The Camden County Boathouse at Cooper River is the quintessential setting for recreational and competitive rowing. Cooper River is an ideal water venue praised by athletes and international rowing experts for its sheltered, narrow, six-lane, 2,000-meter race course. Cooper River Park has hosted numerous state and national rowing events, such as the IRA, NCAA, and the SRAAs regattas, in addition to many local high school, college and masters regattas.

The Boathouse features six boat bays for storage of close to one-hundred racing shells. It houses seven local rowing clubs that train daily on the Cooper River, ranging from middle-school-aged to adults in their senior years. Daily rowing on the Cooper started in 2001 with one-hundred area rowers, and that number has now grown to more than 400 rowers practicing every day.

Rowing Club Members

Anyone interested in storing rowing shells at the boathouse must be a club on the Cooper River. There is an annual Public Lottery to store single or double seat boats at the boathouse. The lottery is held in December each year and good for the following calendar year.

Boat Storage

8+ $600.00
4+ $300.00
2x $150.00
1x $150.00

Membership Fees

Fall $25.00
Spring $50.00
Summer $10.00
Masters $40.00

Rowing Clubs will be permitted four free uses of a meeting room per year for club/board/parent meetings (2 hours per meeting), and unlimited use of the training room when available for coaching purposes only. There is an annual Public Lottery to store single or double seat boats at the boathouse. The lottery is held in December each year and good for the following calendar year.

Boathouse Membership Fee

Annual $100.00

2025 Regatta Calendar

Saturday, March 22nd
Big Ivy Dust Up

Saturday March 29th
Doc Hosea Regatta

Saturday, April 5th
Steve Neczypor Memorial Regatta

Saturday & Sunday, April 12th-13th
Knecht Cup Regatta

Saturday, April 26th
Garden States Championships

Sunday, April 27th
Cooper Cup Regatta

Thursday – Saturday, May 8th – 10th
Jefferson Dad Vail Regatta

Friday-Sunday, May 16th, 17th, and 18th
Conference Championships (A-10, MAAC, Patriot, CAA, Ivy)

Thursday-Saturday, May 22rd-24th
Scholastic Rowing Association of America Championships

Friday -Sunday May 30th- June 1st
International Rowing Association National Championship Regatta

Friday & Saturday August 1st and 2nd
Cooper River Dragonboat Festival

Saturday September 27th
Northeast Dragonboat Challenge Regatta

Saturday September 13th
BAYADA Regatta

Saturday, October 25th
Gold Cup Regatta

Boathouse Rules and Policies
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Clubs:
Camden County welcomes all these clubs to Cooper River.

High Schools

Bishop Eustace
Haddon Township Crew
Haddonfield Crew Club
Moorestown Crew
South Jersey Rowing Club

Masters (Adult Rowing)

Cooper Rowing Club
River Sisters Dragon Boat Club
River Sirens Dragon Boat Club

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