23 April 2010

sculling camps run by GMS Rowing Center local report



GRANITEVILLE -- Langley Pond is no stranger to top-flight rowing. Events from the Southeast Regional Challenge Championship Regatta, to the Aiken-Augusta Masters Rowing Regatta have been held at the venue that was the practice facility for the U.S. Rowing Team prior to the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.

Most recently, the boat launch at Langley Pond has again been used by some of the top rowers in the country. They've been in town to participate in a series of sculling camps run by GMS Rowing Center.

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"It's the right size for rowing," said Gúnter Beutter, co-founder and president of GMS Rowing Center, an organization based in New Milford, Conn.

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