Boat Rowing to Scilly for the Championships
The Island Voyagers crew hope to break the record for rowing around Britain later this year (more details in our GigRower newsletter on Scilly). But...More
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All rowers over 40 invited to CRA Champs in May
Can you row a boat? Will you be 40 or over on the 14th May? If the answers are yes then the Cornwall Rowing Association...More
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Gig Rowers do the Boat Race
This was the first year that the Thames Traditional Rowing Association (TTRA) had been given permission to run a series of races before the main...More
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The University Boat Race & Cornish Pilot Gigs
The 163rd University Boat Race will take place on April 2nd 2017. What have Cornish Pilot Gigs got to do with the 1st Oxford & Cambridge...More
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Juniors from the Torpoint Mosquito Sailing Club are going to be raising money for their club and Comic Relief on 25th March. They’ll be rowing...More
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Race the Oxford v Camb boat race course
Great Opportunity to Race on the River Thames N.B. Deadline is 17th March! A fantastic opportunity has been offered to members of CPGA clubs. On...More
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Rowers needed to represent Great Britain in Northern Ireland
Dear Rowing Club Members Atlantic Challenge GB Maritime Training Trust is looking for crew to represent Great Britain at the 2018 International Contest of Seamanship...More
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British Rowing Funding Cut
British Rowing has been awarded £4.1m funding from Sport England for the 2017-2021 investment cycle. This represents a reduction in the amounts given in the...More
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Row to Scilly in an ocean crossing boat!
Jeremy Webb has been in touch to offer rowers an unusual way of getting to or from this year’s Pilot Gig World Championships. Jeremy says...More
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FISA celebrates 125 year annniversary
World Rowing is celebrating 125 years of FISA (the international rowing federation) this year. Established in 1892, it went through a period of upheaval and overhaul...More
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Anyone rowing with a hip replacement?
Chrissie Muir, from Rock, has been in touch. She might need a hip replacement but is concerned that this will put a stop to her...More
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Rhiannon Bailey, South West Area Participation Manager for British Rowing has just sent out the latest area newsletter. Please take a look and read more about:...More
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All female crew enter record books
All-female crew survive 20m waves and inquisitive whales to reach the UK and enter the record books Five British women have rowed 24 hours a...More
0390 Mile Gig Row Around Cornwall Starts Aug 5th
Next month, a small team of lads will be taking on the challenge of rowing the coast of Cornwall in aid of raising money for research...More
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Record breaking transatlantic rowers reach Falmouth tomorrow
Five women rowing into the record books for their unique transatlantic crossing are heading for home and are expected into Falmouth in Cornwall on Wednesday...More
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Torpoint Mosquito 125th Anniversary Party & Open Day
This Torpoint club, which is building up a rowing section and currently raising money to buy a Cornish Pilot Gig, is having an open day...More
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Record breaking entries for Ocean to City!
The biggest event in Cork Harbour just keeps growing, as Ocean to City – An Rás Mor breaks its entry record for the third year...More
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Satellite clubs skill development day
On the 4th April, 18 young people took to the water in Plymouth for a day of skill development ran by coach Kevin Sellar. The...More
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The Skiff Factory
A new venture, this is the beginnings of the St Ayles Skiff rowing growth in England. Following on from the success of the fixed seat...More
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Epic celebrations after mainland phase of row
Following a week of typically unpredictable Cornish April weather, H4H Valiant the gig boat built and rowed by wounded ex-servicemen from Falmouth Maritime Museum, finally made...More
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British Rowing support for your club at meeting in Exeter March 12th
Update: 10th March – Please note that this event has now been cancelled due to lack of numbers. British Rowing are organising a series of...More
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Boscastle Rowability Project Needs Volunteers
Boscastle & Crackington Pilot Gig Club have announced an exciting project to help gig rowing become accessible for everyone. This scheme has the backing of British Rowing and...More
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Falmouth to St. Mary’s Epic Row
Details of an ‘Epic Row’ in a Cornish Pilot Gig, by a Wounded, Injured and Sick (WIS) veterans crew, have been released. The journey will...More
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British Rowing Survey – Have Your Say
British Rowing are currently conducting a membership survey – this is YOUR chance to comment on what you, as fixed seat rowers may want from...More
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