Wappingers Crew Club

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

Announcements:

The spring season is almost here and 2022 Registration is now open!

Check out the Spring Registration tab for how to sign up.
Please contact our Team President or our VP/Registrar with any questions. To see the practice and race schedule, check out the Spring Season tab!

Novice Swim Test

Wed 1/26 @ 4 PM - All Sport in Fishkill

The swim test mandatory for all new WCC athletes. If you cannot attend on 1/26, you need to work out a time with All Sport and there is a fee associated with that.

In order to pass athletes need to swim 2 laps, tread water for 10 minutes and put on a life-vest while in the water.

Fundraiser for
Saratoga Invites

2/19 @ 6 PM

Novice Pre-Season Tank & Erg Sessions

For any novice who is interested in optional pre-season Tank and Erg practices, WCC will be holding them beginning this Saturday 1/8 at the HRRA Boathouse - 272 N Water Street, Poughkeepsie, NY.

Practices will be every Saturday from 1/8 through 2/5 from 11am-1pm and will cost $25 in total. No sign up is required, please bring $25 cash or check to your first practice or have previously venmo'd WCC. Please bring a mask and plenty of water to all practices. Please email Coach Matt with any questions about practice.

Additionally, we are having issues with Teamsnap as anyone who tries to register has not been able to sign up. Our Secretary is working on this with Teamsnap and hopes to have it solved soon. Please email with any questions.

Coaches & Board contact information

2022 Team Captains:
Bobby Gee - Mark Stafford - Madelyn Sweeney - Olivia Nguyen

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.