On Saturday and Sunday, May 10 & 11, Asheville Youth Rowing Association (AYRA) attended the 2025 USRowing Southeast Regional Championships in Gainesville, Ga.  AYRA entered nine events and boats in six of those events reached the grand Finals.  The Men’s 1 Varsity 4 won Silver, the Women’s U16 8 won Bronze, the Men’s U17 4 won Bronze and the Women’s 1 Varsity 4 placed fourth.  All four boats thus qualified for USRowing Youth National Championships which will take place June 12 through the 15^th in Sarasota, Florida.

555 entries from 56 youth rowing programs participated in Southeast Regionals.  AYRA’s men placed 13^th overall, AYRA’s women placed 12^th overall and the total team points placed AYRA in 11th place out of 56 youth rowing programs attending.

AYRA will have seven seniors graduate this spring.  Six of those seniors will be rowing next year at the following colleges:  Duke University, the University of Pennsylvania, American Catholic University, Old Dominion and Mercyhurst College.

AYRA will hold four rowing camps and numerous learn to row class this summer.  Go to our Rowing Camp and Learn to Row pages for more information and to register.

We are holding four rowing camps this summer which all occur during the morning from 9:30 to noon.  The dates and times are located on this website under “Summer Rowing Camps.”  These camps are designed for kids who have never rowed before or who are fairly new to the sport.  Kids who are experienced may join AYRA for the summer by paying dues pursuant to this website.

We are also holding at least one afternoon learn to row class of four sessions during the week of June 23.  The dates and times are located on this website under “Learn to Row Class.”  This class is for kids who have never rowed.  It is possible that we will add additional afternoon classes if we get sufficient requests.

We’ve gotten some requests for another class.  Here are the dates and times:

Tuesday, March 11 from 4-6 pm

Wednesday, March 12 from 4-6 pm

Thursday, March 13 from 4-6 pm

Friday, March 14 from 4-6 pm

Please register on this website on the Learn to Row Page

There are four options for summer learn to row camps this summer.

June 23 through 27:  each day from 9:30 to noon.

July 7 through 11: each day from 9:30 to noon.

July 21 through 25: each day from 9 to noon.

August 11 through 15: each day from 9 to noon.

Come join our Head Coach Rudy Ryback and one of our alums Claire Carver-Ritter, rower and Crew Captain at the University of Louisville.

The cost for each one week class of five sessions is $225.00.  Go to the Summer Camp page on this website to register and pay.

Will begin on Monday, February 10 at 4 pm.

Please register at our Learn to Row page.