Summary
Teign, Dart and Paignton attended the season's two-day grand finale for women, the Ladies' County Gig Championships at Newquay.
A dire weather forecast left no one in doubt that conditions would be challenging. The first round got under way with the 83 crews drawn into races of six loaned gigs, chosen for their similarity in age, condition and performance.See the full content of this document
Extract
Weather Makes Racing a Lottery
The standard course had been laid to see crews starting and finishing just outside the harbour entrance and turning two marks to give a roughly 16-minute triangular race in favourable conditions.
Teign's A crew of Rachel Holgate, Kelly Inness, Lucy Barczok, Sue Heath, Kerrie Potter, Kate Barczok and Andy Forte (cox) were drawn in an early race, their own gig and the inside berth.They had an exce...See the full content of this document
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