Portland Gig Rowing Club

18/05/2026

Brilliant weekend for the reds down in Lyme Regis.

On Saturday we had our first ever Masters crew enter into competition. They battled hard in some testing conditions at the Masters Regatta and certainly did Portland proud coming home with a 3rd place finish in the Plate Final - massive well done ladies!

On Sunday it was the first Jurassic League Regatta, and we had several crews across different categories battle it out for the first league points of the season. All the crews put in fantastic performances and we're rewarded with some really good results - most notably a win for our Mens crew in the Vets race 💪

Plenty of smiles throughout the whole weekend and a great way to start the league season.

Thank you to our friends Lyme Regis Gig Club for being brilliant hosts!

Next up Weymouth Regatta - see you there!

14/05/2026

Exciting milestone for our Masters rowers this weekend as they enter their very first dedicated Masters Regatta! 🚣‍♀️🚣‍♂️

Last year, thanks to support from the Dorset Community Foundation, we secured grant funding to purchase gym equipment aimed at enhancing training opportunities for our Masters age group.

Twelve months on, it’s fantastic to see that investment helping our rowers progress from training sessions to competition, with our first Masters crew now representing the club at a specialist regatta.

A huge thank you to everyone who supported the project — and good luck to the crew racing this weekend! 💪

08/05/2026

WPGC Class of 2026 ❤️

06/05/2026

Yet another fantastic weekend for the reds at the World Pilot Gig Championships in the Isles of Scilly. All crews rowed strong, did Portland proud and had lots of fun in the process. 💪

PGRC Results:
Open Vets - 21/35
Ladies Vets (Barbarian crew) - 32/48
Open Senior - 59/132
Ladies Senior - 99/132

Well done to all crews that took part. 👏

We're already counting down the days to WPGC 2027. 🗓️

01/05/2026

Racing starts today and you can watch Pulpit Rock in action and cheer on the reds right across the weekend! 💪🔴

WPGC | Open Masters FINAL | Super Vets & Vets | Round 2 | Nut Rock

24/04/2026

❗📢🏁1 WEEK TO GO🏁📢❗

Can you believe it? We're only a matter of days away now from the first race of the World Pilot Gig Championships 2026 in the beautiful Isles of Scilly.

Everyone at PGRC is getting excited, and final preparations are being done as we speak!

Here are the crews that will be racing in Pulpit Rock next weekend 💪👏

15/04/2026

This weekend some of our members put their hours of winter ergo training to good use, taking part in the Somerset 525. All members thoroughly enjoyed taking part and did the club proud with some brilliant finishing places 👏

Team highlights:

Ladies 2k Relay – Runners Up
Ladies 5K Relay – 3rd Place
Mixed 2k – 4th Place
Mixed 5k – 5th Place

Individual highlights:

Jackie claiming 1st in 2k, 2nd 5k, 3rd 500m (Masters)

Karen finishing 3rd 5k, 3rd 2k, 3rd 500m (Supervets)

Thank you Avon Corinthians Rowing Club for organising 👏💪

Same again next year? 🤔😉

26/03/2026

Orange is clearly the new black.

Portland Gig Rowing Club ladies rocking the 525 vest in prep for next months event.

Looking strong ladies, looking strong 💪🏼

16/03/2026

We're loving the action shots of our crews from Three Rivers on Saturday. Thanks for capturing these G & B Gig Photography

15/03/2026

Three Rivers Race 2026 - ✅

Brilliant day for the Reds down in Saltash yesterday. 

Our Ladies and Mens A crews battled hard during their races and put in performances to be proud of. Ladies A finished 48/93 with a time of 56:08 whilst the Men A finished 39/87 with a time of 48:37, giving an overall position of 37/85 for Pulpit Rock. 

After long winter of training on and off the water it was great to see the hard work starting to pay off.

Well done to all involved 👏 and thank you for hosting

Bring on the rest of the season!