TAMAR and Tavy Ladies A crew put in their best performance yet on the gig rowing circuit at the Ladies Championships at Newquay over the weekend coming 11th out of 63. The club also entered a second ladies crew for the first time which successfully battled through the first round to be knocked out in the second in a particularly strong heat in ferocious weather conditions. Both Tamar and Tavy crews were drawn to race in the same heat in their first race and both put in a strong performance despite the intimidating weather conditions. Ladies B, cox John Hillson, Ruth Walker, Debbie Vojkovic, Penny Twine, Sam Adlam, Jenny Young, Helen Smith. The Ladies A crew raced through two rounds on Saturday watching the stakes getting higher as the competition got tougher. The wind had turned round for the quarter finals first thing Sunday morning, in which the crew had the seventh fastest time in the competition thus far. Cox Jack Baker, Kate Reeves, Lynn Pollard, Julie Williams, Chrissy Baker, Carolyn Dawe and Nicky Sellers put the Tamar and Tavy name in the minds of rowers who had yet to realise the challenge the Bere Alston-based club is consistently starting to present in ladies gig racing. With only seven seconds separating TnT?s eleventh position from the crew which finished eighth, the Ladies have every right to be proud of their achievement. The Tamar and Tavy Men?s crews are racing at their championships at Newquay September 16t/17. For more information about how to join the club, the open winter circuit training programme http://www.tntgc.org.uk">www.tntgc.org.uk, come along to the newcomers evening tomorrow Friday or contact Kate Reeves 07780 934316.
