Some great sailing in testing conditions this year in the Budworth Mirror & Optimist Open.
Also many excellent photos were taken by Peter Cull, a Budworth S.C. member, and a small selection can be seen here in our Mirror and Optimist Gallery Albums.
Many more are available to view (or purchase!) on Peter’s web-site www.petercull.com.
Many thanks for permission to use them, Peter!
A Victory win for Budworth at the 12hr National team event
Update - many pictures of this event are now available here - with many thanks to Jo Rutherford of Southport Sailing Club.
Budworth Sailing Club’s junior team cleaned up on Saturday at the 12hr National event hosted by Southport Sailing Club. They won the 12 hr race trophy for being 1st place team, the Southport junior trophy for being the leading GP, and finally they won the Rogerson Trophy for the 1st fastest two laps under 18. They completed 64 laps and were closely followed by Royal Windermere with 63 laps and consistently kept that lap difference throughout the race.
The wind stayed consistently steady throughout the day, with some unexpected gusts which were quite strong. Twenty eight teams entered with high standards of sailing that gave for a very competitive race.
The Budworth junior team consisted of Andrew Brown Topper World Champion, Tom Ditchburn who sails a Snipe and GP14, Katie Greenwood a Topper and GP14, Ryan Penny a GP14, Alex Sharp a Snipe and Will Williams a Snipe. This team came together with different abilities from different dinghies but with practice and team togetherness what an achievement had by all. Every person on the team gave 100% to what was a thoroughly enjoyable day.
The whole team would like to say a big thank you to our sponsor’s ‘Preston Audi’, and Ben Ditchburn as Team leader, ably assisted by John Greenwood and Harry Brown, because without their support the day would not have been possible.
| Will Williams | Ben Ditchburn | Ryan Penny | Tom Ditchburn | Alex Sharp | Katie Greenwood | Andrew Brown |
SPLASH!!!
We’re going sailing sailing with our Dad
We don’t feel at all sad
Get in the car and fetch the boat
And don’t forget to bring your coat!
We go…
Wave splash
Boom crash
Fall in
Big din
HELP ME!
Deep sea
Fun swim
Climb in
Out in the ocean havin’ a sail
Wind picks up ad we go flying!
O.K maybe were lying
Right.Lets get going
Now the waters really flowing
We have…
Wet hair
Don’t care
Soaked socks
Sailing “rocks”
Good mood
Grab food
Out in the ocean havin’ a sail
What a lot is happening.
Junior Training: The club will be prioritising mirror race training this year so please support this. The mirrors are the only junior class where we can teach team work, spinnaker handling and introduce young members who feel more comfortable sailing with someone else in the boat. It also helps the club feed the adult classes.
Training Info Evening: As described below, please come along. I’m going to hear Andrew Brown who could well be the next Ben Ainslie so what an opportunity to hear him talk.
Armada Mirror: I now have looked over the mirror, it’s in my garage but will soon be at Budworth for you to borrow and try out. It will be out every Sunday morning as part of the training fleet.
Coaches: 6 of us spent last weekend studying and practicing for our RYA club race coaches certificate. I was amazed at what we learned and practiced. We now have an enviable team and I believe a unique opportunity for club members to gain outstanding coaching.
Help: In running the courses we would welcome your help on Sunday mornings. It will be a fantastic opportunity for you to see your child develop and learn some useful skills for your own sailing. If you are able please let Fraser Kerr or myself know or just turn up and lend a hand.
Boats: Key to success for me is having all the Mirrors at the club in full working order early in the season. The season is just 2 weeks away so now would be an excellent time to dust it off, fix all the things that need fixing and get it down there. I will help where ever I can on this be it gluing, screwing, setting up, trailing etc to get them down at the club.
Well that’s all from me - with you we can make the mirror fleet something special this year. My aspiration is lots of mirror sailing, training and kids enjoying and learning.
Graeme:
