Youth Competitive

The Orange County Rowing Association is proud to offer a year-round competitive rowing program for high school rowers. Our youth program is a performance-based, competitive program that strives to provide our athletes with the training and technical skills needed to perform on a local, national, and international stage.

Participants will be trained in accordance with the latest training methods by USRowing Certified coaches, and will participate in regattas across the United States and Canada.

We welcome any rower that wishes to train and hone their rowing abilities in order to promote a competitive, sportsmanlike atmosphere, and improve regatta performance. Come row for the premiere youth rowing venue in the Hudson Valley!

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Proven Performance

Rowers in our Youth Competitive program have won medals all over the country, and beyond!

In addition to high performance at local competition, OCRA has multiple state, national, and international top place finishes and victories!

College Readiness

Graduates of our Youth Competitive Program have gone on to attend and row for some of the top colleges and universities in the United States.

Spring 2024

Youth Competitive (both early and late programs) will take place with our friends at Newburgh Rowing, located at 2 River Street, Newburgh, New York.

This year we will be offering two programs, one earlier tailored to those that need to be done with practices before 5:30PM, and a later offering. Both programs will practice together

on Saturday mornings to get race

ready as a team.

Dates: March 11th - June 8th

Early Crew

Time: 3:30PM-5:30PM Monday, Wednesday & Thursday, Saturday 7:30AM-9:30AM

Days: Practices will take place Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday.

Registration: To register for the Early Crew, please do so on this website. Just click the OCRA logo below to go directly to the page.

Late Crew

Time: 5:30PM-7:30PM Monday, Wednesday & Thursday, Saturday 7:30AM-9:30AM

Days: Practices will take place Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday.

Registration: For this program registration on Regatta Central. Click the blue button

or enter the link below directly into your browser:

https://www.regattacentral.com/cart/?job_id=3563&sid_162=1

Location: All practices, land and water, will take place at 2 Water Street, Newburgh, New York 12550.

Possible Spring Regattas:

March 16th Newburgh Erg Race, Newburgh, NY
April 27th K.A.R. Scrimmage, Kingston, NY
May 3rd-5th Triangulars, Poughkeepsie, NY
May 11th and 12th State Championship, Saratoga Springs, NY
May 18th Orange/Ulster Championship, Rockland Lake, NY
May 19th HVRL Freshman/Novice Championship, Rockland Lake, NY
May 28th HVRL Sculling Championship, Kingston, NY
June 1st HVRL Championships, Poughkeepsie, NY
June 2nd Row for the Cure, Poughkeepsie, NY

All registrants will need to have a current USRowing Membership and wWaiver before they begin any activity. Please enter Club Code GWZNB when prompted.

Program Cost: $425.00, plus additional fees for regatta participation, if race ready. Kennedy Access Scholarships & Multi-Rower Family Scholarships available upon request. Email prior to registering for code.

Payment and registration forms for all programs are due by the first day of practice.

Please send any questions to Megan: mshedden@orangecountyrowing.org

Register Now!

Please click the OCRA logo (right)

to get started!