Club Universitario de Buenos Aires
Encyclopedia
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
. Popularly known as a rugby union
club, the club host many other disciplines such as basketball
, boxing
, football, tennis
, swimming
, field hockey
, windsurf, paddle tennis
, volleyball
and martial arts
amongst others.
student
s as a mean of fostering camaraderie in a politics-free environment.
At present, CUBA has six branches:
- 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.
- Nuñez, located in the homonymous neighbourhood.
- Palermo, in the park section of that quarter.
- Fátima, in the town of Fátima, "partido" (county) of Pilar, in Greater Buenos Aires. Facilities are located in a gated community
.
- Villa de Mayo, in the city of Villa de Mayo, "partido" (county) of Malvinas Argentinas, in Greater Buenos Aires, approximately 30 km NW of the city of Buenos Aires.
There are other branches located in the province of Neuquén
, near Bariloche, a city known for its skiing facilities: one is a cottage located 80 km of Bariloche, near the town of Villa La Angostura
. The second one is cabin located in the Catedral skiing centre, near Bariloche.
CUBA's official site include links to the following sports sections: basketball
, boxing
, diving
, fencing
, skiing
and rappelling, football
, golf
, hockey
, swimming
, yachting
, windsurf, paddle-tennis, "paleta", fitness
, rugby union
, squash
, taekwondo
, tennis
, volleyball
, waterpolo, judo
, and yoga
.
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.
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...
with headquarters in the Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
, 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...
's federal district
Federal district
Federal districts are a type of administrative division of a federation, under the direct control of a federal government. They exist in various countries and states all over the world.-United States:...
. Popularly known as a rugby union
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
club, the club host many other disciplines such as basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
, boxing
Boxing
Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...
, football, tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
, swimming
Swimming (sport)
Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...
, 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...
, windsurf, paddle tennis
Paddle tennis
Paddle tennis is a game adapted from tennis and played for over a century. Compared to tennis, the court is smaller and has no doubles lanes, and the net is lower. Paddle tennis is played with a solid paddle as opposed to a strung racquet, and a depressurized tennis ball is used along with an...
, volleyball
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
and 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
The Club was founded on May 11, 1918, by a group of universityUniversity
A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university is an organisation that provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education...
student
Student
A student is a learner, or someone who attends an educational institution. In some nations, the English term is reserved for those who attend university, while a schoolchild under the age of eighteen is called a pupil in English...
s as a mean of fostering camaraderie in a politics-free environment.
At present, CUBA has six branches:
- 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.
- Nuñez, located in the homonymous neighbourhood.
- Palermo, in the park section of that quarter.
- Fátima, in the town of Fátima, "partido" (county) of Pilar, in Greater Buenos Aires. Facilities are located in a gated community
Gated community
In its modern form, a gated community is a form of residential community or housing estate containing strictly-controlled entrances for pedestrians, bicycles, and automobiles, and often characterized by a closed perimeter of walls and fences. Gated communities usually consist of small residential...
.
- Villa de Mayo, in the city of Villa de Mayo, "partido" (county) of Malvinas Argentinas, in Greater Buenos Aires, approximately 30 km NW of the city of Buenos Aires.
There are other branches located in the province of Neuquén
Neuquén
Neuquén is the name of the following things:* Neuquén, Argentina* Neuquén Province* Neuquén River* Neuquén Group...
, near Bariloche, a city known for its skiing facilities: one is a cottage located 80 km of Bariloche, near the town of Villa La Angostura
Villa La Angostura
Villa La Angostura is a village in the south of the Argentine province of Neuquén, on the northwest shore of the Nahuel Huapi Lake.-Geography and climate:...
. The second one is cabin located in the Catedral skiing centre, near Bariloche.
CUBA's official site include links to the following sports sections: basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
, boxing
Boxing
Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...
, diving
Diving
Diving is the sport of jumping or falling into water from a platform or springboard, sometimes while performing acrobatics. Diving is an internationally-recognized sport that is part of the Olympic Games. In addition, unstructured and non-competitive diving is a recreational pastime.Diving is one...
, fencing
Fencing
Fencing, which is also known as modern fencing to distinguish it from historical fencing, is a family of combat sports using bladed weapons.Fencing is one of four sports which have been featured at every one of the modern Olympic Games...
, skiing
Skiing
Skiing is a recreational activity using skis as equipment for traveling over snow. Skis are used in conjunction with boots that connect to the ski with use of a binding....
and rappelling, football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
, golf
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
, hockey
Hockey
Hockey is a family of sports in which two teams play against each other by trying to maneuver a ball or a puck into the opponent's goal using a hockey stick.-Etymology:...
, swimming
Swimming (sport)
Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...
, yachting
Yachting
Yachting refers to recreational sailing or boating, the specific act of sailing or using other water vessels for sporting purposes.-Competitive sailing:...
, windsurf, paddle-tennis, "paleta", fitness
Physical fitness
Physical fitness comprises two related concepts: general fitness , and specific fitness...
, rugby union
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
, squash
Squash (sport)
Squash is a high-speed racquet sport played by two players in a four-walled court with a small, hollow rubber ball...
, taekwondo
Taekwondo
Taekwondo is a Korean martial art and the national sport of South Korea. In Korean, tae means "to strike or break with foot"; kwon means "to strike or break with fist"; and do means "way", "method", or "path"...
, tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
, volleyball
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
, waterpolo, judo
Judo
is a modern martial art and combat sport created in Japan in 1882 by Jigoro Kano. Its most prominent feature is its competitive element, where the object is to either throw or takedown one's opponent to the ground, immobilize or otherwise subdue one's opponent with a grappling maneuver, or force an...
, and yoga
Yoga
Yoga is a physical, mental, and spiritual discipline, originating in ancient India. The goal of yoga, or of the person practicing yoga, is the attainment of a state of perfect spiritual insight and tranquility while meditating on Supersoul...
.
Even though many founding members were university medical students, CUBA is popularly considered a lawyer
Lawyer
A lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law; as an attorney, counsel or solicitor; a person who is practicing law." Law is the system of rules of conduct established by the sovereign government of a society to correct wrongs, maintain the stability of political...
´s club. However, members include professionals from a wide array of fields.
Titles
- Torneo de la URBATorneo de la URBAThe Torneo de la Unión de Rugby de Buenos Aires, or simply Torneo de la URBA, is a rugby union competition in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Created in 1899, it is the oldest rugby competition in South America and one of the oldest club competitions in the world....
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