International Regatta KRC Ghent

Originally called the Cluysen - Ter Donckis Regatta, it was held on Ascension Day, as traditionally people walked barefoot in the dew before sunrise and then enjoyed the first rays of spring sun in these rural areas at that time.

This was after Ghent rowing associations where the first foreign teams to win the Grand Challenge Cup at Henley Royal Regatta in England.

After the Second World War, the petrochemical industry expanded very strongly in the sea channel zone and due to the growing traffic because of the success of the Port of Ghent the regatta ended at Terdonck in 1954.

During at least 15 years Ghent fell further and further away and the International Regatta of Ostend took over as annual place for Belgian rowers to be.

Today, the annual International Open Belgian Rowing Championships on the Watersportbaan in Ghent are still named May – Regatta by British and Irish rowers.