John F. Kennedy School

Teltower Damm 87-93
14167 Berlin, Germany

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Phone: + 49 30 90299 5711
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Rowing Activity PDF Print E-mail
We meet once a week on Saturdays from 9:00 -12:00 a.m. starting in March through November near S-Bahnhof Wannsee.
We currently have 50-60 participating students from grade 6 - 13 ranging from beginner level to proficiency.

Requirements:
For safety reasons you need to be able to swim at least 30 min. After a trial session you would then need to become a member of the rowing association (Schülerruderverband Wannsee e.V. (http://www.srvw.de) and pay the association fee for the usage of the equipment from Schülerruderverband Wannsee e.V.

Special Events:
Twice a year (in spring and autumn) members of the JFKS rowing activity participate in the Berlin Rowing Regatta for schools ('Fühjahrsregatta respectively Herbstregatta der Berliner Schulen). Jannik and Jan-Mathis are the last winning team representing JFKS at the Frühjahrsregatta.
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Winner in the double skull at the spring rowing regatta Mai 13th 2009 representing JFKS

We also do at least two rowing excursions a year, half-day or day trips in the Berlin/Potsdam region starting at our boat house.

Regatta October 8th, 2009

20 Members of the JFKS rowing team showed up at the regatta course in Wannsee and competed against all other Berlin schools, that also didn't let themselves down just because of 'some' rain.
All participants deserve respect because they didn't give in and fought against all odds. Result wise the following 3 teams deserve a special appraisal:
 
1. place in the coxed quadrupple skull (4x+): Jeffrey, Paul, Carl-Christian (grade 12), Yigithan (grade 11), cox: Max (grade 9)
1. place in the single skull (1x): Yigithan
2. place (by just .5 sec) mixed coxed quadrupple skull (4x+): Max, Claudia, Chrissa, David (all 9th grade), cox: Yigithan.

Grundkurs Rowing Regatta - Friday November 6th 2009 -     finally13 students from grade 12a and 13a involved.
This time the weather was on our side - sunshine and almost no wind!
Result wise we were very happy to win both male coxed quadruple skull heats in the 300m sprint.
In the female coxed quadruple skull and various mixed races, JFKS came in second and third. Please find some pictures below.










Supplies:
You should bring sports wear, preferably tight clothing, a towel and extra change of clothes in case of getting wet.

Address:

Schülerruderverband Wannsee e.V.
Bismarckstr. 2
14109 Berlin

For more information please feel free to contact Arnold Schulze (JFKS Rowing Instructor).

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Members of the JFKS Rowing Activity 2009 in action!

girls in action

Members of the JFKS Rowing Activity 2009 getting together and preparing for their outing!