TOP level gig racing is returning to Weymouth with the Mixed Grand Prix later this month.
On the weekend of May 31 and June 1, Weymouth Rowing Club are collaborating with the Cornish Pilot Gig Association to host the national level championship on the Saturday of their regatta.
The annual mixed gender championship will see 96 crews made up of three men and three women will battle it out for the trophy.
600 rowers from Cornwall, Devon, Essex, Sussex, London, Somerset, Bristol and Hampshire, as well as the local Dorset Clubs are expected to compete.
Weymouth is also hosting two clubs from the Netherlands and The Italian Fixed Seat Rowing Federation.
Weymouth Regatta committee chairman Liam Patton said “Providing the weather is with us, I believe we will be in for the most exciting two days of racing I think Weymouth will have ever hosted.
"Coming off the recent World Pilot Gig Championship, this is the ideal test for clubs to mix ups their crews in very different waters. We’re also very excited to be welcoming the international guests."
The opening qualifying round starts at 9am and the final round at 3pm.
On the Sunday, a separate points regatta with men’s and ladies crews racing across different age categories, as well as junior racing.
Clubs from the local Jurassic League and some other top clubs will earn points to try and win the Tristan Johnson Cup.
Weymouth Rowing Club was set up in honour of Tristan’s memory by his father Heddon Johnson and his friends in the year 2000, after Tristan sadly passed away."
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