, age 14 to 80+.
Swimming ability is a safety requirement.
Saturday, May 18, 8 to 11 am - Orientation and intro-
duction to sculling and sweep rowing (
sweep boat rowers have two hands on
one oar—see photos watch a safety video
and learn to carry, launch and stow shells.
Mondays & Wednesdays, 6 to 8 pm, May 20 to
June 12 - Novices learn the as much as possible in the
indoor tanks, then move to the river as weather per-
mits. They row in sweep boats and sculls under the
watchful eye of the coaching staff.
Optional - Saturdays, 8 am, May 25 to June 8 -
Novices row with experienced club members.
Wednesday, June 12 - Graduation & barbeque.
NOTE: If you want to learn to be a coxswain, the on-board coach, let us know.
There is no fee for coxswains in the Novice Class.
www.chesterriverrowingclub.com
My check for $275 is enclosed.
No check required; I want to be a coxswain.