Newport Rowing again strong at national rowing championships

Once again, the Newport Rowing Club was strong at USRowing Youth National Championships, ended up with four nationally-ranked crews, including the Women’s Lightweight 4+ featuring, from left: Erin Mullen, Alyson Kerrigan, Julia Baumel and Leah Mayfield. NEWPORT, Del. –  Not even three years old, Newport Rowing Club is celebrating its third successful trip to the USRowing Youth National...

Opportunity for middle-schoolers to test waters

Newport club offering Intro-to-Row clinic on Saturday Curious about crew? The Newport Rowing Club (NRC) is offering a “Middle School Intro-to-Row Clinic” on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The session, designed for sixth-, seventh-, and eighth-graders, will feature certified coaches and experienced athletes presenting the basics, including water safety, “the language of rowing,” stroke...

Kennett HS student breaks world indoor rowing record for charity

Newport Rowing Club Coach Samantha “Sam” McDonald encouraging Julia Baumel, a junior at Kennett High School and one of the nation’s top junior women rowers, in the final stretch of her record-breaking indoor row, Monday. KENNETT SQUARE — When Julia Baumel decides to “pull” for a cause, she doesn’t mess around. This Kennett High School junior and Newport Rowing...

Local youth rowers compete at Indoor Championships

VILLANOVA — Twenty  Kennett/Unionville-area youth rowers from Newport Rowing Club (NRC) competed with a strong showing at the Mainline Slide, Philadelphia’s Indoor Rowing Championships at Villanova University.  The annual event drew more than 500 rowers with an age span of 12 to 89 years old.  Several area rowers brought home top honors and almost every NRC rower broke a personal record...