The Opening Ceremony of the 7th European Universities Rowing Championship took place on the evening of August 31th, 2011, in Moscow at the Olympic Rowing Centre.

The Ceremony was attended by Mr. Oleg V. Matytsin, President of the Russian Students Sport Union who welcomed participants on behalf of the Organizing Committee.



EUSA EC Delegate Mr. Aitor Canibe Sánchez, also welcomed all participants and wished all the teams and participants who came to test their skills and abilities great competitions and all the best. He also thanked the Organizing Committee for all their contributions.



The competition is organized by the Russian Students Sport Union with contribution of the Department of Physical, Culture and Sport, Moscow Government and is taking place from August 31st to September 2nd in Moscow.



EUSA is represented by Mr. Aitor Canibe Sánchez and the Technical Delegates are Mr. Josip Kostelic and Mr. Nigel Mayglothling. They will make sure that the event will go smoothly and without problems.

The Competition will host 160 male and 152 female competitors from as many as 54 Universities from 15 countries.



The most successful University in 2010 in terms of results was the University of Economy Bydgoszcz (Poland) which participates this edition with 17 competitors (10 male and 7 female).

More info can be found at http://rowing2011.eusa.eu.