Autumn Series Duties

With the first two weekends of the Autumn Series out of the way the Autumn Series duty list is looking good. We still have a number of gaps to fill and we encourage you to get in quickly with your selection.

Autumn Series Duty List

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Congratulations to our Sprint 15 Travellers

The final event in the Sprint 15 Summer TT Series took place at Grafham Water and fielded a four-strong Stewartby Team of Jon Finch, Andy Gregory, Robert Finch and Andy Bunyan. The breezy conditions suited the cats with capsizes a-plenty.

Congratulations go to Jon and Robert Finch who picked-up 2nd and 4th overall in the Summer TT Series having travelled to almost every event. Also, well done to Andy Gregory who came 7th overall at the Grafham event. Read-on to see a few photographs taken at the event.

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2011 Blackaby Cup Results – Day 2 & Championship

The results for the final day of the Blackaby Cup & Club Championship are available:

Blackaby Cup Club Championship

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Rockall Series Finale Weekend & Autumn Series Racing

Karl Pountney wrote: “Due to the re-scheduled Houghton Cup event racing earlier in the year, I wanted to remind all racing members that the diary was adjusted to make room leading to some changes over the next few weeks. This means that the 10th week of the Rockall Series takes place on Sunday 16th [...]

Blackaby Cup / Championship Finale – 8th/9th October

The final weekend of this year’s Club Championship takes place this coming Saturday and Sunday. With the Championship, Silver and Junior fleet trophies up-for-grabs, it looks certain to be a great event and a fitting culmination to the summer sailing season.

Remember, there are some additional conditions attached to championship weekends, so please check them out on the club’s Notice of Race page.

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2011 Junior Autumn Mini Starts – Sat. October 22nd

We’re pleased to announce the return of the Junior Autumn Mini-Series (JAMS for short) this autumn. Starting on Saturday 22nd October, the series runs for 4 saturday afternoons until November 19th. The handicap series is open to all juniors members sailing in any recognised junior class (Topper, Topper 4.2 and RS Feva).

Key Dates: October 22nd, October 29th, November 12th & November 19th
Start Time: 12.30pm, competitors to meet at the Race Hut.

Please read on for further details:

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2011 Pursuit Series Final Weekend

Sunday 18th September saw the second of two weekends that form the pursuit series. With the wind falling throughout the day, the conditions were tough to say the least. Congratulations to Nigel and Fiona Denchfield who made the best of the light winds beating the streakers of Ian Parish and Bill Strange who picked-up [...]

Local Sailor wins Stewartby’s 2011 Topper Open

Two clear wins in the afternoon races saw local sailor Joseph Mullen take first place in this year’s Topper Open Meeting. The event was a zone squad qualifier as well as a Traveller Series event so the 39 boat field was exceptionally strong. All our 15 youngsters put in creditable performances. Harry Janes’s consistent [...]

2011 Caulcott Cup (Amended)

A blustery weekend with frequent heavy rain-showers didn’t manage to put off the 26 competitors that took part in this year’s Caulcott Cup. With mumblings around the dinghy-park about it being a ‘Sprint 15′ weekend, the fickle wind would prove to play a decisive part in the weekend racing.

When it came to [...]

Local Success – Sprint 15 TT at Seasalter SC

In what was at times tough conditions, local Sprint 15 helms Robert and Jon Finch put in a sterling performance at the Sprint 15 TT at Seasalter SC on the weekend of the 16th and 17th July. At the the first day Jon Finch was in a good overnight position lying in 4th place [...]