And in 2014 we and other skiffs welcomed the Queen’s Baton Relay for the Commonwealth Games. CCRC did very well coming in in third place, despite having only two pairs of fresh arms in the crew for the return leg against a heavy swell. Later that year, in September, CCRC took part in the inaugural Exciseman’s Chase organised by the Carrick CRC at Maidens in South Ayrshire and has attended this great event ever since. The CCRC skiff, Cumbrae, rowed over from the Island early on a considerably choppy, wet and windy morning, returning later in the afternoon in similar conditions. The 750th anniversary of the Battle of Largs was celebrated in great style in September 2013 during the Viking Festival and CCRC took part in a set of relays in Largs Bay with four other skiffs. The weekend saw CCRC take part in a number of races with mixed crews, men’s, women’s and youth and had mixed results with no prizes taken, but an enjoyable day nonetheless. With varying success in the initial years, the Club’s first proper season of competition began in August 2013 when the local Sail and Oar event, well attended with skiffs from around the Clyde and even from Anstruther in Fife, took place off Millport. Originally Chris Nichol of the National Water Sports Centre Millport had paid for the kit from which the skiff was constructed and the Island later raised the necessary funds to secure it for the Club.īraving the cold, rough seas and blustery winds, a select team of Millport folk, young and not so young, ladies and gents, take to the seas around the coast of the island or within the changeable waters of Millport Bay, getting to grips with the dancing craft, her oars and rudder in preparation for battle against the invaders from the neighbouring island of Great Britain, (the Clyde coast parts anyway). The skiff was built on the island by a dedicated group of locals, the late Sandy Morton, Jimmy Lochridge and David Connell, with assistance from other members of the island community. The Cumbrae Coastal Rowing Club was established in 2011 following the actual launching of the skiff, Cumbrae, in 2010.
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