About NRC

A public/private partnership project to develop Newport’s Waterfront

Newport Rowing Club

• Promote education, training, instruction and participation in amateur rowing
• Develop the healthy minds, bodies and character of student athletes and master athletes
• Encourage sportsmanship, teamwork, and the principals and standards expected of participants in national and international amateur sports
• Advance the sport and art of rowing on the Historic Christina River in Newport, DE, and surrounding communities
• Educate the public about the benefits of lifetime participation in rowing.
• Organize and sponsor amateur competitions and regattas on the Christina River and other venues and promote participation in such events by student athletes, master athletes and the public

Check out the following video created for a school project by NRC athlete, Dante DeAnnuntis, a senior at the Salesianum School –

Newport Environmental Center

Provide awareness of the geology, natural history, and ecology surrounding the Newport, DE, waterfront and its relationship to Delaware and the mid-Atlantic region. Create an environmental center to provide environmental education to local and regional students and their families.

Public/Private Collaboration

Work with local businesses, area schools and Newport, DE, to attract youth and adults from the region to the sport of rowing; host premier regattas attracting regional rowing clubs to Newport and its local businesses.