A sunny morning promised a good day of racing - certainly compared to last year.
| Ladies Round 1 |
The ladies’ St Agnes race was probably the quickest lineup the championships have seen since more than 50 gigs have been attending. Within a minute, the flag was up and down - signalling the start of the ladies’ championships.
Irene Too started very strong, and continued to pull ahead of the field, and stayed there finishing a very convincing first. A closer battle was fought for second between the Miller’s Daughter, Killigerran and Kensa - the former two being caught by the Kensa in the later stages of the race. Miller’s Daughter lead the pack chasing the Irene Too. The Killigerran had slipped to sixth by the end of the race.
| Mens Round 1 |
The Irene Too, again, was an early leader in the mens’ St Agnes race. In slightly cloudier weather, the Falmouth gig could not hold on to it’s lead when the Miller’s Daughter started fighting hard to catch up. She eventually overtook the Irene Too finishing first. Her fellow Caradon gig, the Mary Newman, was almost disqualified after nearly venturing the wrong side of one of the marker buoys. The mistake was corrected at the last moment, when the Newman was rowing almost perpendicular to the other gigs in order to stay the right side. Despite this, they managed to finish fourth.
| More info |
http://www.pilotgigs.info/wpg/ has pictures from the first day, full results from round 1, plus up-to-date photos of the results boards (updated 10:20 am Sunday).
Full report published later today.