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Well done at the World Championships! 

The 23rd Cornish Pilot Gig Association World Championships in the Scillies was a fantastic weekend for all those who took part in the annual ritual of blisters, 'Giggers bum', very tough racing, catching up with friends and the spectacle of all those Pilot Gigs in the sunshine...... Well done to all those from SSRC who took part. Our Ladies as ever produced a consistently good performance in a competition that gets tougher each year.  The Ladies A came in 20th from 120 entrants, with the B crew in 35th (up from 48th last year) with the C team in 98th. The Ladies Vets came in 14th out of 53 entrants.

The Mens Supervets (over 50s) came in a splendid 5th out of 16 boats, the vets 25th ot of 48 and the a crew (all but one were the Vets and Supervets crew!) came in 67th out of 120 starters. The B crew came in 89th and a mixed Swanage and Bristol C crew (called the Swizzles) came in 98th.

 

The Ladies raise their oars as the final heat rows towards them.

 

Peveril racing for the line with the Matthew behind.

 

 

 

   

A special thanks must go to George Wallace who said he was retiring and that  this was his last Scillies..... For all those who have appreciated his metronome-like stroke ability he will be sadly missed. However, it has been rumoured that this has been said before and he may be open to persuasion?

And if he is as determined as he says he is, to go out on a fifth in the Supervets is fantastic. We look forward to his continued contributions in many other events  and in the club for a long time to come.




At the beginning of May the Arry Paye was rowed the 8 miles to Poole Quay in perfect conditions of flat calm and little wind in the evening. The Pirates of Poole will be rowing her in the Jubilee Pageant on the Thames, so we hope our gigs will see something of her then.

   

Launch of Winspit

Swanage Sea Rowing Club launched their latest wooden Cornish Pilot Gig on Saturday 14th April with a traditional blessing and naming ceremony. The name ‘Winspit’  - a local historical cliff quarry on the Purbeck  coast - was chosen after a competition held amongst local schoolchildren to find a name to compliment the existing wooden gigs ‘Old Harry’ and ‘Peveril’, and the GRP training gig ‘Dancing Ledge’, all named after local landmarks. She was pulled through Swanage with the assistance of the Town Crier before the ceremony, where four of the children who chose the name were presented with commemorative prizes. In front of a large crowd thanks were given to the many people who support the development of the Club, and her name was then unveiled by Jonathan Fryett of Canford Environmental Ltd and Dee Barron of the Club and Winspit was toasted with champagne. She was taken to the waterside and blessed by Canon John Wood and then launched into Swanage Bay. Her inaugural row was made by junior and youth rowers from the Club in cold and blustery conditions with the consensus that she is a ‘superb gig, fast and light’ which will be a real asset to the Club.

Fundraising by the Club, from individuals and a grant from the Landfill Communities Fund through Canford Environmental Ltd enabled SSRC to commission Maurice Hunkin of Fowey to build her to Cornish Pilot Gig Association specifications from elm and oak, and took some twelve weeks to complete. He attended the ceremony and took Winspit out in Bay to check her handling qualities. The funding also provided a bursary for six disadvantaged young people from the Swanage area to attend the Boat Building Academy at Lyme Regis to go on an oar building course; the oars will now be used to train junior rowers at the Club.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A large crowd watched the naming ceremony which was preceded by a tour through the town. Maurice Hunkin the builder is on the right enjoying the spectacle.

 

 

 

Swanage 3 Rivers Race 4th March

 SSRC had a successful first outing at Saltash on Sunday in the 6 mile race, with the ladies coming in 14th out of 39 entries - the biggest field yet which needed two heats setting off 30 seconds apart. The weather was rough with strong winds and choppy waves on the Tamar. The men got to a good start in their heat but were passed by several boats but hauled their way back past two more to finish 24th out of 36 boats - a much better result than the 31st in 2009! The results are combined and Swanage finished 18th, just behind Bridport and Weymouth. Congratulations to all who took part. Adrian Charters used his video camera, video of the mens race to follow soon.

 

          

  

 

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Gigs at the World Championships 2012

 

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