Cadgwith
Pilot Gig Rowing - August
2006
Rowing
crews have been racing the mainland
regattas since the Scillies Champs
in May; the three Tribute League
events took place over six weeks
at Falmouth, Pentewan and Charlestown.
At the time of writing (18 July)
the final positions are not known.
Porthleven’s
event saw a major swell developing
on the tide, with all the main
surfing breaks looking spectacular.
The event was called off but not
before the men’s crews enjoyed
the conditions for half an hour
! At St Ives it was older gigs
only for a change; and at Helford
we won the under-16s. A last minute
crew made it to Point Penpoll
( who are always delighted to
see Cadgwith), joining forces
with Roseland in the men’s,
and they were rewarded with third
place in the mixed ( with 3 Falmouth
‘A’ women!!).
On
Saturday 15 July two crews were
entered at the Under 14 County
Champs at Hayle Copperhouse. The
girls crew improved on last year
making it to the 2nd round; the
crew is made up of: Bow :Martha
Harry, Hannah Blight Anderson,
Alex Day Smith, Rosie Reeve, Lily
Vallender and stroke:Cath Day
Smith.
The
boys crew found themselves with
a full-on day as their energy
took them through to the semi-finals.
They had only formed as a crew
3 weeks earlier - 2 had never
raced, being new to gig rowing.
Luckily the ‘Bandit’
was still available ( a plastic
flash-boat on loan privately from
Mts Bay) and some concentrated
sessions were ‘transferred’
into the gig. The crew were bow:
Laurence Mesropians; 2: Goran
Lyne; 3: George Harry; 4: Sam
Davies; 5: Harry Preston; stroke:
Ed Langley.
Final
top 6 positions: 1st Helford;
2nd Padstow; 3rd Scillies; 4th
Salcombe; 5th: Cadgwith; 6th:
Penryn, out of 30 crews taking
part.
Also
happening that day, or evening,
was the Buller Cup men’s
race. Gig Buller arrived at Newquay
harbour fresh from Ralph Bird’s
refit looking really fine, and
with bubbly splashed on her bow
( its about 20 years since her
launch) she flew round the course
coxed by chairman Dan; Dave Henn,
Dave Hocking and Josh Legge were
the three Cadgwith rowers in with
three from Newquay. This is a
no rules race ( like our Peter
and Tony fishermen’s race)
and chasing behind Buller was
a pack of four and this year saw
one of the best ‘spins’
for a while when Good Intent (the
green gig) tried to cut off Speculation
(the White one) who proceeded
to push Good Intent’s stern
90 degrees so that her bow rammed
Active (the orange one). Oars
clashing and a great cheer from
the spectator boat as Speculation
and Fly (the black one) sneaked
ahead. It nearly all happened
again on the eastern mark, after
which Good Intent had had enough,
and an almighty crab (not by a
Cadgwith rower!!) in Spec’
saw Active row through to third.
For
the bigger clubs like Newquay
and the Scillies, who can race
amongst themselves more, there
is still plenty of this ‘contact’
racing and it adds an element
often absent from CPGA racing,
with its rules and regs. Its also
an amusing reminder of the tricks
played by crews in the working
days of gigs, where good earnings
were often at stake in the race
for piloting and wrecking work.
July 2006, Buller
is back from her re-fit
to Ralf Bird,
she ws a bit damaged from last
year!!!
Four more clubs who have
joined the CPGA in 2006. This
now gives a total of 49 Club in
2006
Bath
Boscastle and Crackington Haven
Calstock
Raleigh
Annual
AGM updates-
28th October 2005, 7.30pm
in the gig shed.
Chairman
- Danny Phillips
Vice
Chairman - Jeb Preston
Secretary
- Shelley Cooper (emails to go
to cadgwith@cpga.co.uk
still for the timebeing)
Treasurer
- Emma George
Committee
is:
Steve
Jane
Sam
Jane
David
Henn
David
Holyer
Angie
Richards
Chris
Legge
Martin
Russell
Brett
Jose
David
Hocking
Katie
Smith
Stuart
George
Mike
Hardy
Michael
Halliday
Buller
is going in for her re-fit
to Ralf Bird, hopefully she'll
be up for racing next year.
Rose
has a few broken ribs which should
be replaced over the winter.
End
of Season Bash and disco
-
22nd October 2005 in
the gig shed. All were welcome,
and a good time was had, even
as the beer had to be brought
along as no bar was provided.
The 2005 season
27
Sep 2005
Newquay
Championships
11
photos online.
Monday
25July
2005
BULLER
DAY 2005
at Cadgwith,
Report from Sat. 23rd July
SCILLIES
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 2005
REPORT AND PHOTOS
The
2004 season
SCILLIES
2004
2004 REPORT AND PHOTOS
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