Race 1: Saturday 13.30 Race 2: Saturday 15.30 Race 3: [...]]]> This weekend sees the second round in the 2010 club championship. Racing takes place over 2 days starting on Staturday afternoon at 13.30pm. This is a two day event and members are welcome to camp at the club overnight on Saturday. Please read-on for more details.

Schedule of Races

Race 1: Saturday 13.30
Race 2: Saturday 15.30
Race 3: Sunday 11.15
Race 4: Sunday 13.30
Race 5: Sunday 15.30

3 races to count towards a series, 2 discards. Members are encouraged to note the requirements of the Notice of Race for this event. In particular the boat entry restrictions.

Important Information for Duty Crews

Duty crews for the Saturday event should look to arrive at the club no later than noon (1200). This allows sufficient time to prepare the racing.

The wind was 6-15knots and the temperature in excess of [...]]]> Andrew Gregory reports from the Northampton Phantom Open that took place on the 3rd July.

The 2010 midland traveller’s series kicked off at Northampton Sailing Club on the 3rd July. The fleet included a number of ex-national & inland champions and even a former Laser World Champion.

The wind was 6-15knots and the temperature in excess of 20 degrees. The shifty conditions meant that it was a true day a snakes and ladders with big gains & losses to be made on most legs of the course.

After three races Simon Childs counted two bullets to win the event ahead of supporting SWSC members, John Wayling in 5th, Andrew Gregory in 9th and Ian Sullivan in 18th place.

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Read the full news item by clicking the title or link below for a growing list of [...]]]> Stewartby hosted the Streaker Nationals over the weekend of the 12th/13th of June 2010 and in the following 2 weeks we’ve recieved a considerable amount of feedback. If you’re looking for the results, then you can find these here.

Read the full news item by clicking the title or link below for a growing list of reports and feedback on the events.

Email from Bill Strange for publication on the website

From: Bill Strange
Date: 28 June 2010 08:24:11
To: [webmaster]@swsc.org.uk
Subject: Streaker Nationals

Dear [webmaster]

Hope you can add this belated thank you on to the Website:

Streaker Nationals – 12th and 13th June 2010

We should have done this before now, but on behalf of all the Streaker Sailors from Stewartby, thank you to Ruth and team for all of the organisation before and during the event. Thank you to Sarah, Rosie and all the team in the Galley for the wonderful food and thank you to the ‘Trolley Dollies’ for the organisation of the trolleys before and after the races.

Comments were made again this Saturday, when we met up with some of the Streaker Sailors, about what a great time they had and about how well it had been run. One new comment “how wonderful it was just to step in to the boat ‘ like royalty’ with nothing else to worry about other than the sailing”.

So thank you to everyone.

Bill

Prize Giving Mentions

The cumination of the event was the prizegiving where Alan Gillard from the class association thanked the club for the efforts and special thanks were given to:

Ruth Ivory and her team for the efforts in organising the event ashore. Special mention should go to Steve Ivory who handled all the registrations in advance of the event and Pat Strange for manning the reception desk on the day.

Sarah Norman for the food. This was much praised by everyone over the weekend. Mark Norman, Rosie Norman and Cherry all deserve a mention too.

Nigel Denchfield and his team for the on-the-water organisation. Nigel thanked everyone who helped including Mark Norman (Gunner), Simon Miles (windlogger) and Fiona Denchfield (assistant Race Officer). Mark Layers, Steve Ivory, Emma Southwell, Nick Jones and Thurstan Ollerearnshaw. And the support boat drivers and crew.

A special mention was given to Karl Pountney spent most of the weekend bent over his laptop working to bring the race results to competitors and their guests in almost record time. Karl would like to thank Rosie Norman for her help in entering and checking the data.

Photography was done by Robert Finch and Karl Pountney. Between them 2000 images were taken, processed and shown on the big-screen in the bar area You will have seen one image on the home-page from time to time.

Streaker Class Association Website

The streaker class association has provided a full report on the event at their website at http://results.streaker-class.org.uk/results2010/Natchamps.php. A selection of the best pictures taken by Karl Pountney and Robert Finch can be found there too.

Yachts and Yachting Article

The Y&Y report and article can be found here. Again with photographs by Karl Pountney and Robert Finch.

Race Officers Simon Witham and Barney Proud [...]]]> Stewartby Sailing Club hosted the seventh round of the 2010 Laser Home Counties and Eastern region Grand Prix series on Saturday 22nd May. Ten visitors joined four home club entries and all were greeted with a light force 2 to 3 wind with occasional big holes and scorching sunshine.

Race Officers Simon Witham and Barney Proud set a compact square course for the two back to back races before lunch.
The fleet made a clean start in race one and Graham Lund from Aldenham Sailing Club led after the first lap followed closely by Alan Bishop from Girton SC in second and Simon Miles SWSC in third. Behind the first three some close racing took place with the compact course keeping places close. Six laps were completed with Lund first across the line followed by Bishop in second, Miles in third and Krzysztof Bonicki from NHEB who had worked his way through the fleet to finish fourth.
The compact square course was retained for the second race. An excellent start saw Graham Smith from Graffam Water SC lead after the first lap followed by Bishop and Lund. The fleet completed four laps with Smith finishing first followed by Lund and Bishop.
After lunch the wind had swung through 40 degrees necessitating a change of course. At the start the wind swung even further resulting in a heavily starboard biased line, despite this the fleet started cleanly with most competitors tacking onto port immediately. At the end of the first lap Lund lead with Miles in second and Ryan Langston from Beccles SC in third. With the exception of Lund who managed to maintain his lead from start to finish there was considerable place changing throughout the rest of the fleet. Lund crossed the line first followed by Bishop in second and Bonicki in third.
The fourth race started cleanly and Lund lead at the end of the first lap followed by Mike Oddy from Wembley SC in second and Miles in third. With large wind shifts and calm patches places changed throughout the fleet , at the end of four laps Bishop did well to finish first followed closely by Lund in second, Miles in third and Adrian Degge H(B)SC in fourth.

Overall Results:

1. Graham Lund ,(Aldenham SC)
2. Alan Bishop, (Girton SC)
3. Krzysztof Bonicki, (NHEB)
4. Simon Miles, (SWSC)
5. Jarvis Simpson
6. Adrian Degge, H(B)SC

First Junior: Ryan Langston

First Radial: Andrew Byrne

Triard Award: Graham Smith for his first race win. Well done.