General Information:

• This year Crew Winter Conditioning will be conducted at Forest Park High School. Training will be 2:30 to 4:30 Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday (no Wednesdays).
• We will hold an ERG Maintenance Day on Wednesday, November 23rd at 2:30.
• Winter Conditioning will begin on December 1st and will run until February 6th. Winter Conditioning is highly recommended to build strength and endurance prior to the 2027 Spring Crew Season. In addition, it affords new students an opportunity to meet the members of the Forest Park Crew team.
• The cost for Winter Conditioning is $15, this covers the cost of a Winter Conditioning Shirt and it can be worn to the Prince William Rowing Club’s High School Erg Sprints in February.
• If you have any registration questions, please contact Mia Simpson, FP Crew President

Winter Conditioning Registration Instructions:

• Registration will begin on October 7th and end on December 19th. 
• All participants in Winter Conditioning must have the necessary forms on file and approved with Forest Park High School.
• Students who did a fall sport at FPHS this year need to add Crew to your sports in your Arbiter account so the head coaches can see you on the crew roster. This will show that you have submitted a physical and concussion training to FPHS.

Please make sure you make copies and keep the originals of all paperwork.  

STUDENTS WILL NEED TO COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING:

• VHSL Physical – this must be submitted through https://www.arbitersports.com
  and upload your VHSL physical for the 2026-2027 school year.
• Complete Concussion Training – this must also be completed through
  arbitersports.com when completed

A link for the above instructions is on the school web site as well: forestparkhs.pwcs.edu

• Register for Winter Conditioning on Regatta Central
• Complete the payment.
• JOIN SPOND: Please download and join the FP Crew group in the Spond App:
  www.spond.com All team communications happen in this app, not via email.

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REQUIRED FORMS:

VHSL Physical Form

All physical examinations must take place after May 1, 2026, for a student-athlete to participate in sports at Forest Park High School for the 2026-2027 school year. The examination results, all information, physician’s signature, stamp from physician’s office, parent’s signature, and athlete’s signature must be on this form and submitted into Arbiter.

• Make sure all blanks are filled on the physical. THE FORM IS REVISION 2025 VHSL PHYSICAL, NOT A MIDDLE SCHOOL FORM.
• ALL SIGNATURES ARE REQUIRED (PAGE 1 ATHLETE, PAGE 2 PARENT & ATHLETE AND PAGE 4 PARENT in two spots).
• Kaiser Permanente has an electronic version of the VHSL form.  PWCS will only accept that form if pages 1, 2, and 4 of the VHSL Physical (2025 revision) are completed and attached to the Kaiser form.

On-Line Concussion Training PWCS

Virginia Code 22.1-271.5 requires all student-athletes and their parent/guardian to complete a concussion education program every year. The PWCS On-Line Concussion Training course is designed to be compliant with Virginia Code 22.1-271.5. It is to be completed in Arbiter.

Emergency Permission Blue Card Form

Blue cards can be picked up at the front office or outside Mr. Bricker’s office. Once completed, parent/guardian must sign the bottom of the form on both sides and write their sport in the Specialty/Designated Site Program bank on the emergency card. Turn in hard copy to the activity’s office. NO electronic submissions will be accepted.  New card must be submitted for each sport.

Register for Winter Conditioning on Regatta Central

This year, while registration for Winter Conditioning will be through the Regatta Central website, payment will be collected through Check on the first day of Winter Conditioning or by Venmo or PayPal on the FP Crew website Winter Conditioning tab, See #7 below for link.

1. Go to the Regatta Central website at:  www.regattacentral.com.
2. Find Forest Park Crew under the Clubs Tab at the top of the page.
3. Choose “WINTER CONDITIONING”.
4. Click on the “Join/Renew” button for your selection.

If you have registered on the Regatta Central website before, enter your rower’s username and password (use the Forgot your Username/Password links, if needed).  If your rower will be a first-time participant and you don’t have a Regatta Central account, fill in the New Users block on the right (with a parent’s email and name) and register as indicated.  The parent email address that you enter here is the email address that your registration receipt will be sent to.

5. Select your rower’s name from the “Participant” pull down on the top left of the registration site you will be taken to.  For first time participants, please click the “New Participant” link in blue then enter the requested information.
6. Click Next, when you are done adding the participant.  Proceed through your account holder information screen. Click NEXT to get to the payment page.

***ON REGATTA CENTRAL, please mark “Pay by Check.”***

7. Once you have completed that registration, please return to the Forest Park Crew website at: Forest Park Crew Winter Conditioning to complete your payment via Venmo or PayPal or bring a check to the first day of Winter Conditioning. The Cost is $15

KEEP COPIES OF EVERYTHING!

Payment can be made by the following methods:

• PayPal
  • Paying with a credit card or debit card (Master Card, Visa American Express, Discover) – 2.59% + $.49 per transaction
  • Paying with PayPal – 3.49% + $.49 per transaction
  • Please include your student’s name in the notes

  PayPal QR Code:

  

   
• Venmo
  • Payment to @FP-Crew
  • No fees if you choose NOT to pay by credit card through Venmo, otherwise there’s a 3% transaction fee to pay using a credit card
  • Please DO NOT mark payment for “goods and services” as Venmo will deduct $1.99 for the amount received per transaction
  • Please include your student’s name in the notes

Venmo QR Code:

• Personal Check
  • Made out to Forest Park Crew Inc.
  • Please write your student’s name on your check
  • Checks can be given at Information Night or the first day of Winter Conditioning.
  • DO NOT send checks to P.O. Box address or place it in the crew mailbox at the front office at Forest Park

All payment questions can be referred to the FP Crew Treasurer