On February 20th, Okayama University held a letter of gratitude presentation ceremony to Kyokusui Teiyukai consisting of Rowing Club alumni and alumnae for the donation of the new boat "Suiren" .

At the presentation ceremony, President MAKINO Hirofumi gave a letter of appreciation to KAMIBAYASHI Mitsuji, a chariman of the Kyokusui Teiyukai, and stating that, "I would like to express my gratitude once again to all of you who have donated expensive boats every year. The Rowing Club is a historical club that was founded at the same time as the founding of the Okayama University, and it celebrated its 70th anniversary just like our university last year. Just as the boats donated last year performed well in this year's tournament, I hope that "Suiren" will also play an active role in the upcoming tournament."

The members who attended the presentation ceremony included YONEYAMA Motoi, a vice chairman of the Kyokusui Teiyukai, Professor TAKESHITA Yuji, a director of Rowing Club, Captain TODA Takumi (Faculty of Law, sophomore) and Ms. OHHIRO Saki (Faculty of Agriculture, sophomore). After the ceremony, it was told that the origin of the name of the new boat is "To fall in love with water". In addition, participants shared times talking about "Kyokusui Teiyukai", which inherits the tradition of the Rowing Club of the Six High School age, and the story of the practice of the rowing boat.