Kolkata, May 10 -- Nearly 400 students representing 44 schools from the city and around will vie for the top honours in the 50th All India School Regatta Championship being organised by Lake Club at its meet course in Rabindra Sarobar here from May 11 to 17.

Veteran rower Subhasish Dasgupta, who was one of the participants when it began in 1973, termed this meet as the nursery for budding oarspeople.

Dasgupta informed them that the students participating in this championship have been trained by the best coaches in the state free of any charge for the last few months.

This practice is now paying off, as is evident from the fact that Sweta Bramhachari and Prateek Gupta, who emerged from this championship, are now winning laurels for the...