Middle School at Osprey

Who / Where / When 

2026 Fall Season Registration Open Now! 

Offered at BOTH Osprey AND Nathan Benderson Park this year! 

• Registration: At the bottom of the page!

• Grades: 6 through 8 - No experience necessary! 

• Location: This page is for our Osprey Location: 343 Palmetto Ave, Osprey 34229

*Schedule Note: For those who may get out of school later in the day, it is ok to arrive after 5:00PM for your weekday practice. You will still get to placed into our practice rotation and we are used to working kids in when they arrive to us. 

• Osprey's regular season program (Oct 5th - Dec 19th) has you choose one weekday and everyone comes on Saturday. You get to choose rowing in a 1x or 8+'s during the week and everyone rows in the team 8+'s on Saturday. All levels welcome. No experience necessary. There is no "right" way to start--you really do just get to choose what you want!

  • Singles Program Regular Season: Sculling (2 oars per rower) in singles, learn the skills of handling your own boat and the refined skills it takes to row a single. This program starts the week of October 5th is offered Mondays or Tuesdays. You will choose one of these week days for the season. Saturdays will be in 8's (sweep rowing) with all program participants.

  • 8s Program Regular Season: Sweep (1 oar per rower) in team boats, learn how to row in 8s and how to work together as a team. We offer this option on Tuesdays or Thursdays. Saturdays will also be in 8's (sweep rowing) with all program participants. 

  • Additional Days: Some individuals would like to come more than the two practices a week so we allow you to add an additional day for the regular season.

• Fall 2026 Dates (see below registrations for more details on times/dates):

  • Preseason (September 1st - October 3rd) You pay for 2 days a week, but if you can make all 3, we welcome you to all!
    Tuesday 4:30-6:45 pm at Osprey (343 Palmetto Ave, Osprey)
    Thursday 4:30-6:45 pm at Nathan Benderson Park (available but optional)
    Saturday 8:30-11:30 am - we will do about half of the Saturday practices at Osprey and half at NBP.

  • • At our Osprey location, during the regular season, you choose a day of the week to practice and Saturdays! (you can add on more weekday practices if you want)

    • Weekday practices are 4:30PM-6:45PM (6:30PM when Daylight Savings ends)*.

    • Saturday practices are 8:30AM-11:30AM.

    • Preseason is September 1st - October 3rd

    • Regular Fall Season is weeks of October 5th - December 19th (no practice November 23rd-28th, Thanksgiving)

  Fall 2026 Races: For athletes who are ready and interested in competing, there are 3 optional Fall races. Race fees are charged separately.

  • Benderson Chase, Nathan Benderson Park, October 10th-11th

  • Halloween Regatta, Tampa, FL, October 24th 

  • Plant High Fall Sprints, Nathan Benderson Park, December 5th 

  • Sarasota Crew Intrasquad Regatta, Nathan Benderson Park, December 19th

• Spring 2027 Dates

  • Spring Session: 10 weeks of rowing (dates TBD) in the program of your choosing. (No practice the week of Sarasota School District Spring Break). We will have practices on days that are school holidays during this session. We offer a race opportunity instead of practice for AYC Series 1 in February and West Districts in March.

  • Spring Add-On: We offer an additional spring session of 5 weeks (dates TBD) that ends with a race for those that want to continue. This is the only session where we recommend that athletes have prior rowing experience. It leads into USRowing Southeast Regionals in May. The fee for the spring add-on will include this race.

  • Spring 2027 Race Options: For athletes who are ready and interested in competing, there are 3 optional Spring races. Race fees are charged separately.

    • American Youth Cup, Sarasota, FL, date TBD

    • Florida State West District Championship - Tampa, FL, date TBD

    • USRowing Southeast Regional Championship, date TBD

    • End of the Year Banquet (date TBD) (optional)

Bus: We are able to provide a bus from Pine View currently. It runs Tuesdays during preseason and Monday through Friday during the regular fall season.