Flushing & Mylor Pilot Gig Club

Rob Hilder has been part of the club and coxing our boats for many years and members wanted to show their appreciation by buying him a club splashtop.

He was presented with it at Marianne’s house after a particularly frosty row this morning.

The Masters crew had to turn back after they hit about a cm of ice towards the top of Penryn River.

At precisely 11:30 on New Years Day, members and friends of Flushing & Mylor Pilot Gig Club took to the balmy waters at Flushing beach for their annual New Year celebration swim. Some (sensible) members wore wetsuits, a number seemingly clad in crime-scene investigation suits in a vain hope to stave off the chill factor, but the hardiest of them all naturally just attired in swimsuits (no budgie smugglers or mankinis disappointingly—maybe next year!) There followed a hearty breakfast of bacon & chocolates with all donations to Macmillan Cancer Support. Well done to all for raising just over £250.

Well done to everyone who helped put on yet another brilliant FMPGC Christmas Party last night.

If you’re having trouble remembering some of the evening today, here are a few photos to remind you of a great night.

Following our award from Sport England towards new equipment for Junior rowers, the past 12 months has seen an ever growing Junior membership within the club. Lynn, Marianne and all their helpers have done an amazing job of getting more primary school children involved in rowing our new flashboat and skiff; whilst the older (teenage) members have continued to improve in the gigs. Some of the youngest have taken to rowing incredibly quickly and we hope that they’ll want to carry on for years to come.

The end of the summer season was celebrated with a fun regatta, in which many members took part, although some of our keenest and most improved (e.g. Isaac & Milo) were unfortunately ill that day. Well done to everyone who attended though, especially Fraser for winning all his races, to the Leuzzi family for turning out in force and to Mykel for agreeing to race a flashboat having never even been in one before last Friday!

Junior training will continue throughout the winter, on Saturday afternoons. Contact Lynn on lynn@fmpgc.org (children up to school Yr 8 ) or Marianne on juniors@fmpgc.org (Yr 9 and above) for more information, times, etc.