Friday, July 9, 2010

Venice Takes All

Palio Marinaro 2010
[Photos by Maurizio]
After winning the “Coppa Risi'atori” and the “Coppa Barontini”, the “Venezia” triumphed also in the top rowing race of the season, the “Palio Marinaro”.Palio Marinaro 2010Last Sunday even the rivals of the “Ovo Sodo”, winners of the last four editions, applauded the rowers of the “Venezia”.
Palio Marinaro 2010“Magenta” and “Ardenza”, first and second in the “gozzette” race, qualified for the ten-oars “gozzo” next year. Last in the “Palio”, the “Borgo Cappuccini” has been demoted to a “gozzetta”.

See also: Gozzi & Gozzette - Palio Marinaro - Trofeo D'Alesio - Coppa Risi'atori - Beyond the Second - Coppa Barontini

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18 comments:

  1. JimJuly 9, 2010 at 12:45 AM

    This is a very interesting post. Thanks for sharing the event with us.

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  2. LowellJuly 9, 2010 at 12:47 AM

    Congrats to all the great rowers of the Venezia! Quite an accomplishment. Maybe it helped that their boat was red - a powerful color?

    And I was really pleased to see the "rivals" applaud the winners. Not often these days do we see that kind of sportsmanship!

    Great photos, as usual!

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  3. Leif HagenJuly 9, 2010 at 1:08 AM

    Fun, lively, action photos of a boat rowing race! Congratulations to the red team from Venezia!

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  4. brattcatJuly 9, 2010 at 2:48 AM

    what wonderfully celebratory images.

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  5. Luis GomezJuly 9, 2010 at 2:51 AM

    Great pictures VP! They all look really happy.

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  6. tapirgalJuly 9, 2010 at 6:10 AM

    Looks like a wonderful event. Nice photos, nice color and . . . boats, of course!

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  7. Cezar and LéiaJuly 9, 2010 at 8:13 AM

    Congratulations to the keen on Venezia Team!
    Beautiful day and event!
    Léia

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  8. Small City ScenesJuly 9, 2010 at 8:26 AM

    YAY!!! to the Venezia. The water does look very inviting. Looks like everyone is having fun. MB

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  9. cieldequimperJuly 9, 2010 at 8:27 AM

    I like fair play like that. And I love the faces in the first shot.

    Buon viaggio.

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  10. DinaJuly 9, 2010 at 8:40 AM

    You captured such nice and special moments here. I like to enlarge the pictures and look at the individuals.

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  11. VPJuly 9, 2010 at 9:23 AM

    @ Luis, Dina - I didn't take these pictures, my friend Maurizio did, from his boat.

    @ ciel - Merci!

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  12. B SQUAREDJuly 9, 2010 at 1:47 PM

    I'll bet there was a lot of celebrating after those races. Well deserved!

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  13. LoisJuly 9, 2010 at 4:07 PM

    That would be fun to watch! Congrats to the winners. I like their red boat!

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  14. BirdmanJuly 9, 2010 at 5:12 PM

    Nice shots and text.

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  15. HalcyonJuly 9, 2010 at 5:25 PM

    I bet those guys (and gals) have some strong arms.

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  16. UnknownJuly 9, 2010 at 8:13 PM

    Congratulations, Venezia!

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  17. GunnJuly 9, 2010 at 11:15 PM

    FUN and great atmosphere in your photos!!:-)

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  18. KaoriJuly 10, 2010 at 5:16 PM

    Great photos of all the excitement, VP! And also a wonderful shot of the beautiful men. haha.

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