Come Boating Winter Adventure Series: Pilot Gig World Championships 2024
January 21, 2025 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
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Presentation by members of the Come Boating teams that went to the last Pilot Gig World Championships in the Scilly Isles, Cornwall, UK in May of 2024.
In May 2024, Belfast’s own Come Boating! sent three rowing teams to compete in the World Pilot Gig Championship. This annual event takes place in spiritual home of Cornish Pilot Gig rowing, in the Isles of Scilly, 30 miles off the coast of Cornwall. Come Boating! last sent sent teams to compete in this niche world championship back in 2018. Join members of the racing teams as they recount their story and share photos of training on the water through the winter, traveling across the sea, racing against 130 other teams, and earning the Sportsmanship award at the international competition.