Gig Rowing National County Championship 2023

When: 21st and 22nd October
Where: Mount Batten Watersports and Activities Centre, Plymouth PL9 9SJ
What: A weekend of gig racing action. Crews of all ages from across the country. Easily viewed from the shore.

Unlike regular gig rowing regattas and championship fixtures, where rowers compete for their clubs, rowers will instead represent their county sides.
County crews from Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, Devon, Dorset, Somerset/Bristol and the East (a combination effort from our eastern counties) will compete for the title of County Champions across a range of age categories.
Last year Cornwall County crews swept the board but there was some close racing. The other Counties will be providing strong competition as evidenced by recent wins by Devon and Dorset clubs at both the Masters Championship and Super Vets Championships in September.

Adult races will take place on Saturday 21st October. The categories will include: U25, Open, Vets, Super Vets and Masters.

Junior races will take place on Saturday 22nd October. The categories will include: U15, U16, U17 and U18.

Alex King, Mount Batten Watersports and Activities Centre said:
“We’re delighted to be hosting the National Inter County Gigs again. A huge amount of organisation goes into a two-day event such as this and I’d like to thank Captain Richard Allan and his team at Cattewater Harbour Commissioners to allow this event to go ahead within the Cattewater, Plymouth Waterfront Partnership for supporting the event and my team here at the Centre. Watching the gigs race up and down the Cattewater is quite a sight as rowers from Juniors to Masters travel to Plymouth from across the UK to participate.”

Refreshments will be available throughout the day on Saturday and Sunday, and the bar will be open into the evening on Saturday 21st with a ticketed BBQ.

The event is weather dependent and the schedule may be subject to change to accommodate conditions on the day.

Weather permitting, the event will be live streamed by the GigRower Stream Team via https://www.facebook.com/gigrower.
Please submit any enquiries regarding the event to hello@cpga.co.uk .

Itinerary

Saturday
9.00 – 10.00 Gigs arriving
9.30 – 11.00 Registration
10.30 Umpire/Cox briefing
11.00 Racing starts

Race Order:
Super Vets Men
Super Vets Women
U25 Men
Vets Men
Vets Women
U25 Women
Masters Men
Masters Women
Open Men
Open Women

16.00 Presentation
16.30 Mix up racing (optional and time dependent) and BBQ
Celebrate the end of the season in the Bar with friends! The Bar will be open until 10pm
for rowing chat and drinks.

Sunday
9.30 – 11.00 Registration
10.30 Umpire/Cox briefing
11.00 Racing starts

Race Order:
U15 Boys
U15 Girls
U16 Boys
U16 Girls
U17 Boys
U17 Girls
U18 Boys
U18 Girls

15.00 Presentation
15.30 Mix up racing (optional and time dependent)
17.00 Event close