High point Rowing Club will host weekend Learn to Row Clinics for students in grades 8-12 at any Triad area school in the coming weeks. The clinics will be held at Oak Hollow Lake on Saturdays and Sundays from 2:00pm – 4:00pm.
No prior experience in rowing is needed. Please click here for directions. Total cost for a two day clinic is $25.
“The purpose of these rowing clinics is to give students the opportunity to try out rowing for the first time. This will give them enough experience to help make a determination as to whether this is the sport they wish to do in the future,” 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.
Clinics will take place on the following weekends:
October 11-12
October 25-26
November 15-16
November 22-23
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. High Point Rowing Club is the only youth program in the Triad and has received numerous accolades recently in the local media such as the Greensboro News & Record and High Point Enterprise.
Jeri Rowe – Rowing a new way of life in the South
Greer Smith – Rowers make a big splash at Oak Hollow Lake
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 register should email Coach Gene Kininmonth at contact@highpointrowing.com
High Point’s varsity girls crew returns to shore with their shell.
