Fall Rowing Season

    Practice: (prăk' tĭs) v.t.; 1. To do, perform, carry on, or exercise, esp often or habitually 2. To perform or work at repeatedly; to acquire proficiency.

    Regatta: (rē-gat'ă), n.; A rowing or sailing race, or, usually, an organized series of such races.

    Coxswain: (kŏk's'n) n.; The steersman of a ship's boat, a racing shell, or the like.

    Row: (rō) v.t.; To match rowing strength and skill

Tentative 2004 Fall Rowing Calendar:   .DOC     .RTF    .PDF

2004 Fall Rowing Monthly Calendars

SEPTEMBER       OCTOBER       NOVEMBER       DECEMBER

2004 FALL REGATTAS

      9/25/04    Head of the Licking Regatta (Wilder, KY) Information document in .PDF format

      9/26/04    Five Rivers Fall Regatta (Dayton) Information in .PDF format

10/1 & 2/04    Head of the Ohio (HOTO) Regatta (Pittsburgh) Information document in .PDF format

      10/9/04     Columbus Crew Classic (GDRA Novices Only) (Westerville, OH) Information document in .PDF format

    10/23/04    Head of the Eagle Regatta ( Indianapolis) Information document in .PDF format

    10/30/04    Speakmon Regatta (Columbus) Information document in .PDF format

The following is reposted  from Jack Barnett's "Coach's Corner"

GDRA 2004 Fall Rowing Season

GDRA ROWING TEAM STRUCTURE

• All interested teenagers in the greater Dayton, OH area, ages 14 to 18, who want to row are allowed to row with Greater Dayton Junior Rowing!

• Our team, GDRA Junior Rowing, is a composite of teens from many different high schools in and around Dayton!  Everyone has a great time being together, having fun, working hard, and enjoying new friendships. 

• There can be a long learning curve learning to row well by developing excellent rowing skills and good conditioning, so young people are advise to start rowing as soon as they can!

• Tall people usually make excellent rowers, but people of all shapes, sizes, and conditioning can become excellent rowers, too!  

• The coaches decide the boat lineup selections!  

• All rowers are encouraged to practice 

• ....as much as possible

• ....as smart as possible, and 

• ....as hard as possible during each practice session!  

• The men's and women's components of the GDRA Junior Rowing program are divided into the following four (4) groups:

(MV)  Men's Varsity Boat - 8 members and a coxswain

(MJV)  Men's Junior Varsity Boats - All other experienced male rowers 

(WV)  Women's Varsity Boat - 8 members and a coxswain

(WJV) Women's Junior Varsity Boats - All other experienced female rowers

(MNA) Men's Novice "A" Boat - 8 members and a coxswain

(MN) Men's Novice Boats - All other novice male rowers 

(WNA) Women's Novice "A" Boat - 8 members and a coxswain

(WN) Women's Novice Boats - All other novice female rowers

VARSITY Crews

• Practice is required four (4) days per week:  Monday through Friday with Thursday off.

• Members will only be excused from practice for extreme circumstances and for only a maximum of four (4) excused absences during the rowing season.  

• There will be no unexcused absences.

• All excused absences must be approved by coaching staff, in writing, at least 24 hours in advance.

• Failure to attend practice will seriously jeopardize position in the varsity boat.

• All races are mandatory.

• Varsity letters will be awarded to all rowers who row in at least five (5) varsity races in a year during the Spring and Fall rowing seasons, and are not removed from the varsity team for disciplinary reasons.

• Saturday practices are optional for individual development or boat advancement.

• When a boat development session is scheduled by the coaches for a Saturday, it becomes a mandatory practice.

JUNIOR VARSITY Crews

• There is no attendance policy for the Junior Varsity Crew, however, attendance is an important consideration when selecting rowers to advance to the varsity crew and attendance will be monitored. 

• You get out of rowing what you put into it.  You will become better conditioned, have better rowing technique, and will enjoy rowing more...the more you practice. 

• Practice will be held four (4) times per week:  Monday through Friday with Thursday off.

NOVICE "A" Crews

The same guidelines for Varsity (above) apply with the following exceptions:

• There will be six (6) excused absences allowed. 

• The Novice "A" will not be given a varsity letter.

• Practice will be held three (3) times per week: Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday.

NOVICE Crews

• There is no attendance policy for the Novice Crew, however, attendance is an important consideration when selecting rowers to advance to the Novice "A" crew and attendance will be monitored.  

• You get out of rowing what you put into it.  You will become better conditioned, have better rowing technique, and will enjoy rowing more...the more you practice. 

• Practice will be held three (3) times per week: Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday.

NOTE:  Thursday and Saturday practices are optional, unless a boat and their coach agree to schedule special practice.  Otherwise, all rowers are encouraged to attend practices Thursdays and Saturdays to work on sculling skills or other sweep rowing technical difficulties.  Coaches will be available for specialized workouts.