Stewartby Sailing

Junior Coaching Weekend, 11th/12th September

Karl Pountney — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:34:12 +0000

We’re please to announce further details of this weekend’s training. Everyone should aim to arrive and have their boats rigged by 09.30 and then meet in the club house. Do not change into your sailing gear at this point.

The whole weekend will cost you just £ 10. However, you will need to bring money for your meals from the Galley. If you are camping over, please come prepared with food for the BBQ. Each day will end around 5pm.

There are plenty of places and everyone under 19 years of age is welcome to come along. If you wish to hire a boat, please contact Steve Ivory beforehand to save time on the day. Boat Hire for the whole weekend will be free.

Results for Sunday 5th September

Karl Pountney — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:26:13 +0000

Due to the Race Officer and his assistant not showing for their duty on Sunday, Brian Finch and Chris Janes kindly stepped into the breach ran the racing. Due to this, the results were not published on the day. For those eager to know where you came, read on for the full run-down.

Race 1.

1 Terry Van Rijn (Rooster)
2 Dave Harrison (Laser)
3 Kathryn McRitchie (Streaker)
4 Duncan Wilson (Kestrel)
5 Peter Billington (Streaker)
6 Charlotte Howard (Radial)
7 Ian Howard (Phantom)
8 Mike Blyth (Laser)
9 Jon Finch (Sprint 15)
10 Sue Howcroft (Tasar)
11 Dave Bridges (Xenon)
12 John Wright (Laser)
13 Emma Southwell (Europe)
14 Mark Norman (Sprint 15)
15 Robin Hall (Sprint 15 Sport)
16 Thurstan Ollerearnshaw (Solo)
17 Simon Littler (GP14)
18 Alan Southwell (Streaker)
DNF Harry Janes (Topper), James Pyrah (Bahia)

Race 2:

1 Simon Miles (laser)
2 Duncan Wilson (Kestrel)
3 Terry Van Rijn (Rooster)
4 Kathryn McRitchie (Rooster)
5 Ian Howard (Phantom)
6 Dave Harrison (Laser)
7 John Simmons (Streaker)
8 Charlotte Howard (Radial)
9 Peter Billington (Streaker)
10 Harry Fiddler (laser)
11 Matt Butler (Buzz)
12 Sue Howcroft (Tasar)
13 Thurstan Ollerearnshaw (solo)
14 Mike Blyth (laser)
15 Harry Janes (Topper)
16 Emma Southwell (Europe)
17 Jon Finch (Sprint 15)
18 Mark Norman (Sprint 15)
19 Dave Bridges (Xenon)
20= Robert Finch (Sprint 15)
20= Robin Hall (Sprint 15 Sport)
22 Karl Pountney (Sprint 15)
23 Alan Southwell (Streaker)
DNF Chris Lawson (Bahia)

Race 3

1 Ian Howard (Phantom)
2 Jon Finch (Sprint 15)
3 Robin Hall (Sprint 15 Sport)
4 Simon Miles (Laser)
5 Terry Van Rijn (Rooster)
6 Charlotte Howard (Streaker)
7 Duncan Wilson (Kestrel)
8 Robert Finch (Sprint 15)
9 Dave Harrison (laser)
10 Sue Howcroft (Tasar)
11 Harry Fiddler (Laser)
12 Harry Janes (Topper)
13 Kathryn McRitchie (Streaker)
14 Matt Butler (Buzz)
15 Harry Jordan (Bahia)
16 Marcus Finch (Pico)
DNF Karl Pountney (Sprint 15), Dave Bridges (Xenon), Alan Southwell (Streaker), Emma Southwell (Europe), John Simmons (Streaker)

Youth Sailing – September

Karl Pountney — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 09:23:14 +0000

We recently handed out a newsletter at the end of summer camp highlighting what is to come in the Youth Sailing calendar for September. Highlights include:

A two day coaching weekend with one of the RYA’s top coaches – September 11th/12th
The Moonlight Race – Evening of September 11th
The Topper Open – 18th September
Wednesday Evenings and a look ahead to the Blackaby Cup

2 day coaching weekend with Ian Patience, the RYA’s National Youth Squad Coach

11th/12th September. This Course is not to be missed. Over two days our young sailors will receive advice and instruction from one of the UK’s top Topper coaches.

The whole weekend will cost just £ 10 to cover the cost of fuel for the support boats. If you want to camp over at the club, then you’re more than welcome to.

Bonus Family Fun!

On the evening of Saturday 11th September the club will be hosting its annual moonlight sail. Starting at 7.30 and finishing after dark, the race is great for families. This year the theme is “How does your Garden grow?” so decorate you boat and get dressed up.

Afterwards, we’ll light the BBQ. All you need to bring is some food to cook or share.

Topper Open

Saturday 18th September. Want to try out your newly found racing skills? This event is just for you and your topper. Arrive at the club around 9.30 and the racing starts at 11am and lasts all day. If you’re a little unsure of what to do then there will be race coaches to help you around the course.

Best of all the event is free to all club members.

Wednesday Night Sailing

If you enjoyed the race evening during summer camp, why not come along on Wednesday evenings until the end of September. See the website for start times.

Blackaby Cup

Over the weekend of the 9th/10th October the club holds the final weekend in the club championship. This event has a special category for Juniors.

Not yet a Junior Member of Stewartby?

Junior membership costs just £29 and you can continue to enjoy sailing at Stewartby with the friends you’ve made at camp. If you have your own boat, we have safety boat cover on Saturdays until mid-October and every Sunday all year round! If you want to hire a topper then this will cost you just £5 per session.

Being a member also means we’re better able to keep you in touch with everything that is going on at the club. There’s plenty to fun to be had all year round with special events and training for junior and youth sailors.

For more information please check-out the website or email: learn2sail@swsc.org.uk.

Stewartby vs Welwyn Garden City SC Match – Saturday 11th September

Karl Pountney — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 09:13:17 +0000

For the third year running Stewartby will be hosting a sailing event in conjunction with Welwyn Garden City Sailing Club. This year we the event has been extended to include 3 races which start from 11.15 in the morning. Stewartby is defending it’s win over welwyn last year so we would love to see as many of you as possible. We would be grateful if we could have a volunteer for the role of race officer. Please read on for more details.

The draft programme is as follows:

10:00 Meeting and briefing
11:00 first race
13:00 2nd race
14:00 3rd race (back to back)
16:00 prize giving

More details will follow on shortly.

Moonlight Race – Saturday 11th September, 7.30pm

Karl Pountney — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 09:07:50 +0000

As you will all know, as soon as the nights draw in we all like to play silly buggers in the dark. This year is no exception and the moonlight sail will take place on the evening of Saturday 11th of September from 7.30. We are looking for competitors and people to help with the support boat and race management. Contact Karl or Ruth for more information.

This event will be immediately after the WGCSC vs Stewartby races which are in the afternoon and the night before the pursuit, so why not make a weekend of it and camp over. The theme this year is “How does your garden grow?”. There will be, silly prizes, a prize for the best lit and decorated boat and the usual sight of your vice commodore trying to read out the results after having sunk a few bottles of Magners.

August Preview

Karl Pountney — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 22:39:52 +0000

With the powerboat weekend behind us, we can now look forward to the August’s sailing programme with the first event taking place on Wednesday 4th August. The Rockall Series continues and we have the Summer BBQ and Summer Camp towards the end of the month.

Wednesday Evening Sailing

The start time for races on Wednesday evenings becomes progressively earlier through the month. Remember, the time posted is the scheduled start time with the class warning signal taking place 5 minutes earlier.

4th August: 18.45
11th August: 18.45
18th August: 18.45
25th August: 18.30

Sprint 15 Nationals 12th – 14th August

Stewartby is sending a team to the Sprint 15 Nationals held, this year, at Netley Sailing Club on the Solent. The resurgence in interest in this catamaran class has been noticeable this summer with 5-7 boats regularly racing on Sundays and Wednesday evenings.

The club will be represented by Mark Norman, Jon Finch and Karl Pountney.

You’ll be able to follow their progress on the Sprint 15 website during the event and afterwards in the next Windshift.

Summer BBQ – Saturday 21st August

As previously announced, the Summer BBQ will take place the day before Summer Camp starts.

Summer Camp

Earlier in the year members were asked to register for summer camp and we’ve had a lot of interest both at renewal and from the youngsters taking part in the regular coaching sessions this summer.

If you are interested in this year camp please contact learn2sail@swsc.org.uk.

Rockall Series

The Rockall Series continues during August with weeks 2, 3, 4 & 5 taking place during the month.

Sailing Section Summer BBQ – Saturday 21st August

Karl Pountney — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:31:26 +0000

With the summer well underway, the sailing section committee has organised a social evening on Saturday 21st August to take place after recreational sailing. We’ll supply the BBQ fuel and open the bar, and all you need to do is come along with some food to cook or share. There will be chance to take part in some fun with an informal rounders match on the clubhouse lawn. You can even camp over and make an weekend of it.

If you want more information or have any questions please contact Gerry Howcroft via the club contact page.

Caulcott Cup Results

Karl Pountney — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 17:00:16 +0000

Over the weekend of the 24th and 25th July, the second round of the Club Championship took place. With 5 keenly fought races over two days of very similar conditions, Peter Thornley (Streaker) took 1st place beating Ian Howard by 1 point. The Results are now published in the section of the website.

Many thanks goes to the duty crews who managed to ensure things went smoothly. In particular:

Race Officers: Paul Griffiths (Sat) & Bill Strange (Sun)
Assistant Race Officers: Nicola Griffiths (Sat) & Tim Browning (Sun)
Safety Boat: Phillip Kent, Alan Southwell, Emma & Matt Daniels, Kevin Jones & Andy Philips
OODs: Karl Pountney (Sat) & Mark Noman (Sun)

Notable amongst the competitors is Jon Finch. Sadly Jon fell foul of the Cup rules with the three 7th places recieved sailing the Kestrel picked-up from Sunday being discounted as he’d entered a Sprint 15 on the Saturday.

Lake Closure – 31st July/1st August

Karl Pountney — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 09:00:50 +0000

As usual, we will be closing the lake to sailors to allow the power section to run their annual racing event. Please note that this falls on the weekend of Saturday 31st July and Sunday 1st August and not the first full weekend in August.

Rockall Series Results Published

Karl Pountney — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 08:32:16 +0000

The Rockall Series results have been added to the website. http://www.swsc.org.uk/dinghy-racing/racing-results/2010-results/