2009-10 Try Out Schedule

Rowing
August 29th 8:30-1:00pm @ CRWC
August 30th – Sept 4th  7:00-2:00pm 
@ Durham Rowing Club Port Perry

Online Registration Form

The Adopt-A-Ridgeback program requires every UOIT athlete to secure a $250 sponsor business to support their program!  For further details click here

Please download UOIT 2009 Manual for Cox'ns and Rowers it is mandatory reading for all novice and Varsity Candidates for the 2009 UOIT Rowing Season. 2009 COXNS Manual download - 22.9m pdf

2009-2010 ROWING SEASON

GOALS

• To provide an opportunity to all Novice and Varsity candidates, including  those who have never rowed before to row in competitive inter varsity Ontario University Athletic (OUA) Association  environment ,
  
  
• To participate in a basic strength and conditioning, program.

Fitness and Selection Camp

• On Campus, Starting Saturday August 29th  Registration and Orientation 0830 to 1300 hrs in the training room G-2019 UOIT Fitness and Wellness Centre.
  
  
• Sunday, August 30th to Friday September 4 inclusive, Fitness and Selection Camp will be held at the Durham Rowing Club (DRC) in Port Perry., starting at 0700 to 1400 each day.  Transportation arrangements to the DRC will be made at the Registration and Orientation Camp on Saturday August 28th.
  
  
• Tuesday September 1, Novices will car pool to the Quinte Rowing Club (Belleville, Ontario) for Initial oar training in the rowing tank, all others will stay in Port Perry re training sessions.
  
  
• Returning Varsity: do not volunteer for projects at the University that conflict with the training camp schedule. Your attention should be on the selection and training camp.  

• Competition Season

• Training to held at the DRC every weekday and on Saturday when not travelling.
  
  
• On Water Practice Times – Crews
• August 31 to October 2: 5:30 AM – 7 AM
• October 5 to end of Season 6:00 AM to 7:30 AM
• Every Saturday when not away 9AM
  
  
• On Water Practice Times -  Crews
• Monday – Friday 4 PM to 6 PM
• Saturday when not away- 9 AM
  
  
• Regatta’s planned for 2009: (Tentative, as of December 2008, may be revised)
  
  
• Western Invitational Regatta, London – Sept 20
• Head of the Trent, Peterbourgh - October 3
• Brock Invitational Regatta, St.Catherines – Thanksgiving Weekend Oct 10
• Guelph Invitational Regatta, Guelph –Oct 17 Novices Only.
• McGill Invitational, Montreal Oct 17th Varsity Only
• Developmental Regatta , St Catherines – Oct 23
• OUA Championships, St Catherines – Oct 24
  
  
• Attendance at all regattas and training sessions is mandatory for all team members,
  
  
• Note: the regatta on the Saturday of Thanksgiving weekend in St Catherines, This is a seeding regatta for the OUA Championships. Attendance is mandatory…no exceptions!
  
  
• The derigging and loading of the boats will normally be done the night before the regatta at 1800hrs.  The unloading of the boats and rerigging for training will be done at 10.00 AM on the day following the regatta.  If you are rowing, then you are obligated to ensure that all of the gear is in place on the trailer.  The entire team is involved in this process.

• December to the End of School Year April 2009

• Weekly fitness training – two days per week in accordance with direction of team fitness and training coach.  Attendance will be recorded.

• End of Academic Year to Training Camp in August

• Self directed fitness maintenance, with online coaching support.

TIME COMMITMENT AND FITNESS EXPECTATIONS  (rowing season from August 29th to November 1st. 2009
Punctuality-Dependability

• Success in rowing and the success of your team require your commitment.  Failure to attend a practice or worse to attend a regatta is extremely detrimental to the success of your team. If you do not have the capability or the absolute commitment to attend every practice and every regatta, then rowing with UOIT is not for you. 
  
  
• Based on past experience and difficulties created by failure of team members to show up on time to practices in 2008, there will be a policy of no tolerance for lateness or missing a training practice 2009.  Attendance is recorded at every practice.
  
  
• miss one practice or late one time the Crew coach will talk to you.
  
  
• miss two practices, or late twice and the Head Coach talks to you.
  
  
• miss three practices, or late three times, you will no longer be on the team. There are no refunds for any fees paid if this happens. 
  
  
• In 2009, once the crews are established by September 15th, no crew will go on the water for training if that crew is incomplete.  If a crew member has to be absent (not recommended) that information must be discussed with the Crew Coach in question, no later than the night before so that alternative training arrangements can be made.
  
  
• You are expected as part of a crew, to attend all on the water training sessions, and to take 2k ergometer test, (Tuesdays)  and run 2k (Thursdays) once a week to evaluate and maintain physical stamina
  
  
• Winter and Summer training programs are voluntary. The coaching staff strongly recommends that you participate in the Strength and Conditioning programs, which operate four times per week, at the Fitness and Wellness Centre, throughout the winter season. We recommend that you attend at least two of these formal sessions, in addition to training on your own. A documented individual training program will be provided to each rowing team athlete for winter training. Sessions will start in early December and conclude at the end of the school academic year. 
  
  
• Training support via email will be provided throughout the summer months prior to the training camp. We also will be visiting the rowing tank at the Quinte Rowing Club during this time frame. 
  
  
• It is each athlete’s individual responsibility to take advantage of the fitness and training advice and support available and arrive at the Rowing Camp in August in a state of good to excellent physical fitness.  

Your Education: We expect you to maintain your academic average. Failure to do so may result in the Athletic Department advising us that you are no longer eligible to row varsity for the University.

• Your ability to manage rowing with you other priorities will depend on your time management skills.
  
  
• For most school assignments and exams you are given ample notice by your professors, We provide you with a complete schedule of practices and regattas for the season at the beginning to provide an opportunity to resolve any conflicts. It is your responsibility to discuss all potential conflicts with the teaching and coaching staff at the beginning of the season not the day before the championship regatta!
  
  
• We expect that you will try to arrange your lectures, exams, projects etc, as much as possible around the rowing schedule during the fall rowing season.  We know from past experience that this can be done, make your sport known early to your professors, and teaching assistants. 
  
  
• For the past three years 97% of the rowing team has been able to do this. 3% have not, and consequently that 3% have missed practices or regattas with devastating effect upon their crews. 
  
  
• If you cannot make this type of commitment, then this sport is not for you.

For Novice Rowers:

For the novices there will be four and eight person crews only, without any weight restrictions, light weights are mixed with heavy weights.  We expect you to come into camp in physical condition to row.  We recommend that you take part in the winter training and participate in training or rowing regime during the summer. Initially you will be cautioned on the factors of punctuality and dependability and how crucial they are to a successful training program.

Travel by Bus 

Once a rower boards the bus, at UOIT, until the bus drops the rower off, at UOIT, you will travel as a group.  Because you represent UOIT, you must be in your team uniform, whenever you leave the bus, be it at the regatta site or when you leave the bus for refreshments.

Whenever the bus stops for refreshments, you will all go into one eating establishment, arranged by the Coach in charge. 

Once at the regatta site you must stay on the site unless a Coach approves a limited absence from the site.  (To eat/visit with parents etc.)  You must be available to help other crews rig and derig the boats, load and unload the boats, etc. and be available to race or cox in another boat in the event of mix ups etc.

The bus trips are part of the team/crew bonding process and are an essential part of the team building process.  The coaches use this time for regatta briefings, and debriefing issues.  They also use this time to ensure that all team/crew members are present.

Travel Waivers:   (permission to travel by pmv to and from regattas)

Rowers are expected to travel to, and from the regattas, on the team bus.  Due to past problems and abuses, unless there are very, very extenuating circumstances involved, no travel waivers will be issued,

No meal allowances will be paid to those who are not on the bus.

THE TEAM
The Varsity Team
8 Lightweight Men (under 170 pounds);
8 Heavyweight Men (170 pounds +);
8 Lightweight Women (under 130 pounds)
8 Heavyweight Women (130 pounds +)

• These will be the candidates who ranked 1st to 8th in each of the weight categories based on the candidates who have the best ergometer results 2k running distances, and strength testing, will be considered for the Varsity team. These test results will be used by the Coaches to assist in the determination of the varsity crews. Other factors considered include size, weight, dependability, punctuality, teamwork and commitment to improvement and attitude.  

Junior Varsity Team

• made up of eight rowers in each of the four categories who finished in the selection process and ranked 9th to 17th.

The Novice Team

• Individuals who have not rowed competitively before
  
  
• no weight categories in competition however rowing equipment used has maximum weight limitations that we have to observe to ensure there is no damage to the equipment.
  
  
• Novice team members will be divided into crews of eight, men or women, and will compete in the Novice Eight races during the first year of competition

Novices interested in rowing in the fall of 2009 are encouraged to contact the coaching staff as soon as possible to discuss their participation and to discuss options for

 Final Reminders

      All team members must complete the Online Registration Form prior to the first practice. No UOIT Rowing Team member is allowed on the water, unless this form is registered with the UOIT Athletic Coordinator Scott Barker.  The form which is available on the university website includes a requirement for information concerning your clothing sizes for the purchase of your team uniform. If you delay or procrastinate submitting this information it is obviously unlikely that you will get a uniform that fits The form can be accessed through the following link:

Online Registration Form  

      Uniforms and Player packages will be made available at Varsity 101 which is a mandatory orientation session for all UOIT athletes’ held in early September.

      All members of the UOIT Varsity Rowing Team also are members of the Durham Rowing Club. The equipment used is the property of the Durham Rowing Club.  By agreement with the DRC, the base membership fee for a UOIT student is $130; This fee is reviewed each year and is subject to change. Further information concerning the Durham Rowing Club including the location in Port Perry can be accessed at the following link:

http://www.durhamrowing.com/contact.htm