http://www.ssrc.org.uk/ 60 http://www.ssrc.org.uk/newsrelease.aspx?p=196 Congratulations to the crews who rowed West Bay - Lyme on Saturday 16th February - after a cold and misty start it was a fantastic day ssrc Tue, 09 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ssrc.org.uk/newsrelease.aspx?p=193 Huge Congratulations to all who were at Weymouth Regatta A Clean Sweep at Weymouth on the weekend of30th June saw our teams struggling home laden with the silverware Suffice to say that amongst the pots is the one for overall winner so a great result alround ssrc Sun, 21 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ssrc.org.uk/newsrelease.aspx?p=194 Royal Jubilee Pageant 3rd June Swanage had the largest number of gigs at the pageant with Dancing Ledge, Old Harry, Winspit and Arry Paye crewed by the Pirates of Poole all rowing in the mass event The weather was poor becoming foul, but the spectacle was magnificent, with hundreds of rowed boats of all descriptions decked out in flags and bunting Everyone who took part will remember the huge crowds, the cheering and the pealing bells ssrc Sun, 21 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ssrc.org.uk/newsrelease.aspx?p=192 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, #8216Giggers bum#8216, very tough racing, catching up with friendsand 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 e ntrants, 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-likestroke 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 ssrc Sat, 23 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ssrc.org.uk/newsrelease.aspx?p=189 Launch of Winspit Swanage Sea Rowing Club launched their latest wooden Cornish Pilot Gig on Saturday 14 th April with a traditional blessing and naming ceremony The name lsquoWinspitrsquo - 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 lsquoOld Harryrsquo and lsquoPeverilrsquo, and the GRP training gig lsquoDancing Ledgersquo, 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 lsquosuperb gig, fast and lightrsquo 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 ssrc Sun, 10 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ssrc.org.uk/newsrelease.aspx?p=190 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 ssrc Thu, 10 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ssrc.org.uk/newsrelease.aspx?p=188 Swanage Sea Rowing Club Royal Jubilee Pageant Success! SSRC has been awarded three places for gigs in the Royal Pageant on the Thames on the 3rd June when around 1000 craft will follow the Queen#8216s barge down the Thames More information on the event is on our news page , and further details of partcipation for SSRC members posted shortly However, this does mean that Swanage Sea Rowing Club Regatta cancelled The participation in the Royal Pageant will prevent our gigs being in Swanage for the Regatta on the 2nd June We will announce a new date subject to CPGA confirmation as soon as possible ssrc Thu, 10 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ssrc.org.uk/newsrelease.aspx?p=191 Swanage 3 Rivers Race4th March SSRC had a successful first outing at Saltash on Sunday in the 6 mile race,with the ladies coming in 14th out of39 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 backpast 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 ssrc Sun, 04 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ssrc.org.uk/newsrelease.aspx?p=187 Wholsquos Afeard Robin Plowman, Sophie Bond and Geoff Payne performed their tales of Dorset Seadogs and heroic deeds in story and song at Harmanlsquos Cross village hall on the 18th February for SSRC ssrc Sun, 26 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ssrc.org.uk/newsrelease.aspx?p=195 The #8216Round the Island#8216 tropy was collected from the Pirates of Poole on 2nd September 2011 at their awards ceremony by George Wallace, Adrian Charters and Barnaby Quaddy following the excellent win against other clubs and in force 7 winds on the 18th June ssrc Fri, 02 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT