High School at Osprey

Who/When/Where/Cost 2024- 2025 SPRING Season Registration Open Now! (see below)

• Grades: 8th through 12th - No Experience Needed! (8th graders can row with our middle school program or high school program)

  • 8th graders are welcome to do a 2-week trial period with our novice team. At the end of the two weeks, the coaches and athlete will decide together if the Novice team or the Middle School program will be the best fit. 

• Fall Season 2024: August 14th - December 14th

  • Varsity Team Members: Practice will begin August 13th

• Location: 150 Bayview Lane, Osprey, FL

• Tuition: $1,850. Fall tuition is due by August 12th, 2024 for returning rowers and covers registration fee, coaching, programming, equipment, and facility use. Please contact us if you would like to set up a time to try out the team.

• Practice Schedule: 

  • Novice Team (new to the high school team): Monday, Wednesday, Friday 4 pm - 7 pm and Saturday 7 am - 10:30 am. 
    This team includes any 8th graders trying the high school team, or any 9-12 graders who are new to the sport and/or high school team. Anyone who was on a high school team before this fall, will likely be placed with our varsity team.

  • Varsity (returning rowers): Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 4 pm - 7 pm, and Saturday 7 am - 10:30 am. 

 *Athlete physicals must be turned in before the first day of practice

• Fall Race Fees: Fall race fees will be announced and will be due at the beginning of September. Fall race fees in total should be less than $500 (not including Boston). The race fee will cover entry fees, athlete transportation, boat transport, and housing when needed for the following races:

  • Benderson Chase, Sarasota, FL - October 12th - 13th 

  • Head of the Charles Regatta, Boston, MA - October 18-19th (only selected crews will participate)

  • Halloween Regatta, Tampa, FL - October 26th

  • Plant High Winter Sprints, Tampa, FL - December 7th

  • Sarasota Crew Intrasquad Regatta, Sarasota, FL - December 14th

*Race fees do not include the Head of the Charles in Boston, MA. Those selected will pay separately once the boats are selected.

• Spring Season 2025: January 6th to May 11th

• Location: 150 Bayview Lane, Osprey, FL for January-March. April & May practices take place at Nathan Benderson Park. 

• Tuition: $1850 Spring tuition covers registration fee, coaching, programming, equipment, and facility use.

• Spring 2025 practice Schedule: 

  • Freshmen Team (8th and 9th graders): Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 4 pm - 7pm & Saturday 7 am - 10:30 am 
  • Varsity Team (10th-12th graders): Monday-Friday 4 pm - 7pm & Saturday 7 am - 10:30 am 

• Spring Race Fees: Spring race fees TBD. The race fee will cover entry fees, transportation, boat transport, and housing when needed.

*Spring 2025 race dates and locations are tentative and subject to change.

• • Matt Abel Speed Fiesta, Nathan Benderson Park, January 18

  • American Youth Cup (AYC) I, Nathan Benderson Park, February 15-16th

  • OARS Regatta, Orlando, FL - March 8

  • American Youth Cup (AYC) 2 - TBD 

  • FSRA West Districts, Nathan Benderson Park, April 5

  • *FSRA Sculling State Championships, Nathan Benderson Park, April 12-13 (charged separately only for rowers who are attending)

  • *FSRA Sweep State Championships, Nathan Benderson Park April 26-27

  • *USRowing Southeast Regional Championships, Lake Lanier, GA, May 10-11 

  • *Schedule Note: Rowers are expected to be at NBP on Friday at noon for Sculling & Sweep State Championships and Southeast Regionals

  • Race fees have been able to be lowered because we budgeted for all races. We are unable to decrease the amount if a rower chooses not to make a race. We do not allow families to pick and choose which races they want to pay for as we plan for the entire team attending to keep the prices down.

Southeast Regionals marks the end of the regular season. Boats and athletes that qualify for Youth Nationals will be invited to participate in an extended post season that concludes with racing at Youth Nationals. The post season will be charged separately.

• USRowing Youth National Championships, Nathan Benderson Park, June 12th-15th 2025 (charged separately only for rowers who qualify)

End of the Year Banquet, May 18th, 2025. All program participants and their families are invited!

Bus: We can only provide a bus from Pine View this fall due to the expense. We can help figure out carpools so please reach out to us if you need help. To sign up for the bus you simply register under the Join Us -Youth Rowing -Transportation tab.