2. WELCOME to West Springfield Crew Novice Interest Night!

3. Rowing at WSHS Crew is a club sport
Club sports are financially self-supporting Virginia High School League (VHSL) activities
All benefits of a school-sponsored sport – use of facilities, varsity letter, etc.
Must adhere to FCPS/VHSL guidelines – limits training days
West Springfield Crew team is a nonprofit organization
Donations are tax deductible
Supported/managed by the West Springfield Crew Booster Club (WSCBC)

4. WSCBC Board President – Rob Richardson
VP Administration – Regan Burmeister
VP Operations – Steve Basham
VP Ways and Means – Michelle Gordon
Treasurer – Susan Burmeister
Novice Liaison – Teresa Stonelake

5. Coaches and Captains Men's Coaches Women’s Coaches Women’s Captains
Jake Buchanan, James Reno
Women’s Coaches
Mark Hemphill, Brian Yonish, Lizzie Rush
Women’s Captains
Meg Gordon (‘17), Sophia Groder (‘17), Alyssa Druitt (‘17)
Men’s Captains
Nick Becht (‘17), Jack Davis (‘17), Brian Killian (‘18)

6. Recap of Last Year Virginia State Scholastic Championships
Two silvers and a bronze medal
Stotesbury Cup Regatta (Philadelphia, PA)
189 schools, 5,790 athletes
3 Boats to Semifinals
Gold in Adaptive Double
Scholastic Rowing Association of America’s National Championship Regatta (Zanesville, Ohio)
3 Boats qualified
Top 10 finish

7. How We Compete Sweep Rowing four seat boat
Sweep Rowing eight seat boat

8. Crew is… For everyone About teamwork About having fun!
No experience needed
Get in great shape
Participate in a varsity sport
About teamwork
Commitment – parents and rowers
Have to work as a “machine”
About having fun!
Regattas…home and away
Pasta loads
Making new friends – average team size is 75-80

9. Sandy Run Regional Park
Where We Row
Sandy Run Regional Park

10. When We Row Fall Program Winter Workouts Spring
West Springfield Fall Rowing Program (focus on learning to row for first-time rowers) October - November
Other Fall Rowing Camps (optional)
Winter Workouts
Starting Nov 17
Spring
Regular Season Feb – May
Summer Workouts (optional)
Erg loaner program
Various camps

11. Fall Program
Two sessions, Oct and 27 Oct – 3 Nov (6 lessons per session)
Session 1:
Tues, 10/18: 4:15-6:30 pm, Wed, 10/19: 4:15-6:30 pm, Thur, 10/20: 4:15-6:30 pm, Sat, 10/22: 8:00-11:00 am, Tues, 10/25: 4:15-6:30 pm, Wed, 10/26: 4:15-6:30 pm
Session 2:
Thur, 10/27: 4:15-6:30 pm, Fri, 10/28: 4:15-6:30 pm, Sat, 10/29: 8:00-11:00 am, Tues, 11/1: 4:15-6:30 pm, Wed, 11/2: 4:15-6:30 pm, Thur, 11/3: 4:14-6:30 pm
Focused on learning to row
Free opportunity to experience rowing
Do not have to show up for all practices
Will have experienced rowers participating

12. Winter Workouts Starting Nov 17 – Monday – Friday at High School
February Ergathon with Langley HS (tentative 11 Feb)
Conditioning training with emphasis on technique
Erg-based
Weight training
Running/endurance training
Low cost opportunity to see if time management is an issue and decide if the sport is for you
Transition from 8th to 9th grade is not trivial and comes with new academic challenges
Crew is a varsity sport and presents a time commitment from both rower and parent
A successful student athlete must balance school work with Crew
Can do other sports in conjunction with winter workouts

13. Spring Rowing Practice on the water starts at the end of February
Six days per week
4:30 PM to 7:00 PM Monday to Friday
8:00 AM to Noon on Saturday
All at Sandy Run
Mandatory Practice During Spring Break
Carpools are extensive
Designated by rower residence
Regattas
Polar Bear Regatta – March 25
Every Saturday until Stotesbury Cup
May , Philadelphia, PA

14. Novice Liaison Teresa Stonelake
"Only the guy who isn't rowing has time to rock the boat.”
-- Jean-Paul Sartre

15. Administration Regan Burmeister
“It is hard to make the boat go as fast as you want to. The enemy of course, is resistance of the water, as you have to displace the amount of water equal to the weight of the men and equipment, but that very water is what supports you and that very enemy is your friend. So is life: the very problems you must overcome also support you and make you stronger in overcoming them.”
-- George Yeoman Pocock

16. Requirements for Fall Program
Have to be a Freshman or above – no Middle School
Have to have completed ALL the following
FCPS sports physical (turned in to WSHS Activities Office)
FCPS emergency care form
Complete a swim test (Sep 24th, 2 – 3 PM, South Run Recreation Center)
View the US Rowing Safety video (first day of Fall Rowing)
Online concussion training (rower and one parent/guardian)
Requirements and information can be found online at under the "Join Us" link
Forms can be turned in on Sep 24th at swim test, or Oct 3d at Fall Rowing Forms Night
Or scan and to

17. Virginia High School League (VHSL) Physical
Use the April 2016 VHSL physical (earlier versions not acceptable). An entry physical (required if you are new to FFX County schools) is not a valid VHSL physical.
Every page gets signed, at least once, and dated
Every page has to be filled out – starting with the Rower’s name
Page 1: Filled out, signed, and dated by rower
Page 2: Filled out, signed, and dated by parent and rower
Page 3: Fill out the top – don’t assume the physician is going to do this. Ensure he/she checks ‘cleared’ for rowing – if cleared with limitations, rower isn’t cleared. Ensure the physician signs, dates, and either provides a stamp or prints: name, medical degree, address, phone number. If any of this is missing or is illegible, the physical gets returned.
Page 4: Fill out, remember to provide the insurance information, note the parent must sign/date twice.
TURN IN TO WSHS ATHLETIC TRAINER
Note – it takes them 2 weeks sometimes to update their list so get it in early!

18. Emergency Care Form Swim Test Concussion Training
FCPS emergency care form
You turned this in during Spartan Spree
Hopefully you completed it on-line (since it gets turned in every year)
School does not share their copy
Swim Test
Sep 24th, 2 – 3 PM, South Run Recreation Center
Four lengths of the pool (two laps), any stroke, can tread water but cannot hang on sides/ends of pool or lane buoys, then:
Tread water for two minutes, then:
Put on life preserver (demo’d before they enter the water)
Concussion Training
Rower and one parent must complete in order to participate in any sport
Link found at
Use Safari or Firefox web browser (Google/Google Chrome have issues)
Notify VP Admin when you complete – school has to verify their database has recorded both student and parent/guardian

19. Fundraising Michelle Gordon
“Rowing is the only sport that originated as a form of capital punishment.” -- Old Rowing Truism

20. Fundraising Options
We offer many options to fulfill your dues and help reduce the team’s overall operating expenses to keep dues down.
Scrip
Leaf Raking
Basket Bingo
Carwashes
Erg-a-Thon
Dining Outs
Spirit Cups
and more...

21. Fundraising Needs Leaders to coordinate: Your Ideas!
Corporate Sponsors
Basket Bingo (Publicity)
Erg-a-Thon
Your Ideas!
Special thanks to:
Scrip – David and Robin Becht
Leaf Raking – Nanci Davis
Basket Bingo – Carol Cluff, Barbara Price, Amber Betancourt & Kathleen Druitt
Dining Outs – Angelo DeCecco
Car Washes – Kathleen Druitt
Spirit Cups – Silke Groder

22. Equipment and Operations Steve Basham

23. Spiritwear
Mimi Birrenkott  

24. For Information West Springfield Crew Team Website
Lots of valuable information with contact information
Website has a great handbook and parent information section
Single point of contact

25. WSHS Crew Handbook
Online handbook last updated for the 2015 – 2016 season
Program information for rowers and parents
Standards of conduct
Policies and procedures
Available for download online in the “documents” section of our website

26. Questions??