Cornwall College CSM East

Saltash College explores rowing

The Cornish pilot gig is a six-oared rowing boat, built of Cornish narrow leaf elm, 32 feet (9.8 m) long with a beam of four feet ten inches. The original purpose of the Cornish pilot gig was as a general work boat, and the craft is used for taking pilots out to incoming vessels off the Atlantic. In those days the race would be the first gig to get their pilot on board a vessel (often those about to run aground on rocks) got the job, and hence the payment. Today, pilot gigs are used primarily for sport, with around 100 clubs across the globe.

Sportivate...This Girl Swims

Sportivate is a Sport England funded programme that gives more young people the chance to discover a sport that they love.

The programme gives 14-25 year-olds who are not particularly sporty access to six weeks of free or subsidised coaching in a range of sports. There's a wide range of activities on offer including judo, golf, tennis, wakeboarding, athletics and many more.

If you would like to take part in one of these activities, please click on the session on the calendar below and contact the provider.  If you would like an activity put on in your area, please contact Lewis Sanders, lesanders@cornwall.gov.uk 07527 470537, and can put you in touch with clubs and activities near you and guide you though the application process to access some funding also!

Sportivate...Foundation Curling

Sportivate is a Sport England funded programme that gives more young people the chance to discover a sport that they love.

The programme gives 14-25 year-olds who are not particularly sporty access to six weeks of free or subsidised coaching in a range of sports. There's a wide range of activities on offer including judo, golf, tennis, wakeboarding, athletics and many more.

If you would like to take part in one of these activities, please click on the session on the calendar below and contact the provider.  If you would like an activity put on in your area, please contact Lewis Sanders, lesanders@cornwall.gov.uk 07527 470537, and can put you in touch with clubs and activities near you and guide you though the application process to access some funding also!