Welcome to Rose City Rowing Club! Read below for how to prepare for your first practice!
Registration Items: To be completed after you’ve officially signed up for a class!
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Complete the medical waiver
You’ll need to keep your medical information up to date.
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Register with US Rowing
US Rowing is the national organization for our sport. Registration is mandatory, and provides critical insurance for all our athletes.
To register, click the button below. On the following page, type Rose City as the club name, and use the code CXN6G to verify.
If you are planning on competing at the regional level or higher, choose a Championship membership. Otherwise, select a Basic membership.
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Complete a float test
Not all rowers are confident swimmers -- and that's ok! Rose City athletes are not required to complete the Float Test. They can row with an inflatable life jacket instead.
To complete the test, your athlete can go to any pool or body of water and have any lifeguard watch them complete the requirements and sign the form (it's best to just show up to open swim times, rather than calling ahead). Families have had success at Grant Pool, Sellwood Pool, Sherwood YMCA, and community center pools.
The best way to submit this form is to send a picture or a scan via email attachment to rcrcinformation@gmail.com, but we will accept hard copy forms as well if needed.
Float test notwithstanding, please do let us know if your child is not a strong swimmer.
Practice procedures
Locations + parking
There is street parking throughout our neighborhood. Also, there is some dedicated parking (labeled “Reserved Portland Boathouse”) adjacent to our clubhouse. Each day we practice on the water, we will meet at the clubhouse and walk to our boatyard together. Pickup and drop off will happen at the clubhouse.
If your athlete drives to practice, you can request a parking permit for them for our neighboring Rail Museum lot here. Please note the rules & times so they don't get towed!
Clubhouse: 403 SE Caruthers (This is where the class will meet.)
Boatyard: 306 SE Ivon St (This is where our boats and dock are located.)
What to bring
The essentials:
Water bottle
Layered clothing! (not too baggy - it is easy to get snagged with the oars)
Rain Jacket if applicable
Hat, sunscreen if applicable
Sneakers/tennis shoes.
Extras:
Sunglasses
windbreaker/sweatshirt
Rain pants. We will row in the rain.
Cell phones and valuables will be stored safely at the clubhouse or boatyard. Athletes should not bring phones on the water. Phones love to go swimming.
Attendance
We don't have a minimum attendance requirement. How often athletes come to practice is up to them. However, we find that if athletes come fewer than three days, they usually have a harder time finding a good groove on the team and sometimes quit. The more they row, the more connected they'll be to the team, and the faster they'll improve.
Texting in: we do ask athletes to text us at 971-258-2101 by noon every day we have practice to let us know if they will or will not attend that day (and to give us a heads up about any other information, i.e. late arrival time or special circumstances). This helps us immensely to plan the practice and we ask all our athletes to make a daily habit of "texting in."