Over the weekend of 20th and 21st July, Newhaven will play host to their first ever Cornish gig rowing regatta in Sussex. Members of the Newhaven Gig Rowing Club have been busy putting together a busy schedule of races which will take place on the sea and the river — and the club is keen for people in Newhaven to enjoy the excitement and perhaps be inspired to give gig rowing a try themselves.
Newhaven regatta will see around half a dozen visiting clubs from across England compete.
Spectators will get a good view of the sea races on Saturday 20th July from the East Pier and tide mills and Seaford beach. There will be six races between 1-7pm. On Sunday 21st there will be a series of sprint races upriver from the harbour mouth from 11am. The weekend will culminate in the Head of the Ouse river race starting from Southease bridge at 3pm. There will be good viewing spots from the riverbank and on Huggett’s Green. The club is also hoping to live stream drone footage of the races via Facebook.
Saturdays races and drone footage of the weekend will be sponsored by Rampion Wind Farm.
For more please see the club’s website: www.ngrc.co.uk
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