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Indoor Sailing Simulator – Wednesday 15th February

Ruth Ivory — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:09:39 +0000

We have arranged to have the sailing simulator on site on Wednesday 15th February, this event has proved very popular over the last couple of years, and we will once again be providing a prize for fastest indoor sailor. For those of you that have not attended this event before details of the simulator can be found at www.indoorsailing.com. The bar and galley will be open, so if you are wanting to sail in the warm and dry come along and give it a go the simulator will be on-site from 6pm onwards I look forward to seeing you there.

2011 Boxing Day Hangover Race Results

Karl Pountney — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 11:24:04 +0000

The results for this year’s Boxing Day Hanover Race have not been published in the results section. Congratulations to Simon Miles (1st), Jon Finch (2nd) and Harry Janes (3rd) who managed to bag the best of the festive prizes. This year’s event wouldn’t have been possible without the efforts of Chris Janes, Nick Jones, Steve Ivory and Karl Pountney who capably managed the race management and rescue (shame about the course). Ashore soup and mince-pies were prepared by Mark Norman and Ruth Ivory.

Thanks to everyone who took part, those who came to watch and those who we’ve not seen at the club for a while. The next hangover race is 26th December 2012.

Remember, Icicle Series racing takes place on Sunday 8th January. Race Management and support boat cover for the first week is courtesy of the Sprint 15 fleet. We’ll be looking for volunteers for the remaining 8 weeks of the series so please contact duty@swsc.org.uk to get your name down.

Wednesday Walking Group

Karl Pountney — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 23:07:52 +0000

With the summer sailing season over, a number of members have got together and will be starting a regular Wednesday Walking Group. With walks planned throughout the winter months across Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire, each walk will commence late morning visiting a local pub for lunch en-route before returning to the starting point. The first walk will take place in early November.

If you are interested in taking part, please contact John Williamson on 01234 216311

Autumn Photographic Competition – November 26th 2011

Karl Pountney — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 10:00:45 +0000

Following our successful summer photographic competition, we’re pleased to announce a new competition this autumn. We want to encourage members to take and share even more photographs and this time the finals will be held at the Laying-up Supper on November 26th.

The themes for this competition are:

On the water
At the end of the day
Social Stewartby

Please read on for futher details and the rules of the competition; for details of the judging and how you can have a second chance to show off your camera skills later this year.

Competion Rules

Members are invited to submit up to four of their best photographs into the following 3 categories:

On the water
At the end of the day
Social Stewartby

You may interpret the categories as you like but the photographs must have been taken at Stewartby Lake, either within the club grounds, alfoat or in the surrounding country park. You may have taken these pictures recently or in the last few years, we don’t mind. You can only submit a maximum of two pictures into each category.

Submissions need to be with Karl Pountney (Vice Commodore) by 9pm Friday 25th November. You can deliver them to the clubhouse any Sunday between now and the 25th Nov.

Judging

Judging will take place at the laying-up supper.

Inspired to take some pictures?

If you have been inspired to take some pictures get down the club as you have plenty of time to get your entries in.

Need Help?

Ideally we would like you to submit prints into the competition. However if you’re not sure or need help then please contact Karl directly. It may be possible to arrange for prints of your photographs to be supplied for you at a small charge. £ 1 for 7×5 prints or smaller, £3 for 10×8.

The Fine Print

As with everything in life there’s small print.

The competition is open to members and their families.
Each photographer may submit up-to 4 of their best images into the competition but no more than 2 images in any one category.
Photographers must submit their images as prints (any size) either mounted or unmounted.
Each image must have the following information written on the back:

A title
The name of the Photographer
Age (if under 18)
Contact Telephone Number or Email Address

When displayed for judging only the title will be shown.
Judging will take place on Saturday 26th November. Submissions must be received by 9pm on Friday 25th June.
Images must be original works by the entrant. Any digital manipulation of the image prior to printing must have been undertaken by the entrant.
Any images that infringe copyrighted works or trademarks will be removed from competition. Please take care when selecting your images.
Entrants must ensure they have any relevant permissions to enter a picture in to the competition.This may include seeking the prior approval of any people appearing in the photographs especially those of children.
By entering the competition you grant your Section and Club permission to use your image in connection with club’s activities. This may include promotional activities.

2011 Moonlight Sail Photographs

Karl Pountney — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 08:53:19 +0000

Photographs from the 2011 Moonlight Sail are now available in the Gallery. The pictures come courtesy of Pat Strange.

Summer Photographic Competition Results

Karl Pountney — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 07:33:41 +0000

This year’s summer Photographic competition took place this weekend during the Open Day and was a huge success. With a large entry the pictures looked stunning when displayed in the bar area and thanks to those who took the time to submit their shots. Officers and Instructors from the Sea Cadets judged the competition with the following photographs picking up the honours:

On the Water – Winner, “Round 3″, Steve Ivory – Highly Commended, “Phantom in Sunset”, Daniel Hayler (17)
Ashore – Winner, “Off their Trolleys”, Nigel Denchfield – Highly Commended, “Brick Pit”, Emma Southwell
Wild Stewartby – Winner, “Swan”, Rosie Norman – Highly Commended, “Reeds”, Karl Pountney

“Round 3″ by Steve Ivory was judged overall winner and he took home a £20 Jessops voucher. A mini tripod was awarded to all the winners.

Thanks also to: Donald MacRitchie, Bill Strange and Jon Finch. The pictures will be on-display in the bar area for at least the next 2 months. If you feel inspired then you might like to take part in a competition later in the year. Keep an eye out for details.

Car Treasure Hunt

Karl Pountney — Sun, 22 May 2011 13:01:41 +0000

The club will he boosting a car treasure hunt on Saturday 25th June. Entry costs £5 adult / £3 per child inclusive of supper. Please contact Dave Grummitt 07970 963474 for tickets. There’s limited availability so book early

Rules Quiz Evening

Karl Pountney — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 08:44:40 +0000

Good news! Following the rules quiz on Wednesday 16th March we can confirm that at least 6 people have a pretty good understanding of the Racing Rules of Sailing. 6 popular sailors pitted their wits against a quiz-master Karl Pountney’s carefully prepared questions. Focusing on what you might see while racing at Stewartby, the quiz tested everyone’s basic rules knowledge in 3 rounds with over 30 questions being based on animated boat-on-boat situations.

Congratulations to Mark Norman who came first in what turned out to be a very high scoring quiz.

Results

Mark Norman — 38pts.
Simon Whitham — 36pts.
Steve Ivory — 35.5pts.
Bill Strange — 35pts.
Ruth Ivory — 30pts.
Ian Parish — 24pts.

Test Yourself

For those that didn’t take part, the two main rounds were based on an online rules quiz created by Uli and Wolfi Finckh. So why not test yourself at http://game.finch.net/.

Round 3 was a paper based quiz and a PDF copy of this can be found in our racing documents download area.

Sailing Simulator Evening – Wednesday 16th

Steve Ivory — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 12:27:34 +0000

Following the very popular event last year we are pleased to announce the return of the full size sailing simulator on the evening of Wednesday 16th. Last years event was as competitive on dry land as it usually is on the water! Come along and brush up your skills in time for the new season.

Flotilla Sailing 2011

Karl Pountney — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 12:00:59 +0000

As part of our Winter Wednesday series of evenings members are invited to come along to the club on December 15th to learn about the joys of Flotilla Sailing and to hear about an a trip for members that is being planned in 2011.

The evening will see Bill Strange and Ian Parish talk about a trip they took recently to Greece. This will be followed by a short presentation and discussion regarding the planned trip for 2010.

As with normal Winter Wednesdays’ there will be a galley meal available and the bar will be open.

It seems that already there is plenty of interest and if you want to find out more please come along. The evening starts at 7pm.