Thessaloniki: Agiovasilides went to sea in Thermaikos [βίντεο &εικόνες]
Dozens of Santa Clauses, dressed in red and wearing their characteristic caps, “marched” in Thermaikos gulf, bringing Christmas to Thessaloniki.
It’s about 80 members of the Friends of the Sea Club’s adult inshore rowing section who gathered at the Friends of the Sea Club house, put on their uniforms and caps and launched their boats into the water to have fun themselves, but also to remind those who were there. along the New and Old Beaches of Thessaloniki, that Christmas is approaching.
Thessaloniki: Santa Rowing supports the club “Agapi”
Santa Rowing, as this special Christmas celebration is called, took place for the sixth year and always supports voluntary clubs. This year he supported the club “Agapi” of Vasiliki Komnos.
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According to the announcement, the coastal rowing section of the Friends of the Sea Club is the first fully organized rowing section in Greece, which deals exclusively with coastal rowing. It was founded in collaboration with the athlete and for many years world champion Nikos Gudula.
Coastal rowing is the extreme version of Olympic rowing. Here the athletes do not row in calm waters (flat water), in lakes and rivers, but in the open sea having to face, in addition to their opponents, all the prevailing weather conditions.
The main goal of the “Agapi” association is to inform about Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
The “Agapi” Association of Vasiliki Komnos, which was supported by this year’s Santa Rowing, was introduced by the old champion of the Friends of the Sea Club Eleni Tsoni, who in 2019 had the 15-year-old daughter of Vasiliki Komnos from viral myocarditis.
The main goal of the Association is to inform about Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and to donate automatic defibrillators to schools, clubs and wherever there is a need.
Watch video with Santas in Thermaikos
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