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22nd June 2024

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.

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

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

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

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.