With a growing focus on teamwork, rowing is becoming more and more popular among children in Tampa. After years in Opti Green, Red and Blue fleets kids can move on to high school and college sailing programs.
The Stewards Foundation of Tampa helps provide equipment and scholarships for students who can’t afford to buy or rent their own boats. Their teams will compete at this regatta.
Learn to Row
This is a great way to learn a new sport, get a full body workout and make some friends. Rowers come from all walks of life and everyone is welcome. You’ll learn how to handle boat equipment, the fundamentals of the rowing stroke, a variety of technical drills and become familiar with rowing terminology. Our low student to coach ratio and small class size ensures that you will receive a quality instruction.
Students completing Learn to Row are eligible to join our summer competitive team and qualify for college scholarships!
Learn to Row classes are geared towards those with no previous experience or need a refresher course in the basics. These courses can last anywhere from one day to a few weeks and typically take place in the summer months. Learn to Row classes are also available year round at many different locations.
A variety of bodies of water can be used for rowing including rivers, lakes, canals and harbors. Each location has a different personality and offers different challenges for rowers and coxswains. Going away to rowing camp is a great opportunity to experience a new body of water and challenge yourself to adapt to its unique characteristics.
High School Competitive
Whether you are looking to attend your first regatta or you are a seasoned varsity swimmer, this camp is for you. Over two days, swimmers will improve their freestyle and backstroke technique by learning the fundamentals of bodyline, posture, and engagement of the core to create a more hydrodynamic stroke that is both efficient and faster!
Team Tampa’s high school competitive program is offered throughout the fall and spring on weekday afternoons and Saturday mornings. This program gives athletes a chance to train on and off the water while getting experience that will help prepare them for college recruiting.
Junior Camp
Designed for campers entering PK3 through first grade, Junior Camp balances character development with active exploration to encourage kind, thoughtful, curious individuals. Each week-long summer session features a comprehensive program of learning, play and adventure that develops key social skills like sharing and cooperating while promoting academic foundations in language, literacy, math, science, and more! Full and half day camps available.
With a smaller number of participants, Junior Camp creates an environment where kids feel safe to try new things and step outside their comfort zone. During the week, children make friends and learn about themselves and others in a fun, positive community that values safety and supports success.
Junior campers experience all the best of our programs, from group games and zip line to archery and campfires! Campers also renew their faith through Bible studies led by caring counselors, hearing from inspiring guest speakers, and singing with an awesome band.
Adult Camp
Whether you are a thrill-seeker, a foodie or a fitness fanatic, adult summer camp is the place to be. A growing travel trend, these unique vacation experiences are a perfect fit for solo travelers or friends looking to bond over shared interests and adventures.
Unlike their childhood counterparts, these retreats are curated to provide rejuvenating experiences that blend nature, community and play. From outdoor adventure to creative workshops and culinary masterclasses, these camps span from a weekend to a week and are ideal for adults of all ages.
In a world where many adults feel disconnected from the environment, attending camp gives young people a chance to reconnect with nature and instills a respect for the natural world that will carry on into their adult lives. Sleeping under the stars, worshipping in outdoor spaces, and spending time with natural wildlife fosters a sense of appreciation for the beauty of nature and an understanding that humans are a part of it all.
While Tampa has hosted collegiate regattas in the past, local business owner Ken Walters hopes to introduce a more recreational and social event for rowers of all ages and skill levels. The second annual Roosevelt Rowing Regatta takes place this weekend in Curtis Hixon Park. Walters hopes to attract more rowers to this area of downtown Tampa, a historic riverside park named after President Theodore Roosevelt and the area’s first mayor.
