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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

Founded on July 18, 1876, this legendary and prestigious Argentine rowing institution has won more than 1,700 regattas. In 2014 the building, work of the architect Bernardo Fontán, was declared a National Historic Monument.


Phone: 4728-0076

BUENOS AIRES ROWING CLUB

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

Founded on December 16, 1873 and headquartered in Tigre since the beginning of the century, its premises cover 8,000 square meters, including a 3,000-square-meter Tudor-style building, built in 1916. It contains more than 200 boats for rowing or canoeing in its boat house. It has accumulated more than 1,000 triumphs in high-performance regattas.


Phone.: 4749-0046

CLUB NAUTICO HACOAJ

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

On the night of December 24, 1935, a small group of young Argentine Jews gathered to found the 'Club Náutico Israelita.' In 1936 the board of directors changed the name to 'Club Nautico Hacoaj' in tribute to Hakoah of Vienna. Club Náutico Hacoaj is the leading sports organization of the Argentine Jewish Community, with national and international projection.


Phone: 4749-0520

CLUB CANOTTIERI ITALIANI

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

Characteristic for its Venetian style, it spearheaded the expansion of rowing as a sport in the Argentine Republic. Since its foundation, it has been a sports center for the whole family. It was founded on January 1, 1910. In 1952 the club’s rowers Eduardo Guerrero and Tranquilo Capozzo won the first Olympic gold medal in rowing for Argentina in Helsinki.


Phone: 4731-0685

CLUB DE REGATAS HISPANO ARGENTINO

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

Founded on April 10, 1913, with the idea of creating an entity formed by Spaniards and Argentines to promote the practice of rowing. It was the first sports organization to win a women's regatta, in 1926.


Tel.: 4749-0201

CLUB SUIZO DE BUENOS AIRES

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

The club was founded on May 17, 1913 by a community of Swiss citizens residing in Argentina. During the years 1925 and 1926 the slipway and the boat house were built, and the construction of the tennis courts began.


Phone: 4749-0082

CLUB DE REGATAS AMÉRICA

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

Founded on July 30, 1920. The current building was modified and opened in 1932. Its main activity is the practice of rowing both for recreation and competition. It has 3 schools: rowing for adults, for youths and children, and open water rowing.


Phone: 4749-0320

CLUB DE REMEROS ESCANDINAVOS

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

The Scandinavian Rowing Club was founded by Norwegians, Swedes, Finns and Danes on October 26, 1912. Its first headquarters was in a small club house on Paseo Victorica, and during the ’60s it was moved to a headquarters located at the mouth of the Reconquista River on the Luján River.


Phone: 15-5713-3716

NAHUEL ROWING CLUB

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

Founded on June 9, 1916, it is a centenarian institution that has maintained the spirit of social integration of its founders, incorporating children and young people with a desire to practice and become federated in both rowing and tennis. The Tigre Municipal School of Rowing operates at the headquarters of this club.


Phone: 4731-2516

ROWING CLUB ARGENTINO

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

The club was founded by descendants of Brits, Scots and Belgians who decided to unite ‘criollo’ culture with those from other parts of Europe. On May 6, 1906, the organization’s first two-story structure was inaugurated. On November 11, 1908, the Rowing Club Argentino made its debut in official regattas.


Phone: 4731-4285

CLUB DE REGATAS L'AVIRON

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

Founded on October 13, 1920 by members of the French, Belgian and Swiss community. In 1923 they obtained the land where the current building was built, work of the architect Feliciano Durand. The institution participates at the federated level in rowing competitions, hosting the open water rowing calendar.


Phone: 4731-2924

TIGRE BOAT CLUB

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

Founded in Buenos Aires on July 17, 1888, the main building belonged to the Doldz family, who had built it in 1870 and which was bought by the club in 1910. It currently has everything you need for rowing, including about 70 boats for leisure and competitive use.


Phone: 4749-0071

TEUTONIA

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

The first headquarters was built on the corner of the Tigre and Luján rivers. In 1978, it was moved to a 9-hectare land plot near Villa La Ñata, on the banks of the Luján River, and in 1990 the new headquarters was inaugurated.


Phone: 4728-2447

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.