Uni Zurich versus ETH Zurich, a lot of prestige every year
ZURICH – Similar to the famous rowing competition between Cambridge and Oxford, the Academic Sports Association Zurich (ASVZ) organizes such a rowing contest between the University of Zurich and the Federal Institute of Technology Zurich.
For the 60th time this competition took place on the Limmat, the river in the city center of the economic capital of Switzerland. Originally held only for male students, in 2001 the female students started to participate as well, followed by the professors since 2006. There is always a lot of prestige in this event which is held in the categorie 8+. A huge crowd of spectators was present also last Saturday when the race was organized under the best weather conditions.
ETH President Eichler congratulates his female students to the victory
In this competition, the last one under the leadership of ASVZ Director Kaspar Egger, who will retire in 2012, the Uni-Professors won against the ETH boat, and the score is now 3:3. The female students’ competition ended with a win of the ETH students, the score is now 9:1, while also the male students of the ETH won against the Uni team, settling the score at 35:23.
Andreas Csonka, President of the Swiss University Sports Federation and a former national rowing coach, is a member of the Organizing Committee of this traditional rowing event as well as Fredi Schneider, Head of the SUSF Elite sports. The student participants of both schools, the University of Zurich and the Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, participate regularly at the EUC and WUC Rowing. Zurich is the Swiss center of student rowing.
(Source: SUSF Media)
A great atmosphere in the city center of Zurich
Kaspar Egger, Director of ASVZ with Leonz Eder, FISU Vice-President