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Hi everyone, with our racing calendar now back on track, it’s now time for the club to start collecting the racing subs once again...
the August points are £8 and £12 if you also do the early bird.
Please pay them directly into the racing fees bank account.
A/c No: 41716751
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A/c Name: Beaver Sailing Club
Many thanks in advance for you help with this, it’s just not a good idea to have someone taking pound coins at the club at the moment.
Sunday 2nd August 2020
Anniversary Cup Trophy Results .
1st . Sam Waller...........Laser Radial ..2 pts
2nd . Richard Hanby.....RS300 ...4 pts
3rd. Archie Burton ......Laser 4.7 .... 6pts
Splash and Dash .
Can't think of a better way to spend a Sunday than absorbed in high performance sailing , with the generous winds more than plenty to give us an action packed days racing .
With Steve Winter our first Rod of the August Points and our Anniversary Cup trophy race , how could we go wrong , with a selection of courses to give us the thrills of a screaming plane and testing beats with no room for error .
James and Eddie Grayson enjoyed a good days sailing and although led by miles were a little compromised by the lay of the buoys , especially from 2 to 1 , which caused a few problems for most on the last race of the afternoon , but doubtless went home buzzing as did most of us .
The RS400 of Martin and Michael Penty sprung to life and took great pleasure in keeping our dare devil RS100 sailor Richard Hanby company as the pair opened up uncatchable leads in all the races , but would the results fall in their favour , with all results worked out on the handicap basis .
Sam Waller was equally a match for the Aero of Thomas Penty ,the two Supanova's of Angus and Stephen Blair never mind all the Streakers and definately proved his experience helming the Radial rigged Laser to give himself a promising start to the series and no doubt another top three placing in the Trophy Race .
Thomas Penty improved on his positions throughout the three races , but as with the accompanying RS's will be peanalized on the final calculations, bringing our youngster Archie Burton into contention having an excellent day in the Laser 4.7 , coming into countless battles with Stu along his way .
Jon Aldhous commanded strong positions ahead of Stu , but gifted the second race to Stu , after dropping his mainsheet as he came round 4 buoy ready to pounce onto a screaming plane , finding himself compromised with his mast in the mud as Stu grinned with delight gathering speed on the tails of the two Supanova's . Jon also left the doors open for Archie , Bob Towler and fellow Streaker Tim Bell , to come by and although Jon came back with avengence just left himself too much to do to nail Stu.
Brian Kelly making up the Streakers to a seven strong fleet was unhindered by any mishaps , unlike Tim Bell who again found himself in the water on two occasions , but fortunate not to spoil his races as they were both dealt prior to the race starts .
Angus Illingworth's day went from bad to worse , with first his kicker breaking , then finding his mast had fractured ending both of his two races prematurely and sadly Wednesday's meet , while he sorts the problems .
Steve Hanby not one to give up a challenge was certainly tested in today's conditions and was probably shy of three pies to bring his weight up , easing the pressure of hard work as he came close to a capsize .
Roy Jefford joined us for the first race and put the recently repaired Streaker through its paces and will be more than satisfied with the outcome , even though staying for another race would have given a little more pleasure .
Malc our only brave Mirror entry sadly retired , which who can blame him in view of the blower and there's no point of injuring yourself when you've got another thirty years to enjoy .
Finn man Martin Ibbotson managed a blast in the first race giving the recently rerigged ship a good test and happy with outcome was happy to pack away , saving himself for some less adventurous conditions .
We were also joined by the presence of Allison Waller , Peter and Liz Hone , Roy Moxon , Keith Mellor , Alan Windhurst , Elaine and Michael Burton and Elaine Ellwood .
Results to be posted when received .
The prize giving for the Covid Cup Series went ahead as planned , so congratulations to you all .....Well Done !
Anniversary Cup - August Points Handicap . 2nd Aug 11.30 am Start .
This coming Sunday is all Handicap Racing and the August Points Series will run jointly with the one day event of the Anniversary Cup with two to count out of the three races to be run .
Prize giving for the Covid Cup will take place during the dinner break .
Congratulations to our prize winners and the overall winner
Richard Hanby who will be presented his Trophy and prize this coming Sunday .
Prize Winners
1. Richard Handy RS300 12pts
2.Archie Burton Laser 17pts
3. Sam Waller Laser 33pts
4.Stu Burnett Streaker 35pts
5.Ollie & Ian RS200 37pts
Best Improver Luke Dickinson. ..Laser Radial
Chief ROD Michael Burton
Thankyou to you all for participating and making the Series such a success.
August Points To Run .
Continuing on the strength of the turnout of the recent Covid Cup Series Beaver has decided to carry on with the competitive racing and have made the decision to run with the scheduled August Points starting this coming Sunday 2nd August , starting time to be announced .
We would be grateful to anyone who has been designated an ROD in August to help out or if anyone would like to volunteer a Sunday .
Woukd you please comment on the post or put yourself forward to Martin Penty or Stu
Thanks In Advance .
All all partisipating ROD's names will be put into a raffle and if you are the lucky one to be drawn out will receive a quality prize .
Covid Ends On A Blower !
The series ends with a bit of a blower with a good turnout in view of gusts upto 26 mph .
Brothers Ian and Neil Parkhurst were up for a bit of fun and were not going to miss out on the great conditions and joined Steve Hanby , all out screaming up and down the lake in the well matched Sprints .
Ollie and Esther were equally at home and made light work of the two races , but was it enough to clinch the cup , with Archie Burton teatering on the edge of his first big win in the Laser and our RS300 acrobat Richard Hanby also fighting for the glory of Beavers first bit of Trophy ware since the Lockdown.
It was ashame Sam Waller missed out on some of first races of the series and wasn't helped by equipment failures forcing him to retire or not able to get out at all , ruining any chance of a top two placing , especially when sailing the Radial rigged Laser so well .
Martin and Michael Penty came close to the first dip of the day minutes before the start of the first handicap race , but as we know from our pros these accidents are few and far between , however the RS400 did sustain center board damage , leaving Martin to finish the day in his Streaker .
Joining our regulars in the Laser's was a surprise visit from Trent Duhrkoop and going on his two exceptional races , father Frank would certainty have some competition , so let's hope he makes a regular appearance from now on .
Archie can certainly commended on an excellent series , up there with the leaders and cementing his viability as a winner in future events in the Laser both at the club and out on his travels .
The Streakers were again topped up with the addition of Jon Aldhous and Ben D-Smithers and were certainly well matched with only three capsizes separating the two , leaving Jon to take the victory and Ben having to chase down Stu to regain his status amongst the Streakers in the handicap race . With Martin out in the Pursiut Race , Ben came back to give Martin a good spirited battle , leaving Jon , Stu and Tim Bell to battle further back , with all having a turn at the front , before Jon got into his stride easing away and Stu following on behind . Tim as with Ben , was keen to have a swim and with the ease of the restrictions on swimming wasted no time in getting into the water and even had time to rejoin the race slightly ahead of Brian Kelly our last Streaker of the day .
Thomas Penty enjoyed the days wind and fought hard to gain a higher position , but when talking with him later , would have preferred a little more wind to bring the sports machine into a different league .
Our regular Angus Illlingworth was again joined by Stephen Blair , with the Supanova of Steve having to do battle with Stu as Angus hung slightly back , decreasing any chance of a capsize and settling for the one race of the day .
The presence of the Finn was a welcome sight and although Lord Ibbotson was happy to retire after 45 mins , Martin was keen to get the big ship packed up to take home to be rerigged in readiness for the rest of the season .
Sadly Luke Dickinson after rigged and ready to go , probably chose wisely not to go out , but can be reassured his excellent efforts of the campayne have not gone unnoticed and well done !
In all the best day so far and worth all the risks of a dip , to enjoy the speed and thrill of those screaming planes .
A big thanks to Michael Burton for his much appreciated efforts in coordinating the overseeing of the Covid Cup Series and look forward to seeing the final results .
Good to see Peter and Liz down with old freind Alan Windhurst hoping to sail and the Parkhurst 's all enjoying a good camping weekend amongsts freinds .
A few of the Seacadets were busy strimming the boat compound and will be hoping to get back to some normality very soon .
Also capatalising on the great winds were obviously our Windsurf guys , but I'm sure would have also preferred a little more , as it slightly lulled before increasing as the dinghy guys packed away at 5.00 pm .
Beaver SC is pleased to announce the introduction of a new race series, called the COVID CUP.
This will take place over three Sundays, the 12th, 19th and 26th of July.
One handicap race followed by a persuit race. 6 races, 4 to count.
First race 13.30 second 15.00.
All members welcome. NO race fees but donations kindly accepted.
Please make sure you follow the social distancing rules and lets all stay safe, but also get our club up and running again...
