DUCHY College and Cornwall College Saltash sport maker, Kate Bourn, has triumphed in the Newquay Ladies’ County Championships, resulting in her winning her fifth gold medal.

Gig rowing is one of the fastest growing sports in the South West, with teams comprising of six rowers, one coxswain and a gig.

Kate has now won three county titles and two world titles with Caradon Gig Club.

‘I’m absolutely over the moon, it has been a long hard season and to finish it like we started has been amazing,’ said Kate.

‘We started our training around November time for the World Championships in May, we then continued our season with various regattas throughout the summer. In that time what we are really doing is training for the county championships, the regattas help give you a bit of an insight into where crews are and how they are developing.’

The team won by a fantastic lead, being three boat lengths clear from the other boats by the time they reached the first mark.

Kate added: ‘It’s nice to see the hard work we’ve put in over the last nine months’ pay off. The standard of rowing at the moment is huge and for us to be where we are is great.

‘We have a bit of time off now then back into the training spirit beginning in November and back into the boats in January for hopefully another successful World Championships in May, so we’ll see what happens.’