Harker's Yard Gig Association

21/08/2026

01/08/2026

Great to see 8 Harker's Yard Gig Association boats racing today and 1 Cornish gig taking part in the Tony Adam’s Memorial race from Brightlingsea to the Lightship at the Hythe Colchester. What a great annual event hosted by Rowhedge Coastal Rowing Club. Well done to all the crews taking part in the 11k race in the heat.
1st place Violette Brightlingsea UCSC Rowing Club
2nd place Aqualine Rowhedge Coastal Rowing Club
3rd place Defiance Wivenhoe Corsairs Community Rowing Club

Well done everyone 🙌💪🏽💪🏽

04/05/2026

Another great IoS World Champs is done 😊 3 Essex gigs out there and we had rowers from 10 of the HYGA clubs which is definitely a record! 🙌

12/04/2026

What an evening!! Last night saw our annual end of season Harker's Yard Gig Association Prize giving Dinner dance.
Was so lovely to see so many clubs making the effort to attend and enjoy the celebrations. Well done to each and every rower, tower, coxswain and of course supporters who took part this year. It was a great winter series despite many races being cancelled due to poor weather, however this did not stop our rowers.
Final results:

Ladies
1st place Violette Brightlingsea UCSC Rowing Club
2nd place Defiance Wivenhoe Corsairs Community Rowing Club
3rd place Ready Maldon Gig Rowing Club MGRC

Men
1st place Wren Burnham on Crouch Coastal Rowing Club
2nd place Defiance Wivenhoe Corsair’s Community Rowing Club
3rd place Mehalah Mersea Island Rowing Club

Mixed
1st place Violette UCSC community sailing club
2nd place Defiance Wivenhoe Corsair’s Community Rowing club
3rd Audacity Wivgigs Rowing Club

Overall
1st place Violette UCSC community sailing Club
2nd Place Defience Wivenhoe Corsair’s Community Sailing Club
3rd place Wren Burnham on crouch coastal rowing club

See you all on the water for the summer racing. 💪🏽💪🏽

11/04/2026

As the Winter Series Draws to a close with the Awards Evening. Here are the full results for Women, Men, Mixed, Overall and the 300 Club. Also included, a results grid of the season 😀

10/04/2026

24 hrs until we get our glad rags on and celebrate the end of season 2025-2026 HYGA Dinner Dance & Prizegiving.
Arrivals from 19:00 sit down for 19:30, carriages at midnight.
Don’t forget it’s a cashless bar but please bring cash with you for our fabulous raffle £5 a strip or 5 strips for £20. Some great prizes on offer donated by all the HYGA clubs.
We look forward to seeing everyone tomorrow evening to celebrate 🍾 🥂🎊🎉💃🕺👯🎶🎸🥁

09/04/2026

In preparation for the Awards Dinner on Saturday. Here are the 300 Club Results from the Winter Series 😀

26/03/2026

Harker's Yard Gig AssociationWinter Series 2025-2026Burnham on CrouchCoastal Rowing Clubat Royal Corinthian Yacht Club22 March 2026