Open Meeting for:-Solo and Streaker Class’s
To be held on:-Saturday 10th October 2015
NOTICE OF RACE
VENUE/RACE AREA: Racing will be held on Yeadon Tarn Yeadon
PROGRAMME: First race to start not before 11.30 am; Second and third races to follow after lunch.
RACING RULES: Racing will be governed as defined in the current Racing Rules of Sailing except where amended by the sailing instructions to be issued on entry.
BRIEFING: There will be a briefing at the clubhouse prior to racing. This will not be held before 11.00 am
S. I’sSailing Instructions will be issued to all competitors on entering.
SCORING: Appendix A of the Racing Rules of Sailing shall apply. If three races are held the two best results will count for the overall event, if less than three races are sailed all results will count.
ENTRY FEE: £10.00 per boat
Rights to use names and likenesses
Competitors automatically grant to the organising authority without payment the right in perpetuity to make, use and show any motion pictures, still pictures and to report on and publish details of the event and finishing positions etc.
Our
meeting was well supported this year with 9 local and six visiting
boats, from as far away as Essex. Most competitors were in Herons,
both crewed and single-handed. Yeadon’s John Wheble was the only
Mirror sailor present. Conditions were disappointing with very light
and fluky winds from the south-east.
Race
1
After
a delay waiting for wind, Race 1 got under way in very light airs.
Local Tony Dufton (YSC) took a kind of ‘slow flyer’ off the
start, heading well out to starboard of the fleet looking for more
wind. It almost paid off – Tony was second at the first mark behind
Matthew Pickett (Up River YC), with Andrew Molyneux (Huddersfield SC)
third.
Round
the course Molyneux made up ground on the leaders, taking over first
position after the first complete lap, with Matthew Pickett also
passing Tony Dufton. Tony found a bit of breeze and regained second,
only to lose it again when totally becalmed.
By
this point these three were well ahead of the fleet. At the last mark
before the finish Molyneux and Pickett were level coming in to the
turn. Andrew Molyneux just got round first and won with Matthew
Pickett second and Tony Dufton third.
Race
2
For
race 2 the same course was used, the wind was if anything lighter and
more fluky than ever. It was noticeable that those who could keep
their boat moving in the conditions came out on top. Sailing
single-handed was also probably an advantage.
At
the start Tony Dufton (YSC) tried the same tactic of moving out to
starboard but it didn’t work this time. He sat in a ‘hole in the
wind’ for some time. The start took quite a while, some boats
taking well over five minutes to cross the line.
At
the first mark Matthew Pickett (Up River YC) was first, followed by
YSC’s Andrew Cowling in a club Heron and Andrew Molyneux of
Huddersfield SC. Pickett began to move well clear downwind, and
Molyneux overtook Andrew Cowling to take second. Paul Barnes (Notts
County SC) came up and took over third place. At one point Molyneux
was sitting totally becalmed while Barnes and Kieron Wright (YSC)
were steadily creeping up behind him. However he got going again and
came second behind Matthew Pickett, with Jim Robinson of Huddersfield
SC third.
Race
3
For
the third race the wind swung round to North-east and showed signs of
picking up slightly – but only to F1-2. The course was changed
accordingly. The start was very slow as the wind died away again.
The
solitary Mirror in the Fleet (John Wheble, YSC) got an excellent
start but shortly got becalmed. Tony Dufton of YSC was first to the
windward mark with R. Stevenson (Huddersfield SC) second and Andrew
Molyneux third. Both Molyneux, and Dave Butler with crew Emily Clixby
(Welton SC) managed to slip past Stevenson into second and third
places.
Molyneux
took over the lead at the windward mark, but was in turn passed by
Dennis Beard of Yeadon SC coming from behind. On the second lap a
light breeze sprang up and boats began to sail properly for the first
time.
Andrew
Molyneux retook the lead and after another short two-lap race he won,
with Dennis Beard second and Matthew Pickett third.
Overall
results
First
place overall, and the club’s trophy, went to Andrew Molyneux of
Huddersfield SC, followed by Matthew Pickett of Up River SC in
second, with Jim Robinson of Huddersfield SC coming third and Dave
Butler/Emily Clixby (Welton SC) fourth. The first Yeadon boat was
sailed by Dennis Beard in fifth place.
The
Mirror prize was taken by the only competitor, John Wheble of Yeadon
SC.
Prize
for the first double hander went to Dave Butler and Emily Clixby of
Welton FC.
There
was also a prize for the competitor who drove furthest to the event,
won by Matthew Pickett (and his Dad!) who drove from Essex to join
us.
Thanks
are due to the Commodore and Heron class captain at Yeadon for
organising the meeting, and to the catering volunteers and officers
of the day who did us proud.
Nick
Mannix
Yeadon
Sailing Club Many thanks to Butler Boats for many of the lovely photos.
In case you have missed some of the progress reports on the New Facilities Project, please find a summary below...
To read more then click here for the blog... Funding Bob and Catherine are preparing to table a funding meeting at the club on Wednesday September 2nd at 7.30 PM. If you have any money spinning ideas, then come along (let me know if you are planning on doing so, for biscuit forecasting).
Building The plan is to submit our planning application in mid September. If you haven't seen the latest plans for the building then go to the blog and check them out. John is really being creative with the space to make sure we have the best we can get in the tight space we have.
Lease We have made some good progress recently. The council have provided a response to the Heads of Terms which is a significant step and means we are getting closer to our goal of completing the lease negotiations. Leonie, Howard and Andrew are doing an excellent job with this.
Stakeholder engagement It's essential that we engage the local community in our plans, both for guidance and support, we are planning a community engagement day on September 13th at 11am in the club house, come along and lend your support. Glenis is making fine preparations for this.
We recently were visited by David Oxley (CBE), the former head of the Sport Lottery fund who was very impressed by what we had to offer and how we run our training, well done Neil and team!
Whats the plan? Our current projection is to have a new building in place by April 2017. This isn't going to happen without your help, so please contact me if you want to get involved and get behind you club.
Yeadon Sailing Club is pleased to announce it
has been awarded a Lottery Small Grants Award towards new training equipment to
support an initiative to get more people sailing, particularly women. We are
extremely pleased with this announcement as it reflects the hard work YSC has
put into its training programme this year and future plans to get more people
out on the water.
Vice Commodore and Funding Organiser Bob
Dootson said: “One of the most common comments we received is that racing is
dominated by men, through a combination of this amazing funding and targeted
training, we hope to encourage more women on the water.”
Commodore Glens Burgess went on to say: “YSC
is already well known for its excellent and supportive training, recently one
of our female juniors achieved a fantastic result in the Topper Dinghy
Nationals, and we want to build on that helping others enjoy the fantastic and
rewarding sport of sailing. Look out for details of our new training events for
all females, (members and none members), being announced early next year.”
Thanks to all the YSC Members and members of the Aireborough and District Angling Association (ADAA) for there help in trying to remove some of the worst of the weed which has appeared over the last few weeks. A good couple of hours which we all felt made a dent in the weed cover and at least churned up so much mud the sunlight cannot get through to encourage more weed growth. A night of discovery, and very smelly at times.
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