News, Articles and Noteworthy Goings-on at City Barge

Venice Training Week, 2025

Venice Training Week, 2025

This trip is advertised as ”training for the Vogalonga”, but some of us are now too ancient to actually consider the 32 km non-competitive rowing marathon. I cannot believe that this holiday gets better every year, as the rowing is always accompanied by parties and prosecco.

City Barge AGM, 2023

City Barge AGM, 2023

The City Barge Annual General Meeting was held on February 4, 2023 at Eynsham Village Hall, with 30 members of the association in attendance.

A lagoon row in Venezia

A lagoon row in Venezia

On this clearest of mornings, as we stand on the edge of the landing of the San Giobbe Cantiere boathouse looking over the calm Venetian lagoon, we can see the sun gleaming on the snowy mountaintops a hundred kilometres away. This is our Long Row during the annual training week hosted by our friends at Settemari Venetian rowing club.