5.30pm start, prizegiving at 6pm sharp followed by Dinner and “Discoke”
£2 per person

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Sixteen boats took part and the racing was excellent. A nice fresh breeze and a course set to make the most of good spinnaker work, made for close racing. Alex and Peter did well finnishing mid fleet obviously benefitting from their weeks training. James and Lewis struggled a bit with the breeze, needing another 10 stone between them to bring them up to optimum weight, but still weren’t last. The winning GP was helmed by Sam Watson and crewed by Andy Hunter, who are both members of the Nantwich and Border Counties Sailing Club, after winning the last three races.

I’ve been to four GP14 Youths now and they are always a pleasure to watch. The GP14 Youths is being held at Bolton next year and would be good to see a good turn out. A number of the boats at the Youths had been kindly lent by other sailors including one brand new boat.  With the 24 hour race being a topic for discussion recently maybe members would consider lending their boats at the event and maybe we can develop our own team in the same way South Staffs have (http://www.southstaffssailingclub.co.uk/news/news_article.php?article_id=97), fielding seven boats at the Youths.

Despite the close racing there were no serious collisions. One ambulance was needed for a dislocated knee though. Legs really aren’t supposed to bend like that.

Regards
John Shevelan

More details to follow.

His more recent achievements include coming first out of 70 entrants to win the RYA North East Youth Travellers Series 2011 which resulted in an article, published in a local newspaper’s sports section, showing Alex with his glass trophy (which his mam managed to successfully re-glue after she accidentally dropped it …… ooops). This win brought him to the attention of the South Tyneside Sea Scouts who asked him to join them and during his second week of membership he managed to come 2nd overall in his Laser during their National Championships. These successes led their leaders to ask that he participate in the National School Sailing Association Topper Team Championships held at Birmingham on the 1st and 2nd of October. 32 teams of 3 participated, including some Topper National Squad members, but the underdogs (Alex along with his 2 Geordie mates Kieran and David) managed to keep them all at bay and went onto claim first place.

As this particular type of sailing requires strict rule adherence, teamwork, maths and tactical skills, Alex’s mam now knows for certain that her son can do soooooo much better in his school studies ……

As a result of winning the NSSA Team Championships the group are invited to enter the RYA Eric Twiname Youth and Junior Team Racing Championships at Oxford Sailing Club sailing Fireflys – please wish him luck.

Alex and Lynne would like to thank those all at Bolton who devote so many hours of time freely to the BSC membership, especially Mike for his ‘take no prisoners’ style GP14 coaching, our Flag Officers and all those who arrange the events, fix the boats and move the jetties (hours and hours of time), sort out the power boat fuel and the fuel for our bellies (…. and do the blooming washing up) and, of course, those who coach/instruct both us & our children; even though many of them have no children currently learning to sail themselves – completely selfless behavior!

…. Think not what your club can do for you but be mindful of what you can do for your club!
(think that may be pinched from Churchill or JFK???)

MORE VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED & ARE MOST WELCOME

2011 SS Youth champs Press cutting

Unless otherwise stated, events start at 7pm

Fri 30th Sept – Film Night
Fri 14th Oct – Curry @ Naga (Abbey Village) Open to all – more info to come
Fri 28th Oct – Closed (setup for Halloween)
Sat 29th Oct – Halloween (time to be arranged)
Fri 11th Nov – Curryoke!
Fri 18th Nov – Bowling @ Middlebrook
Fri 2nd Dec – BSC Olymipcs
Sat 10th Dec – Junior Prizegiving (6PM)

If you need more information email Helen (juniors@sail.org.uk)

Don’t forget also that there a few more weeks of Sunday morning race training until we move to an 11am start for Racing. The list is on the noticeboard or elsewhere on this site.
As it always has been, it’s open to Juniors and Adults!

25th September – Starting & Upwind
2nd October – Mark Rounding & Downwind
9th October – Tactics & Boat settings

These dates are open to all club members with their own boats. (Plus limited club boats available to previous Sunday morning trainees)

Contrary to gossip, these dates are open to juniors AND adults!

We have some theory stuff that needs covering to complete the various RYA levels but would like to do some other social events e.g. bowling, curryoke etc…

The galley will be open too!

Edit: It’s Junior Quiz night at Bolton tonight after a quick discussion on future Friday nights!

The 2011 RYA Volvo Zone and Home Country Championships will welcome in excess of 1,000 young sailors across nine different venues throughout the United Kingdom on the weekend of the 24-25 September.

With Volvo continuing their support of all nine events for the third year running, the Championships traditionally mark the end of the Junior racing season and the start of a hard winter’s training.

The event is the RYA Regional Championship for each Zone and is aimed at sailors in local clubs under the age of 16 who are racing in the RYA pathway classes. It is a great first-time event for club sailors, giving them the opportunity to get a real feel of a Championship atmosphere.

The Championships are also a key event for any young sailor wishing to be selected for the RYA Zone and Home Country squads and provide the stars of the future with the perfect opportunity to test their racing skills in a fiercely competitive environment.

Each one of the nine venues used are renowned for staging major events and will provide the Junior sailors with the perfect setting to develop their sailing skills and racing ability whilst under the watchful eye of the RYA High Performance Managers and coaches. Racing takes place across the nine RYA-supported Junior dinghy and windsurfing classes including the Mirror, Optimist, Topper, RS Feva, Cadets and the windsurfers on the Bic Techno using the open 4.5, and 5.8 rigs, and the Techno 6.8’s and Techno 7.8’s – classes vary according to each venue.

For the first time, three of the Zones (Restronguet, Grafham, Derwent Reservoir) and all Home Counties Championships will offer ‘novice’ regatta fleets in Toppers and Optimists. This is an event for sailors to set themselves an end-of-year goal after training and racing during the summer months. It will give young sailors a good learning experience to help start them along the pathway to success.

Competitors are urged to submit their entries online at www.ryaracingevents.org.uk before Friday 16^th September - due to safety considerations and the size and complexity of the event, entries after this date cannot be accepted. RYA organisers are urging athletes to confirm their attendance and submit their on-line entry promptly to avoid disappointment.

In addition to the RYA High Performance Managers, sailors will have the chance to showcase their talents in front of Skandia Team GBR and Team Volvo for Life sailors. 470 sailor Saskia Clark and Elliot 6.0m sailor Lucy Macgregor will be visiting the South Zone, top British RS:X Windsurfer Nick Dempsey will be at the East Zone, Paralympian Helena Lucas will be appearing at the South East Zone and the West Zone will welcome Lucy’s fellow Match Racer, Kate Macgregor.

The Skandia Team GBR and Team Volvo for Life sailors will meet the youngsters and chat about their sailing career, from club level to first regional event and how they progressed to elite level.

The 2011 RYA Volvo Zone and Home Countries Championships will be staged at the following venues:

• The RYA Volvo South Zone Championships – Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy, Dorset.
• The RYA Volvo South West Zone Championships – Restronguet Sailing Club, Cornwall.
• The RYA Volvo South East Zone Championships – Bewl Valley Sailing Club, Kent.
• The RYA Volvo East Zone Championships– Grafham Sailing Club, Cambridgeshire.
• The RYA Volvo West  Zone Championships– Blithfield Sailing Club, Staffordshire
• The RYA Volvo North Zone Championships – Derwent Reservoir, County Durham
• Volvo Welsh Youth & Junior Championships  – Pwllheli Sailing Club, Gwynedd
• RYA Scotland Volvo Youth and Junior Championships – Largs Sailing Club, Largs.
• RYANI Volvo Youth Championships in association with McCready Sailboats – Strangford Lough Yacht Club, Co. Down

All sailors wishing to be considered for a National Junior Squad OR a Zone Squad place are requested to complete an online application form. This can be found at www.ryaracingevents.org.uk by following the links to Junior Squad applications.