Tamar & Tavy Gig Club22/03/2006
3 Rivers race report
Tamar & Tavy gig rowing club broke the ice, literally, for the first race of the season. The three rivers race is a challenging five mile endurance event taking in the Tamar, Tavy and Lynher. The ladies team came in 8th with a time of 101 minutes and were delighted to be up with the serious A teams of the region, beating amngst others Salcombe. Carolyn Dawe took the stroke at a cracking pace, with Nicky Sellers, Sam Adlam, Chrissie Baker, Julie Williams and Helen Dickenson making up the rest of the crew with Jack Baker as cox. The men came in with a time of 57 minutes in 14th place. They had a good start with Ed Hillson setting a good stroke rate with Ian Page, John Hillson, Tom, Dave Dawe and Steve Jackson following strongly with Bill Stacey-Norris as cox. The men vied for positions with Cattewater and Weymouth boats taking a strong line, racing neck and neck. Precise times and a race report are available on the Caradon gig club web site.
