TAMAR and Tavy Gig Club took eight crews to Rock Regatta on Sunday and came away with some excellent results particularly in the junior section of the club.
The regatta was held at the beautiful Daymer Bay with crews rowing from the beach out round two buoys at the Doom Bar and back to the beach. The setting was absolutely stunning, made even more so by the beautiful sunny day. There was an off shore wind which made rowing the last leg hard going and with quite a lot of surf getting on and off the beach was quite hairy at times.
First off were the ladies and then men's veterans crews. Both crews had members rowing their first race giving them invaluable experience competing in sea conditions. The boats were with the main packs all the way and had really good races.
Next out were the U14s with Fen Eastaugh, Rosie Lloyd, Megan Haynes-Parry, Charlie Fethney, Ollie Wood and Angus Hogg. Although they had a bad start all rowed a brilliant race finishing in a superb third place.
Also in the U14s, Anya Anstey, Freya Novak, Caitlin Haynes-Parry and Vicky Fethney got together with two rowers from Cotehele Quay and formed another crew. This boat also did really well and again provided all the rowers with good experience of sea conditions. Sam Lloyd also stepped up to help a crew from another club.
The U16s race was next and the T and T crew Amber Friendship, Miles Eastaugh, George Masters, Fran Kelly, Alice Kalninis and Drew Mortimore, coxed by Paula Haynes-Parry had an excellent race battling to end in third spot.
The Ladies A race went off in two heats and the T and T crew were ninth overall out of 17, the ladies B crew were 13th out of 21. The Mens B crew, after having a serious battle on the buoy involving broken thole pins, were also 13th.
The coxes did a great job as always, Bill Stacey-Norris, Tricia Stewart, Paula Haynes-Parry and Nicky Sellers. Mike Vosper once again towed the gig down the narrow lanes and the supporters also did a great job especially the youngsters leaping up and down in the surf shouting encouragement to the crews. A great day was had by all.
Tamar and Tavy will be holding their own regatta on Saturday, August 27 at Weir Quay.
The club welcome new members with sessions to suit everyone from purely social rowing to training for competition.
Please see its website TamarandTavygigclub.co.uk for details.