Club Universitario de Buenos Aires
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| Full name | Club Universitario de Buenos Aires | ||
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| Union | Unión Argentina de Rugby | ||
| Founded | May 11, 1918 [1] | ||
| Location | Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
| Ground(s) | Villa de Mayo, Greater Buenos Aires | ||
| Chairman | Adrián Péres [1] | ||
| League(s) | Torneo de la URBA Grupo I | ||
| 2011 | 1st of Zona Reubicación | ||
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Club Universitario de Buenos Aires (also known by its acronym CUBA) is a sports club with headquarters in the Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina's federal district. Although many disciplines are hosted by the club, CUBA is popularly known for its rugby union team, which currently plays in the Torneo de la URBA Grupo I, the first division of the Unión de Rugby de Buenos Aires.
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[edit] History
The Club was founded on May 11, 1918, by a group of university students as a mean of fostering camaraderie in a politics-free environment. The main request to become a member was to be a university student. In 1917, after a basketball game played in the Young Christian Association -which ended in a riot act- some of its members were punished. Many of those members would be fund the club one year later. [2]
[edit] Locations
At present, CUBA has many branches disseminated over Argentina:
- Headquarters, known among members as "Viamonte", due to its address, 1560 Viamonte street, located in the neighborhood known as "Tribunales", this term meaning "courts" in Spanish.
- Palermo, in the park section of that quarter, on Avenida Figueroa Alcorta. The land had been occupied by a dependence of Argentine Air Force until October, 1963, when the Government of Buenos Aires donated it to the club. [3] [4]
- Núñez, located in the homonymous neighbourhood, was opened in 1959.[5]
- Villa de Mayo, in Malvinas Argentinas Partido, Greater Buenos Aires, approximately 30 km NW of the city of Buenos Aires. CUBA settled there after the club had to leave its facilities in Palermo, Buenos Aires, which belonged to Club Obras Sanitarias.[6]
- Cabaña El Arbolito (Little Tree Cabin), located near Nahuel Huapi Lake, 80 kms of Bariloche. That land was donated by the Government of Argentina in 1931. [7] [4]
- Catedral, placed in the major tourism centre of Bariloche.[8]
- Fátima, sited in the homonymous city of the Pilar Partido. This branch was built due to the increasing number of members needing another place to play golf. Facilities (located in a gated community) were definitely finished in 1991. [9]
[edit] Sports
Some of the sports that can be practised at the club are basketball, boxing, diving, fencing, skiing and rappelling, football, golf, hockey, swimming, yachting, windsurf, paddle tennis, paleta frontón, fitness, rugby union, squash, taekwondo, tennis, volleyball, waterpolo, judo, and yoga.[10]
Even though many founding members were university medical students, CUBA is popularly considered a lawyer´s club. However, members include professionals from a wide array of fields.
[edit] Titles
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- 1931, 1942, 1944, 1945, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1970
[edit] References
- ^ a b CUBA on URBA website
- ^ History of CUBA on club's website
- ^ "Sede Palermo", club's website
- ^ a b "Veinticinco años en la historia del Club Universitario de Buenos Aires, 1968-1993", by Eduardo Martiré, Buenos Aires
- ^ "Sede Nuñez", club's website
- ^ "Sede Villa de Mayo", club's website
- ^ "Sede Cabaña El Arbolito", club website
- ^ "Sede Catedral", club's website
- ^ "Sede Fátima", club's website
- ^ Sports hosted by CUBA - club's website
[edit] External links
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