Camp Randall Rowing Club, Inc

The cost for the 2010 Spring/Summer Term, including travel expenses, is $1,200. The Spring/Summer term begins in mid-March and includes  a week long Spring Training trip to Oak Ridge, TN (during the MMSD Spring Break), regattas throughout the Midwest and recreational rowing during the summer. The term ends on July 31. 

The costs for the 2010 Fall/Winter Workout Term is $710.  The Fall/Winter Workout Term  begins in September and ends in mid-March.  The crew competes in regattas throughout the Fall Term. Winter Workouts are held in the basement of the Hilldale Mall.

CRRC offers a 25% discount for a family's 2nd, 3rd & 4th child enrolled during a CRRC rowing term.

Limited "need-based" payment arrangements and/or scholarships are also available. Please review the CRRC Scholarships FAQ and the scholarship request form.

Any high school student girl or boy can join CRRC as a junior rower (see the question about Who's a Junior Rower).  You can be a rower or if you are an enthusiastic, take charge kind of person, you might want to consider being a coxswain. Rowers do pretty much whatever the coxswain tells them to do!

Yes! Rowing is great for building strength and cardiovascular fitness. The training and discipline will help you in your other sports. For example, the club has had members who row in the spring and swim in the fall.

There are two rowing terms:

• Fall/winter workouts - September until mid-March
• Spring/summer sessions - Mid-March until July 31 

You can join the club for one or both terms. While it is preferable to join at the beginning of a term, rowers can can often join while a term is in progress. Do not hesitate to contact us through the website. For rowers who join at mid-term or later, the fee has traditionally been set at half of the full fee for the season.

Yes! Many interested high school students have visited the boathouse, seen what the club is about and then decided they would like to experience rowing for themselves. Typically, you can row at no cost for at least a few days with no commitment (sometimes longer, but the logistics of rowing can make it difficult to juggle all the club rowers who need to get on the water). The only thing you must do is have a parent or legal guardian complete the two following forms and give them to one of the coaches at the Brittingham Boathouse.

1. CRRC Emergency Contact Form
2. USRowing Waiver

If you decide rowing is for you, then please join the club for the current season. We want you!

No. You don't need any experience at all.

From the USRowing website:

"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."

There are indeed many forms required for participation and each one has a specific purpose.

• CRRC Registration form: This is the universal CRRC registration form used for all CRRC rowing programs.
• CRRC Emergency Contact Information form: Because the WCR program involves rowing on Lake Monona, our coaches need to know if participants have any special medical conditions, i.e., allergies, limitations, etc., that require particular attention. Copies of participants' emergency contact forms are maintained by the WCR coaching staff and are readily accessible in the event of an emergency.
  
• Junior Code of Conduct form:  When you join CRRC, it's important to understand the commitment you're making to yourself, your teammates, coaches and parents.
• USRowing Waiver: CRRC is a member of the USRowing Association. All participants in rowing activities of USRowing Association affiliates are required to sign an USRowing waiver.
• Regatta Waiver: Each season the Junior rowers participate in a number of regattas. This form is a single waiver that applies to all the regattas for the season.