Budworth Sailing Club

There will be a Special General Meeting of the club on Sunday 12th February at 14:00 (after the Working Party) to approve changes to the club rules.  Agendas will be posted to members and details will be placed in the members section of the website.

The Agenda is here and club rules are here!

As I was passing the club this morning I called in to check if everything was OK after the recent high winds and I’m happy to say that everything appears to be where people left it !

A flyer for the above has been received. A 3 hour pursuit race for all dinghies with PY of 1200 or under. Entry £13 for single handers, £18 for doubles. Briefing 1100 start 1200. For more details check club website at www.balasc.org.uk.

A bright sun, and a strong wind made a perfect day’s sailing at Budworth for the Annual Boxing Day Open handicap meeting.  Perhaps the threatened winds of Gale force 8 to Storm force 10 may have deterred some, but those who ventured found a steady wind which was manageable and exhilarating.  After two years of cancellation due to ice, this Regatta was especially successful.

Thirty-two boats competed, in four flights, Fast Handicap, (up to 1000 PYR), Slow handicap, Single handed and Junior.

Competitors from 10 clubs joined forces in 13 different classes, giving exciting racing, and competitors on tenterhooks to find out the results.

(Click the pdf icon to see the results!)

This 100 acre lake is ideal for tight racing, and recognising wind shifts: with gusts of 35 mph forecast, the course made full use of the lake, in a simple ‘parallelogram’ form, allowing variations on beats, and a good run right down the lake. A port biased line, (essential to create a clear transit) was only put at risk when one competitor chose to drag the dan buoy up the course. Speedy safety boat reaction ensured a fair start for the next flight!

Most exciting was the Junior flight - for two of three laps Optimists battled on equal terms both with each other and with Toppers. Taking advantage of a good wind, and opportunity for tactical sailing, the Oppies were neck and neck, and were well rewarded with a first and third place for the whole afternoon. Hannah Bristow, (formerly of Budworth) took the first place, with Bobby Hewitt in the other Oppie 3^rd, , and Topper sailor Adam Russ of Redesmere splitting the pair from Leigh and Lowton.

In Single Handers, the Phantom, living up to its name was a ghostly presence for the rest of the fleet. They hardly saw it!  Brilliantly sailed by Andy Couch of Rudyard Lake, it took first place in both races to take top prize. Solo sailor Phil Barnes of Budworth took 2^nd, and Tom Keegan in a Laser from Leigh and Lowton was 3^rd.

In Fast Handicap, the Merlin Rocket carved its way through all opposition, with Steve Crook at the helm and Andy Smith  of Hollingworth Lake taking the honours.  The Fireball of home fleet member Geoff Edwards, unusually at the helm of his own boat, (normally preferring to crew), was a contender until he chose to hesitate at the leeward mark, and let the fleet through!  Such generosity allowed the RS 200s of Matt Mee (Red Wharf Bay), and Birrell/Woosey of Leigh and Lowton to take 2^nd and 3^rd slots.

The Slow Handicap flight brought GP14, RS Feva, and the all female crew of Pauline Penny and Michelle Ditchburn in a home Snipe into contention. Capsizes in race 1 slowed the Feva, but a clear lead in the second race gave overall 2^nd place to Graeme Bristow, a former Budworth member, with daughter Izzie on the jib.

Winning with a first and 2^nd place was GP 14 of Martin and Chloe Brennan, from Hollingworth, and Budworth team Hugh Devereux and Malcolm Bird in 3^rd place.

Father Christmas arrived at the prize giving to distribute the prizes: tired as he was after his weekend of work, he distributed prizes evenly between clubs, and classes!  Steve Crook thanked Budworth, and promised that with a repeat of the sailing and organisation of this Boxing Day, next year’s competition will be guaranteed to be well supported!

The Boxing Day event is sailed for Charity, and the atmosphere is always festive and fun (massively helped by Vanessa and Dawn’s mulled wine) and follows the Warrington Dolphins’ Boxing Day SWIM!  This year, Budworth is able to make a donation of £210 to the RNLI as a result of this event.

All welcome for a festive Racing extravaganza!

(Click to see the poster…)

Two races starting at 12 noon… mince Strusels ?? (don’t ask me, I just posted it!)

Prizes for the leading boats in
Fast handicap,
Slow Handicap,
Single Handed,
Junior

And the bar will be open!

All proceeds to the RNLI

The latest Mere Views is hot off the press - go to Members/Mere Views to read the full article, which has lots of interesting club news and info…

Read the December Mere Views here

In particular note that:

There will be an end of series celebration after racing this Sunday so even if you don’t want to race why not make a trip to the club for about 4pm and have a pre-Christmas drink in the bar with your Budworth friends.

Boxing Day
“And after two years iced off we confidently expect the Boxing day open event will go ahead this year.”

(I hope you’re right, Ian ! )

I reproduce an email I received last week. If anyone is interested I suggest they make direct contact themselves.

“A big hello from Camp Leaders – we’re an established USA summer jobs specialist, sending thousands of students to work at American summer camps each year!

While at camp, participants lead and assist in a range of activities and we’re really interested in the members of your sailing club. Some sports are considered ‘highly desirable’ and sailing falls into this bracket. This basically means that camps in the US are crying out for people who have skills in this sport, and students with these skills are likely to be placed quickly therefore securing their summer job for 2012.

If possible, we’d love to meet with members of the sailing club and present this opportunity of working in the USA, doing the sport that they love. Applications are open now so the sooner we can meet your team, the sooner they will be placed in a job. Also, if you have a space where you can display flyers and posters to your team members, please advise and I can post some over to you. To arrange a date for a presentation or request flyers/posters, please reply to this email.

I look forward to hearing from you,

Kind regards

El

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Eloise Taylor
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A reminder of the general handicap racing on 26 December 2011, ice permitting!

Two races starting at 12 noon.

Entry Fee £10 in aid of RNLI