North Coast Gig League – Round 1 Results & Report

The North Coast Gig League got off to a successful start at Appledore today, organised by Torridge Pilot Gig Club. With the first meeting already having been lost to the weather in November, the forecast gales had caused some concern in the week, but it became apparent that the early start time would save the event from the worst of the impending weather and other than some murky skies conditions were spot on for some great racing.

Racing was set on a slightly shortened version of the usual course out into the estuary, which made for some lively buoy turns to sharpen everyone up so early in the season. With the junior races already called off, eight races took place with nine clubs in attendance. Bristol staked an early claim on the Series Title by bringing an array of strong crews down to the event and picking up an additional five bonus points for five wins. Appledore put in some strong performances and were the pick of the local clubs, taking the honours in the rest of the races.

Race	First	Second	Third
Ladies B	Bristol	Boscastle	Torridge
Mens B	Bristol	Boscastle	Ilfracombe
Ladies A	Appledore	Bristol	Clevedon
Mens A	Bristol	Appledore	Boscastle
Ladies Vets	Bristol	Torridge	Appledore
Mens Vets	Bristol	Appledore	Ilfracombe
Ladies Supervets	Appledore	Rock	Barnstaple
Mens Supervets	Appledore	Clevedon	Boscastle

Standings after Event 1
Bristol	62 points
Appledore	52 points
Boscastle	31 points
Bude	22 points
Ilfracombe	20 points
Clevedon	18 points
Barnstaple	16 points
Rock	10 points

The next meeting is scheduled for Saturday 16^th February, and hopefully will see another great turnout and some competitive racing as everyone’s 2019 crews hit their stride.