Regata Sevilla-Betis Regata Sevilla-Betis The Regata Sevilla-Betis is a rowing race that nowadays is held every year on the second Saturday of November on the river Guadalquivir, in Seville, Spain, between two eights drawn from the two most important football teams in the city: Sevilla Fútbol Club and Real Betis Balompié. The last race was in November 10th, 2018, and was the 52 edition. At this moment, Sevilla has won 30 editions and Betis 22 of the main race. The course covers the 3.6-mile (6200m) stretch of the Guadalquivir crossing the city from north to south, between the "San Jerónimo" bridge near
Gualberto García Pérez Triana when his entire school football team was absorbed into the professional Real Betis Balompié soccer club. Gualberto would reach the All-Andalusian team and others, like Quino (Joaquín Sierra Vallejo), would go so far as to play for the Spanish national football team. At the age of 17, Gualberto quit football to dedicate himself to music, forming the rock group The Bats, which was followed in 1967 by Smash, a group which pioneered Spanish and Andalusian Rock history. After disbanding the group, Gualberto left Spain for the US to study music, alongside his first wife, Jessica Jones Carson, an American