A soggy end to the week....

Falmouth Mens A gig crew

Now the gig racing season is over for me, I am enjoying some sessions down at Plymouth ARC and have been out in some coxed fours this past week. I'm taking the opportunity to get out and attempt to master this form of rowing this winter. Plymouth have experienced a bit of a rush post Olympics, so it's great to see so many new rowers wanting to get out on the water. This Sunday the weather forced the club to cancel, and those who attended the gig champs at newquay spent the day in waterproofs, I think the summer is well and truly over :-(

Participation

With Universities hosting their freshers fairs over the next few weeks, Exeter and Plymouth boat clubs are hoping for a high interest following the Olympics this summer. Exeter reported 200 freshers signing up, including about 120 new novices. This great for participation at University level. I have also been working with Plymouth Uni on structuring some learn to row sessions with their new freshers, working with Sallie Malt.

I am also constantly looking for new clubs / centres who may like to run Sportivate projects, teaching 14-25 year olds how to row. Follow this link for more info on Sportivate  At the moment I have interest from gig clubs, the UK surf rowing league and the Universities.

Coach education

The Fowey level 2 is now full, with a waiting list. There are also some workshops available including 1st aid and safeguarding, see the COACH EDUCATION page for more detail.

Mens County Gig Championships

I attended the county gig champs at the weekend, coxing Caradon C crew. In this crew there were 2 juniors who were competing in their first mens championships. Its great to see that the development squad project ran by Caradon Gig club is working! The crew finished 31st out of 78. I took some shots from the spectator boat in the final while cheering on my other half who rows in Caradon mens A who finished 3rd. I have wrote a report on the British Rowing homepage: Gig report . A huge well done to all clubs taking part especially Falmouth, who celebrated 'doing the double' once again having won both the mens and ladies world and county championships this year.  Helen Glover attended the competition and dished out the medals to the top 6 crews.

Caradon and Mounts Bay men in the final