TAMAR and Tavy Gig Club enjoyed an excellent day of rowing at the Tamar Challenge last month.

They entered a ladies and a men's crew to race the nine miles up the Tamar from the Tamar Bridge to Cotehele Quay. The challenge was hosted by Cotehele Quay Gig Club, and was well organised and a great day out. Weather conditions were perfect.

The race handicaps meant that the T and T ladies crew were the first to leave the start line. The crew, formed of Lyn Renton, Carolyn Dawe, Katie Turner, Mel Cotton, Helen Samson-Hill and Julie Eastaugh had a storming first leg up to Weir Quay where they were finally overtaken by Rock Ladies vets who went on to win. They maintained their speed and with some strong rowing and fantastic coxing from Tricia Stewart held second place all the way up the river, only to be taken by Falmouth Men's B and Caradon Men on the second to last bend.

This was a good result for T and T Ladies who came fourth out of the 12 crews with a time of 1 hour 14 minutes.

The T and T men's crew of Martin Painter, James Roobottom, Rob Dawe, Dan Highscapes, Ian King, and John Rogers also had a great race. Superb rowing and great coxing from Chris Dill meant that they came home in 1hr 10mins. All rowed hard, and enjoyed the race.

The club thanked Cotehele Quay Gig Club for organising the superb event