Tampa continues its role as the winter training spot for crew teams from northeastern and midwestern universities. As mentioned previously, UT invites other college crew teams to train downtown in the Hillsborough River. This time it’s the Michigan State University kids. A big welcome goes out to the MSU crew team. The Spartans will be in town all week, so make ‘em feel at home.
By the way, The Tampa Tribune recently asked if it’s ok to overlook the graffiti painted along the riverbanks by these rowing crews. It is against the law, but no one complains, so the city doesn’t clean it up. The responses in yesterday’s paper were pretty much split. I want to know what you think. Does it even matter one way or the other?
Sticks of Fire: a Tampa blog » Blog Archive » rowing in tampa
8 months ago
[...] long-time readers of Sticks know, many northeastern universities send their rowing teams to the University of Tampa to train in the winter. The Tampa Water Sports Center & Stewards [...]
Sticks of Fire: a Tampa blog » Blog Archive » wait for it: water taxi!
8 months ago
[...] Since the Duck Tours stopped operating in 2005, if you wanted to see downtown from the Hillsborough River or Garrison Channel, you needed to join an Ivy league crew. [...]