County Championships 16th October 2022 Tim Gear-Evans rounds up the action in his first county championship row. The Mount Batten Centre in Plymouth hosted the 2022 County Championships with crews representing, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, Devon, Dorset, Bristol, and the Eastern counties. The weather was surprisingly...
After months of endurance training (Avona crew missed that memo), injuries, ‘boat cleaning gate, and the death of The Queen, the GRR 2022 took on a hastily revised format but did go ahead. The emphasis shifted away from racing and more towards a procession of...
In typical Clifton fashion we were low on numbers with only 80% of a girl’s crew attending and sadly the boys only there in a supportive capacity. The cunning plan was to pressgang someone on the beach. Step forward Suzy and Tracee from Appledore who...
The club's first outing since IOS 2022 saw us rock up (literally) into Mr Burnsides back yard. The stunning fishing village of Cawsand is home to Rame Gig Club and the modest fishing cottage of Steve and Fraser, from where we set up base. The...
This is the third year that Clifton has done this event and by God this was hard. It’s a 21.6 mile row from London Docklands to Richmond which has been run since 1988. Steve, Sean and Toby towed our beautiful Avona up to the Isle of...
Since I started gig rowing, 4 years ago, the Newquay champs has always been spoken about in hushed tones; Huge Atlantic swells, top crews and the scene of the only gig capsize I have seen (curtesy of youtube). As the second most important calendar event...
Sir Clive Woodward made it very clear just after his side had won the Rugby World Cup- preparation is paramount. With that in mind we called everyone we knew who was available and managed to cobble together a mens crew for both the mens vets and...
We once again made our annual pilgrimage to Rame regatta. For many of us a high point on the regatta season. With 27 clubs competing this year it was crowded on the beach and the intensity of the racing was competitive. With 8 boys and...
Mounts bay regatta, 6th July. A triangular course nestling in the picturesque bay between the mainland and St Michaels Mount. The clubs attending were predominantly those from Devon and Cornwall. Avona pulled in many an admiring glance and wistful comment as once again her fine lines...
2000 boats, 7000 rowers, 30km round the Venetian lagoon with a grand finish in the Grand Canal… what could possibly go wrong? Six rowers from Clifton Pilot Gig Club and the lovely Donnee from Canada, together with Lucy our pilot all congregated in Venice on Saturday...