Beginnings...

Hey Guys

As of now, all I know is the tentative dates: June 18 - August 10 (end of Canley) and the location: Essex Rowing Club, northwest of Boston about half an hour. Still working on housing but my guess is either UMass Lowell, about 10 minutes from the river, or a prep school nearby, either Brooks or Andover. Housing will be provided for everyone and a meal plan as well.

Equipment will all be all brand-new or almost brand new, not sure which make yet (when it's that new, it doesn't make a huge difference). Campers can bring their own 1x if they'd like.

Like most dev camps, we'll take kids from the first one or two cuts of jr. national camp and returning from Royal Henley, though with the small numbers I'm hoping to do we can't wait on too many people. I'm looking to take no more than 14 total guys. Other requirements are pretty standard: sub 6:50, one season competitive sculling, born in 1990 or later (though we might take an outstanding older applicant), coach rec. Racing schedule is Club Nationals, a race or two in Boston, and Canadian Henley.

Costs are in the works, but it should be comparable to other summer-long camps that offer housing, and the dues will certainly be cheaper than the dues of some nearby programs that don't offer housing for the summer. This camp is not a money-maker for Essex: the costs will go directly towards benefitting the campers.

Coaches are myself, the head coach at Essex, and maybe one more. All have coached/raced successfully on a national level before; we'll get a more detailed bio on everyone up when things get shaken out a bit more. I'm looking to draw campers from across the country - that's one reason why I moved from Philadelphia (more on that in a separate post). We will be, as far as I know right now, the only full-summer residential boys sculling development camp in the country so there's potential for being really fast and winning a lot of races, in addition to having a great summer rowing in New England.