Philadelphia Youth Regatta | July 20, 2024

The Schuylkill Navy of Philadelphia is dedicated to expanding racial diversity, equity, and inclusion in the Philadelphia rowing community. We stand against racist speech and behaviors and will take action against any occurrence in any Schuylkill Navy-conducted event or any organization affiliated with the Navy. We strive to make Boathouse Row and the eighteen clubs and organizations that comprise the Schuylkill Navy a welcoming space for all. We acknowledge that rowing changes lives and that we must all do more to extend the opportunity to experience the transformational power of our sport to the wider community and, especially, to populations that have been historically under-represented in their access to rowing.
The preliminary schedule for #PYR2024 is Here. Note that some additional changes may occur through Thursday.

The Race Day Schedule is now posted at rowtown.org

You can access it by clicking HERE.

A (brief) Coaches & Coxswains Meeting was held on July 21st at 7 pm.  Click HERE for the recording and HERE for the slides.  

Dashes are approx 1/4 mile.

Preparation for Stakeboats and Starting Tower Platform

All  1500m races will start from stakeboats and the Starting Platform.  Please ensure your athletes are prepared for this and have practiced the art of backing in and sculling around to get their points, etc.  The starting referees will assist as needed, but crews unable to lock on in time will not be allowed to race.  

Novice and U14 Events

You asked…and we listened. Given numerous requests for Novice events, we have kept multiple flights for both Boys and Girls Singles and Quads. Similar to the Novice 4x event, the Novice 1x races will be 1000m. We have also expanded U14 racing to include both Boys and Girls U14 4x’s. DEFINITION OF A NOVICE.  For PYR 24, a Novice shall be any athlete who did not compete in a rowing race PRIOR to January 1. Please note that this excludes from the Novice category any sweep rower who raced prior to January 1 but is sculling for the first time this summer.  The Novice categories are intended for those athletes new to racing within this calendar year.  In addition, all U14 athletes may race in Novice events, regardless of prior experience.

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