University boat crews go to Argentina
Posted on 6 November 1998
The invitation to the regatta follows a visit by Dr Keith Mander, Head of Computer Science at York to Argentina in April this year. One of the universities he visited was del Salvador, a modern campus university near Buenos Aires. "The campus has a very large lake, specifically designed for rowing, and the University has a very active rowing club," said Dr Mander. "They extended an invitation there and then for our oarsmen to visit and take part in their international regatta."
"The training has been very hard as we have had to work on 500m sprints in the middle of the long distance (5000m) season," said Men's Captain Laurence Pidcock. "But the training is coming along well and we feel we will be ready for the challenge."
The students going to Argentina, and the subjects they study, are;
- Hugh Nichols, third year, Electronics
- Edward Collinge, fourth year, Mathematics
- James Cotter, third year, Biology
- Nick Brown, third year, Economics
- Nick Priestman, third year, Economics
- Owen Rodd, second year, Politics, Economics and Philosophy
- Laurence Pidcock, third year, Mathematics
- Daniel Rainbow, third year, Biology
- Dominic Lindley, second year, Economics
- Andy Wire, fourth year, Physics
- Pete Dick, University Sports Centre (trainer)