Wappingers Crew Club

"Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success"

Announcements:

Our Fall Learn to Row program has begun! Please reach out to our club president @ wccwinning@gmail.com for information on how to join the program as a late entry!

And as always, check back in the new year for information on our Winter Training & our Spring Racing season.

The Varsity Boys are the 2023 Hudson Valley Rowing League Champions!

The team earned the overall points trophy thanks to all 3 boats making Grand Finals. The Boys V8 won Grand Finals, the V4 placed 4th, and the 2nd Varsity 4 earned bronze with a 3rd place finish.

This marks the 3rd consecutive year the Varsity Boys have won HVRL Champs!

The Girls Varsity V8 also had a strong day, qualifying for the Grand Final and winning, earning Gold Medals.

Read about it in the Poughkeepsie Journal here!

We will cap off our successful spring season with our end of the year banquet. Keep an eye on the website over the summer for information on our Fall Learn to Row Program!

Congrats to the Class of 2023 and our 15 Seniors!

Olivia, Abbie, Ava, Christina, Emma, Ella, Vidhi, Ellie, Miles, Jacob S, Cody, Jacob D, Harrison, Ryan O & Robbie. We will miss you!

WCC are the 2023 Dutchess Cup Champions!

The Varsity Girls won all 3 events, winning Dutchess Cup in back-to-back seasons (2022 & 2023)

The Varsity Boys placed 1st in the Varsity 8, pushing their Dutchess Cup winning streak to 7 Years in a row (2015-2019, 2022 & 2023)

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The Varsity Boys are the 2022 Hudson Valley Rowing League Champions!

The Boys V8 and V4 finished in 1st place, with the Lightweight 4 coming in 3rd.

The Girls V8 came in 1st place and the Girls team finished 2nd overall.

Congrats on a fantastic season WCC! See you at the banquet on 6/20.

Good luck to our 9 seniors - Sean, Bobby, Mark, Matt, Sam, Alejandro, Ryan, Peter & Hunter!
We will miss you.

Check out this Article about the team in the Poughkeepsie Journal!

2022 High School All-Stars, featuring the WCC Girls Varsity 8 , Boys Varsity 8 and the Boys Varsity 4!

Check out the Poughkeepsie Journal Article, hyperlinked here!

2024 Team Captains:
Nathan Nguyen - James Considine - Ryan Campbell - Madelyn Sweeney - Brooke Dini

The Wappingers Crew Club has been rowing since 2004. We are an approved, parent run and funded club, operating within the Wappingers Central School District for the benefit of Wappingers Central School Students. Our club consists of dedicated athletes from John Jay and Roy C. Ketcham High Schools as well as Van Wyck and Wappingers Junior High Schools.

Spring is our main racing season. Crew is a demanding endurance sport. We start physical training in February. When the ice melts we row out of the Hudson River Rowing Association Boathouse in Poughkeepsie. Starting in April, we race other high school teams almost every weekend until the end of May. The majority of our races take place under the jurisdiction of the Hudson Valley Rowing League. Some of the races are overnight road trips including the State Championships in Saratoga, NY as well as the Syracuse Invitational. The team rows 8-oared boats and 4-oared boats for girls and boys. There are also lightweight and heavyweight categories. Novices (first year rowers) race against other novice crews.

New rowers typically start by enrolling in our Fall “learn-to-row” program at Sharpe Reservation. If you cannot participate in our Fall program you can join our Spring season. All new rowers MUST PASS A SWIM TEST. The best rowers have a strong work ethic, are willing to train hard and work well in a group.