You may now pay membership fees online at Regatta Central. Click on "Clubs," then "KRA."
Individual memberships for KRA are $200 annually.
Dues cover the year from January 1 to December 31.
- Family membership is $200 for first member of family and $50 for each additional family member (children under 21 who are not rowing with the KRA Juniors).
- If a member is paying for shell storage, then the membership fee is discounted $25.
- College students -- with rowing experience -- may row with KRA in the summer (May - August) for $75. During the school year, collegiate membership is $75 per semester.
- Shell storage is provided for members in our boathouse for an additional $200 per year for singles, and $250 for doubles. Space is very limited.
Categories of Membership:
- Learn-to-Row Members: These are participants in KRA lessons with a qualified instructor. There may be a program fee for this level, but these members do not pay dues and do not have unsupervised rowing and equipment-use privileges.
- Full Membership: Once members receive training, pass a proficiency level in sweep rowing and/or sculling, pay dues, submit all the required forms (i.e., insurance waiver and contact information), and agree to serve on a standing committee, they have access to the shells for recreational rowing 7 days a week. Organized practices for members are held three (or more) times per week, providing coaching, indoor strength training, and winter workouts.
- Youth Members: Youth members are under the age of 18. Youth members have the same access as full members to KRA equipment, facilities, and training while under supervision, and do not have voting privileges.
- Collegiate Members: This category of membership is for actively enrolled undergraduate students, for a period not to exceed five years. Requirements include submittal of required forms (i.e., insurance waiver and contact information), payment of appropriate fees, and a demonstration of a minimum level of competency in sweep rowing and/or sculling. See UT's Tennessee Crew webpage for more information.
- Guest Members: Guest members are individuals who wish to row as guests of individual members (maximum: 3X). All guests must submit an insurance waiver indemnifying the KRA prior to rowing.
Equipment
KRA has a variety of boats and workout equipment which are available to members based on experience.
- 2005 Wintech 4+
- 2002 M-2 Vespoli 8+
- 1986 Empacher 8+ ("The Empacher")
- 1989 Vespoli 8+ ("Norman T. Graf")
- 1986 Vespoli 8+ ("Juniors 8")
- 1998 Vespoli 4+ ("Lightweight, or Juniors 4")
- 1990 Kaschper 4+ ("The Vickory Creek")
- 1991 Kaschper carbon 2X (usually "The Double")
- 1986 Kaschper 2- (usually "The Pair")
- 1988 Vespoli 1X
- 1986 Vespoli 1X
- Training small boats:
the VIM (1X) and the Bathtub (1X)
Directions to KRA's Ned McWherter Park dock
Take James White Parkway off of I-40; stay on James White as it curves to the left; get off onto Riverside Drive before crossing the bridge; park will be on the right directly under the bridge.
Alternatively, take exit 389 off of I-40 to Broadway/Hall of Fame Drive. Go south on Hall of Fame past the Civic Coliseum, then turn left on E. Hill Avenue. Turn right onto the James White parkway, and immediately bear right onto the Riverside Avenue exit.
Note: Beginning May 1, 2008, I-40 eastbound traffic to the park must take the James White Parkway route and I-40 westbound traffic must take the Hall of Fame Drive route. This is due to interstate closure downtown until July 2009.
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