What is Nashville Rowing’s Mission?

The purpose of the Nashville Rowing Club, according to our Charter and By-Laws, is to foster, and conduct, national or international amateur sports competition and to support and develop amateur athletes for national and international competition in such sports. The sports supported by us shall include, but not be limited to, rowing and paddling activities.

Where We Started

Nashville Rowing Club was originally founded in 1985 by recent college-graduated rowers that wanted to continue their passion for the sport while they lived in Middle Tennessee. Over time, the original group fell away as they focused on other life responsibilities and the Club was reinstated in 2008 by another small group of passionate adult athletes that wanted to see rowing grow in Nashville again. It continued in this fashion, in a small, intimate way, until 2013 when the current expeditious growth became an immediate goal.

How It’s Going

Nashville Juniors began in the Fall of 2013 with an original 25 athletes that had never taken rowing strokes before, and has grown precipitously from there. With the passion of the Juniors program to match the enthusiastic Adult side of the Club, Nashville Rowing has exploded in growth, fleet expansion, experience coaching staff, and competitiveness in national and international competition. We are constantly evolving and looking both internally and externally to see how we can bring this life changing sport to more people in Nashville and Middle Tennessee!