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maltatoday | SUNDAY • 26 AUGUST 2018
NEWS
The competitors
Kalkara
Birgu
Isla
Bormla
Marsamxett (Valletta)
Marsa
Birzebbuga
TOP: Rowers like
Romario Brignone, 21,
train all year round in
the gym and at sea
BELOW: The traditional Regatta boat is launched down a slipway off the new
Dock No. 1 in Bormla, and Brignone rows out under the shadow of the gleaming
superyachts with Bormla club president Ivan Buttigieg, a former rower
Inside the Bormla
boathouse: Ivan
Buttigieg appealed
for a regatta museum,
which he said should
house traditional and
famous boats from
the different localities
that compete. The
boathouse here hosts
the club's trophies,
mementoes, and also
a gym for the rowers
