Lake of Banyoles training location for many foreign rowers, particularly English rowers. It was also the site for the 1991 Junior World Rowing Championships. Lake of Banyoles Lake of Banyoles (or Estany de Banyoles) is a natural lake located in the "comarca" "Pla de l'Estany", Province of Girona, in northeastern Catalonia, Spain. It is named after the nearby town of Banyoles, to which it belongs entirely. On the western shore it borders with the town of Porqueres. The lake is approximately 2,100 m by 750 m with an average depth of 15 m that in several points gets down to 46.4 metres. It
Rowing on the River Thames Redgrave Pinsent Rowing Lake and Royal Albert Dock. Rowing, or sculling, includes skiffing, dinghy racing and cutter racing in which the boats are also propelled by blades. Rowing Regattas generally take place during the summer months and usually consist of short side-by-side sprint events, with heats and finals. "General" refers to a mix of skiffing, cutters, dinghies and other rowed craft. Rowing Head of the River and Long Distance events generally take place in the winter months and are usually processional races with competitors being set off at time intervals and judged on the basis of comparative timing or by