Cadgwith took 6 racing crews this year, 2 womens, 2 mens and 2 vets. Luckily the weather was nothing like last years, although the Friday night racing saw choppy seas.

The ladies vets race on Friday was from Nut Rock to St Mary's harbour, our ladies getting 4th place behind Falmouth in Idas - 1st, 2nd was Penryn in Morlader and third was Helford in Moroven. The "Fading Roses" crew was:

Second race of the weekend was the mens vets, their race was the long St Agnes to St Mary's race, there were far more mens vets than ladies vets so the competition was on. Our men came a fantastic 3rd!! Falmouth also won this in Idas, the Isles of Scilly in new boat Emma Louise came second followed closely by the Rose! Well done to the lads, they were especially pleased about rowing through Caradon - something you don't see everyday especially when they are in their brand new boat Millers Daughter! The crew wanted to say thank you to Stevie Jane for his coxing. The crew this year was:

Steve Jane (cox)

The weather perked up for the Saturday for the massive line ups on the St Agnes start lines. Up to 93 gigs all lined up ready to go must be a nightmare to the organisers but it a spectacular site for any rower, spectator or anyone flying over on the helicopter or planes. This race organises the crews into league tables for the following 3 races.

The two races on the Sunday are both from Nut Rock with glorious sunshine, warm temperatures and almost flat calm seas. Buller had a great race and stayed in Heat E, the crew in Rose were pushed very hard to stay in Heat B but unfortunately got demoted back to group C for the final set of racing of the weekend.

This was probably the best race of the weekend for Buller, she came second in her heat just missing out on a podium finish - next year girls!!! They finished 50th overall. Rose had a harder race in Heat C but managed 30th overall. Not bad seeing as all the boats that beat Rose are younger than her.

The mens racing was very exciting. The Rose had a very stong crew as did the Buller. The big St Agnes race was brilliant with Rose getting into Heat A - the top heat. Buller were't far behind either! Rose were in the Heat with one of their main rivals - the Lark of Coverack! The pressure was on.

Judging by the boats in the top group, Rose was the defiante veteran of the group. With new boats for top crews such as Caradon the competition was tough. The second race of Saturday saw both Rose and Lark drop from the top group into Heat B. Buller however was doing fine.

Sunday saw the Rose crew go out full of determination to get back into the top group for the final. They had a brilliant race and got back to heat A leaving Lark reeling in Heat B for the final. Buller ended up in Heat C for the final which was brilliant seeing as they were the 3rd (or so) fastest B crew (Caradon B was 3rd overall in the competition!).

The final was very exciting to watch, Buller was having a good fight with all the crews in their heat finishig 39th overall. Rose had a very tough competition with Caradon A, Caradon B, Falmouth etc. They had a good fight with Senara finishing 12th overall.