KBC clinch National Rowing title

Published December 29, 2008

ISLAMABAD, Dec 28: Karachi Boat Club (KBC) won the two-day 28th National Rowing Championship which concluded at the Rawal Lake on Sunday.

KBC’s rowers proved their supremacy in the national rowing team and individual events as they finished on top of the podium with four gold and two silver medals. All the 10 affiliated units of the Pakistan Rowing Federation participated in the two-day championship.

In the day’s first event, lightweight double scull, Pakistan Police clinched a gold medal by clocking 6:44:84 followed by KBC which claimed a silver, finishing with a time of 6:46:27. Wapda took a bronze by clocking 7:02:26.

In the lightweight coxless four event, KBC grabbed a gold finishing clocking 6:38:89 while Wapda clinched a silver with 7:01:30.

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