Cornish Pilot Gig Association
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The Cornish Pilot Gig Association (or CPGA) is a body which governs the sport of Cornish pilot gig racing. As of August 2006 the association consists of 44 clubs and 115 registered gigs. This does not include gigs used in the Isles of Scilly.
[edit] History of the Cornish Pilot Gig Association
Between 1985 and 1986 four new gig clubs were formed (Truro, Cadgwith, Roseland and Mount's Bay). This was in addition to Newquay Rowing Club (formed in 1922) and the small number of rowing clubs that existed around the coast.
During 1986 George Northey (Newquay Rowing Club), John Bawden and Ralph Bird all felt that a specification should be laid down as to how the new gigs should be built.
A meeting was called for the 5th December 1986, with total of 14 gentlemen attending. It was decided that the new gigs would be built to the specification laid down by the Peters family, which built the gigs 'Treffry' (1838), which is still actively rowed by the Newquay Rowing Club. It was decided that there would only be one officer which would be elected as the Chairperson and he would carry out the measuring of the gig during the construction phase to make sure the gig complied with the new specifications.
The committee met again in the January of 1987 at the Royal Hotel in Truro and accepted the plans that had been drawn up by Ralph Bird. In the meeting it was decided that the association would be called the Cornish Pilot Gig Association.
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- "Cornish Pilot Gig Association - About us" by information supplied by Ralph Bird - President of the Cornish Pilot Gig Association and life member of the CPGA, retrieved August 25, 2006
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