The
2007 season
23
Sept 2007:
MENS
COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIPS, NEWQUAY
2007
Well
done Cadgwith!
'Cadgwith A' crew came 7th out of all
Resuts
Celebration
of Ralph Bird Gigs and launch of the Ralph
Bird - Please
see 19 photos from Saturday 6th October,
2007 at Newquay
our race day was on the 14th
July 2007
Buller
Day was a massive success! We had
24 boats on the beach and in one race, 23
boats on one start line. There were no major
incidents which gives us the support to do
a similar size event in the future - rather
than limit it to 15 gigs. Thank you to everyone
for your help in making this so successful!
I think everyone enjoyed the day.
We
raised £302 for Nathan's family
on Buller Day which I believe is going in
a trust fund for his daughter. This was through
an auction of Marea's Downings Picture of
Cadgwith at night and donations on the bar
in the evening.
NEW
gig: A total of approx £2920 has been
raised to go towards our new gig
(this is after all expenses etc has been taken
out!), thank you to everyone who came and
supported our event and made it such a success.
update
from: Katie
Mevagissey
Fun Event – was on 17th March.
Based on the Cadgwith Giggal, Mevagissey held
a fun event to help celebrate their 20th Anniversary.
Cadgwith, Mevagissey, Truro, Charlestown,
Gorran, Newquay all turned up and competed
in a womens race – Won by Newquay with
Cadgwith second, a mens race – won by
Cadgwith, a Blindfold race – also won
by Cadgwith and a backwards race – not
sure who won that – we packed up by
then – had to quit while we were ahead.
This was ace as it gave us chance to start
practicing races ready for Scillies.
(report
by Katie)
The
gigs are off to Scillies in April. Buller
and Rose are heading out – Socoa is
staying in the cove for training. Not sure
how we’re going to do?
Scillies World
Championship 2007 report
The
2006 season
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Rowing
crews have been racing the mainland regattas
since the World
Pilot Gig Championships (Isles of
Scilly) in May, see 2006 photos; the three
Tribute League events took place over six
weeks at Falmouth
see 2006 photos, 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, see 2006 photos 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.
 
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Sadly
our own race day in the cove had to be cancelled
this year owing to a blip of south easterly
‘slop’… literally just a
few hours, but which would have made lining
up 20 gigs below the cliffs abit too dodgy,
and anyway it poured down all afternoon; not
much fun for umpires and starters. What was
gratifying was how many showed up for the
evenings’ entertainment: all the gang
from Newquay rowing club, Falmouth and even
further afield.
Newquay
Championships
held in August 2006. Our Under 16s made it
to the finals coming 4th in a big atlantic
swell, Well done!
The
2005 season
 27
Sep 2005
Newquay
Championships
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Sat 27 August: Porthleven
Had an excellent (ish) race at the weekend
at Porthleven - we almost came second to Falmouth
but Cattewater rammed us on the second mark
and made us loose an oar so we had to race
in 5 handed (still didn't come last though!)
Anyway,
2 weeks till Newquay, will get loads of piccies
from that and will do a proper update - hopefully
we should do ok. (see above)
Update
on SEACOM
Mens
A came 12th
Mens
B came 3rd
Ladies
A came joint 12th with Penryn
Ladies
B came 3rd
Juniors
came 3rd
Overall
the Club is 3rd in the SEACOM!
(This
means the top 3 clubs are 1 Falmouth, 2 Caradon
and 3 Cadgwith - not bad eh! - looking forward
to the CPGA dinner and dance this year!)
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August 2005
JUNIORS PHOTOS
2005
UNDER 16 CHAMPIONSHIPS- WE CAME 3rd OVERALL
12
August 2005
BULLER
DAY 2005
PHOTOS
& REPORT
May
2005
Scillies,
World Pilot Gig Championshis 2005
Men's Veteran's race
cadgwith in 3rd place
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The
2003 season
The
Mixed and Vets Championships,
3rd August, Port Issac
Cadgwith
had planned, as usual, to take two mixed and
one Veterans to this popular event but by
the Friday before, this had been shaved down
to the six Vets. A village wedding, and other
summer commitments had blown apart the crews.
All part of being a small community club!!!
The distance involved put people off too.
So it was up to the Cadgwith Veterans: 40s
and over, and once again they reached the
Final six.
The
day was delayed at low water as the Atlantic
swell made it near impossible for launching,
but the sun shone
and rowers made the most of a day on the
beach. The Final itself proved to be one
of the most exciting races of the day: Jeb
Preston was rowing 1st stroke for Cadgwith
: " The fact that we had over three
hours to wait between the semi and the final
proved quite a challenge in itself! Also,
having had some crew changes we had no idea
what the form would be like against top
crews. Dartmouth just beat us last year,
but they had had inside berth in their own
boat, so we wanted better this year."
In
the event Cadgwith had a cracking start,
jumping into the lead immediately.Halfway
down the first leg they were nearly a length
up, but the squeeze came on the approach
to the first mark, and Falmouth just drew
level inside, thus gaining priority water.
The crews rowed stroke for stroke round
the remaining marks, Cadgwith obviously
on the outside. Emerging on the last leg
neck and neck it was down to pure fine detail,
and possibly the chance of catching one
good wave. But Falmouth's experience and
cohesion proved superior and they just pulled
ahead.
Result: 1st: Falmouth. 2nd:
Cadgwith. 3rd: Dartmouth.
(last year's result:
Dartmouth, Cadgwith, Falmouth)
The Cadgwith crew were Bow: Diddy Holyer,
2: Bruce Bray, 3: Paul Bardsley, 4: David
Henn, 2nd stroke: David Jane, Stroke Jeb Preston,
Cox: Marcus Bawden.
(Cheers Marcus!)
COVERACK
2003
A
hot weekend (one of the hottest of the year
so far). 4 Gigs turned up, Cadgwith, Coverack,
Helford and Porthleven. After much discussion
about the conditions and after putting out
a crew from each club the event got under
way.
The
mixed race was first, a close race between
Cadgwith and Helford with the lead changing
many times during the very short course.
Cadgwith had the lead on the last leg, but
due to unfortunate crab catching lost out
in the last 20 strokes to Helford.
The
men had to race straight away after the
mixed, with the heaviest boat there, they
did well. As did the womens A crew, despite
a major hangover threatening to kill off
one of the crew! They came first, with a
novice B crew bringing up the rear in St
Elvin of Porthleven.
Buller
Day 2003
Another
great day for Buller Day 2003, the sun
came out and some exciting rowing was
to be had for all crews.
Firstly
the Mens A crew in the Rose who were fighting
ard with Coverack in the Lark for second
place, managed to hit their cox during
a bouy turn and got disqualified. The
mens B crew managed not to get disqualified
and ended with a good result.
The
ladies A also managed not to get disqualified
and came in fourth after Charlestown,
Mounts Bay and Falmouth. The B crew, still
a novice based crew had a good scrap with
another Cadgwith crew, in the Buller,
some of the original crew from many years
ago who came together especially for Buller
Day-thank you girls and well done to all
crews.
The juniors had an especially good race
winning the under 14's, the veterans also
won their race.
Cadgwith
managed to put two mixed crews out this
year, unlike last year where the only
Cadgwith mixed crew missed the race. A
very good scrap formed between the Buller
and the Rose, with the Rose slightly ahead
at the end.
2003
Sorry
text missing here, (winners of 3 out of
4 races in St. Ives)
Peter
and Tony night 2002
This
is held every year to commemorate the
lives of two local fishermen lost at sea.
This years event was a bit unique with
the leading men in the Rose losing a cox
overboard on the last bouy turn. The Rose
however still won coxless leaving Buller
and Socoa to chase them. Well done boys.
The
womens (with a few men) wasn't quite
as exciting. Buller
lead up to the first mark but eventually
came second to the Rose. The excuses
coming from the crew in Rose included,
thanks to Mike "we may as well have
been rowing with french sticks rather
than these oars" , "they have
a lighter boat" "more men".
ETC ETC
Buller
Day 2002
What
an event! Nearly 20 boats turned up
to this years event, the weather was
perfect and the sea was flat, what more
could you ask from an event? Possibly
the home team to put out a mixed crew?
Yes Cadgwith didn't quite make it to
the start line up, the flag went down
as we left the beach, oh well there's
always the next time!
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