About Youth Rowing

For the first time ever, Butler County has a competitive high school rowing team for all high school students. The Great Miami Rowing Center (GMRC) is designed so that it is not affiliated with any one school (much like club basketball or volleyball) so any junior high or high school aged student may join.

Experience
There is no experience necessary to join and you may join at any time of the year! We have two programs — one for the competitive athlete (9th-12th grade) and one for younger rowers (7th-8th grade). Many rowers begin their rowing career during high school. On the high school team, the first year you row you will be classified as "novice" and race other teams of novice. After that first year you will be classified as "varsity" and race other varsity teams. The team for younger rowers is called JROW, which practices 2-3 days per week and does not race. This is for individuals who want to try rowing out but who are not old enough to join the racing team.

GMRC offers young athletes an opportunity to learn the basics of rowing and meet kids from around the Butler County area. We have two locations in historic downtown Hamilton, Ohio. Please see the “Locations” portion of our website to find our indoor and outdoor locations.


Training
Our training consists of rowing on the Great Miami River in the fall and spring. During the winter months — when it is too cold to practice outdoors — we train indoors on rowing machines. Although crew is a year-round sport, we don't ask that you give up your other sports! We have many rowers who row with us during their off season from swimming, basketball, or volleyball. Crew is a physically demanding sport that can make an athlete much stronger for traditional sports — many high school athletes use rowing as cross training.

Registration
Ready to give it a shot? Check out the Register Online portion of our website for upcoming seasonal dates!

Fees
The Great Miami Rowing Center is a club program. Since we are not affiliated with any particular school district, we rely on program fees to run the club. The fees cover the cost of coaching, equipment maintenance, gas for the coaching launches, land rental, liability insurance, etc. These fees also cover all costs related to travel to the races on the weekends — including entry fees, trailering equipment to the race course, and food for the day for the rowers.  Since the cost of travel is variable, the seasonal fees may change.

Scholarships and Payment Plans are available for some programs.

Indoor Training Center (mail not accepted here)
10 Journal Square
Hamilton, OH 45011		 Mailing Address
P.O. Box 1368
Hamilton, OH 45012
(513) 892-GMRC (4672)

 Outdoor Center (mail not accepted here)
110 N. B Street
Hamilton, OH 4501

The Great Miami Rowing Center admits students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students in the programs. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national and ethnic origin in administration of its athletic programs.

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