Roosevelt Rowing Regatta
Monday, January 9, 2012 at 12:07AM Rowing on the river
Tampa will welcome the Roosevelt Rowing Regatta.
By Susan Thurston
The Hillsborough River doesn't usually get confused for the Thames - or even the Charles River in Boston, for that matter.
But that could change on Saturday when the river becomes the site of the Roosevelt Rowing Regatta.
Ken Walters, a Tampa socialite and party promoter, and Tom Feaster, president of the Stewards Foundation nonprofit rowing group, have teamed up to organize the area's first rowing regatta.
The event is modeled after the Head Of The Charles Regatta and the Henley Royal Regatta on the Thames in England - twolongstanding rowing events that attract thousands of competitors and spectators every year.
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