Three Rivers Junior Rowing
2011-2012 INFORMATION
Try-Outs on Tuesday, January 10th from 4:00-6:30 pm!!!
To try, all
you need to do is:
1. Tell us you're coming: email Coach
Rick
2. Bring the Waiver and Roster Info
Form: Info
Form and Waiver
3. Schedule a swim test Swim
Test Form (it does not have to be complete before you
come to your first practice).
4. We will let you try it for free
to make sure you enjoy it! See you soon. You can also sign up on the right
side of this page.
Please see this link for some good info about
the team and the benefits it gives our many team members:
Informational Presentation
2011-2012 Parent's
Guide to TRRA Junior Rowing!
Check out the Three Rivers Juniors Recruiting
Video!
NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY!
TRY ROWING!
Welcome all rowers! NO Experience Necessary!
Three Rivers Junior Rowing (TRJr.) promotes the sport of rowing in high schools throughout Allegheny County. Three Rivers Rowing provides coaching, equipment, administration and helps to establish parent participation. We encourage new members whether they receive support from a school or not. Anyone is welcome!
Rowers from several schools have the opportunity to practice together, which provides more flexibility in boat selection and enhances a quality rowing experience and rower development.
TRJr. is designed as a competitive rowing team while still having the capability to teach the new rower. Rowers will be grouped together according to skill level and coached accordingly. Rowers will earn seats in racing boats. Priority is to field the fastest boats possible in all categories. Attendance and commitment level is directly related to whether the rower will earn a seat in the boat.
The team consists of two groups. The Novice Team is the group of rowers who are in their first year of rowing. They practice together and race other novice teams. The Varsity Team is made up of rowers who are in at least their second year of rowing. All members are junior high or high school students.
WallsAreBad.com has recently posted blogs from two of our rowers about their
experience with rowing and our team:
Alix
Glynn Blog
Abi
Palmer Blog
Read a great essay that one of our alums wrote about her rowing experience with the team! Anne Hockenberry Essay
Winter 2011-12 Practice Schedule
This season happens when mother nature kicks us off the river
until we are able to get back on the water. We typically train about four
or five times during the week. We use both boathouse facilities. Practices
generally are slightly shorter because we are inside and there is less time
involved with getting on the water. We will keep the team updated about when
we shift to this schedule. If you are looking to join during this season,
please contact us as early as you can and we will let you know where practices
are occurring. The more winter training you get in, the better off you will
be when we get back on the water! Practices usually run from 4:00-6:00
In 2011 we trained Tues, Wed and Fri at the Lambert Boathouse and Thur at
Millvale.
Spring '12 Practice Schedule
(Starts When Mother Nature allows)
All Rowers -
We will practice Tuesday - Friday from 4:00 - 6:30 pm and Saturday from 8:30
- 11:00 am when mother nature allows us to be on the water again.
Fall 2011 Practice Schedule
Varsity Team -
Tues, Wed, Thur and Fri (no Mon) from 4:00 - 6:30 pm and
Saturday: 8:30 - 11:00 am
Novice Team -
Tues , Thur and Fri from 4:00 - 6:30 pm in the fall season
Saturday: 8:30 - 11:00 am
No Mon or Wed for novices in the fall only. We will add Wed for the winter
season.
2011-2012 Race Schedule (more may be added)
October 1 - Head
of the Ohio, Pittsburgh, PA (entire team)
October 22 and 23 - Head of the Charles, Boston, MA (Varsity Girls
will have an 8+ and we are attempting to receive a Varsity 8+ for the boys
also. No Novices)
October 29 - Haxton Fall Invitational (Midwest Championship), Columbus,
OH (entire team)
November 12 - Allegheny Boat Races, Pittsburgh, PA (entire team)
December TBA - Central
Catholic Biathlon (erg and run)
2011 Races (calendar is not final - more races will be added)
January 14 - Erg Race to support Diabetes Research
January 28 - Pittsburgh Indoor
Sprints, Pittsburgh, PA
February - Crash B's - Indoor Race , Boston, MA (OPTIONAL)
March 8 - Wine Tasting Fundraiser #3 - Information
March 10 - NA Erg Race, Pittsburgh, PA
Mar 31, Apr 1, 7 or 8 - Golden Bear Invite, Columbus, OH
April 21 -Lake Dillon Challenge, Zanesville, OH
April 28 - Cincinnati Invite, Cincinnati, OH (could also
be the 7th or 14th of April)
April 29 - Ohio Governors Cup, Columbus, OH
May 19-20 - Midwest
Junior Championships, Cincinnati, OH (last race for most of the team -
except for Varsity boats that qualify and decide to go to Youth Invites)
May 30 - End of the Year Team Banquet
June 8-10 - Youth National Championships, Oak Ridge,
TN (Varsity Only and must Qualify)
Check out these Videos of the team:
2007 Fall
Race Video
2006-2007 Season (2 parts)
Part 1
Part 2
Forms & Fees
Forms are required to be on record at TRRA for all rowers, including the following three documents:
- 1. TRRA Legal Waiver, signed by parent;
- 2. TRRA Swim Test Form, signed by a certified life guard;
- 3. TRJR Roster Info Form
Fees are due to TRRA at the first practice of the second week of program participation. Rowers will not be permitted to practice after the first week until all fees are paid. Needs-based athletic scholarships are available for qualified applicants.
If you can't get enough of rowing in the fall, TRRA also runs a Junior Rowing Summer Camp for beginning and experienced youth rowers. The summer camp welcomes 7th - 12th graders from all middle and high schools. There is no doubt that summer is a special season for rowing in Pittsburgh and this will be an excellent time to either discover a sport you have wondered about, hone your skills, or focus on competitive racing.
Coaches
Rick and Robin Brown have brought the team from one that only have a couple of members to one that is competing on the national level in just a few short years. They have worked with athletes (rowers and coxswains) who have not only won national championships while in high school, but have gone on to contribute at some of the fastest college teams in the nation. Robin coached many of the girls that have won the last two National Championships in the Girls 8+ at Marin Rowing Association. Rick was the Head Coach of the USRowing Men's Junior Development Camp this past summer where he coached the top young talent from all across the United States. They had several athletes from this juniors program attend Junior National Team Camps this summer. Between the two of them, they have had college coaches from Cornell, Yale, Princeton, Harvard, Boston Univ, Syracuse, West Virginia, Rutgers, Michigan, Bucknell, Duquesne and several other colleges visit one of their practices and ride along with them as they recruit their athletes. They are commited in making the team fast and to continuing to send rowers to college that are able to succeed at that level as well. They believe the team atmosphere that the athletes have been able to generate is one that is unmatched across the country.
Articles about our rowers:
Sewickley
Herald, July 30, 2009
Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette, June 25, 2009
For assistance or more information, contact Rick Brown at
Three Rivers Rowing. Phone 412-231-8772 or e-mail rickbrown@ThreeRiversRowing.org.
Whether or
not your high school has a program, please
don't hesitate to contact us. Remember, NO experience is necessary!
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