21 September 2023

By Göran R Buckhorn

The World Rowing Masters Regatta starts today in Tshwane, South Africa. This will be the first World Rowing event to be held in Africa. The regatta will run for four days and end on 24 September.

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You will find more information on the regatta website here. Also, take a look in the beautiful Regatta Event Bulletin here.

Here is a promotion video:

HTBS is happy to report that we will receive pictures from Tshwane from our own photographer Marie Barge, whose husband Thomas is racing at the regatta for his Swedish club, Malmö Roddklubb. Marie has earlier shared articles and photographs from Masters Regattas around the world.

Here are some images from Marie on the theme “Waiting” –

Photography © Marie Barge

Marie reports that a storm passed through the regatta venue and areas around on Tuesday night but luckily there were no reports of injuries or damage to people or boats.