Newquay Ladies Championships
CPGA - Summer Series Open - Weymouth
After a very early start and a very quiet van drive to Weymouth we arrived raring to go, but were a little unsure as to what lay waiting for us.
Once the boat was unloaded we rowed to the pontoon, noting the wind and the slightly bumpy conditions in the harbour. Not enough to worry us at that point.
Arrived at Nothe Gardens where we had a clear view of the sea and assessed the conditions for ourselves.
Coxes meeting was postponed as professionals assessed the conditions also.
Set ourselves up and awaited further news. This arrived in the form of ‘we’ll reassess at 12.30.’ So the next two hours were passed with random chat, tea, cake and t shirt shopping. An inter team rounders game even took place. We slowly watched the conditions worsen and all decided for ourselves that it was looking less likely.
Racing abandoned was confirmed at 12.30 whereby we all packed up, drove the scenic route in the van to meet the gig, loaded the boat, got back in the van and had a much louder journey home! Allegedly points will be awarded for showing up which many of the clubs above us did not, hence our hopes for a top ten finish.
Long day, a bit disappointing the racing was cancelled, but worth the journey if it bumps us up the summer series league!
CPGA - Summer Series Open - Paignton
18th August 2024
CPGA - Paignton Masters Regatta
17th August 2024
Torbay Royal Regatta
Paignton Regatta
10th August 2024
Paignton hosted 7 Clubs for our annual skiff regatta last weekend. Despite conditions putting a halt to the running of the event twice for water assessments we did manage to run all 25 scheduled events. The Mixed Novice Coxed 4’s crew of Josh Bradley, Shelly Atkins, Rachel Mepham, Paul Cooke and Coxwain Lou Sims secured our only win on the water, but many of the other clubs praised the running of the event which is a win overall for Paignton. Thank you to all the members who helped make it a success and we look forward to more Club events next weekend with the the organisation of the Masters regatta for our gig rowers and the skiff rowers heading to Torquay for some more racing on Torbay's fine waters.
https://www.facebook.com/share/r/XpJuzMpeqKwT8D5W/ Footage courtesy of Leon Kotze (info@kebnoa.com)
Caradon Mixed Champs
13th July 2024
Appledore and Instow Regatta
28th July 2024
A lovely day at Appledore with some great racing and awesome weather conditions (bar a bit of chop towards end with tide turning!). Josh second in his J16 1x, well done, and some close races for the fours up there with the other crews but a couple of crabs here and there stopped us getting placed however super sportsmanship by all.
A big thank u Alan for managing unloading/loading boats and helping crews launch and land, plus some cracking ‘daddy day care’ for young Amelia 🥰 Plus big thanks to Jen for stepping in last minute to row 💪 and Lou and James for coxing, Jane for sorting the regatta numbers and Matt Tookey for taking photos today which will be shared. Finally a thanks to those who gave lifts plus the awesome teamwork today 💪
Link to Torbay weekly article here
Falmouth Regatta
20th July 2024
Success at Stithians Lake for Falmouth Regatta, for Josh Bradley winning the Championship Open Under 16 Single Sculls.
Link to Torbay Weekly article, here.
City Of Exeter Regatta
13th July 2024
Link to Torbay weekly article, here.
Brixham CPGA Veterans & Brixham Regatta
06th & 07th July 2024
Saturday 06th July saw both ladies and men's crews attend the CPGA Vets regatta at Brixham. Very challenging conditions with strong winds and swell.
Sunday 07th July Paignton entered 7 races where weather and winds were very much improved.
A win for Gill Knight who joined the Masters team and rowed alongside various Dorset club members in the 'Age against the machine' crew. Well done Gill!
Results
MSV- 6th out of 8
MV- 5th out of 10
LSV - 4th out of 9
LA -8th out of 12
LB 5th out of 12
LC 4th out of 5
MB 6th out of 12
30th June 2024
CPGA Summer Series - Mevagissy Regatta
Mevagissy Open series saw Paignton send two crews down for the event.
Paignton entered a Ladies crew that came 16th in the long seeding race to be put into heat two.
In the second race unfortunately, we dropped down to the 3rd heat and after a really bad start pulled up through the ranks with a strong and close 4th.
The open race had 3 men and 3 ladies who rowed amazingly together considering that they had not trained together, and ended up in heat 4 finishing a strong 4th overtaking 2 boats in the last 200 meters.
Superb day of rowing from everyone.
Salcombe Estuary Regatta
16th June 2024
Paignton gig club took a ladies and men’s crew down to Salcombe Regatta last week rowing in interesting conditions up the Estuary.
We entered Men’s B, Men’s Vets, Ladies A, Ladies B, Ladies Vets and Ladies SV.
Great day was had by all, and everyone rowed well.
CPGA Summer Series - Mounts Bay Regatta
08th June 2024
Racing at Totnes & Bridgetown Royal Regatta - June 2024
Dart Totnes Rowing Club staged the first regatta of the WEARA series over 2 days on the River Dart. This was the first of 10 regattas, as unfortunately Paignton's regatta - which had been scheduled as the first regatta of the season, was cancelled due to sea conditions.
On a sunny day in June, great river conditions provided some excellent results!
Paignton were second in the Ladies Novice coxed fours, fourth in the Ladies Masters coxed fours. Josh Bradley was third in the Men's Under 16 single sculls.
A great day all round.
Link to Torbay Weekly
Dartmouth Regatta -Easter 2024
Another sunny spring day in March with 11 clubs attending the Dartmouth Regatta - hosted by the River Dart Gig Club.
Slightly choppy with a couple of challenging buoy turns made for an energetic day!
South Devon Winter Race League (Gigs) 2023/2024
The South Devon Winter League concluded at Brixham on the 16th March 2024 .
Teams from Paignton, Yealm, Brixham, Salcombe and Teignmouth had competed at 'home' regattas between November 2023 and March 2024.
Sadly, the inaugural regatta at Salcombe in November was cancelled due to poor sea conditions.
Paignton hosted the regatta in December 2023 - in glorious winter sunshine! 51 crews from 5 clubs competed from Paignton Harbour. There was a combination of Men's and Ladies Vets and Super vets racing, plus the under 16 category.
November '23 - Salcombe (cancelled)
December '23 - Paignton
January '24 - Teignmouth
February '24- Dartmouth
March '24- Brixham
Pictures from Paignton and Teign Regattas
Links to drone footage from the Dart Regatta here - Ladies A, Ladies Vets, Men's Vets
Three Rivers 2024 - Caradon Gig Club - Saltash
The start of gig racing season with the CPGA Three Rivers Race. Hosted by Caradon gig club at Saltash.
A gruelling 6 mile river race on the Tamar , starting under the iconic Tamar bridge, up to the River Tavy, and down to the River Lynher before looping back for a finish under the Tamar bridge.
Saturday 03rd March saw some good conditions for the race. There were 98 ladies crews and 95 men's crews.
The results overall are a combination of the ladies and men's results - Paignton came a respectable 65/93 gigs with a combined Men's and Ladies time of 02:00:57.
You can read more about the Three rivers, and its history here
Exeter regatta 2023
A fantastic day of rowing yesterday at Exeter Regatta saw four wins and a host of 2nd and 3rd places for Paignton crews.
Wins for Keira Brueton in the WN 1x (beating a field of 10 rowers) Hugo Dossett and Oliver Chalk in the J15 2x Ethan Frost and Yuri Allasia in the J18 2x And Eva Birchell rowing with Torquay Rowing Club’s Sophie Evans in the WJ15 2x
Some excellent 2nd places, beating crews
Bideford regatta 2023
Brilliant racing yesterday at Bideford Regatta.
A first win in Novice singles for Keira Brueton!
2nd for the young lads in the sen C fours and the men in eights
A handful of thirds and some great rows in championship singles.
Couple of monster crabs 
off the quay too.
Finished up with a boat race win against a reds in the bar!
Wimbleball regatta 2023
The second regatta of the season was hosted by Wimbleball Rowing Club up on Exmoor and once again Paignton took a large squad. The club had crews in almost category from J12 up to Masters and singles, doubles, quads, fours and eights. The club recorded three wins but that belies the number of fantastic results across the board with many crews extremely competive. There was plenty of close racing with many rowers feeling satisfied with the quality of their rows which all points to the potential of more wins as the season develops. There is a real depth in the club at the moment with numerous events featuring multiple crews which is driving a friendly rivalry and pushing everyone to improve. One of the highlights for the club was the ability to put afloat both Men’s and Women’s eights against the hosts. Next weekend there is a break before a run of five consecutive regattas.
Totnes regatta 2023
A fantastic day of rowing at Totnes to kick off the West of England Amateur Rowing Association - WEARA season. We had our largest ever contingent of rowers participating along with supporters and volunteers. Unfortunately no wins but eight second places!
The second day got us a win in the mixed sen C, J 15 double sculls. The most important thing about this weekend was it was filled with a great club feeling of supporting each other.
World gig rowing championships - April 28th to 20th April
Junior Inter regional regatta - Holne Pierrepont, Nottingham
Six of our juniors representing the western region. J15 Quad, J15 double and with Exeter in the coxless quad.
South coast championship 2022
Perfect weather for our open days. Each boat in the picture has a couple of crew members trying rowing for the first time.
Sunny Sunday with Emma in 3 seat, for only her 3rd time out in the boat.
Getting ready to board the enemy ship and raise the Jolly Roger?
There seems to be a peg missing.....I'll ask Lee where it is.
1st April today, but no fools in this boat (except Shelly)
Nice to see Ali having a go at skiff rowing
Poppy not impressed with the rowing skills on show