1/17/2010

Learn To Row with The Nationally Ranked Tulsa Rowing Club Juniors

Team Hosts Learn To Row Week Feb 22nd-26th, 2010

7th and 8th Grade Team runs from March 1st through May 6th

TULSA OK - The Tulsa Rowing Club Juniors Team will offer a Learn-To-Row week to recruit high school age athletes interested in learning how to row in racing shells. Lessons will be held at the Tulsa Rowing Club Boathouse located on the west bank of the Arkansas River at 715 West 21st Street. Learn to Row sessions run Monday, Feb 22nd through Friday, Feb 26th from 4:15PM to 6:15PM. The fee for the week of coaching and equipment is $150, which will be pro-rated towards the rowing club membership fee if a participant decides to join for the season. Interested participants must submit an application and complete a swim test at a local YMCA. Required forms and information about the juniors program can be found at www.tulsajuniorsrowing.org

This past season the Tulsa Rowing Club Juniors won Gold medals in Oklahoma City and Wichita, KS in the many different events. The team also competed at the Head of the Hooch in Tennessee, placing in the top fifteen crews in the girls’ varsity eight. In addition, Jenks senior Courtenay Miller signed to row at the Division I level for S.M.U. starting in the fall of 2010.

The Tulsa Rowing Club is presently expanding its facilities by adding an extra bay to accommodate the increased demand for rowing in the community. This bay will be ready for use in early February.

"I'm excited to see so much growth and demand for rowing in Tulsa. We have come a long way in the last few years. We are planning for upwards of seventy youth rowers (high school and middle school) for the spring season," said Neil Bergenroth, Head Coach of the Tulsa Rowing Club Juniors.

The club also runs a middle school program that holds practices three days per week. The goal of the middle school gROWth program is to provide an environment where the kids can learn basic technique and have fun on the water. At the current time the gROWth program already has many middle school aged student athletes signed up and the club is looking to fill the last few spaces.

Full information on the program and online sign ups for the high school program and middle school program can be found at www.tulsajuniorsrowing,org or Head Coach Bergenroth can be contacted at coachb@tulsajuniorsrowing.org