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MIT Rowing Club
(Formerly the Sloan Crew)

The MIT Rowing Club provides a moderately competitive and recreational (non-varsity) rowing program for the MIT community including all students, staff and alumni. We compete at the Club level in many local and regional regattas and sprints. A natural step up from undergraduate varsity rowing as well as a great place to learn how to row.

Our 2008 season begins on MONDAY, March 31st. Practice is at 6:00am sharp at the Pierce Boathouse.

Upcoming Events:
The Club will hold a coxswain training/review session on Thu 3/27 at 6:00pm in 36-713. Please join us to review the basics of coxing and traffic patterns on the Charles River - pizza will be served!

Following the cox training, we will have our Season Kickoff Social starting around 7:00pm at the Cambridge Brewing Company - come meet your fellow rowers, enjoy drinks and food and get PUMPED for Spring!

Practice Schedule, Spring 2008 :
[All practices are 6-8am at the Pierce Boathouse (W8)]

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
Mens 1	M1	M2	M1	M1	Z-Center 10-11:30am
Mens 2	Women	W	W	W
Z-Center 6-7:30pm		Z-Center 6-7:30pm

2008 Season Officers:
Co-Presidents: Hansen Bow, Charles Moore
VP: Decker Ringo
Treasurer: Caroline Saouma
Race Coordinator: Mark Ashdown
Fundraising Chair: Waleed Farahat
Social Chair: Ulrike Baigorria
PR/Communications Chair: Fern DeOliveira
Equipment Manager: Ryan Tam

| Club Information |

Membership open to novice and experienced rowers and coxswains
Must have current MIT Affiliation and Zesiger Center membership.
Those under the age of 21 must take the MIT Small Boats Swim Test
Dues paid once per season, amount TBA, ranges from $90-$200
Contact row at mit dot edu for general club information
If you are looking for varsity undergraduate rowing, go here

If you are interested in sponsoring the MIT Rowing Club, please e-mail row at mit dot edu.

For more information about us, check out our constitution or take a less serious look at who we are and what we do.

Here are the slides from the Fall 2006 orientation meeting - includes information on the season, team policies, racing and more.

If you're confused about how or why a drill is done, check out this comprehensive list of rowing drills put together by Josh.

Wondering how you can make a difference? Giving to MIT and to the MIT Rowing Club can be done online by going here.

| Spring - Summer 2007 Archive |

Spring 2007 races include the Wharton Sprints in Philadelphia on 4/14. The MITRC fielded a men's 8, a women's 4 and a mixed 8 for the race on the sunny Schuylkill river against UPenn's Wharton School and Yale. The men's 8 and women's 4 came in second place in the sprint, and our mixed 8 glided along beautifully to cross the finish line first. As always, thanks to our generous hosts on Boathouse Row in Philly. And for posterity here is our mixed 8 crew:

Photo by Ryan Tam

Anna (cox), Emily, Lorraine, Boyd, Jason, Zlatko (not pictured), Mark, Amy, Joe

| Spring - Summer 2006 Archive |

Join us at Pierce Boathouse on Sunday, June 4th for the Azorean Whaleboats Regatta Event - a day when we will help celebrate the rich culture and heritage of the Azores (nine Portuguese islands in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean). These are traditional-style boats used by the people of the Azores to hunt whales. Several of these boats would be launched from the large whaling ship when a pod of whales was spotted. Each boat is entirely made of wood, including the oars. Each oar weighs about 50lbs and the boats themselves are approximately 1000lbs. On board there is room for 6 rowers, plus one man in the stern to operate the rudder and one spearman in the bow. The boats, coming to our Boathouse from New Bedford, Mass. were built with the help of traditional craftsmen from these islands. Volunteers from MIT Rowing Club helped to organize the Azorean Whaleboats Regatta with the support of MIT DAPER and in collaboration with lead administrators at the MIT Pierce Boathouse. The Boston Portuguese Festival is an annual initiative of the Consulate General of Portugal.

4/8/06
At the Wharton Sprints on 4/8 the MITRC bravely competed against valiant crews from UPenn's Wharton School of Business, Univ of VA Darden School of Business and Yale despite the heavy, cold rain storm. See Wharton pics here (thanks Ryan). The men's eight easily won the first place medal in the Experienced Eight event. MIT men also fielded a coxed four, which was mixed with the Wharton men's four into an impromptu eight that won an exciting first place medal over Yale in the Novice Eight event. Finally, the women fielded a coxed four that shared the first place medal with the Darden crew in the Women's Four event even after a boat collision off the starting line. The weather might have been miserable but not enough to hold us back... Many thanks to our gracious hosts and opponents and congratulations to all on a great start to the 2006 racing season!