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News Release
13/08/02
From Paul Azzopardi
(Regatta Chairman):
Oxford
City Royal Regatta - Saturday 17th August 2002
”Rowing
Competition Open to All”
Released 13th August 2002
A
sprint rowing competition - open to all comers - is being organized
by the City of Oxford Rowing Club as part of the city’s annual
Regatta on Saturday.
Medals
will be awarded to the fastest over 1 minute on Concept II rowing
machines, with separate competitions for rowers and non-rowers and a
range of categories for men, women, juniors (aged 7 -18), seniors
(19-31), and veterans (aged 32-75). T-shirts and 1 year's free
social membership of City of Oxford Rowing Club will be awarded to
each of the fastest overall male and female competitor of the day.
The
competition will be held in a tent near the Finish of the regatta
course at Long Bridges (on the river towpath between Folly Bridge
and Donnington Bridge) between 10.00 am and 5.00 pm. Anyone wishing
to take part can just turn up at the tent and have a go (£1 per go,
as many goes as you like).
The
competition was a huge success when it was run for the first time
last year, attracting many participans from the City. Matthew
Eccleston (age 7) and Andrew Delaney (age 71-75), both from Oxford,
were the winners in the youngest and the oldest categories.
The
Oxford City Royal Regatta is one of the oldest in the country,
dating back to 1841. This year 240 crews (some 600 competitors in
total), including 48 crews from the city and 23 crews from the
university, will take part in a total of 60 events. Racing will take
place over 1 km course on the River Thames between Folly Bridge and
Long Bridges (near Donnington Bridge). 192 races have been scheduled
to run at 2.8 minute intervals throughout the day without a break,
starting at 9.00 am and finishing at 6.00 pm.
The
highlights include Invitation Corporate Eights races (sponsored by
Hewden Hire Centres, Oxford Instruments and Oxford University
Press), Invitation Adaptive Sculling races (for disabled rowers),
races for Juniors (many of whom attend local schools and have
learned to row at City of Oxford Rowing Club), and a sprint indoor
rowing competition open to all comers.
The Lord
Mayor will attend the Regatta and present prizes at the Finish at
Long Bridges between 3.45 pm and 5.30 pm. She will arrive by launch,
which will convey her down the course from Folly Bridge at about
3.30 pm.
The
Regatta is free to spectators from the towpath. Refreshments
will be available throughout the day from the marquee next the
Finish at Long Bridges, and from the bar at the City of Oxford
Rowing Club on Meadow Lane.
For further
information please contact:
Paul Azzopardi
(Regatta Chairman) Tel. 077145 205745 (m)
Email: azzopard@ermine.ox.ac.uk
Oxford City Royal Regatta Home Page: http://users.ox.ac.uk/~azzopard/regatta.html
Quick
link to details of Sprint Indoor Rowing Competition:
http://users.ox.ac.uk/~azzopard/ocrr/regatta_ergo_competition.html
Quick
link to 2002 Regatta Programme:
http://users.ox.ac.uk/~azzopard/ocrr/regatta_programmemenu.html
City
of Oxford Rowing Club Home Page:
http://i.am/corc
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