Cattewater Plymouth Gig Rowing Club

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Plymouth's original gig rowing club. The club has 2 wooden race boats - Drake and Catalina, as well as 2 plastic training boats - Mr & Mrs Floaty!

Named after the Cattewater, and based at the Mount Batten Watersports Centre, we offer competitive and social rowing in the stunning surroundings of Plymouth Sound. One of the fastest growing team sports in the UK - Cornish Pilot Gig Racing combines traditional handmade wooden rowing boats with a crew of 7, variable sea conditions and race courses combining tight turns to create an additive sport that is accessible to all ages and abilities. Plymouth’s Cattewater Pilot Gig Club are based at the Mount Batten Watersports Centre in Plymstock and currently run 3 mens crews, 3 ladies crews, social rowing, learn-to-row sessions, as well as a junior crew. All our boats are a distinctive jade green colour and can often be seen rowing in Plymouth Sound all year round. During the summer months we compete at rowing Regattas through Devon, Cornwall and Dorset; and once a year we compete at the Gig Rowing World Championships on the Isles of Scilly. If you are looking for a new sport, a new challenge, looking to get fit, or just a sociable past-time on the water - drop us a line!

03/10/2026

Our social rowers chasing down the Z crew rowers 🚣‍♀️🚣‍♀️🚣‍♀️ making the most of the sun (while summer remains)

27/09/2026

Delayed Mens Newquay Championships post.. part 2.. Mens A crew 😎

They dreamed of getting a semi, talked about getting a semi, and after first place finishes in round 1 and the quarter finals, a place in the semi finals was achieved 💪

14th overall and a great weekend of rowing - well done mens A! 👏👏👏

26/09/2026

Slightly delayed Mens Newquay Championships update 🙄.. starting with our Mens B crew

Hastily assembled, and including a few 'Newquay virgins', the championships were probably their 2nd or 3rd row together as a complete crew.

Despite this and a tough round 1 draw, they had a great row and finished the competition in joint 57th out of 86 crews 💪😍

25/09/2026

End of summer mens race night (and drinks) with Yealm Gig Rowing Club 😍

11/09/2026

Our crew of 8 rowers + coxwain Lee are currently resting up in preparation for the Great River Race Official tomorrow 😬

21.6 miles of rowing along the Thames awaits them. If you can spare a few pennies in sponsorship, it will help the club to cover the cost of the recently purchased new gig ‘Iris’ and her ongoing maintenance costs.

https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/great-river-race

Good luck Cattes!

08/09/2026

Dolphins in the Cattewater! 😍

Sound removed as it was just a lot of squealing from grown men 😬

06/09/2026

2026 Ladies Newquay Championships complete 😎

A huge congratulations to and all the finalists 👏👏👏

Our ladies A and B had a great weekend of racing and both finished the competition as quarter finalists!
Well rowed and well deserved 💪

Thank you to our coxes, Lee and Emma + a big thank you to Fran for towing Catalina to the event 😘

Next up.. the Great River Race Official on Saturday 😍

05/09/2026

Newquay day 1 done ✅

Quick summary; our 2 ladies crews both smashed day 1 and go through to tomorrow's quarter finals 💪👏🎉

Ladies A, despite having to wait until the last heat of round 1, made short work of their race and comfortably qualified for the quarter finals with a 2nd place finish 😎

Ladies B on the other hand were racing in the 1st heat of the day, but a 4th place finish meant they had to go again in round 2... No worries though as they cruised to a 1st place finish, and also go through to the quarter finals 🎉

Bring on tomorrow! 💪💪💪

04/09/2026

Eight of our crew are swapping Plymouth Cattewater for the London Thames next weekend to take part in the London River Marathon from Millwall to Richmond

With over 2500 competitors in 300 crews, the event includes various ‘fixed seat’ craft from Thames Watermens Cutters, Cornish Pilot Gigs and the mighty Dragon Boats

The course is a gruelling 21.6 miles, under 28 bridges and will take around 3-4 hours

We are raising sponsorship money from the event to cover the cost of the recently purchased new gig ‘Iris’ and her ongoing maintenance costs.

Any donations gratefully received!

Link in bio

https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/great-river-race

16/08/2026

Cheers to Paignton ARC for an excellent Saturday in the sun! Some great results from our crews with a few smashing their first races and first time race coxing 👏👏👏

Results:

Mens A. 1st 🥇
Mens B. 1st (but declared)
Ladies A. 3rd 🥉
Ladies B. 2nd 🥈
Ladies Vets. 2nd 🥈

Well done to all, and thanks as always to our towers, coxes and crew coordinators 😘

Address

Mount Batten Centre, 70 Lawrence Road
Plymouth
PL99SJ

Website

https://www.cattewatergigclub.com/

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