Siġġiewi Rowing Club Brings Home Silver From European Championships
The Siġġiewi Rowing Club placed second in the Gozzo races during the European Fixed-Seat Rowing Championships held earlier this month in Taranto, Italy.
The European Fixed-Seat Rowing Championships are an annual event during which international crews compete against each other on various fixed-seat boats including the Gozzo Nazionale, a typical Ligurian boat, that is rowed by four seated rowers and a coxswain.
During the 2022 Male Gozzo races, the Siġġiewi crew placed first in the semi-final and second to the Italian crew in the final, which ultimately commended the Maltese crew with a silver medal.
The Siġġiewi Rowing Club crew was composed of Mark Schembri, Ivan Cassar, Joseph Grima, Kyle Spagnol and Kurt Cassar acted as coxswain.
The Siġġiewi rowers also competed on the ‘Voga in Piedi‘ (a boat that is rowed standing in the Venetian style), and in various mixed crews on the traditional 10-oared ‘Lancia’ one of which placed third.
The European Fixed-Seat Rowing Championships are organised and endorsed by the Italian Fixed-Seat Rowing Federation (FICSF) which is affiliated with the Italian Olympic Committee.
The federation is responsible for some of the most prestigious regattas in Italy, including the historical ‘Regatta delle Antiche Repubbliche Marinare’ (Amalfi, Genova, Pisa, and Venice).
Siġġiewi Rowing Club, an all-inclusive sports club, was established in 2016 with the aim of bringing together individuals of all ages and abilities and professionally guiding them in their personal journey in the sport of rowing.
The club welcomes a mix of athletes, para-athletes, and athletes with intellectual disabilities, of all ages (Junior to Master), female and male who train on fixed-seat and, sliding-seat Olympic and coastal boats, as well as indoor rowing.
The club is a full member of the Malta Rowing Association and is one of the eight rowing clubs that participate in the Maltese National Regattas held on 31st March and 8th September.
Well done!
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