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| Mens A came 18th (out of 103) Ladies A 26th (out of 95) Both B crews came mid field. Also entered both men and ladies Veterans crew which came respectfully mid field in their races |
WORLD PILOT GIG CHAMPIONSHIPS ISLES OF SCILLY 2007 ![]() |
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We had the honour of meeting the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall during their visit to Kingsand and Cawsand in May 2007. Our Chairman presented the royal couple with Honorary Membership cards as a small token of their visit to Rame Gig Club. |
ALL SMILES : Vehicle loan saves Rame rowers’ charity race bid
However; local hotelier and Formula One Powerboat magnate Chris Parsonage averted the crisis when he agreed to lend the club his own vehicle. Gill Gibson, the club’s vice-chairman, who will be taking part in the race, said “we had done a fair amount of planning and we were all looking forward to going to London. Then we realised that there was no one who had a vehicle that could help. After much searching we decided to ask Chris Parsonage, who owns the Cawsand Bay hotel – next door to our club. His PA rang back, telling us he would be delighted to help us. We are extremely grateful to him”. The mens team from the club will also be taking part in the event which runs from Ham, Richmond, dow the Thames to Island Gardens, Greenwich. The race will see more than 250 boats compete across 35 different classes. It isn’t every day that you see a Cornish Gig Crew rowing past Big Ben and under Tower Bridge. Rame Men and Ladies Veterans competed in London’s 20th annual Great River Race along the Thames. The gruelling 22-mile event attracted hundreds of crews from across the country. There were times that felt very surreal – rowing a Cornish pilot gig past the Houses of Parliament, Big Ben, The London Eye and then under Tower Bridge. LOTTERY FUNDING. picture to be submitted As the 2007 season draws to a close and we look forward to a new season in 2008, we are also looking forwad (or is that dread) to the machines coming back out of storage and our winter training to begin This winter, our older Junior rowers have expressed an interest and they will also begin training with the added aim of preparing themselves for the move from juniors, to mens rowers. Ted Baker is intending to use one of the machines in a sponsored row as part of his School Community Project for his GCSE Coursework. We now enter the next challange, that is to increase our bank balance by a mere £200,000. We have a 3 year deadline in which to achieve this our most ambitious of challanges. To rebuild our Gig Shed. We have made a start and need to progress this. Further Grant applications are being submitted, one of which, we were hopeful of so long as the Olympic overspend does not claim all the funding. Keep a look out on our Referbishment Page for ongoing updates as to how we are doing. All donations gratefully received.
ARTICLE AS PER CORNISH TIMES 14.08.07
Rame’s veteran female rowers salute their night in shining armour who stepped in to help them take part in a charity race. Rame Gig Club’s female veterans were finalising their plans to row in the 22-mile Great London River Race on September 8, with the aim of raising money for Breast Cancer Care. But then they realised that there were no members who had a vehicle large enough with a tow bar that could pull their vessel to the capital.

Helen Nance, Nicci Hastings, Irene Lentel, Gill Gibson,
Tracey Morcomb, Rachel Peters.
(Additional crew members not in photo include Jo Clarke
and coxswain Jamie Hubbard)
SUCCESS: Rame Gig Club Ladies and Mens Veteran Rowers succeed in style.
EXTRACTS FROM ARTICLE AS PER CORNISH GUARDIAN 12.09.07

Rame Crews performed more than admirably. Rame Men battled out their race against Boscastle and Local Crew Jupiter Point, , finishing seconds behind Boscastle and ahead of Jupiter. The mens crew were raising funds for South West Childrens Hospice

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Rame Ladies came second in their Minnadhu vessel in the veteran’s section, finishing 27 seconds behind a Welsh Cutter. The results are even more spectacular considering the ladies’ crew was formed last year. The Crew raised money for Breakthrough Breast Cancer.
A spokesperson from the club stated, “the atmosphere and support from the crowds on the sides of the river and along the bridges was fantastic. We even spotted a St Piran’s flag on a balcony of an apartment block and all burst into raptures of ‘oggy oggy oggy’ – it was quite an emotional moment.

In September 2006, after months of form filling, telephone conversations and emails, Gill Gibson was contacted by Sports for All Lottery Grants, to confirm that her request for a £10,000 grant for Rame Gig Club had been granted. The conditions of the grant was to purchase 6 Concept Rowing Machines, complete with heart monitors and training cards, as well as a new, twin axle trailer, to enable the safe transportation of one of our boats to Regattas.
The cheque came through later in the year and by the early part of 2007, the machines and trailer was on order.
awards for all
We took delivery of six Concept Rowing Machines in February 2007. Lots of strange noises could be heard by the local's in Cawsand, as their curiosity revealed a number of our rowers training on the machines while the weather was inclement, the boats were still being repaired in preparation for the season about to begin.
Training in those early days was very difficult, but rewarding as we proved that we had the strength of mind and body to improve our overall fitness. Although some of us have been unable to maximise the use due to injuries that limit the training on such machines, others have persivered and seen an improvement in personal shape, fitness and the quality of their rowing.




