High point Rowing Club will host a 3-day Learn to Row Clinic for students entering 8th grade or above at any Triad area school this week from Wednesday through Friday. The clinic will be held at Oak Hollow Lake each day from 4:30pm – 6:15pm.
No prior experience in rowing is needed. Please click here for directions. Total cost for the three day clinic is $35.
“The purpose of this rowing clinic is to give students the opportunity to try out rowing for the first time before they go back to school. This will give them enough experience to help make a determination as to whether this is the sport they wish to do in the Fall semester,” says chief coach Gene Kininmonth.
Participants should wear flip flops (not running shoes) and general running attire suitable for the weather. Do not wear baggy shorts as these will get caught in the moving seats in the boat.
Participants must be confident swimmers as a safety precaution and should have their parents sign the waiver and swim form on the Register page on this website and bring it with them to the first session with their payment.
Rowing is now the fastest growing sport in the Triad with many students switching from other sports such as swimming, cross country, and soccer. Click here for some of the many reasons why high school students should try out the sport. The average college rowing scholarship of High Point Rowing Club’s high school seniors in 2014 was $29,000.
Students wishing to participate for the first time should email Coach Gene Kininmonth at contact@highpointrowing.com in advance.
