EIGHT crews from Tamar and Tavy Gig Club made their way to Isles of Scilly islands last weekend for the annual World Pilot Gig Championships.
The competition was fiercer than ever with more than 130 gigs registered for the event.
Friday night saw the veteran crews fighting for places in fields of 46 for the ladies and 62 for the men.
All club crews achieved their best ever placings, with both the men's and ladies A crews coming in halfway up the field.
Saturday provided the superb spectacle of the ladies and men's seeding races, with 120 gigs on the start line, racing for more than one and a half miles from St Agnes to St Mary's.
The ladies A crew flew over the finish line in 64th place, with the men's A achieving 79th position.
Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning was spent fighting to move up the ratings in heats of 12. Sunday involved rowing to the start line at Nut Rock on Tresco in a force 4-5.
All teams should be very proud of their achievements, particularly as there were some crews who were unable to reach the start line because of the tough conditions.
The final results were that the Ladies A and the Men's B crews finished fourth in their respective groups, Men's A were seventh, and Ladies B sixth — a fine achievement that all should be proud of.
The next challenge will be Rock regatta on May 23 with the mixed and veterans championships at Saltash on June 19.
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l Pictured below right are Tamar and Tavy Gig Club Ladies A and B crews: Carolyn Dawe, Tamar Howard-Pearce, Penny Twine, Chrissy Venning, Jo Cameron, Lauren Sargeant, Viv Barnes, Julie Eastaugh, Paula Haynes-Parry, Julie Rendle, Becky Masters, Jane Morton, Jen Young, Loveday Fethney.