Text Box: In recent news, the KBC has fully renovated the Boat House giving Rowers a pleasant, fully-equipped boat room, lounge, locker room,  and exercise room.  These facilities have been provided for all rowers because of popular demand and increased participants.  The new exercise room features two state-of-the-art rowing machines, bench-press, Soloflex style machine, rotating priors, abdomen exerciser, new free-weights, and more.  The rowing machines, or ergometers, help rowers practice for ergometer events in big rowing events.  The isolated aerobics room has air-conditioners, oak floors, and a high-fidelity audio system. The co-ed locker room has men’s and women’s restrooms, showers, benches, and multi-metric scale. 

Text Box: Rowers can enjoy chatting with teammates in the lounge or simply enter the boat club for beverage and assorted snacks. Management has hired additional Khalisis for tending to the boats and maintaining the pontoon.  The inside of the Boat Room has been freshly painted and the boats are waxed and polished weekly.  Another compelling fact is that an entire set of new boats has been ordered from Europe and will be arriving by the end of the season.  This is amazing considering other fiberglass boats have already been donated by the Navy Rowing Team in 2002.  The availability of more boats and oars suggests that the team will be dominant in marine activities all throughout Pakistan year in and year out.

Text Box: Special points of interest: · The Karachi Boat Club took second place only after Pakistan Navy in the 2003 National SAF Rowing Championship. · Lady Rowers of KBC took 1st place in two leading events; Double Sculls and Fours. · The 2004 SAF Games rallies the Rowing Association of England and The Rowing Association of the East at Rawal Lake.

Text Box: Regattas, or rowing tournaments, excite enthusiasts and rowers alike.  With the monthly President’s Cup fueling competition among squads, each event is worth seeing or reviewing on television. Seasonal events are even bigger and the crowds attracted take privy in going for boat rides,

Text Box: eating cotton candy and popcorn, and attending the awards ceremony where Junior and Senior Sculls earn certificates and medals for events won. Ladies win medals for co-ed and non co-ed events alike.  The Captain of Boats, Vice Captain, and Boat Club Secretary gracefully coordinate cere

Text Box: monies for the prize winners along with photography shoots for the best Senior Squads.  In preparation for SAF Games 2005, the management is meeting all requirements to train and sponsor top-notch  rowers for the trip to Rawal Lake in Islamabad.

Text Box: K.B.C. Rowing Team

Text Box: 11-Mar-04

Text Box: Volume 1, Issue 13

     
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Rowing Schedule

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Pakistan Day Cup

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Spring Regatta '04

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New Members

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Ergometer Trials

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Sindh Sea Festival

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