Chip Davis

Chip Davis is the founder and publisher of Rowing News. An oarsman from birth, he rowed on championship crews at St. Paul’s School and Dartmouth College, where he captained the lightweights. Now he sculls in Vermont when the weather is suitable and ergs the other half of the year.

Head of the Cuyahoga Celebrates 30 Years

One of America's largest single-day regattas has grown to more than 2,200 athletes and 525 entries representing 53 clubs, 38 cities, 11 states, and Canada.

New High School Rowing League

A new high-school rowing league is cheduled to begin in fall 2027 in Oklahoma City thanks to a $1 million grant from the Inasmuch Foundation to the RIVERSPORT Foundation, which will administer the new Varsity Rowing League.
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Olympic Oarsman Mulcahy to Be Honored at Fordham

1904 Olympic oarsman John Mulcahy will be honored along with Olympic medalist and world champion Fiona Murtagh '16 at Fordham Hall of Fame ceremony.

Rowing Canada Receives Million-Dollar Gift for National Training Centre Boathouse

Former Canadian national team oarsman Don Lindsay and the Lindsay Family Foundation have made a $1 million gift toward the national training center's new boathouse.

From the Editor: The September Issue

This and recent issues of Rowing News are full of newcomers. Just as rowing, the oldest intercollegiate sport in the world, adds to its offerings and grows, so do we.

World Rowing Launches Beach Sprint Series

The series will open in 2027 with stops Turkey and China featuring 16 national teams in the three LA28 events—men’s solo, women’s solo, and mixed double.

Triple Gold for U.S. Fours at World Championships

With the eights and singles finals still to come, USRowing is having its best World Rowing Championships, with gold medals in three fours events.

U.S. Crews Off To Fast Starts At Worlds

U.S. crews, led by the men's and women's fours and quads blazing through the heats and semifinals, are showing medal-winning potential at the World Rowing Championships in Amsterdam, with big boat finals this weekend.

Litchfield Hills RC Hosts Regatta to End ALZ

The Litchfield Hills Rowing Club will host the first-ever Regatta to End ALZ on Saturday, August 15, as part of the club's annual Head of the Swain.

Lenny Peters Cup to Feature U.S. Women’s Four

$200,000 gift from the Lenny Peters Foundation elevates the 2026 Lenny Peters Cup & High Point Autumn Rowing Festival as defending world champion U.S. women's four headlines international regatta.

142nd Royal Canadian Henley Regatta

At one time or another, almost all of North America’s best rowers race in St. Catharines, Ontario. To race at Canadian Henley is to come of age as a rower.

U.S. Team Ready for 2026 World Rowing Championships

Formidable line-ups in the eights, fours, and quads—along with Sam Melvin's arrival as a top sculler—point to what could be the best U.S. results ever at the 2026 World Rowing Championship in Amsterdam, August 24-30.

U.S. Collegiate Rowers Win Big at U23 Worlds

The U.S. women's U23 eight won gold, one of five Olympic-class results at the under-23 regatta in Duisburg, Germany. Greece topped the medals table. Great Britain won the men's eight for the seventh year in a row.

Tyler Nase Named Penn Women’s Head Coach

Nase returns to Philadelphia, where he began his rowing career on the Schuylkill River and later launched his coaching career at Penn.

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Surprise Conclusion to World Rowing Shanghai Sprints

Team Germany wins gold in the mixed eights, while the World Team the inaugural World Rowing Shanghai Sprints Overall Trophy.

Shanghai Sprints Deliver Drama

The 2026 World Rowing Shanghai Sprints delivered thrills and spills, with head-to-head 500-meter races on a course with a bend in a major city's center.

Recruiting: The Many Paths to College Rowing

Coaches build their teams in a variety of ways, pulling talent from multiple sources, not just traditional high-school programs.

2026 World Rowing Shanghai Sprints Like No Other

The inaugural World Rowing Shanghai Sprints takes place on 26-27 September 2026 in Shanghai, China, bringing together some of the biggest names in international rowing for a fast-paced weekend of head-to-head racing. Rowers compete over a 500-meter course in a knockout format, with crews racing head-to-head through successive rounds to determine the overall winners.