Bolton Sailing Club

Saturday 10th October 2009
Start time: 10am on the water

Entry fee: TBA

The day is aimed at sailors who want an introduction to racing or those who have been racing at club level and want to learn more.

Top coaches in attendance on the day.

 •  Race training exercises in the morning
 •  Short series of races in the afternoon
 •  End of day de-brief from coaches

Trophies and prizes for various finishing positions

Open to single handed boats no faster that Laser Radial. (Topper, Pico, Optimist, Laser 4.7, Topas, RS Feva etc)

A limited number of Toppers, Fevas, Teras and oppies are available to hire for the event. Contact us for more details.

Andrew Craig
Email: andrew@sail.org.uk

The West Zone sailors had a fantastic day of racing today to round up their series. A steady 5-8 knots of breeze meant that conditions were great for fitting in the four scheduled races for the day.

Racing was highly competitive across all fleets with lots of place changing to keep it exciting.

Well fought championship trophies went to the following sailors:

4.5 Techno: First Sarah Labourne with Harry Davis in second and Jordan Howram in third.

5.5 Open: First John Davis with Cameron Coghill in second and Scott Collins in third.

6.8 Techno: First Oliver Bradley-Baker with Robert York in second and Max Bushell in third.

7.8 Techno: First Adam Purcell with Kieran Burley in second and Luke Patrick in third

Optimist: In first place Martin Wrigley with Haydn Griffiths in second and Boby Hewitt in third.

Topper: In first Matt Venables with brother Dan Venables in second and Curtis Mearns in third.

Feva: In first, Robert and Emma Loveridge, with Robert and Rebecca Morris in second and George and Ed Shelley in third.

WELL DONE CURTIS!

The Magic Marine Topper National Championships have just taken place in Pwllheli and saw two Bolton Boats head over for the event.

Lucy Mearns took part in the Regatta Fleet and came a very credible 20th out of 43 boats.

Curtis Mearns, competing in the Silver fleet finished 33rd out of 102 boats.

With all these new Toppers appearing at the club we may get a few more boats out at the next Nationals!

This Saturday (11th July), the North West Junior Travellers circuit moves to Bolton SC.

Three races are scheduled with a briefing at 10.30 with the first race starting at 11.00. Two races to count.

The galley will be open serving our famous bacon butties and huge plates of lunch. Great prizes up for grabs for different categories.

For more details about NWJTT please see their website at www.nwjtt.org.uk

NOT GOT A BOAT TO SAIL?

We have a limited number of Fevas, Toppers and Oppies available for hire to club members at the standard club rates. If you are interested, please speak to Warren, Richard or Andrew on Friday – we’ll be at the club doing the junior training.

Bolton Juniors entered two teams in the Annual 12 Hour Race at Southport over the weekend. After a slow start due to the lack of wind the rest of the day saw light shifty winds with 180 degree changes in wind direction. A fantastic effort by both teams with some people who’ve never sailed in a big event before. The ‘A’ team came 3rd with the ‘B’ ‘Bolton Pirates’ team finishing a fantastic 22nd.

Photos by Dennis at http://picasaweb.google.com/ShevPix/2009Junior12hr

Topper Open at Bolton Sailing Club
Saturday 23rd May 2009

By Keith Roberts

Bolton Sailing Club hosted the Topper Open on Saturday 23rd May with 32 boats taking part in the competition. The competitors had travelled from as far away as Carsington and Blithfield. The weather lived up to the forecast of overcast conditions in the morning, with some sunshine in the afternoon. There were 6 home boats with Leigh and Lowton and Redesmere fielding 9 boats apiece.

In the first race Sarah Yeates (Leigh and Lowton) led from start to finish. Ruth Shevelan (Bolton), James Asquith (Redesmere) and Andrew Green (Leigh and Lowton) had some close racing, changing positions several times until local girl Ruth took second place. The girls dominated race 1 taking first and second. Third place went to James Asquith. Unfortunately Andrew Bridgman, Jamie Purcell and Jamie Catchpole failed to fully read the sailing instructions and were disqualified for sailing on the wrong side of the island.

After lunch the sun came out and the wind had increased slightly to a F3. Lucy Yeates (Leigh and Lowton) got a good start and sailed away from the fleet to take first place. The rest of the fleet had some extremely close racing. Andrew Bridgman (Blithfield) managed to get some clear wind and sailed into second place where he finished. Sarah Yeates took third place. The finish in the middle rankings was extremely tight with the OOD having to use photographs to decide the position of boats as eight boats finished within 2 seconds of each other making identification of the sail numbers very difficult.

By the time the third race started the wind had shifted 180 degrees and the wind speed had dropped to a F2. Andrew Bridgman (Blithfield) got a fantastic start and sailed to victory taking first place. Yet again there was close racing within the rest of the fleet. However, at the end of the race Andrew Green took second and Sara Yeates third.

Overall Results:

1st Andrew Bridgman (Blithfield)
2nd Sarah Yeates (Leigh and Lowton)
3rd Lucy Yeates (Leigh and Lowton)
1st Under 14 Jamie Catchpole (Leigh and Lowton)
1st Home boat Ruth Shevelan (Bolton)
Endeavor award went to George Mitson (Bolton)

A recent article in the Chorley Guardian saw Alex Pilkington explaining his recent exploits out on the water. The article can be found at http://www.chorley-guardian.co.uk/sport/Alex-sails-in.4545630.jp

Well done Alex!

Start time: 10am on the water
Entry fee: £6.00 (inc £1 to Jeans 4 Genes)

The day is aimed at sailors who want an introduction to racing or those who have been racing at club level and want to learn more.

Top coaches in attendance on the day.

 •  Race training exercises in the morning
 •  Short series of races in the afternoon
 •  End of day de-brief from coaches

Trophies and prizes for various finishing positions

Open to single handed boats no faster than Laser Radial. (Topper, Pico, Optimist, Laser 4.7, Topas, RS Feva etc)

A limited number of Toppers, Fevas, Teras and oppies are available to hire for the event. Contact us for more details.

To book your place, please contact:

Warren Price
Tel: 01772 321014
Email: warren@sail.org.uk

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There will be no Junior training on Friday 1st, 8th or 15th August. The containers will not be open to borrow club equipment.