Sidmouth provided a flat sea and fine weather for crews from Sidmouth, Combwich, Bridport, Lyme Regis, Weymouth, Swanage, Langstone, Exmouth, Poole and Portland to race a triangular course along the sea front. Portland crews rowed strongly in our gig 'Pulpit…
Exmouth's long sandy beach provided an excellent setting for the regatta which was attended by teams from Bideford, Sidmouth, Teinmouth, Combwich, Bridport, Lyme Regis, Weymouth, Swanage, Langstone, Exmouth and Portland. After a hard day rowing, Portland finished 7th in the…
Our gig 'Pulpit Rock' along with nineteen club members and some supporters, headed off early to Northney Marina on Hayling Island ready for the 08:00 gigs on the water. Teams attended from Exmouth, Bridport, Weymouth, Portland, Swanage, Langstone and Eastney.…
The Three Rivers Race is our first race every year. It starts from Saltash, beneath the Tamar Road Bridge, rowing up the Tamar into the Tavy, back down the Tamar into the Lynher and then returning up the Tamar to…
Portland Gig Rowing Club attended Poole Gig Rowing Club's sunny Trafalgar Day race around Brownsea Island. Before the race a very moving memorial took place with the unveiling of a plaque on Poole's gig 'Isabelle' in memory of one of…
Our men's team were training on 21st October in perfect weather when they were encouraged to maintain a reasonable speed by a dolphin that accompanied them along the outside of Portland Harbour's south wall. The dolphin swam alongside and beneath…
Portland entered one team of men in our gig 'Pulpit Rock' coxed by one of our ladies. Swanage was blessed with excellent October weather providing brilliant sunshine, very little wind and a calm sea. Seventeen men's crews attended the event…
2018 was the first year that Portland had entered the Men's Championships which took place over two days (15/16 Sept). There were 98 crews entered into the draw for the 1st round, with Portland being drawn to race in the…
The Great River Race is London's River Marathon. It is 21.6 miles up the River Thames from London Docklands to Ham in Surrey. Entries are restricted to traditional-style, coxed craft powered by a minimum of four oars or paddles with…
The final regatta of the 2018 Jurassic Regional Gig Rowing League took place at Lyme Regis on the 25th August. The league's nine clubs (Langstone, Poole, Swanage, Weymouth, Portland, Bridport, Lyme Regis, Sidmouth and Exmouth) battled to achieve their final…
