THE CRADLE OF ROWING IN ARGENTINA

Rowing and Tigre are intimately linked. You can't tell the story of one without mentioning the other. Many clubs were created in the city as a result of the immigrants who left their mark on Argentina. The story goes back to around 1870, when a group of young amateurs set out on a tour that linked the port of Buenos Aires with the city of Tigre. The following year, a friendly regatta was held on the Luján River, considered the most suitable route for this sport. On December 10, 1873, the first official regatta in the country was run in these same waters. That same year, the Buenos Aires Rowing Club—dean of water sports—was founded, and the activity continued growing in subsequent years, with the contribution of the English, Spanish, French, Nordic, Italian and other communities, and their clubs populated the banks of the Luján and Tigre rivers and adorned what is today the Lavalle-Victorica Promenade.

The municipality of Tigre, based on the particular characteristics of this place privileged by its nature, became a center of mini-tourism and the cradle of Argentine rowing, as it was designated in 1973. Today half of the events organized by the Argentine Rowing Association are held in Tigre, and the latest national Olympic champions, Tranquilo Capozzo and Eduardo Guerrero, were members of the 'Club Canottieri Italiani' and the 'Club de Regatas La Marina.'

For its rowing clubs and all its riverside architecture, Tigre is a candidate to receive the "World Heritage Site" distinction by UNESCO. The fact that the institutions and their buildings have remained unchanged for decades reflects the plurality of communities and cultural trends that forged Argentina's diverse and thriving nationality.

ROWING CLUBS IN TIGRE

CLUB DE REGATAS LA MARINA

Located at the corner of Paseo Victorica and Colón, on the Luján River. See More

BUENOS AIRES ROWING CLUB

Located at Mitre 226, opposite the Tigre River. See More

CLUB NAUTICO HACOAJ

A private club with social and sports purposes located at Avenida Luis García 943 in the city of Tigre. See More

CLUB CANOTTIERI ITALIANI

Located at Mitre 74, on the banks of the Tigre River. See More

CLUB DE REGATAS HISPANO ARGENTINO

Located at Paseo Victorica 50, on the banks of the Luján River. See More

CLUB SUIZO DE BUENOS AIRES

Located at Lavalle 115, on the Tigre River. See More

CLUB DE REGATAS AMÉRICA

Located at Lavalle 167, on the Tigre River. See More

CLUB DE REMEROS ESCANDINAVOS

Located at Túpac Amaru 1046, where the Reconquista River flows into the Luján River. See More

NAHUEL ROWING CLUB

Located at Lavalle 235, on the banks of the Tigre River. See More

ROWING CLUB ARGENTINO

Located at Lavalle 235, on the banks of the Luján River. See More

CLUB DE REGATAS L'AVIRON

Located at Ayacucho 971, on the banks of the Tigre River. See More

TIGRE BOAT CLUB

Located at Lavalle 235, on the banks of the Luján River. See More

TEUTONIA

Teutonia is the fourth oldest rowing club in Argentina and the oldest of the clubs of the German-Argentine community. See More

THE ROWING FESTIVAL

The event was organized by the local government in conjunction with local rowing clubs and nonprofit organizations. Sports-related and cultural proposals for the whole community were proposed.

The Municipality of Tigre, along with local rowing clubs and community institutions, organized the 2022 Rowing Festival. Mayor Julio Zamora led the main event, which extended from the Rowers' Monument to the gardens of the Tigre Art Museum and consisted of an exhibition regatta, a display of a large number of boats and cultural proposals.

During the event—organized in conjunction with the Argentine Federation of Rowing Clubs and Entities (FACER), the Argentine Association of Amateur Rowers (AARA) and the International Regatta Commission of Tigre (CRIT)—the public enjoyed cultural performances, visited stands on the history of each entity and admired the boat exhibitions. In addition, in the afternoon there were parades by water and on foot from the Rowers' Monument to the Tigre Art Museum, featuring club representatives and the Argentine Naval Prefecture.