Fall 2020 at PCRA
The Boathouse is OPEN
All of our Fall programming will be conducted in accordance to guidance from New York State opening guidelines as well as USRowing boathouse guidelines. For more specific details on our club’s COVID-19 precautions, rules, and regulations please review PCRA’s “COVID-19 Waiver”.
Development Team
PCRA’s Development team is a great starting point for any athlete interested learning how to row. Our development team is co-ed and is the first step towards joining either our boys or girls competitive novice racing program. On Development team, athletes learn the basics of rowing and fine tune their technical skills while gaining fitness.
The Development squad is capped at 45 athletes (roughly divided 50/50 boys girls). Preference is given to first year athletes, and young athletes. Practices are 1h 30m long.
The Development team athletes are invited to participate in PCRA’s Fall Grab Bag Regatta. This inter-club event, held at the boathouse on Glen Island, is a fun introduction to regattas.
Novice Rowing
Novice is open to High School athletes, and select 8th graders upon invitation from the Head Coach. Tryouts are required to make our Novice Fall team. Novice preseason is 5pm-7pm August 24-28. Registration is open now!
The Novice team will be capped at 30 athletes + coxswains (roughly divided 50/50 boys girls). Practices will be 1h 30m long, and will begin on Monday, August 31. The Novice squad will have 5 team practices per week, and a 6th workout per week expected to be completed individually. Attendance at all practices is required.
Schedule
The Novice team will train Monday - Friday 6 to 7:30pm
Novice Team Fee $1250
Adult Learn to Row: Development Level I
Rowing is a sport that can be learned at any age! Many of our competitive masters got their start in one of our adult learn to row programs. Due to popular demand, PCRA is running multiple Learn to Row programs for beginner adults. This Fall we are offering three sessions of Weekday Level I Learn to Row, each 2 weeks long with instruction being held at our boathouse on Glen Island on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday from 9am to 11am. There is a limit of 4 athletes per session.
Level I Learn to Row is for those who have never rowed before and are true beginners.
Level I - Session I: August 31 - September 11
Level I - Session II: September 28 - October 9
Level I - Session III: October 26 - November 6
Fee: $240
Level I WEEKEND Session: September 12, 13, 19, 20, 26, 27 October 3, 4
Fee: $400
Adult Learn to Row: Development Level II
Our Adult Learn to Row Level II is designed for those individuals who have completed our first Level I Learn to Row and are looking to continue their rowing education. This program’s goal is to take you from that beginner stage to the next level and prepare you to join our Master’s program.
This Fall we are offering three sessions of Weekday Level II Learn to Row, each 2 weeks long with instruction being held at our boathouse on Glen Island on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 9am to 11am. There is a limit of 4 athletes per session.
Tuesday, Thursday 9:00am - 11:00am, Saturday 9:45am - 11:45am
Level II - Session I: September 1 - September 12
Level II - Session II: September 29 - October 10
Level II - Session III: October 27 - November 7
Fee: $240
Saturday & Sunday 7:00am - 9:30am
Level II WEEKEND Session: October 10, 11, 17, 18, 25, 25, November 7, 8
Fee: $400
Varsity Program
Our Varsity program will be running this Fall from August 31 - November 20. Our Varsity Fall program is open to athletes who have previously been placed on our Varsity teams or Novices by coach invitation. All athletes must try out for Varsity placement during Preseason August 24-28. Varsity Preseason practices will be from 3pm - 5pm. Practices are from 3:45pm to 6:15pm Monday through Friday. Varsity also has practice Saturday morning from 7:30am- 10am.
Varsity Team Fee $1750
Masters Program
Our Masters program will be running 5 days a week Monday - Friday from August 31 to November 20. Weekday practices are split into two sessions, one from 5:30am-7:00am and the second is from 7:15am to 8:45am. Our Masters program is open to those who have some previous rowing experience. If you are new to the sport of rowing we encourage you to sign up for one of our Adult Learn to Row sessions.