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
2024 Regatta Calendar
Saturday, March 23, 2024
Ivy/Big 10 Double Duel
Teams compete head-to-head over 2,000 meters and then rotate opponents later in the day.
Saturday March 30, 2024
Doc Hosea Invitational – RegattaWorks
Saturday, April 6, 2024
Steve Neczypor Memorial Regatta
Saturday & Sunday, April 13-14, 2024
The KNECHT Cup Regatta
Saturday, April 27, 2024
Garden States Championships
The Garden State Scholastic Championships is the National qualifiers of the SRAA regatta. The teams compete in 1,500-meter heats in using stake boats.
Sunday, April 28, 2024
Cooper Cup Regatta
Friday & Saturday, May 8 – 11, 2024
Jefferson Dad Vail Regatta
The largest collegiate regatta in the United States
Friday-Sunday, May 17 – 19, 2024
Conference Championships (A-10, MAAC, CAA, Patriot, IVY)
Friday-Sunday, May 23-25, 2024
SRAA Nationals
Saturday, July 27th 2024
Cooper River Dragon Boat Festival
Saturday, September 28, 2024
Northeastern Dragon Boat Championship Regatta
Saturday, October 26, 2023
Gold Challenge Cup Foundation – The Gold Cup
2025
May 30th- June 1s1, 2025
IRA National Championship
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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