We are a growing and friendly club founded and based in St Agnes, Cornwall, with a thriving Junior, Adult and Novice membership. We always welcome enquiries from prospective rowers regardless of age, experience or ability.  

St. Agnes Gig Club was formed in 2003. The club came about following a poster in a pub window asking if anyone was interested in starting a rowing club. Roger Radcliffe, who had put up the posters, was the chair of the harbour committee which was looking at the possibilty of rebuilding St. Agnes Harbour. The committee had come to the conclusion that this was not financially feasible, but still had some funds with which to donate to a worthy cause.

Six persons attended an initial meeting. One of those present, Annabel Aquirre, had a contact at Newquay Rowing Club and agreed to find out whether we might try rowing up there in the first instance as we were all rowing novices. Thus it came about that a beautiful relationship was started. Leroy Kerr was one of the first Newquay coxes to take the young St. Agnes Club rowers out to sea, and stuck with us ever since! 

From those first rows in the Autumn seas off Newquay, we all got a taste for rowing and as a group of individuals decided to start a club. We held the first club AGM at the Driftwood Spars in November 2003 with various dignitaries from the village attending. At the first meeting Bubble was voted Chair, Simon Coley as Treasurer and Kate Putnam along with Theresa Thurlow as Secretaries. At that stage we had no money, boat and were still to be recognised by the CPGA as a club. Over the course of 2004 the club members organised coffee mornings, auction of promises, discos, applied for grant funding and generally begged for money.

In March 2005 we took ownership of our first gig, Bryanek, built by Ralph Bird, which was launched on Easter Monday.