Ναυτικός Όμιλος Πόρου Τροιζηνίας

The N.O.P.T. founded in 1971 and operates in Poros and in the region of Troezen.

In N.O.P.T. operating segments rowing, canoe-kayak, water ski and dancing school.

Ekgymnazontai about 90 athletes in all divisions and strengthen almost every year the national rowing teams canoe-kayak and water ski.

The portion of rowing in 1983 for the first time participate in National competitions with a small group and then slowly built, reaching 1996 brings world-class athletes in their categories.

In 2008, knows the most successful in the face of Dimitri Mougiou, who along with Vassilis Polymeros won the silver medal at the Beijing Olympics, while a little earlier had already steftei world champions in rowing in the double skiff Lightweight Men.

Besides rowing the NOPT displays a strong presence in the canoe-kayak sport Being three times first in the overall standings of medals, namely POLYNIKI-Champion Club National Championships and 2000 National Championships Development in 2004 and 2006.

The oldest sport, skiing is life from the foundation of NOPT, 1971 The workouts are made to facilities at the Sickle Trizina region and the Neorion Poros. The section is supervised by Sotiris Cypriot, pan-European Champion Slalom Senior 1 and for several years became national champion. Today it has about 10 active athletes with high distinctions World and European level as well as several gold medals nationwide.

To complete the maritime training the group has Fitness for athletes.

• Canoe The Canoe - Kayak sport has shown rapid growth over the past decade worldwide. The dynamism of Canoe - Kayak and emotions offered by the world rank the most popular sports and seeing increasingly many to deal with it, escaping from the routine and the daily life of the city.

The kayak is a closed vessel in which the rower seated gives boost with a double paddle. On the other hand, the canoe, the paddler uses a single paddle while standing on his knees. Divided into sprint and slalom while men are struggling with both canoe and kayak at the Olympics, while women only by kayak.

Description

The struggles of Canoe - kayak sprint racing is in calm water. Main characteristics of the sport is the power and speed. In the sprinting events canoe or kayak involved nine athletes (R1, C1) or nine crews (K2, K4, C2) in each race, which consists of nine nine meters wide lanes each. The races take place in Rowing and athletes compete in 200, 500 and 1,000 meters. The heats, semi-finals and final are determined according to the number of athletes participating. The tip of the bow of the boat crossed the finish line first determines the winner, athlete or crew. In the sprint events with canoe or kayak, involved men and women, but not mixed crews.

Men fighting in the car and two-seater canoe, while both men and women compete in the car, two-seater or four-seater kayak. In all canoe sprint events, athletes compete in qualifying rounds and try to qualify for the final to claim a medal.

Canoe - Kayak Slalom

The main features governing the sport of Canoe - Kayak Slalom is the skill, strength and tactics. The slalom course is a (river) or artificial channels and athletes are required to travel a distance of 250-400 meters, passing a series of "doors" (18-25 doors) without the touch with the paddle, the boat or body-the head.

The winner is the athlete with the fastest time mixed in two rounds, although penalty points are added to the rating when athletes touching or missing a door. In the Olympic Games, the men struggling in the car or two-seater canoe and kayak car and women only in kayaks car.

• Rowing. Rowing is a sport that has its roots in antiquity and combines spectacle with undiminished competition. The games are in a natural setting such as a lake or a canal, which makes the Rowing unique compared to other sports. Suffice to watch someone once close, or even on television, Rowing races to become a permanent fan of the sport.

 

Description

In rowing races where required net force and punctuality, whether used technique of sculls - wherein the paddler has a paddle on each hand - or technique with a paddle.

The crew of vessels consisting of one to eight rowers, while ochtakopos is the only sport in the Olympic program with coxswain, who sits at the front of the boat and dictates the tactics of the race.

The helmsman is usually lightweight and small in stature in order to limit the burden of carrying the boat. And women and men compete in singles sculls at the pair in the double sculls, the lightweight double sculls, quadruple sculls and ochtakopo while organized and separate races for men's four in's four and lightweight. The average weight of the crew of a boat athletes should not exceed 70 kg for men and 57 pounds for women. The rowing competitions take place at 2.000 meters.

In any event organized qualifiers and the winners advance to the semis or sometimes directly to the final which involved six boats. Depending on the number of vessels participating, the crews who do not win the qualifier may have one more chance to qualify from the repesaz phase.