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The International regatta KRC Ghent is an international rowing regatta held by Royal Club Nautique de Gand (KRCG) in Ghent, Belgium. It is one of the oldest and largest rowing regatta's held in Belgium and has been held since 1897. ==History== Originally called the ''Cluysen - Ter Donckis Regatta'', it was held on Ascension Day, as traditionally people walked barefoot in the dew before sunrise and then enjoyed the first rays of spring sun in these rural areas at that time. 〔An (originally in French language) press article from those years says: ''The audience is moving en masse to Cluysen: The company Ghent-Terneuzen made a series of special trains, a special service of steamboats will be organized on this occasion, and when the weather is favorable, everything Ghent has of automobiles, horse carriages, wagons and bicycles will be put in motion to make the beautiful promenade of Ghent Ter Donck. It is not unusual to see twenty- to twenty-five thousand people to Cluysen Ter Donck on the day of Ascension.''〕 ===Ghent May Regatta=== From 1888, there was also the ''Bootjesvaring'' or ''May - Regatta'', a combination of a Sailing Regatta during the morning and rowing regatta. The audiences were from working class to aristocrats and populated both banks of the canal. It was organised by Royal Club Nautique de Gand together with Royal Sport Nautique de Gand on the Belgian - Dutch Ghent-Terneuzen Canal. From 1906 to 1909, the sport of rowing became extremely popular in Ghent. This was after Ghent rowing associations where the first foreign teams to win the Grand Challenge Cup at Henley Royal Regatta in England. On their return to the European continent the Belgian winning team was received with the highest honour. King Leopold II granted permission for the clubs to add the title "Royal" to their club name immediately. They also decided to add additional funds to the rowing regatta. Until then, no English rowing teams had ever visited a foreign rowing regatta, however after the defeats in Henley they entered the regatta to challenge the clubs of Ghent. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「International Regatta KRC Ghent」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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