Ladies win 2017 Dinas Head!!
Sponsored Row & Olympic Games 2012
Junior Sponsored Row
A Fantastic effort today from the Juniors completing their Sponsored Row from Cardigan bridge, around Cardigan Island and back to Aberporth, over 10 miles!
The sea perfect for the occasion but unfortunately 3/4 of the row was completed in heavy rain. Despite this the Juniors and supporting Seniors left in high spirits, made many crew changes and landed on Aberporth beach just gone 1.30pm, completing the row in 3hr 24mins 19 secs. A fantastic result, well done guys!
All the money raised from the row will go towards ‘Amanda’s Chemo Fund’. Thank you to all who supported and donated, a fab team effort!
Aberporth Olympics 2012
The Aberporth Ladies Fundraisers also held ‘Aberporth Olympics’ event this afternoon, again all money going towards ‘Amanda’s Chemo fund’. A fantastic turn out, a great opening ceremony, 10 Olympic events for children, women and men to compete in, followed by a medal presentation.
Well done to all the organisers and helpers for a fantastic community event, all pulling together for a great cause.
Photos of the Sponsored Row & Aberporth Olympics 2012 Press f11 for full screen.
All the money has now been counted, and between the two events we raised over £3000!
Celtic Challenge 2012
Start Celtic Challenge 2012
The Celtic Challenge is the World’s Longest true rowing race where teams race from Arklow in County Wicklow, Ireland to Aberystwyth on the Welsh coast, a distance of about 90 nautical miles. Celtic and Pembrokeshire longboats take part and the challenge consists of 12 people who take it in turns to row, spending the time in between on a support boat.
The Celtic Challenge 2012 took place over the bank holiday weekend 5th – 6th May , it was touch and go whether the race would go ahead due to rough sea conditions. It was agreed to start the race 4pm on Saturday, when the waves dropped enough to exit the harbour. It was a very sketchy start, with 23 crews in the water, the first 16 hours were gruelling to say the least. Many teams dropped out due to extreme conditions, sea sickness and equipment failures. By morning only 11 teams remained in the race, exhausted crews finally able to enjoy the row as conditions improved. At 3.24pm on Sunday, with our huge team of supporters cheering us in we crossed the finished line in at a very respectable seventh place in a time of 23hours 24 minutes.
Massive thank you to Skipper Mark and First mate Bob of Wandrin Star, Fishguard and Stuart Forsyth and Kevin Dobson our rib support crew, you were all amazing and kept us all safe. A big thank you to Jeff English for transporting the boat and supporting us throughout the event. A huge thank you to Wendy Davies Cushley who kept us fed and watered for 24hrs without a minutes break! Also a massive thank you to Charlie Millar who dedicated a huge amount of time and effort to organise our challenge. Special Thank you to all our family and friends who have supported us throughout the event, without you it wouldn’t have been possible.
Special thanks to our main sponsors: Carrentals.co.uk and to all our other major sponsors Lewtress, Old Post Office Aberporth, Granant Precast Concrete, Aberporth Community Council and Deli Delights for donating all our drinking water.
Start of the race! From the left in Yellow boat Dolwen: Andy Cushley, Andy Mayer, Carl Rich, Charlie Millar & Cox Hayley Morris.
Here are some of our Celtic Challenge pictures
Carrentals.co.uk sponsors our 2012 Celtic Challenge
Sponsored jackets from carrentals.co.uk
Back of jackets
Massive thank you to Carrentals.co.uk for your very generous sponsorship. Our new jackets were perfect for the challenge, they kept us dry and warm, and made us really easy to spot! If you dont hear us coming you will definitely see us!
Team Photo from front left: Charlie Millar, Tim Wilcox, Leanne Phillips, Hayley Morris, Andy Mayer, Oli Box, Wendy Davies Cushley. Back left: Carl Rich, Chris New, Andy Cushley, Gareth Edwards, Owen Harries & Tim Ogilvie.
Halloween Disco Party 2011
Halloween Disco
Aberporth Rowing Club are holding our Annual ‘Halloween Family Disco’ on Saturday 29th October 2011 from 5-8pm at Parcllyn Social Club.
There will be a Disco, Fancy dress competition, BBQ, Treasure Hunt, Prize for the best carved Pumpkin (remember to bring these with you), Apple bobbing, Spooky Cakes and Toffee apples. Join us for an evening full of tricks and treats. Tickets on the door, Adults free, Children £2.50 each, to include a drink and biscuit. All children to be accompanied by an adult.
Llangrannog Race 2011
At their third attempt Crannog were finally given a break with weather and sea conditions and put on a great event.
Aberporth Teams Race highlights:
Tilly ladies did it again, winning their second league race in a row! They did it in some style finishing a considerable distance ahead of the rest of the 11 strong field. Well done team!
Leanne Philips, Donna Philips, Hayley Morris, Kathy French & Tim Ogg (cox)
We had our first junior team competing since the club reformed 3 years ago. Tilly Juniors did really well in difficult sea conditions to win the under 18 girls race. Well done to all the girls and to Chris New (junior coach) who has worked hard with the juniors over the last few weeks to get the team ready to race.
Girls Under 18's Team with coach Chris New
There was a good battle in the mixed race between the two Aberporth teams. Despite both teams being unfortunate at the start of the race they worked their way through the field but couldn’t shake off each other. They battled right to the end finishing in 7th & 8th with Dolwen finishing just 4 seconds ahead of Tilly Whim.
Well done everyone today. Race pics
Sponsored Row for Celtic Challenge
Sponsored Row 2011
On Sunday 28th August 2011 , August Bank Holiday weekend, we will be doing a 12 hour sponsored row to raise money for the Celtic Challenge in May 2012.
It will be held in Dyffryn car park (opposite the Ship Aberporth)
First rower starts at 8am and last rower finishes at 8pm.
There will be BBQ, Raffle, Cakes, Stalls and a chance for visitors of all ages to have a go on the rowing machine to try and win the 500 meter challenge.
Dinas Head 2011
Dinas Head 2011 Rowers
We managed to get 2 teams together for this excellent evening event. The teams were split to make them as even as possible and it couldn’t have been much closer with Tilly Whim beating Dolwen by just 4 seconds! Tilly Whim completed the course in 1:02:35 and Dolwen in 1:02:39.
Click here for full race report and results
Big thank you to Newport Rowing Club for another great Dinas Head Challenge.
Tilly Whim team:
Chris New, Charlie Millar, Gareth Edwards, Mike Hodges (Newport) & Wendy Cushley (cox)
Dolwen team:
Andy Mayer, Andrew Cushley, Hayley Morris, Oli Box & Lisa Mayer (cox)
Llangwm Race 2011
Tilly Ladies - Ladies Winners Leanne Philips, Donna Philips, Hayley Morris, Kathy French & Tim Ogilvie (cox)
Back to South League Racing with a bang. Aberporth Tilly Ladies get their first ever win! After a slow start they worked their way to the front and held of the challenge from Llangwm and New Quay to claim first place. Excellent performance, hopefully first of many.
Well done all the other crews, good effort everyone!
Our new boat Dyffryn also had its maiden voyage today 🙂
Aberystwyth Race 2011
Aberaeron Race 2011
Cardigan Race 2011
Aberporth Rowing Race 2011
Clwb Rhwyfo Aberporth Rowing Club 24thApril 2011
Aberporth Dolwen Mens Team - Men's Race Winners (Owen Harries, Andy Mayer, Oli Box, Tim Ogilvie & cox Leanne Phillips)
This was Aberporth’s first race for over 15 years and what a great day it was. 37 crews competed in beautiful conditions and put on a great show for the hundreds of spectators. It was made extra special when in the Men’s race Aberporth came across the line in first place to claim their first ever win.
Race Results
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Ladies Race |
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| Position | Club Name | Crew Name | Time | |
| 1 | Llangwm | Mel’s Belles | 33.16 | Ladies Winners |
| 2 | New Quay | Wild Ones | 33.56 | Ladies Vets Winners |
| 3 | Llangwm | Double D’s | 34.06 | |
| 4 | Aberystwyth | Aberystwyth | 35.08 | |
| 5 | New Quay | Charlys Angels | 35.30 | |
| 6 | Aberporth | Tilly Ladies | 35.47 | |
| 7 | PYC | Dazzlin Daisies | 36.48 | |
| 8 | Aberaeron | Aberaeron Vets | 37.07 | Vets |
| 9 | Crannog | Crannog Ladies | 38.35 | |
| 10 | Mumbles | Mumbles | 39.14 | |
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Seniors Race |
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| Position | Club Name | Crew Name | Time | |
| 1 | Aberporth | Dolwen Men | 37.32 | Seniors Winners |
| 2 | New Quay | Trojans | 37.51 | |
| 3 | Llanion | Llanion Men | 37.55 | |
| 4 | Llangwm | Kiddles | 38.16 | |
| 5 | Llangrannog | Crannog Men 1 | 38.38 | |
| 6 | Aberystwyth | Aberystwyth Vets | 39.00 | Vets Winners |
| 7 | Aberporth | Tilly Men | 39.33 | |
| 8 | Mumbles | Mumbles | 39.44 | |
| 9 | PYC | Whoop a Daisy | 40.48 | |
| 10 | New Quay | Scorpions | 41.16 | |
| 11 | Aberaeron | Aberaeron Super Vets | 41.36 | Supa Vets Winners |
| 12 | Crannog | Crannog Super Vets | 42.51 | Vets |
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Juniors Race |
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| Position | Club Name | Crew Name | Time | |
| 1 | Llangrannog | Crannog Juniors | 36.00 | Boys U18 Winners |
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Mixed Race |
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| Position | Club Name | Crew Name | Time | |
| 1 | New Quay | New Quay One | 31.11 | Mixed Winners |
| 2 | Aberystwyth | Aberystwyth Mixed | 31.22 | |
| 3 | Llangwm | The Brokes | 32.16 | |
| 4 | Llanion | Llanion Mixed | 32.38 | |
| 5 | PYC | Cheeky Vimtos | 33.09 | |
| 6 | Llangwm | Double D’s | 33.10 | |
| 7 | Aberystwyth | Aberystwyth Mixed Vets | 33.14 | Mixed Vets Winners |
| 8 | Aberporth | Dolwen Mixed | 33.30 | |
| 9 | Aberporth | Tilly Mixed | 33.54 | |
| 10 | New Quay | New Quay Two | 34.12 | |
| 11 | PYC | Guys & Dolls | 34.43 | |
| 12 | Aberaeron | Mixed A | 35.15 | |
| 13 | Mumbles | Mumbles | 35.26 | |
| 14 | Aberaeron | Aberaeron Mixed Vets | 35.35 | Vets |
Race Pictures will follow soon here, please check later in the week.
The whole day was a great success and wouldn’t have been possible without the following sponsors, donations and helpers on the day.
Trophy Sponsors
Tanygroes Car Dismantlers Carrentals.co.uk O C Davies & Sons Ltd Honda & Renault Aberporth Community Council Penrhyn Pharmacy Aberporth Derek French Plumbing & Property Services Hoffnant Stores Loving Memory of Chris Fagan Loving Memory of Ioan Davies Bob Mayer Trophy Quinnell ShieldDonations
Deli Delights Cardigan Kathy’s Kids Childminding Services Aberporth A Cushley Heating Pacllyn Golden Dragon Chinese Takeaway Aberporth Londis Stores ParcllynHelpers
Safety Boats & Lead Boat – Stuart, Kevin, Steve (Tresaith Mariners), Andrew & Ben (Aberporth Surf Life Saving Club), Jimmy (Lead Boat)
BBQ – Ian, Jean, Bev, Fran, Annette, extra special thanks to Richard & Lynne (Ship Aberporth) for saving the day. Refreshments – Rachael & Helen. Marshals – Chris & Danny. Photography – Paul Fenrich. Time Keeping – Howard & Ryan (Velo Teifi).
Event PA & Race Commentary – Extra special thank you to Dai Ogg who kept the rowers and spectators well informed and entertained throughout the day and to Steve for his in race commentary.
Well done everyone at Clwb Rhwyfo Aberporth Rowing Club, same again next year!
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Newport Longboat Race April 2011
Treasure Hunt Sunday 29th Aug 2010
Aberporth Rowing Club’s annual walking treasure hunt is on Sunday 29th August 2010 – Aberporth beach car park
Treasure Hunt, BBQ, Drinks, Stalls, Games from 1.30pm
Treasure Hunt starts at 2pm and is suitable for all abilities.
Aberporth weather forecast is good so come on down! Great prizes up for grabs!
