The 2015 season has been the best yet for juniors for Saltash-based Caradon Gig Club – the club have won two championship events and finished runners-up in a third.
In June the junior crew triumphed at Saltash Regatta, winning the mixed junior category. The same crew then went on to win the Under-16 County Championships in Newquay – this was the third consecutive year the club have won the competition, with three of the 2014 winning crew making up the team again this year.
The B crew also enjoyed success, finishing the top placed B crew in overall sixth place. The under-14s crew were runners-up at their respective championship in Hayle in August rounding off a great season for the younger rowers.
The club also joined forces with saltash.net school in June to enter the Cornwall School Games. Here an all-girl crew won the Year 10 and 11 girls’ category and an all-boy crew finished runner-up by a matter of inches in the Year 10 and 11 boys’ category.
The juniors’ victory was the icing on the cake for the club, who have also enjoyed success in the adult section. This year saw the ladies A crew win the County Championships for the first time in the club’s history – having contested the final for over a decade.
The men’s A crew finished runners-up in their equivalent, equalling their result from this year’s World Championship.
The junior squad will be recruiting new rowers aged 12 to16 over the winter for next season. An indoor rowing club will run at saltash.net on Friday afternoons starting after the October half-term, with water sessions beginning in the spring.
Anyone interested should contact Rhiannon Bailey [email protected]
Junior A crew: Alice Flanagan, Josie Maddever, Ryan Bailey, Lee Welsh, Leonie Carroll and Ben Russell. Junior B crew: Ben Bradley, Beckah Bradley, Briony Evans, Isaac Carroll, Toby Shotton and Caitlin Henderson. Under-14 crew: Ben Bradley, Beckah Bradley, Annabel Mimpriss, Connor Stapleton, Ella Marquand and Isaac Carroll.