Join the fun and action of rowing and boat racing on Lake Brandt this Fall with the Greensboro Crew youth program.
We host a clinic for middle school rowers as well as a competitive program for high school students with discounts available for new students. Rowing starts at age 11 for any student from Greensboro/Summerfield/Oak Ridge/Brown Summit area schools. You can attend any school, public or private, and still row for Greensboro Crew.
Rowing is Monday, and Wednesday through Friday from 4:45 – 615pm and on Saturday morning 8am – 9:30am. Note, Lake Brandt is closed on Tuesdays.
Our team, which is part of the Triad United Rowing Association, is hot off a top ten result at the 2021 Youth Nationals in Sarasota, Florida. More importantly 100% of our Class of 2021 high school seniors graduated and are heading to 12 different universities such as Duke, UNC Chapel Hill, and NC State to name just some of the local ones.
Greensboro Crew rowers finished in the Top 10 at the 2021 USRowing Youth Nationals in Sarasota, Florida.
See the registration page for season dates and practice times and to register and pay online. Note, the middle school program will be capped at 30 participants so please be sure to register early for this program to avoid disappointment,
Rowing with Greensboro Crew is a transformative experience for the student athlete. Students learn life skills through teamwork, competition, skill development and fitness building. Our rowers have continued rowing at Division I programs such as Syracuse, Clemson, and Chapel Hill and have even represented the US in international competition.
All participants must be confident swimmers for safety reasons.
Registration is now open for the Fall rowing season. Greensboro Crew is an organized scholastic rowing program that focuses on the amazing transformational impacts that the sport of crew can deliver to young people.
Rowing will develop the body and mind, but training and racing with a crew team will develop character. We strive to be the very best rowing team in the Southeast.
The youth program consists of middle and high school students, ages 11-18, from Greensboro/Summerfield/Oak Ridge area schools. You can attend any school, public or private, and still row for Greensboro Crew.
No experience is necessary and new rowers can join anytime. All participants must be confident swimmers for safety reasons.
The program aims to develop extremely competitive boys and girls crews that compete locally and nationally. For more details of our youth programs see the following links
2019 – Fall Season starts August 12 with a Free Sneak Peek Week.
Greensboro, North Carolina – American hero and Olympic gold medal winning rower Jason Read gave the keynote address at the 2017 Celebration of Rowing banquet held at Sedgefield Country Club on Saturday night and he did not disappoint.
Kiwi Mike Hitchcock
Almost 200 rowers, parents and friends from across the Triad gathered into the Sedgefield Country Club ballroom for what has quickly become the most prestigious social event on the rowing calendar.
High Point Masters rower ‘Kiwi Mike’ Hitchcock, serving as Master of Ceremonies, opened the evening by introducing Greensboro youth rower Benjamin Huitt to give the invocation.
After enjoying a delicious feast, Kiwi Mike then returned to the podium to begin the formal ceremonies, which began with High Point rower Charlotte Curri, who recited “The Oarsman’s Poem” by legendary rowing coach Steve Fairbairn.
Mary Hollingsworth then presented the High Point Parent of the Year award to Conni Curri for her service to the crew. Greensboro parent Julie Higgins then presented the Greensboro Parent of the Year award to Sara Nichols.
Jackie King, last year’s Masters MVP winner and this year’s chair of the Celebration of Rowing banquet, was then invited to the podium to introduce the 2017 recipient – ‘Girl Jeanne’ MacPherson. Congratulations Girl Jeanne – Masters Rower of the Year! Unfortunately, Jeanne could not be at the banquet due to work commitments.
Greensboro coach and 2004 Olympian Lisa Schlenker then talked about the progress of Greensboro Crew and concluded by presenting the Katherine Dickson Award for youth service to Greensboro Crew to MaryBlake Murphy.
Maddie Mullins then presented the Caroline Howard Cup for youth service to High Point Rowing Club to Junior Ognovich. Words can not do justice to the inspiration that Maddie filled the ball room with her theme of excellence and giving to your team mates
Jason Read
Jason Read was then introduced to guests by club founder and High Point Coach Gene Kininmonth, who shared his own personal experience of 911: “As we wondered how we would flee this madness, elsewhere a small number of others were heading straight for it….driving directly into this abyss with full expectations in that moment that the horror would only get worse. Jason Read was one of those few. I am looking forward to hearing Jason’s story from tragedy to triumph this evening.”
And our keynote speaker did not disappoint.
A volunteer rescue squad fire chief from the age of 21, Read received the call to Ground Zero on the morning of September 11, 2001 shortly after the first plane hit the World Trade Center in New York.
Just three years later Jason Read represented his country again, bringing home the Olympic gold as part of the men’s eight rowing crew at the 2004 Athens games.
After his speech, which received a standing ovation from the 200 guests, rowers and parents alike approached the rowing legend to thank him for sharing his story of inspiration.
Greensboro Crew rowers with Jason Read at the 2017 Celebration of Rowing banquet at Sedgefield Country Club.Julie Higgins (left) presented the cup for Greensboro Crew parent of the year to Sara Nichols (Ella’s mum) at the 2017 Celebration of Rowing banquet.(left to right) Claire Howard, Eduarda Blaschke, Olympic champion Jason Read, Maggie McIntyre, and Kate Messick at the 2017 Celebration of Rowing banquet.Katherine Dickson with Greensboro Crew coach Lisa Schlenker and MaryBlake Murphy at Sedgefield Country Club.200 rowers, coaches and family members attended the 2017 Celebration of Rowing banquet at Sedgefield Country Club to hear guest speaker Jason Read.
Augusta, Georgia – Greensboro Crew teamed up with High Point Rowing Club to race as HPG Rowing at the Head of the South regatta over the weekend.
The combination proved to be a powerful one-two punch for HPG with the combined squads coming away with two victories and multiple other medals on the Savannah River.
HPG won the men’s youth lightweight single sculls and then the women’s youth quadruple sculls title at the prestigious season capping event.
All up thousands of rowers of all ages raced in 725 boats raced down the 5,000 meter Savannah River course in Augusta.
Anna Lewis, Lindsay York, Molly HIlemn, and Emily Winberg won bronze in the women’s quad sculls on the Savannah River in Augusta at the 2017 Head of the South.
William Hundley made history for his HPG club in the opening race of the day when he won the youth lightweight singles title. Hundley sculled his shell with ease down the 5,000m winding river course, finishing in the time of 19 minutes 2 seconds, well ahead of Stanton River Boat Club’s Sanjay Mohka. Atomic Rowing Club’s Benjamin Marshall rounded out the medals. finishing almost 90 seconds later.
HPG then won a pair of silver medals in the middle school boat races. Silver medals could easily have been gold but for the eight being trapped by the earlier masters singles event and forced to stop on the race course. “The crew raced so fast we caught up to the previous event,” recounted High Point’s skillful navigator Collin Greene after the race. “We were forced to stop. It was either that or mow them down like road kill on the Savannah River.”
Greene commended his crew of stroke Matthew Hronich, Ben Huitt, Stratton Murphy, Keagan O’Connell, Ethan Mangum, Abigail Higgins, Samantha Hogsett, and bowseat Hannah Tooley for remaining cool under the pressures of boat racing on a fast flowing river due to the current.
HPG Rowing’s middle school four-oared crew enjoyed their best race of the Autumn season to also win silver on Saturday morning. Ellie Schroeder set up the perfect rhythm from stroke seat for her crew of William Thompson, Charles Richards, and Savannah Royals. “We had a great race,” said Charles after the race. “We passed some of the middle school eights so we knew we were in serious contention for medals.”
Katherine Messick, Grace Denenny, Eduarda Blaschke, Corinne Alt, Eva Keel, Claire Howard, Holly Spong and Anna Hicks teamed up to win silver at the 2017 Head of the South in Augusta, GA.
HPG’s next medal was won in the women’s junior novice eights event. The all-Greensboro crew of Margaret McIntyre, stroke Katherine Messick, 7 Grace Denenny, 6 Eduarda Blaschke, 5 Corinne Alt, 4 Eva Keel, 3 Claire Howard 2 Holly Spong, and bow Anna Hicks showed poise and grace as they swept their 60 foot long shell with the river current passing half a dozen other crews during the race.
“It was an incredible feeling rowing so fast down the Savannah with such strong, powerful young women,” said Eva Keel. “It feels like yesterday that we introduced rowing to Greensboro. Now we are introducing Greensboro rowing to the world.”
HPG’s next medal came from an all High Point cast of masters rowers in the Masters women’s eight-oared event. HPG finished third in the age handicapped fleet of crews.
Medals for Masters: Mandy Greene steered straight and true to help her crew win bronze at the 2017 Head of the South. The crew was comprised of Jackie King, Erin Sanders, Shelli York, Alexis King, Laura Tanley, Traci Loria, Jeanne MacPherson, and Beverly Snively.
High Point-Greensboro’s next medals were won in the women’s youth quad sculls event. HPG entered two boats in the event, which finished with the first and third fastest times on the day.
High Point has announced plans to send a women’s quad sculls crew to England’s Henley Royal Regatta in 2018 and competition for seats in the boat has lifted the team to winning standards.
Charlotte Curri, Ainsley Fox, Ashley Walker and Junior Ognovich were in the winning crew, setting the fastest time of any female quad scull on the day. The feat earned them the Igor Grinko Plate, which they were awarded ahead of collegiate and adult crews.
High Point quad scullers Charlotte Curri, Ainsley Fox, Ashley Walker, and Junior OGnovich with Kira Grinko (center) widow of the late great sculling coach Igor Grinko, who coached the United States to silver at the 1996 Olympic Games. The High Point scullers were presented with the Igor Grinko plate for posting the fastest women’s sculling time at the 2017 Head of the South.
Emily Winberg, Anna Lewis, Lindsay York, and Molly Hilemn won bronze in the same event, an indication of the strength of the High Point sculling program.
HPG rowers then won bronze in the mixed U16 eight-oared event and in the last race of the day for HPG William Hundley lead his fellow scullers Harry Capizzi, William Scarpa III, and Govind Harish to bronze in the men’s youth quad sculls event.
The club would like to express its gratitude to Holly Messick and Shelli York for their service as parent chaperones to the team during its weekend travels.
HPG’s novice boy’s eight at the 2017 Head of the South regatta in Augusta, GA.
If you are in grades 7-12 (rising), and maybe looking for a Fall sport? Come give rowing a try. Three days of rowing for just $10. It is that easy! No experience necessary but you should be able to swim as a safety precaution.
WHEN? 4:15pm to 6:00pm on Monday, August 15th, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday.
WHERE? Lake Brandt. Use 5945 Lake Brandt Rd, Greensboro, NC 27455 as your GPS guide. This will bring you to the park entrance. When you enter the park, our boats are located to the right end of the park.
Also, be sure to have a parent sign the waiver and swim form certifying that you can swim. These can be downloaded on this page. Bring these forms with you and your $10 payment.
Also bring the following:
• flip flops (we walk the boats into the water)
• water bottle
• dress in close-fitting shorts/t-shirt (Loose clothes get caught in the sliding seat of the boat).
Questions? Just email our wonderful coach, Gene Kininmonth contact@greensborocrew.com – “Row for the G!”
Lake Brandt, North Carolina – Greensboro Crew has set its Fall boat racing schedule, the program’s founder Gene Kininmonth is pleased to announce.
“Our future rowers and parents should particularly take note of the two important upcoming events, which are the Open House and subsequent parent meeting at Lake Brandt,” Coach Gene. These two events will play a vital, informative role for our new families.”
Greensboro Crew is a community rowing program open to adults of all ages and youth ages 12+ attending any Triad area high school. The team is currently accepting new members.
Crew Open House
Saturday, August 13, 9am-12pm.
Lake Brandt, Greensboro
First Day of Autumn Rowing
August 15, 2016
Lake Brandt, Greensboro
Crew Parent Meeting
Saturday, August 20 at 10am
Lake Brandt, Greensboro
