Competitive Crew
Special for Spring! Sign up for the spring season before Feb 22 and pay only $900! The regular price is $1050.
WYRA Competitive Crew is a multi-season program designed for teens ages 13-18. Rowers train at the WYRA boathouse 5-6 days with an emphasis on competing at races throughout the Northeast. Coaches with World Championship racing experience work with WYRA rowers in a variety of ways both on and off the water. WYRA is home to the only set of indoor rowing tanks in the state of Delaware making training throughout the year possible. Rowing is a sport in which not only athletic ability and fitness are important, but so is teamwork and determination. Each athlete is coached on self-discipline, teamwork and goal setting/achievement. WYRA rowers come from over 20 different area high schools and have rowed at over 80 different prestigious colleges.
During the racing season, WYRA travels throughout the Eastern Seaboard to a variety of races. As a WYRA athlete, you have the opportunity to travel to cities such as Boston, Princeton, Philadelphia, and Baltimore.
Fall Season: September- Mid November; Varsity & Novice practice Tuesday through Friday 3:30-6pm, Saturday 8:30-11am.
Fall racing is comprised of time-trial style races of distances ranging from 4000-5000 meters in length. WYRA hosts the first race of the season, The Head of the Christina Regatta, right from our boathouse. With races being longer in length, the team focuses not only on technique, but establishing a strong base level of fitness and creating a desire to compete against some of the nations top level rowing programs.
Winter Crew: December - February; Varsity & Novice practice Monday through Friday 3:30-6pm
The winter rowing season consists of cardio and weight training at our boathouse.
WYRA is home to over 20 top of the line ergometers (rowing machines), a full weight room, and indoor rowing tanks. Each day, the emphasis of every workout is to improve on your personal fitness level and racing mindset. The primary goal of winter training is to enhance your level of endurance and power to a new standard, providing the best chance for success in the upcoming spring racing season. Every winter, WYRA travels to various Indoor Rowing Races to put our athletes up against other teams in 2000 meter erg races.
Spring Season: March-Mid May; Varsity practice Monday-Friday 3:30-6, Saturday 8:30-11am. Novice practice Tuesday-Friday 3:30-6pm, Saturday 8:30-11am.
The spring racing format differs from the fall. In the spring, athletes will be racing not against the clock as with the fall, but rather lining up next to other crews in a 2000 meter sprint style race. Once athletes hit the water, coaches will work on the fundamentals established the previous season to create boats in various categories which possess the best possible chance for success.
Be sure to check the calendar for the complete race schedule.
If you're interested in joining WYRA's competitive program, or have any questions, contact Head Coach Suzanne Van Fleet: suzanne at wyra.org or Men’s Coach Greg Yurkow: greg at wyra.org
Price: Fall and Spring are $1050 per season (payment plans available) and Winter is $350. For more info on payment options, please contact: Michelle Pena 302 655 7362 mignshel at comcast.net
Checks can be sent to: WYRA, Attn. Treasurer, 2423 Donlon Road, Wilmington, DE 19803. Or you can pay using PayPal. We have set up a few options for payments of 2, 3 or 4 installments.
Payment Plans The following are payment plans through Paypal. Once you click on the Buy Now button, you are agreeing to complete these payments through Paypal. Paypal will automatically debit your account or charge your credit card if you don't have a Paypal account each month according to whichever payment plan you signed up for. For example, if you click on the 4 payments, Paypal will automatically take $262.50 from your account over the next four months, starting with the first payment today. Once you have paid the full amount, Paypal will NOT be able to take anymore money from your account. You will not need to cancel anything or contact Paypal to end the payment plan. Paypal will end it automatically once the full payment is reached. If you have any questions, or need to cancel the auto-payments, please contact Michelle Pena at mignshel at comcast.net
Special for Spring! Sign up for the spring season before Feb 22 and pay only $900! The regular price is $1050.
Single Payment of $900 at Discounted Price
2 Payments of $450 at Discounted Price
3 Payments of $300 at Discounted Price
Single payment of $1050
Three payments of $350
Four payments of $262.50