Clubs travelled from around the South West and South East to attend Appledore’s Super Vets Championships this weekend, for a fun-filled weekend of racing in a bid to take home a trophy.
Rowers from 18 clubs took part in the event, competing over a triangular course. Crews battled against the tide and the gusting wind, as well as negotiating two buoy turns before finishing next to the iconic Appledore harbour.
The Crews
Crews competing in the Women’s Races included:
- Lyme Regis
- Ilfracombe
- Roseland
- Barnstaple
- Bude
- Hayle
- Paignton
- Boscastle
- Mounts Bay A
- Mounts Bay B
- Newhaven
- Lewes
- Teign
- Dart A
- Tamar & Tavy
- Appledore Pilot Gig Club
- Appledore B
The crew from Roseland
And the Men’s crews included:
- Lyme Regis
- Tamar & Tavy
- Barnstaple
- Bude
- Hayle Torridge A
- Torridge B
- Dart
- Lewes
- Appledore Pilot Gig Club A
- Appledore Pilot Gig Club B
The crew in Siren
Included in this list was a barbarians crew, made up of rowers from Roseland, Lyme Regis, Mounts Bay, Cadgwith and Appledore Gig Rowing Club. This crew, who had never before rowed together, took 4th place in the final!
The Barbarians Crew
Loan Boats
Across the weekend, boats were loaned from local clubs including: Siren, MJ, Verbena, Oarsome, Giggles and Revenge.
A selection of boats on loan across the weekend
The Results
After two days of intense racing, the results were as follows:
🏆 Ladies Super Vet Champions – Dart
🏆 Men’s Super Vet Champions – Appledore A
🏆 Ladies Plate Winners – Teign
🏆 Men’s Plate Winners – Appledore B
Paying Tribute to Len White
In attendance watching over the racing was Len White’s daughter, Julie, who shared with us how much it would have meant to her father to see so many people in attendance at the event.
Len White was a former CPGA representative and was the President of Appledore Pilot Gig Club before passing away in 2017.
Julie, Len Whilte’s Daughter
Back on shore
On dry land, the pub, The Seagate, kindly closed off their car park to allow rowers full use of the space during the day.
Appledore Gig Rowing Club also kept spirits high once racing finished, organising entertainment into the evening complete with sea shanty singing in the gig shed.
Congratulations to all who competed on a fantastic weekend of racing!
All images courtesy of Sara de Barros
Edit: Added Newhaven and Lewes to the list of crews.
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