2002 Minehead Old French Rowing Boat Race

On August 18th 2002 we held our first mini rowing Regatta. The regatta consisted of two races one men's and one ladies. The race started just outside Minehead harbour and the course went across Minehead Bay, round a marker buoy just off Warren Point, round Metropole Post, and back to the harbour (about 1500m). 5 boats took part, all of the older French Sea boats design, 2 from Minehead, 2 from Watchet and 1 form Exmouth.

The Ladies Teams

 

Minehead Ladies - Flower Power

 

Minehead Ladies - Water Babes

 

Exmouth Ladies

 

Watchet Ladies A

 

Watchet Ladies B
 

The Men's Teams

 

Minehead Men's - The Unkowns

 

Minehead Men's - Minehead Mavericks

 

Watchet Men's A

 

Watchet Men's B

 

Exmouth Men's, and ladies
 

The weather for the races was choppy, which made things a little more interesting. Predictably Exmouth won both the men's and ladies races, although not by that big a margin.

The results were:

Men's

First - Exmouth

Second - Minehead Mavericks

Third - Minehead Unknowns

Fouth - Watchet A

Fifth - Watchet B

Ladies

First - Exmouth

Second - Minehead Waterbabes

Third - Watchet A

Fouth - Minehead Flower Power

Fifth - Watchet B
 

Some photos from the race

 

Getting ready

 

Minehead Water Babes chasing Exmouth Ladies

 

Minehead Ladies Flower Power going round the mark, note the David Hart special turning technique.

 

Minehead Mavericks chasing Exmouth (there just out of the picture - honest)

 

Minehead Unkowns romping home

 

Exmouth Ladies collecting their prizes

 

Exmouth men looking at their prizes - if Bob was the Cox of the ladies team did he walk away with two bottles of wine!!

 

Better luck next time Elvis

 

A big thanks to all who helped on the day, and to all the teams for taking part.

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