Tamar & Tavy Gig Club05/09/2006
Ladies Championships Newquay 2006
Tamar and Tavy Ladies A crew put in their best performance yet on the gig rowing circuit at the Ladies Championships at Newquay over the weekend (sept 2nd /3rd), coming 11th out of 63.
The club also entered a second ladies crew for the first time which successfully battled through the first round to be knocked out in the second in a particularly strong heat in ferocious weather conditions.
Racing started on Saturday morning despite concerns about the weather, a strong off shore wind giving rise to considerable swell which makes the 90 degree buoy turns extremely hard work as the crews turn head to wind at the first mark.
Both Tamar and Tavy crews were drawn to race in the same heat in their first race and both put in a strong performance despite the intimidating weather conditions. Ladies B, cox John Hillson, Ruth Walker, Debbie Vojkovic, Penny Twine, Sam Adlam, Jenny Young, Helen Smith.
‘They were definitely the worst conditions I’ve raced in. As we rounded the second buoy there just seemed to be six foot walls of water, with three little waves on each big one.
‘The fact that we rowed our second race four minutes faster than our first shows you how conditions improved, and how we adapted our rowing,’ said B crew cox John Hillson.
The Ladies A crew raced through two rounds on Saturday watching the stakes getting higher as the competition got tougher. The wind had turned round for the quarter finals first thing Sunday morning, in which the crew had the seventh fastest time in the competition thus far.
Cox Jack Baker, Kate Reeves, Lynn Pollard, Julie Williams, Chrissy Baker, Carolyn Dawe and Nicky Sellers put the Tamar and Tavy name in the minds of rowers who had yet to realise the challenge the Bere Alston-based club is consistently starting to present in ladies gig racing.
With only seven seconds separating TnT’s eleventh position from the crew which finished eighth, the Ladies have every right to be proud of their achievement. The Ladies squad has developed into a strong competitive yet inclusive body, and with rigorous and committed training over the winter will provide fierce competition and fulfilling rowing next season.
The Tamar and Tavy Men’s crews are racing at their championships at Newquay Sept 16th/17th.
Thanks so much to our select band of valiant supporters who came down over the weekend, it was really appreciated.
ALL SUPPORT IS VERY WELCOME AND ENCOURAGEMENT FROM SPECTATOR BOATS MAKES A HUGE DIFFERENCE WHEN YOU’RE FLOGGING THROUGH THE WAVES.
Run Thurs 7th September - all welcome Gilbert And Sullivan Evening Friday 22nd September
