Račice

The Račice Regatta Course Centre was developed from a former sand pit and was completed in 1986. The total length of the water channel is 2350 meters and the main channel is 130 meters wide with 8 Albano-buoyed lanes. The Regatta Course Centre houses a restaurant, finish towers, the boathouse, changing facilities, showers and WC for competitors.

The town of Račice was established in 1295 by King Václav II. Until 1960 it was a part of the town of Štětí and has been a separate legal entity since 1989. In 1980 sand quarrying commenced in Račice and in 1986 the rowing course was opened for the World Rowing Junior Championships. Račice is located 158 m above sea level, 8 km north of the town of Roudnice n/L., which is at the 50 km exit of the D8 motorway in the direction Prague–Teplice.

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