The Spring program runs after school Monday through Friday from February 21 through May. Some boats end their season in early May while other boats end their season in late May. Weekday transportation between Whitman High School and Thompson’s Boat Center is provided by chartered bus. In addition to weekday practices, there are regattas on most Saturdays. Rowers are expected to participate during Spring break the week of April 10 when practices frequently are run twice a day.

Spring Registration Meeting Handouts, January 24, 2006 (Agenda, Regatta Schedule as of January 2006, Spring 2006 Bus Schedule, Registration Instructions, Waivers for U.S. Rowing and Stotesbury, Uniform Order form)

Registration for the Spring 2006 season is due Sunday, February 12, 2006. Registration is complete when you have:

1. Registered your returning rower or new rower online

2. Delivered a valid health form to the registrar

3. Delivered a $695 check to the registrar payable to Walt Whitman Crew Boosters. Registration checks are not deposited until the team members are announced later in February so it’s OK to deliver the check early.

4. Passed a Whitman Crew swim test. If you have passed one previously, you do NOT need to take another swim test. For new rowers, the swim test is tentatively scheduled for Sunday, February 12, 12:45 pm. Contact Maureen Fox for details. Rowers are not allowed on the water until they have passed a swim test.

5. Signed 2 waivers for U.S. Rowing and Stotesbury and delivered them to the registrar.

The registrar is Melissa Cooperson, 5907 Wilson Lane, Bethesda MD 20817.

RETURNING ROWERS

The registration process should take less than 10 minutes since most information (address, phone, insurance info, emergency contacts, etc) is already in the Ronin registration system for most rowers from participation in the Fall 2005 Learn to Row season and/or the Winter Conditioning Program. In the Spring online registration process, you give various permissions and can update any old information.

- If you are lost at sea, we’ve got keystroke by keystroke registration instructions for returning rowers.

- If you know your email address but have forgotten your Ronin password, there is a link on the registration login screen to have your password immediately emailed to you.

- If you have forgotten the email address you previously registered with, not to worry, just email support@roninracing.com.

 

NEW ROWERS

If you have never used the Ronin registration system you are a New Rower. Before registering a new rower for the Spring season, first gather the following information:

You will be asked to provide the above and other information, plus give permission for your teen to participate in the program and receive appropriate medical treatment and to agree to various releases regarding rowing, transportation and photography. Allow about 20 minutes to complete the online registration.

Register a new rower online.

- If you are lost at sea, we’ve got keystroke by keystroke registration instructions for new rowers.

It will be useful to remember the email address you give since the primary email address you give for the parent (or guardian) who registers the rower will become your login email address for future crew registrations.

 

HEALTH FORM, ALL ROWERS

After completing the online registration, you will be prompted to print out THREE pages of the MCPS Health Inventory Form. The first and third pages will be electronically completed for you since you answered health questions online! MCPS requires that the second page be completed and signed by your physician (questions 4 and 5 – immunizations, blood pressure, etc) and refer to a physical completed on or after June 1, 2005. (If you participated in the Fall 2005 Learn to Row program and already have a recent three page health form on file in the Whitman Athletic Department or Health Department, then you don't need to submit the form again).
If you have already registered for Spring crew, completed the health questions, but have since logged out of the registration system and now want to know how to print the completed 3 page health form:

If you have already registered for Spring crew, completed the health questions, but have since logged out of the registration system and now want to know how to print the completed 3 page health form:

1. Login to MyRonin again
2. From the Registration Summary page, click the Action View Entry, then
3. click the Action Forms/Waivers, then
4. click the form MCPS Health Assessment Parts I, II, and III, then
5a. in the upper left corner of the form, click File then Print
Or
5b. in the upper right corner of the form, click the round globe/PDF icon to convert the form into a pdf document to save and print

Your physician then signs page 2 of the printed health form.

If you prefer, you can start with a blank 3 page Health Inventory Form to be completed at your teen's annual check-up.

Click for Clinics for Sports Physicals (This list is useful if you have trouble getting an appointment with your physician on short notice to complete the Health Inventory Form).