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Category Archives: Sport
Cricket in Cantù and Beyond
Cricket is a team game which mystifies the uninitiated but enthrals those who are better acquainted. It’s also developing as one of the fastest growing sports internationally spreading well beyond its previous base in Britain and its ex-colonies. And there is also a team in the Province of Como – the Cantù Cricket Club. Continue reading
Posted in Culture, People, Sport, Uncategorized
Tagged Cantu, cricket, integration, lega nord, settimo milanese
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Exercising Outdoors – Some Options
Exercising Outdoors – Various options for those of us who want to get out of the gym in June and enjoy Como’s natural splendour. Continue reading
Posted in Events, Gardens, People, Sport, Uncategorized, Wellness
Tagged Exercise, Gardens, Herbal Life, MammaFit, Nutrition, Parks, Pratiqiamo, Qi Gong, RowinFit, rowing, Sport, Tai Chi, Total Fit, Villa Olmo
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Flying High Over Como
Lake Como is rightly renowned for its beauty but it is also well known internationally (albeit within a specialised community) for a service operating on the lake itself. For it hosts the only seaplane pilot training school in Europe at … Continue reading
Posted in Lake, People, Sport, Transport, Uncategorized
Tagged aero club, Como, Dublin, idrovolante, lakecomo, Molina, pilot training, ppl, seaplanes
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Canottieri Lario – Making a Media Storm
If rowing was as popular as football then Como would be at the top of Seria A! Positioned third in national rankings last year, Como’s Canottieri Lario is on a roll making its own media storm. But let’s step back … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Lake, People, Sport, Uncategorized
Tagged canottieri lario, Lake Como, rowing, sinigaglia, Sport
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