The Pirates were here today on there charity row

Poole Pirates leaving Lyme Regis after there stay on the way to Portland .Lyme Regis Gig Club wish them well on there journey it was great to meet them all a jolly band of fellows !
Safety boat and Gig preparing to meet the Pirats

The Gig on its charity row arrived in Lyme Regis on its way to Poole from Cornwall. Escorted by a yacht they were met by our two gigs and the safety boat. Its was the first experience of Josephine Whetlor in the safety boat with Henry and one other . The Chairman had asked me to greet the pirates when they came ashore and welcome them to Lyme Regis and it was a pleasure to do so. In the evening a chanty evening was held at the Harbour Inn and good evening it was . We all wished the pirates a safe voyage back to Poole. For more information regarding this charity contact www.piratesofpoole.com.

Lyme Regis members at the World Championships in the Scilly Isles

Please read this letter received from the CPGA An endearing comment for our club

Hi all,

Thought you might like to see this. I asked Anne Curnow Care, who is secretary to the CPGA and also kindly coxed our Mens A crew in Scilly for a quote for the papers, and this is what she sent me. Read and be proud, all those of Lyme!

Lis

Begin forwarded message:

From: Theobosula@aol.com

Date: 6 May 2010 21:57:03 GMT+01:00

To: pauljdyer@btinternet.com

Cc: lis.dyer@btinternet.com

Subject: Re: Greetings from Lyme

A truly fantastic weekend was spent with the Lyme Regis Mens A crew in the gig Rebel at the recent Scilly World Gig Championships. Back in the distance past when I volunteered to cox for them, if they needed a little 'Scilly experience', I had little idea about what the weekend had in store.

The first race on the Saturday is always an awesome experience and even after 18 Championships the whole spectacle never diminishes. After a warning to get back, we did, but wondered whether a disqualification deed would be done, but luckily not.

The crew didn't feel their happiest on the Saturday, but following the award of a trophy - a toilet seat, found on the beach, the whole atmosphere lifted and Sunday was to be special.

the championship works by racing all gigs off together in the first race and then they are seeded. in each race the top two go up and the bottom two go down. On the Sunday Rebel was on form, winning in the morning the crew rose to the next heat and then in the afternoon, in a close fought battle with Lyonnesse (currently on loan to St Agnes on the Isles of Scilly) they won - winning Group F.

Joy all round, one of the most infectious things about a win is that it is not only shared with the crew that complete the task (all 7 of them) but also the rest of the Club. Lyme were certainly going to party on that on the Sunday night, many suffering on the Monday morning.

A Club that has the boats at its heart truly realised why Scillies is such a great experience over the weekend and are no doubt beginning to count down to next year, well I know that one of them is.

On a personal note, the first Scillies for any club is special and to be able to spend time with a club at this stage is very precious and as secretary of the CPGA dealing with 55 clubs on a regular basis it was an honour to be part of this special time for Lyme and certainly one that I will not forget and I hope, well I know that they won't either. Next year boys, you know where I am, if you need me!

cheers

Anne Curnow Care
Secretary to the CPGA
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This might be good for the future

Scilly Isles What a remarkable achievement by the members.Congratulations

Just thought you'd all like to know how we got on at the weekend!

Out of a total field of 112 boats, the Ladies crews came 53rd for the A's, in the middle of Group E, and the Ladies B came 100th, towards the top of Group I.

For the men, competing against 121 other boats, the A crew achieved 61st place, winning Group F and thus getting to go up on the podium to collect our first trophy as winners of the group. The B crew came in 92, in the middle of Group H.

The Ladies Vets crews came in 34th and 43rd respectively in a field of 46, competing in horrible rainy conditions with a heavy sea. The rain stopped for the Mens Vets crews, who came in 24th and 46th, out of 62 boats.

Our lovely 'Rebel' and 'Black Ven' were voted the prettiest boats by the islanders, and we also won the prize for the best supporters!

All in all, a fantastic achievement for Lyme this weekend. There is an item on BBC Spotlight tonight on the Championships, so have a look at that if you can. You can also see Black Ven on the start line on ITV WestCountry News - the link is

http://www.itv.com/westcountry-west/world-gig-championships27329/

and there are photos going up on www.gigrower.co.uk all the time. Only the vets photos are there at the moment, but there are some great ones of our boys and girls, and more to follow over the next couple of days.

I am planning to put together a disc of a selection of all the photos taken over the weekend, which will be available for £4.50 for those that would like it - it has become clear over the weekend that we need to acquire some new radios and this seems a good way to fundraise for it! Let me know if you'd like a copy and I'll stick you on the list.

All the clubs I spoke to were really impressed with the results we achieved in our first ever championships - to come in the top half on our first time out is a huge achievement, and testament not only to the hard training of the rowers and coxes but also the fantastic support we get from everyone. So a big pat on the back all round. Here's to a great season!

Cheers,

Lis