SWCYRA Schools Regatta

Post date: May 10, 2017 11:17:52 PM

Schools Regatta;

As a new initiative to deal with the increased demand from national school children,South West Rowing is organising its first ever schools regatta. This will be held at Kilkern Lake on May 21st where teams of primary school’s pupils from 5th and 6th classes will race against each other. A number of the clubs had in recent years invited their local school's to avail of their facilities and let the pupils try out rowing as part of their P.E. classes. Watersports has been added to the curriculum for primary schools in recent times and while most schools have to date concentrated on swimming to fulfill this requirement, this initiative by South West Rowing opens up another opportunity to get students out and active. Feedback from the participating schools has been very positive, and it is hoped to make this an annual event