Rowing

Date and time

Two times a week on the river Arno (Tuesdays and Thursdays from 7.15 to 9.15) and one time a week in the gym (Mondays 18.30, starting the 13th of November).

Please note that for this activity new members are taken in twice a year only due to the lengthy and complex introduction that is needed to start rowing. The next take-in will be announced via this newsletter and social media.

Where:

The Società Canottieri  Firenze  is located at Lungarno Anna Maria Luisa de Medici 8 . Look for the little green door near the Uffizi gallery viewing platform in the direction of Ponte Vecchio.

Information

Rowing is both a technical sport and a fitness sport. Novice sessions will focus on learning the right movements and achieving a good balance in the boat. Indoor training on the rowing machines (“ergs”) will improve your fitness. We are also a lovely, sociable bunch & the only EUI sports club with their own on-site restaurant and bar!  The EUI Rowing Club has four captains who take care of the daily organisational matters, the training strategy and going to races, and a local coach from the Canottieri. Captains change every year. This year the captains are:Maxime Morel, Ieva Hūna, Sarah Tegas, Esteban Scuzarello.

Newcomers are invited to a try-out session.

We aim at preparing crews and individuals for competitions.

We have our eyes set on races in Bruges, here in Florence and on the famous Vogalonga long-distance regatta through the Laguna of Venice. Novices who train regularly throughout the year will be perfectly able to participate.

Finally, rowing is a team sport - our club has a very sociable atmosphere in a mixed group of EUI students and affiliates.