The Buffalo River is set to be a massive hive of activity over the coming week as the 129th annual Buffalo Regatta prepares to get under way on Thursday.
The country’s best oarsmen and women, juniors in school and seniors, will descend on East London to see who is the nation’s best among schools, universities and clubs.
With the Buffalo Regatta taking place over two days, Thursday and Saturday, the 57th Selborne Sprints Regatta will look to entertain the crowd in the shorter format on the Friday.
Adding to this year’s event will be the university sprints, over 500m, and the senior open sprints, which will see the SA national team competitors paddling it out after the Selborne Sprints on the Friday.
This will feature tight and exciting racing, and should be a spectator favourite with a number of photo finishes.
Another new addition which has been added this year that will also add to the spectator experience is the live streaming to the clubhouse on all three floors of the start of every race.
Spectators will now be able to see the start of the race 2000m away.
Competing on the local front in the Regatta will be Leander Rowing Club, as well as Selborne College and Clarendon Girls High making up the three East London reps to take part.
Eastern Cape Universities Nelson Mandela Metropolitan (NMMU) and Rhodes will be competing on the local front as well, looking to make an impact.
Tuks Rowing Club and St Albans usually dominate the Regatta and, with the amount of entries the two bring down and the amount of money both pump into their rowing, it is no surprise, and they will be odds on favourites to do so again.
The Silver Sculls Trophy and the Grand Challenge are the two main titles of the Buffalo Regatta, and they should be fiercely competed as always.
This year SA rowing from Johannesburg are running the race schedule and everything will be done on the computer, including the race times, which are all computerised, and the results will appear immediately on the RowSA website.
Over 3000 people and competitors are expected to be in the city over the three days and this should bring a fantastic atmosphere and friendly competitiveness to the event.
The action gets under way early on Thursday morning and should conclude by late Saturday afternoon.
For more information check out the Buffalo Regatta facebook page.
Pulling power to hit Buffalo
The country’s best oarsmen and women, juniors in school and seniors, will descend on East London to see who is the nation’s best among schools, universities and clubs.
With the Buffalo Regatta taking place over two days, Thursday and Saturday, the 57th Selborne Sprints Regatta will look to entertain the crowd in the shorter format on the Friday.
Adding to this year’s event will be the university sprints, over 500m, and the senior open sprints, which will see the SA national team competitors paddling it out after the Selborne Sprints on the Friday.
This will feature tight and exciting racing, and should be a spectator favourite with a number of photo finishes.
Another new addition which has been added this year that will also add to the spectator experience is the live streaming to the clubhouse on all three floors of the start of every race.
Spectators will now be able to see the start of the race 2000m away.
Competing on the local front in the Regatta will be Leander Rowing Club, as well as Selborne College and Clarendon Girls High making up the three East London reps to take part.
Eastern Cape Universities Nelson Mandela Metropolitan (NMMU) and Rhodes will be competing on the local front as well, looking to make an impact.
Tuks Rowing Club and St Albans usually dominate the Regatta and, with the amount of entries the two bring down and the amount of money both pump into their rowing, it is no surprise, and they will be odds on favourites to do so again.
The Silver Sculls Trophy and the Grand Challenge are the two main titles of the Buffalo Regatta, and they should be fiercely competed as always.
This year SA rowing from Johannesburg are running the race schedule and everything will be done on the computer, including the race times, which are all computerised, and the results will appear immediately on the RowSA website.
Over 3000 people and competitors are expected to be in the city over the three days and this should bring a fantastic atmosphere and friendly competitiveness to the event.
The action gets under way early on Thursday morning and should conclude by late Saturday afternoon.
For more information check out the Buffalo Regatta facebook page.
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