Reports and Results
Cadgwith Pilot Gig Club race with our four gigs. "Buller", "Socoa", "Rose of Cadgwith" and "Tamarisk”
The 2010 Season
Update by Katie, 4 July 2010
We
went to Coverack yesterday, did really well!
Mens B were 6th out
of 12
Ladies B were 7th out
of 13, Bruce coxing, Sue, Judith, Sarah, Dani, Kim and
Rachel in the crew.
Under 14's won!
Mens A were 9th out
of 11. Sam coxing, Steve, Stuart, Mike, Chick, Matt and
Dylan in the crew (I think!)
Ladies A were 4th out
of 12, Steve coxing, Emma, Sam, Katie, Sharon, Angie and
Shelley in the crew. A big well done to Eula who rowed
in the Irene 2 and just pipped us to 3rd! Nice one Eula.
Under 16's won!
Also, a big well done to Dylan who did three races, Mens
A, Mens B and U16.
Not sure who was in the Men's B crew...
According to the Gig Rower website we won the mixed -
whoo, must have been a race from the trailer lol.
Next race - Charlestown next Saturday and hopefully Devoran
on Sunday!
The 2009 Season
Cadgwith are champions!
Cadgwith
are WINNERS at NEWQUAY COUNTY JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2009.
A great day. Cadgwith WINNERS rowing in "Dall
Lewyer" with a great time of 15.41
9 Photos online here.
Newquay Mens results 2009 Well done to our A crew for coming 15th!
Isles of Scilly
Since returning from the Isles of Scilly World Championships in May, our Cadgwith gig crews have been out and about most weekends, as we participate in another busy summer of race events.
In May we attended Charlestown’s event, and then early June saw the first of the Tribute events (which count towards the summer long series) hosted by Falmouth. Racing in Tamarisk, our crews came in Mens A 14th, Mens B 8th, Ladies A 23rd, Ladies B 12th ,Under 16s 18th. Also in June we raced at Mounts Bay’s event, set against the backdrop of St Michaels Mount. The second Tribute event was held on a breezy day late in June, hosted by Mevagissey Gig Club at Pentewan (Mens A 26th, Mens B 8th, Ladies A 18th, B 23rd Under 16s 7th). We rounded the month off with a successful day at Helford, where our Junior crews did particularly well (U14s 1st, U16s 3rd, Mens A 7th, Mens B 3rd, Ladies A 6th, Ladies B 11th).
The CPGA Mixed and Veterans Championships, hosted by Caradon Gig Club took place early in July at Saltash. Cadgwith Mens supervets achieved a commendable 3rd, behind Caradon and Helford. There’s life in them old dogs yet!
Saturday 11th saw Buller Cup celebrations, an annual event where Cadgwith travel up to Newquay by the busload, for an evening of rowing and socialising. We’re pleased to celebrate this close link between the two clubs, both of which played a large part in the revival of gig rowing in the 1980s. Congratulations to David Henn, Stuart George, Diddy Holyer and Bruce Bennetts who were part of the winning crew at Buller Cup.
Looking forward, we wish our two U14s crew all the best as they compete in their championships on July 25th at Hayle.
The 2008 Season
2008 news and race and training reports of the JUNIORS SQUAD
Incuding our Under 14s won at Hayle 2008, Well done!
Under 14 County Gig Championships Cadgwith Gig Club have regained the Under 14 County Championship title after a five year wait, having previously won it in 2003. They are one of only two clubs to have won the title twice, the other being Salcombe Gig Club in Devon.
NEWQUAY 2008: Ladies
What
a weekend, rain, wind, sunshine and some hard racing. Cadgwith
had two ladies crews up at Newquay this year, both drawn
in separate heats for the first round, both late on in the
morning. First out was the 'A' crew, namely Emma, Sam, Katie,
Angie, Nicci and Sharon and coxed by Steve in Brisons of
Cape Cornwall. The seas had started to pick up from previous
races, and only the first 2 in each heat were guaranteed
to go through to the second round. 2nd place was held for
most of the way around the course to Helford A until the
final stages when the rate was pushed up. The final 35 strokes
saw us overtake Helford to get first place in the heat with
an impressive time of 17.38mins.
The 'B' crew, Nonny, Rachel, Pixie, Lisa, Chris and Gwen
and coxed by Mary were out for race 11 in Pinnacle of Flushing
and Mylor. The sea had worsened since the 'A's were out
and as a result, it was going to be harder to get a fast
time. Most of the 'A' ladies were out in the support boats
giving encouragement for this race. Despite huge seas the
girls managed third place in the heat but unfortunately
their time wasn't enough to get them into the second round.
Following the first round, the organisers decided to postpone
anymore racing until Sunday as it was getting too dangerous
to carry on.
Sunday morning saw slightly calmers seas,
and the 'A's were out in the first race in the Pinnacle.
This time it was the first 2 of each heat and the 8 fastest
loosers. The Pinncale seemed to struggle slightly in the
rough seas but luckily the girls made it through with seconds
to spare - the 7th fastest looser. Next, the quarter finals
(the final 24), in Kerens. The sea had seemed to drop for
this race slightly (or better than first thing) and the
girls pushed past Coverack A (also in the same heat) to
finish 5th in the heat and 17th overall.
Good luck to the men and juniors
in 2 weeks time.
Report by Katie
Buller Day 2008
Buller
Day 2008 Photos
Saturday 16th August
Thanks for those who turned up!, sadly the waves got no better and after Buller tested the waters we had to cancel, still a great evening was had. We did get a gig out, see the photos!
photos malc, thanks
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
Buller Day 2007
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
DOWNLOAD Photos and Backgrounds from 2006 and others for your computer. Ps there are more pictures in mugshots
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!!).
Sat 22 July — Cape Cornwall photo
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
with
11 photos (lower
down on the page after newer photos)
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!)
14
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
The 2003 Season
The
Mixed and Vets Championships,
3rd August, Port Issac
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.
(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.
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)
2002
Peter and Tony night 2002
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!
Thanks to your support”
Cadgwith Pilot Gig Club would like to thank all of you who help and support us, those who sponsor us, it really helps, the costs are high, maintaining the Gigs, the Clubhouse running costs, transport to the events, safety and clothing and a lot more.
