A primary purpose of Carnegie Lake Rowing Association is to provide opportunities for members to participate in friendly competition with other rowing clubs. Assignment to these groups, session boats and race boats by the coaching staff is based upon fitness, ability and level of commitment and participation, and is reviewed and changed regularly. Rowing sessions emphasize improvement of technique and conditioning. While the primary consideration in the selection of rowers for race boats is to do as well as possible, an effort is made to accommodate all who sign up to race. Anyone from either group who rows regularly is eligible to sign up for any race.
Intramural races provide additional opportunities for competition.
In short, the club s competitive philosophy can be summed up as having fun doing the best we can with what we ve got. CLRA Groupings Following are CLRA s assumptions, policies and practices related to the Competitive and General groups. All CLRA members seek to improve their rowing. The groups are stratified and the boatings within each group are generally stratified. CLRA seeks to create an environment in both groups so that all members are rowing with members closest to their level and are challenged and helped to improve.