Good Morning Gloucester

You can see from some of these photos how thick the fog was as the Midnight Hammer (former Merger) team; Iron Wake and ZFG prepared to race in the finals last night. The race was postponed and was able to be run in much better conditions following the Greasy Pole walk. In a tight finish, ZFG prevailed to retain their championship. The teams did not seem to lose any steam or momentum during the delay. It was a well run race and a thrill for the spectators.

It was quite the Championsip Sunday on Pavilion Beach for the sporting events last night. A large fog bank rolled in shortly before the scheduled start of the mens seine boat finals. The race was called off at the last second in favor of running the Greasy Pole contest first. The conditions were even worse than Saturday’s fog but the walkers were enthusiastic and so was the crowd. I think I can safely say it was a surprise to watch Nick White from the “Protege” category take the flag in the first competitive round. The actual flag-grab photos may be the worst I have ever taken but I am sharing them to document the details of the night. Derek Hopkins gets the prize the for heartbreaking “Oh, Soooo Cloooose…” award.

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As promised, here are some additional photos from last night’s Greasy Pole activities at Pavilion Beach. Honestly, there wasn’t much opportunity to take walker photos since Max Allen made such quick work of it! Well done. We hope for better conditions tonight.

In the last sporting event of the night, three junior mens seine boat teams raced in the semi finals for a spot in the finals to be held today Sunday. These teams included Many Men & Men (AJ’s Gang); JJ’s Gang (Magnolia 525) and the Islanders. Magnolia 525 prevailed to face Tonno and Balbo’s Gang tonight. The fog and light drizzle made the conditions difficult for all involved but all teams put on a good show for their fans and families waiting on the beach. Congratulations to all!

What are we even doing here? I’ve never seen such an egregious violation to the sanctity we know as eating a traditional sausage peppers and onion sangwich at Fiesta. This is next level bananaland and not in a good way. Never mind like a little touch of ketchup which in itself it completely disgusting on a sausage pepper and onion sangwich but this is literally a ketchup and mustard sangwich with maybe a sazzitza stuck down in there. I’m horrified, mystified and absolutely disgusted by this abhorrent lack of respect for Fiesta tradition. How did we get here?

Sunday Morning…

Iron Wake (Andy’s Gang) and Midnight Hammer (Merger) placed well enough to qualify for tomorrow’s seine boat championships vs defending champion ZFG. The conditions were difficult and oars clashed out there near the flags. This caused a protest to be filed by Kaos at the end of the race. Despite the conditions and the controversy, it was a great semi final race for 2025. See you on the beach tomorrow! More photos tomorrow as well. ** Please note that the photo of the oars clashing is severely cropped under the difficult conditions**

In the fog and mist, Max Allen stepped out as the second walker in the first competitive round and went right out and took the flag! It happened so fast it was hard to keep up. Here are some images from Max’s win. More images tomorrow from the Greasy Pole walk! Make sure not to miss the video.