Kolkata, Mar 20:
Hosts Lake Club performed well to win six of their preliminary round races and were followed by Madras Boat Club and Bengal Rowing Club both won five first-round races each on Day 2 of the 80th ARAE-FEARA Regatta Championship in Rabindra Sarobar here on Tuesday.
Calcutta Rowing Club – the other strong contender also won four initial round races held on the Lake Club course.-
At the Indoor Rowing segment of the championship which was held on the inaugural day, seasoned campaignersSiddhart Sunil (men 1000m) of Madras Boat Club, Sweta Bramhachar (Women 1000 meters)and Priya Mukherjee (500 meters for women above 35 years) both from Lake Club lived up to the expectation and bagged a gold each in their respective categories.
Others to win the top position in Indoor Rowingare Rohit Kumar Singh of Lake Club( 500m for sub-junior Boys), Ritika Das of Bengal Rowing Club (500 m for sub-junior girls), Avijit Majumder of Bengal Rowing Club (500m for men above 35 years), Suvojit Sengupta ofCalcutta Rowing Club( 500m for men above50 years), Sumana Konar from Bengal Rowing Club( Woman above50 years), Ranjan Banerjee from (Bengal Rowing Club ( 250 m for men above 60 years) and R Kanjanatha from Thailand ( 250 m for women above 60 years).
