Wednesday, June 11, 2014

GLANFORD BOAT CLUB REGATTA IN BRIGG - PICTURES BY KEN HARRISON

Glanford Boat Club Regatta - June 2014 in Brigg - picture on Nigel Fisher's Brigg Blog
Scunthorpe Sea Cadets assisted Glanford Boat Club. Here we have some 15 and 16 year old cadets posing for the camera (ABOVE) and crewing the SCC Rescue boat. (BOTTOM PICTURE)....L-R, Ordinary Cadet Jake Kelsey, Leading Cadet Alex Bostock, Leading Cadet Tia Betton, Leading Cadet Lizzie Booth and Ordinary Cadet Callum Pye.

Glanford Boat Club, whose clubhouse and moorings are in the Island Carr area of Brigg - off Bridge Street - held its 2014 regatta on Saturday. Ken Harrison, of Wrawby, went along with his camera and has kindly furnished Brigg Blog with this array of pictures.
The Scunthorpe Sea Cadet Corps supported this event on the River Ancholme. The Corps HQ is based in Wragby Road, Scunthorpe - parade nights being Tuesdays and Thursdays - 6.30pm to 9pm. People can join from the age of 10 as a Junior Cadet and from 12, as a Senior Cadet. Interested?  Check for further details on the Scunthorpe Sea Cadet Corps Facebook pages.

Glanford Boat Club Regatta - June 2014 in Brigg - picture on Nigel Fisher's Brigg Blog
First-aiders on duty - Brigg Town Councillor Ann Eardley, Tom Parratt and Ian Wainwright from the St John's team.

Glanford Boat Club Regatta - June 2014 in Brigg - picture on Nigel Fisher's Brigg Blog
Rowing "blind" on the River Ancholme

Glanford Boat Club Regatta - June 2014 in Brigg - picture on Nigel Fisher's Brigg Blog
12 year old Paul Dyer from Barton, with RNLI Humberside's Sea Safety Officer, Mark Ryder.

Glanford Boat Club Regatta - June 2014 in Brigg - picture on Nigel Fisher's Brigg Blog

1 comment:

  1. Re the bottom picture - the haze around the cox, or helmsman(girl)is not the result of exhaust fumes from the outboard - but, unfortunately, a smeared raindrop on the lens - it had been raining very hard.

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