The club diary is almost ready for publishing. In fact, we’re able to announce the full list of all of of the Club Championship dates and open meetings for 2010. You will need to read the full article for the dates for your class. Experienced Race Officers are invited to apply to run these events.
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The Icicle Series is well underway, however we have a number of gaps in the duty list in the coming weeks. Urgently required is a support boat driver and crew for Sunday 7th February. Please see the 2010 Icicle Series Duty page for more information on the duties available and contact duty@swsc.org.uk to reserve your [...] 
All members will receive this year’s Duty Request Form shortly along with their membership renewal pack. It is important that you let us know the dates when you will be free to help at the club. Please return your form with your membership fee and we’ll do the rest. We’ve added some information about duties to [...] Racing didn’t take place on Sunday 10th January due to the snow and ice. Races 1 and 2 of the Icicle Series will be rescheduled as follow. Race 1: Will take place on Sunday 14th March at 3.00 pm. This will bring the number of races [...] The Gold Fleet members list is now available in the Sailing Instructions page and has been updated for 2010. Newly promoted are: Andrew Gregory For more details of the Gold and Silver Fleets, please see the Racing Pages. (c) Marcia Carpenter Andrew Gregory writes: The event comprises 2 handicap races for dinghies and catamarans, split into four separate fleets, based on the handicap numbers of their craft. This year the entry was down on the normal 200 boats mainly due to the recent snow and continuing wintry weather. The forecasted wind of 15-20 knots [...] A fine day, with a decent fresh breeze, enabled 17 boats to take to the water in 2009’s Boxing Day Hangover Race. The 5 degree temperature was a warm surprise given the snow and ice of the preceding weeks. Results and photographs of the event are available on the website. Barney Proud has managed to obtain the Tasar demonstrator which was seen at the club earlier in the year. It is available for Boxing Day, Grafham Grand Prix and possibly for club racing in the early Icicle Series. For more details please contact Barney on 07951 019871. Junior Instruction Saturday Junior Coaching has been a great success this autumn with an average of 12 youngsters each week. Those taking part are seeing improvements to their sailing and some youngsters are progressing quickly towards being capable racers. These sessions run by Laurie Kibblewhite and Tom Weatherhead have built on successful Volvo Championship Club [...] Stewartby hosted the final Phantom class training event of 2009 on Saturday 12th December. Four local boats were joined by visitors from Margate, Oxford, and North London. The training was conducted by current Eastern Area Champion, John Wayling, and former National Champion, Simon Childs. Our own Club Champion, Andrew Gregory (Phantom 1210), provides a report on the [...] |
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