Thursday 11 April 2013

Men's A team


LYME REGIS FIGHT IT OUT ON THE DART 


Lyme Regis Gig Club travelled down to race at the Dart Pilot Gig Club Regatta on Saturday 6th April for what is a keenly contested series of races with nine competitive clubs including Caradon, Cattewater, Ilfracombe, Teign, Rame, Dart, Appledore, Salcombe.   

The Dart Gig Regatta start line was just seaward of the town’s higher ferry and the 1.2 mile course went down the river mouth to two marker buoys beneath the picturesque castle and back with a finish line adjacent to Dartmouth Sailing Club. The racing started just after midday as the high tide turned and with sunny weather, cool, light south easterly wind, made for a wonderful afternoon’s event. Excellent viewing for spectators, fantastic hospitality from the Dart Pilot Gig Club and a meandering harbour dolphin followed the boats as they left the pontoon.  

Lyme Regis fielded teams in all the nine races with Lyme Ladies A & B both coming 8th; Lyme Regis Men’s A came 6th, and the B’s 4th. In the veterans races Lyme’s Ladies came 6th and the Men came 7th, both the Lyme Ladies and Men’s C crew’s came 4th and the Mixed Crew came 7th.  


             
Ladies A and B teams

Photo's by Neil Ryder.


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