Rowing Club Krka
| Surname | Rowing Club Krka |
|---|---|
| Club colors | blue |
| Founded | November 1, 1923 |
| Place of foundation | Šibenik |
| Association headquarters | Obala Prvoboraca 34 22 000 Šibenik |
| Homepage | www.vkkrka.hr |
The rowing club Krka is located in Dolac, part of the old town of Šibenik.
history
On November 1st, 1923 the rowing club Krka was founded in Šibenik . The first chairman was Julije Gazzari and the association had more than three hundred members. The first coach was the then club secretary Filip Babić. The first rowing boat bought was the foursome, with which the first title was won in 1924: the foursome won the national championship in Split.
In the first years of the club's activities, the patrons created the conditions for the club's sporting boom. In 1926 Juraj Dominis was elected as the club's chairman. During his mandate and the professional direction of Petar Ivanov, who came to Krka from the then Diadora rowing club in Zadar , some of the most significant results were achieved. The rowers became national champions in the following disciplines at the championship in Šibenik in 1927: two, four and eight. In 1928 they became national champions in the four without a helmsman and in 1929 in the four with a helmsman.
Krka left the Yugoslav Rowing Federation in 1930 because of the disputes over the participation of the eighth at the European Championship in Belgium. Two years later, the club achieved its first international success - bronze in the four-man discipline (Ivo Luketa, Ante Baljkas, Ante Jurinić and Stipe Krnčević) at the European Championships in Belgrade.
In 1933 the rowers won gold in all six disciplines in which they competed at the Yugoslav Championship in Split. In the same year, the eighth won bronze at the European Championships in Budapest. Šibenik became the seat of the Yugoslav Rowing Association and the center of rowing events in the former state.
In 1936 the eight and four with a helmsman competed in the Olympic Games. In the same year the club's building was destroyed by fire.
In 1939 Krka joined the Croatian Rowing Association, which was founded in the same year.
Rowing in Šibenik suffered a lot during World War II. The boats were destroyed and the club building was converted into a military warehouse. Nevertheless, the rowers won gold in the four-man discipline of the cadets at a regatta in Zagreb in 1945.
In 1955 the four without a helmsman achieved fourth place at the European Championship in Gento. Three years later, the combined foursome (Paško Škarica and three rowers from Zagreb) won the bronze medal at the European Championships in Poznan. The sixties were marked by the talented rower Damir Trlaja.
From 1973 to 1983 the rowers fought eleven national championships in the disciplines eight and four with helmsman. Sixth place at the world championships on the infamous Bosbaan in Amsterdam is one of the most important international successes of this generation. At the 50th anniversary celebration, the famous race between Oxford, Cambridge and Krka in the supreme discipline took place. For the first time in the history of English rowing, the Oxford and Cambridge Eights took part in a regatta that did not take place on the Thames. The eighth from Krka was the first to reach the finish line of the 6.5-kilometer route, Cambridge finished second, Oxford came third.
After the Croatian War (Croatian: Domovinski rat ) was one of the objectives of the revitalization of the association in any field. New boats, oars and other necessary equipment were bought and the trainers trained. In the five-year period from 1998 to 2003, more rowers took part in world championships than in the previous 75 years of club activity.
successes
The rowers of the Krka Association have won 60 national championship titles (first Yugoslavia, now Croatia ) and participated in the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, 1948 London, 1960 Rome, 1972 Munich, 12 European championships and 10 world championships.
The most important successes are the three bronze medals from the European Championships:
- 1932 in Belgrade - four men without a helmsman (Ivo Luketa, Ante Baljkas, Ante Jurinić, Stipe Krnčević)
- 1933 in Budapest - eighth (Linardo Bujas, Špiro Grubišić, Josip Turk, Slavko Roša, Stipe Krnčević, Vice Jurišić, Branko Alujević, Mile Blaće and helmsman Frane Adum)
- 1958 in Poznan - four with a helmsman (Paško Škarica and the helmsman Ante Butković in combination with three rowers from the Mladost Zagreb rowing club).
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Coordinates: 43 ° 44 ′ 25.7 ″ N , 15 ° 53 ′ 17 ″ E