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...
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...
In 1497 John Cabot set sail from Bristol on the Matthew hoping to find Asia. He in fact found North America and as evidence of his voyage brought back several artefacts including THE JAWBONE OF A WHALE. Some say that the Clifton Pilot Gig Club are...
The months of cold, winter gig training in Bristol harbour always seem worth it once we hit the warmer spring and summer months when there's always something exciting going on in the docks. So far this summer we've helped to tow The Matthew as part...
We are one year old. It's been the most amazing journey from commissioning our beautiful Avona to getting crews together, competing at the Scillies, through Dorset Devon and Cornwall and even in Holland. The year culminated on 12 November 2016 with our inaugural annual dinner...
Clifton men getting up early on a Sunday morning to clean Lindy. It took so long to remove the fresh water muscles that they didn't even get to row before the girls turned up! ...
This was a weekend with a difference. It is not a racing regatta. It’s a social row for 7.5miles from Whitesand Beach and around Ramsey Island. It was billed to take in the sights of seal pups and the craggy rock passages known as The...
Clifton Pilot Gig Club supported the launch of Young Bristol's (YB) new training gig which was purchased following funding from Sport England. At a well attended naming ceremony held on Friday 24 June 2016 the Gig was “blessed” and officially launched. The “Lindy” was named after long serving...
Clifton achieved their objective of taking 2 crews to the 2016 World Pilot Gig Championships. Brian Nobbs put the finishing touches to AVONA less than one week prior to her IOS shipping date, this is called 'cutting it fine' but we were always confident by his calm unflappable nature. She was blessed...
AVONA was commissioned by Clifton Pilot Gig Club in October 2015. Brian Nobbs, Shipwright, promised that she would be ready for the World Pilot Gig Championships in April 2016. The next challenge was to set up a club and recruit 2 crews who would commit to...