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...members of the Harvard men's heavyweight crew who had planned on spending Christmas break in Egypt never got to make the trip, as a bureaucratic mix-up by Egyptian officials kept the team from taking part in the Nile International Regatta last month...
Coach Harry Parker said yesterday that the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism, which co-sponsors the regatta with the Egyptian Rowing Federation, failed to notify the federation that Harvard had been invited to take part. As a result, federation officials did not make arrangements for the Harvard team's visit...
Harvard has appeared in the regatta five times since the Egyptian government first sponsored the event in 1970, and has won three times. This year the University of Washington crew captured first place in the nine-day event...
Harvard has appeared in the Regatta, formerly called the Nile Rowing Festival, five times, Parker said, and has won three of the contests...
...Egyptian Ministry of Tourism cooperates with the Egyptian Rowing Federation in sponsoring the Regatta, which consists of two races, Parker said. The first race will occur on December 23 at El-Aksur, the ancient Egyptian capital located 450 miles up river from Cairo. The second race will occur on December 27 at Cairo...