Club San Fernando
Encyclopedia
Club San Fernando is a sports club
from the San Fernando
district, Greater Buenos Aires
, Argentina
. The club hosts many activities, such as rowing
, field hockey
, football, gymnastics
, martial arts
amongst others.
/Virreyes
area.
Rugby was introduced at the club in the 1920s and San Fernando played at the highest level of the Unión de Rugby de Buenos Aires
championship until 2010, when the team was relegated to play at the second division.
Sports club
A sports club or sport club, sometimes athletics club or sports association is a club for the purpose of playing one or more sports...
from the San Fernando
San Fernando, Buenos Aires
San Fernando de la Buena Vista is a city in the Gran Buenos Aires, in Argentina, and capital of the San Fernando Partido, north of the city of Buenos Aires.- Geographic Data:...
district, Greater Buenos Aires
Greater Buenos Aires
Greater Buenos Aires is the generic denomination to refer to the megalopolis comprising the autonomous city of Buenos Aires and the conurbation around it, over the province of Buenos Aires—namely the adjacent 24 partidos or municipalities—which nonetheless do not constitute a single administrative...
, Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
. The club hosts many activities, such as rowing
Rowing (sport)
Rowing is a sport in which athletes race against each other on rivers, on lakes or on the ocean, depending upon the type of race and the discipline. The boats are propelled by the reaction forces on the oar blades as they are pushed against the water...
, field hockey
Field hockey
Field Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...
, football, gymnastics
Gymnastics
Gymnastics is a sport involving performance of exercises requiring physical strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, and balance. Internationally, all of the gymnastic sports are governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique with each country having its own national governing body...
, martial arts
Martial arts
Martial arts are extensive systems of codified practices and traditions of combat, practiced for a variety of reasons, including self-defense, competition, physical health and fitness, as well as mental and spiritual development....
amongst others.
History
Club San Fernando was founded on March 3, 1923, by rowing enthusiasts of the San Fernado district of Buenos Aires. Originally just a rowing club, San Fernando would develop other sport sections along the years, becoming the main multi-sports club of the San Fernando/VictoriaVictoria, Buenos Aires
Victoria is a city in the Greater Buenos Aires metropolitan area, located in the San Fernando Partido.The city gradually built up around a station on the Central Argentino railway named after Queen Victoria of England....
/Virreyes
Virreyes, Buenos Aires
Virreyes is a town located in the San Fernando Partido of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It forms part of the Greater Buenos Aires urban connurbation....
area.
Rugby was introduced at the club in the 1920s and San Fernando played at the highest level of the Unión de Rugby de Buenos Aires
Unión de Rugby de Buenos Aires
This article is about a Rugby organization. URBA can also refer to the URBA mass transport system.The Buenos Aires Rugby Union , usually referred as URBA, is the governing body that organises and controls the rugby union in the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina, as well as the Buenos Aires Provincial...
championship until 2010, when the team was relegated to play at the second division.