Pictures: Rowers get on the water at Barry Waterfront

The event, aptly named ‘It’s a Knockout’ was set up by South Wales Coastal Rowing Club which got around 60 people together to race on the water, in a fun and friendly manner.

Rowers were on the water in Barry for a bit of fun (Image: Bod Odonoghue)

The event brought rowing teams together and mixed them up in different crews (Image: Bod Odonoghue)

Event organiser Tony Peters explained the idea, saying: “With this event we were looking at putting on light-hearted races.

“We do a lot of league races with everyone attending grouped in their crews, but with ‘It’s a Knockout’ we mixed it up to make it more entertaining.

People came from as far as west Wales (Image: Bod Odonoghue)

South Wales Coastal Rowing put the event on (Image: Bod Odonoghue)

“We had people come all the way from West Wales. It was brilliant. We put on food and had a tug of war at the end!”

• Update: Mr Peters wanted to say a special thank you to Clevedon Coastal Rowing Club with many of their members attending the event.

People having fun on the water (Image: Bod Odonoghue)

Rowing in Barry (Image: Bod Odonoghue)

There was also a tug-of-war (Image: Bod Odonoghue)

Food and refreshments were put on (Image: Bod Odonoghue)

A great day out (Image: Bod Odonoghue)

South Wales Coastal Rowing Club have another big event coming up holding a 24hour row challenge to raise funds for Ty Hafan.

The challenge will start at 12pm on Friday, August 30, until 12pm Saturday, August 31.

The club say they would love for local businesses and the community to get involved. 

On their Facebook page, South Wales Coastal Rowing Club said: “To take part we are asking you to get sponsored for a 30-minute row on the rowing machine, we will also have a machine set-up for adaptive rowing, anyone can get involved!

“The machines will be set-up on the promenade at Barry Island.”

To register to take part, get in touch with Jo, info@barryrowingclub.co.uk.

Donate to the cause, clicking here.