| The Club rows in the Milwaukee harbor
estuary including the Milwaukee, Menomonee and Kinnickinnic Rivers. Generally,
some part of this area is rowable every day from March to November. The
boathouse is located at 1990 N. Commerce Street between Pleasant and Humboldt,
just north of downtown, in the Beerline neighborhood on the west bank of the
Milwaukee River.
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| The Club is a member organization of the United
States Rowing Association, the national governing body for Olympic rowing, one
of the original Olympic sports of the modern era.
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| The Club is also the home of The
Marquette University Crew team which was started in 1991 and has approximately
100 members who are student-members of the Milwaukee Rowing Club, using its
facilities and equipment, but maintaining a separate MU student organization
for its participants. |
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| The fundamental principle of the Milwaukee Rowing
Club is to provide to the community, at minimum cost, the broadest possible
access to rowing as a recreational and competitive sport. There are no paid
coaches, with the exception of the Junior Program, or other employees, and the
boathouse is a Spartan facility. The Club principle is to have enough equipment
to accommodate both interests equably. Club members regularly compete in
regattas from the San Diego Crew Classic in April to the Head of the Charles in
Boston in October and equipment is acquired and maintained to be suitable for
such competition. First quality boats also enhance the aesthetics of a gentle
cruise on the water. Many new rowers who joined for recreation discover an
interest in racing in club or master's regattas. |
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| Current Milwaukee Rowing Club members include men
and women from 15 to 70. Some learned to row as "late-bloomers." Some rowed as
collegians. Some have been members of the U.S. National Team. One member rowed
on the U.S. Olympic Team in 2000. Some members compete. Some just like going
for a paddle on the water. |
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| The Milwaukee Rowing Club has been
continuously incorporated since 1914 as a non-profit Wisconsin membership
corporation. Club officers are elected by a board of nine directors who are
elected by the adult members for three year terms. Three directors are elected
each year. The Club is qualified as a tax exempt organization under Section
501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and donations to it are tax deductible. |
