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Laser Short Winter Series at Island Barn Reservoir

The hard fought Short Winter Series at Island Barn Reservoir Sailing Club was won by Tony Woods (8 pts) from Andrew Smith (9 pts) with John Reay (also 9 pts) in third and Rob Cage (14 pts) in fourth place.

During the series, the large home fleet was joined by a strong contingent of winter members taking leave from the open circuit, there being 48 competitors in all with 20-26 boats starting most races. In such a competitive fleet, a good start was virtually essential for achieving a high place but no-one managed this on a consistent basis. Only one sailor, David Hitchcock, won more than one race. And most of the hour-long races saw the lead change hands several times as competitors faced close quarters racing on a medium-sized reservoir in conditions that were sometimes gusty and shifty.

The Long Winter Series continues until the end of March 2001.

The final Short Series positions were: 1st Tony Woods, 2nd Andrew Smith, 3rd John Reay, 4th Rob Cage, 5th Tim Law, 6th Steve Pears

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Javelins on the Blackwater Sept30 - Oct 1

The annual open meeting for Javelins was held at Stone Sailing Club over the weekend of 30th. September/1st. October. It could easily have been mid August with bright sunshine and warm southerly winds greeting the competitors.

Race one began in a force 2. At the first mark Richard Smith and Ed Dyson led the fleet followed closely by Nick Faulker and John Meachen. Positions changed frequently during the race and it was David Houghton and John Symonds who merged ahead at the line followed closely by Smith/Dyson and Mike Pickles and Andrea Penrose taking a hard earned third following turns and hitting a mark. Race two saw Houghton/Symonds take and early lead, which they continuously built on to finish over 8 minutes ahead of Smith/Dyson who were second. Third was closely contested with Class Chairman Ian Winterburn and Cliff Sagar making a late sprint to beat Paul Ross and David Wilkes by a boat’s length.



Sunday was again warm and sunny but with light winds. Race Three begun in a southerly force 1 - 2. Houghton/Symonds again enjoyed a good start and quickly gained an early lead which they held until the finish. There was a close battle for the next three places with positions changing regularly but on the line it was Ross/Wilkes in second and Smith/Dyson in third.

Race 4 started in a force two which increased throughout the race. Houghton/Symonds once again gained the advantage and soon held a commanding lead. Pickles/Penrose and Ross/Wilkes fought a long battle for the next two places and in doing so closed the gap on Houghton/Symonds who crossed the line first closely followed by Ross/Wilkes.

The wind increased to a force 4 for race 5, Pickles/Penrose got off the a super start and held onto the lead for a short while until Ross/Wilkes powered through to take line honours. Smith/Dyson finishing strongly to take second and Pickles/Penrose third.

Overall Results

1. David Houghton/John Symonds GBR510 G.Y.G.S.C 4 pts
2 Paul Ross/David Wilkes GBR523 Stone S.C 9 pts
3 Richard Smith/Ed Dyson GBR529 Glossop & D.S.C 9 pts
4 Mick Pickles/Andrea Pemrose GBR543 Buckenham SC 14 pts
5 Nick Faulkner/John Meachen GBR561 G.Y.G.S.C. 19 pts
6 Ian Winterburn/Cliff Sagar GBR508 Glossop & D.S.C 24 pts

Javelins Nationals - 26th to 28th August

Millennium Nationals were held at Glossop and District SC between 26th and 28th August and were sponsored by Timothy Holden Jewellers.

The fleet was greeted by a variable shifty wind that settled down to a Westerly 2-3. At the windward mark four boats caught a breeze and sailed clear Houghton/Symonds held a small lead from the Earl Brothers followed by Walker/Box and Winterburn/Sagar. The lead changed hands many times until a Port/Starboard incident involving Walker and Houghton who had to do turns. This allowed the positions to settle down with the Earls in front Walker second and Houghton third; Winterburn was passed on the final beat by Pickles/Penrose to take forth.

Race two got under way just after a huge shift which meant the first beat was a drag race to the first mark on a port tack, Pickles had a small lead with Walker and the Earls close by behind, These boats sailed away as the wind dropped. A close group of six boats contested the next place led by the Greenaway brothers. Earl's won followed by Walker then Houghton.

On the second day, the first race started in light airs. First to the windward mark was Pickles followed by the Earls and Winterburn. Dixon sailed through a number of boats into second place. At the finish, Pickles won from the Earls and Dixon. Dark clouds loomed over the dam wall at the start of race two. It started in building winds with Dixon reaching the windward mark first closely followed by Pickles, the Earls and Baker in his new boat. During a tight three sail reach, a squall hit the fleet resulting in half the boats being knocked over. Dixon avoided the carnage and managed to sail away from the rest of the fleet. The Earls, Houghton and Smith/Dyson were the next to finish following a tacking dual up the last beat. The OD for the final race of the day had set a technical course. Local sailors Partington/Tinsley got to the mark first followed by Baker. Earls caught Partington on port at the mark, after this the Earls gradually pulled away as the wind died. They finished first from Partington and Baker.

The final day started with the Earls only needing one good result to retain the championship. Nevertheless, interest was continued with only one point separated the next four boats. The two races were held back to back in a light westerly breeze that kept most of the fleet together with tight racing, eventually Houghton, Pickles and Baker sailed clear. The Earls finished forth to confirm them as this years champions with a race to spare, to show their class they went out for the final race and led from start to finish. Second was Houghton with Dixon third, however Dixon was disqualified following a start line incident allowing Ruth Walker to claim third.

A very big thank you must go out to Richard Smith and his team at Glossop for their hard work and organisation that made the event such a success.

Results :

1st Brian Earl/David Earl - GBR558
2nd David Houghton/John Symonds - GBR510
3rd Mike Pickles/Andrea Penrose - GBR543
4th Ruth Walker/Steve Box - GBR525
5th Brian Dixon/Jon Dixon - GBR559

Other Trophies :

Junior Trophy - Nick Johnson
Senior Helm - Alan Martin
Mixed Crew - Mike Pickles/Andrea Penrose.
Old Birds - R Partington/S Tinsley

Aldeburgh Regatta - Flying Fifteens August 2000

Sailors at the annual Aldeburgh Regatta enjoyed fantastic weather all week.
The consistent southwesterly winds enabled the competitors to enjoy some extremely close racing with the Class Racing in the mornings and the various Handicap Races in the afternoons.
The largest keelboat class at the regatta this year were the Flying 15s with 22 entries.
The middle of the fleet enjoyed some extremely close racing, whilst the leading three boats fought it out to the end with the spectators on the shore enjoying some nail-biting tactical racing.

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Javelins at Lowestoft - July 10/11th

The annual open meeting for Javelins was held at the Royal Norfolk & Suffolk Yacht Club over the weekend of July 10th and 11th. Race one began in sunshine and a southeasterly force 3. At the windward mark David Houghton and John Symonds had a small lead over Paul Ross and David Wilkes. Nick Faulkner and John Meachen rounded in third with Richard Smith and Ed Dyson in fourth. These positions remained unchanged until the finish as an element of confusion regarding the finish line saw the first two boats pass the wrong side of the line. Houghton/Symonds managed to correctly finish in time to win but Ross/Wilkes lost two places.

Race two, the first board to the windward mark was that of Chris Skedge and Dick fisher, the shock of the achievement being so great that they promptly capsized therefore being the last boat to leave the windward mark. At the front of the fleet it was obvious that size mattered and a race long battle started between Ross/Wilkes and Faulkner/Meachen, both leading at some during the race. Fifty yards from the finish Ross/Wilkes regained the lead to take line honours. Houghton/Symonds recovered from a bad start to finish third.

Sundays forecast of force 5-6 winds never materialised with light and shifty offshore winds instead. Race three saw Houghton/Symonds take an early lead up the windward leg closely followed by Mike Pickles and Andrea Penrose. Unfortunately Pickles/Penrose capsized when hit by a huge header but swiftly recovered to reach the windward mark just behind Ross/Wilkes and Faulkner/Meachen. The first reach was very close with no boats flying spinnakers, Houghton/Symonds and Ross/Wilkes pulled away from the rest of the fleet. On the next beat Houghton pulled away from Ross/Wilkes. These positions remained unchanged to the finish, Faulkner/Meachen finishing third just in front of Pickles/Penrose.

Race four saw a course change to windward/leeward legs only. The start provided some entertainment for those on the committee boat when Ian Winterburn and Cliff Sagar found themselves the wrong side of the committee boat after being luffed by Ben Fisher and Ben Chapman. Houghton/Symonds repeated their good form of the earlier race and were first to the windward mark closely followed by Pickles/Penrose and Ross/Wilkes.

Faulkner/Meachen held a hotly contested fourth position, closely pursued by Smith/Dyson and Winterburn/Sagar. The first three positions remained unchanged but a big windshift on the final beat saw Faulkner/Meachen drop to sixth when Smith/Dyson and Winterburn/Sagar sailed through.

Overall Results :
1st David Houghton/John Symonds - GBR510 - GYSC
2nd Paul Ross/David Wilkes - GBR523 - Stone SC
3rd Nick Faulkner/John Meachen - GBR522 - GYSC
4th Mike Pickles/Andrea Penrose - GBR543 - Buckenham SC
5th Richard Smith/Ed Dyson - GBR529 - Glossop & DSC

Javelins at Bala - May 27th - 29th The second Javelin open this year was hosted by Bala SC over May 27th - 29th and was kindly sponsored by Mailspeed.

The wind was an exciting Force 5 gusting 6, which blew straight down the lake. Brian Dixon led from the start closely followed by the Earls and Smith. The Earls took the lead down wind but capsized at the second gybe mark. Most boats took a dip in the testing conditions. Dixon finished first, the Earls took second from Smith as they crossed the line.

Smith led to the windward mark in the Second race but had to wait for the fleet to catch up to confirm which way to leave the mark. This let the Earls through which they held to the finish.

The third race started with the Earl's being pushed in to the committee boat, Smith led at the first mark followed by Dixon and Winterburn. Dixon eventually winning followed by Smith and the Earls who passed Winterburn on the final bet.

The fourth race saw tight sailing with Dixon winning from the Earls and Smith.

Smith was pushed out on the line of the fifth race but sailed through the fleet to finish second. The Earls won with Dixon third.

The lead changed places many times with the Earls winning from Dixon and Smith.

The last race was to be the decider between Dixon and the Earls, but it was soon over as the Earl's spotted a wind shift and sailed away to win the last race by three minutes.

Piplers GP 14 South West Area Championship 20-21 May 2000 At Poole Yacht Club

The forecast for light winds was understated as 37 boats enjoyed two long races on the Saturday in a shifty F 2-4, which backed from W to SW during the day. Justin Jones and Bev Timms (13686), South Staffs S.C., won both, followed in the first race by Graham Nelson and John Badman (13417), Blackpool and Fleetwood, in second place and Neil Thompson and Andy Hately (13685), Chase S.C, in third. Second and third positions were swapped for the second race, but these three visitors dominated the Gold Fleet throughout the weekend.

Early forecasts for even lighter winds on Sunday were even more wrong as the Westerly F4 veered NW F6, presenting ferocious gusts. The safety boats were kept busy during the first two races, but by the third, those who had nothing left to prove left the battlefield to fight another day. After two general recalls at the start of the second race, Neil Thompson was OCS, but after that race Justin Jones had made his point and left Graham Nelson to win from Neil Thompson in second and Toby Taylor and Sean Murray (13484), South Staffs S.C., in third. Best local boat was Mark Reynell and Lucy Newnham (13532), Poole Y.C., who managed a creditable 12th overall.



The Champions were Justin Jones and Bev Timms, with Neil Thompson and Andy Hateley second and Graham Nelson and John Badman third. The Silver Fleet was won by John Sharman and Stuart McManus (13444), Burwain, and the Bronze Fleet winners were Alan Green and Adam Froggat, Chase S.C..
The excellent sport on the water was complemented by a highly sociable BBQ, beer festival and disco in the club, making an extremely enjoyable weekend for all concerned.
David Brann [email protected]

For further information contact Dennis Valentine PYC GP14 Class Captain.
Telephone 01202 893001
Email: [email protected]

Javelins in Norfolk 13/14th May

The Javelin open meeting at Buckenham SC near Norwich was graced with entrants from Sheffield, Glossop and Gorleston. Competition was keen in the light easterly wind on the Saturday with the leaders swapping places frequently in the two down river passage races of the day.

Unfortunately due to the lack of wind on the Sunday there was an abandonment of all racing and sail gave way to a leisurely day by the river.

Results :
1st Mike Pickles/Andrea Penrose - Curved Air - Buckenham
1st David Houghton/John Symonds - Blue Chip - G & GYSC
3rd Alan Martin / Steve Martin - Classic AM - Buckenham SC

Ogston Fireball Weekend - 6th & 7th May 2000

Day 1. Saturday 6th May - Training.

In sunshine and moderate to fresh winds the Ogston S.C. Fireball fleet and a two visitors from Notts.County S.C. spent the day on the water with Kevan Bloor of Alvabank sails practising a variety of sailing techniques in preparation for the next days Open Meeting.

The day started with a quick briefing on how the various controls have different affects on a Fireball rig, and then the fleet took to the water for a boat on boat tuning session. The boat on boat tuning matched crews of similar ability with the aim that the windward boat of the pair altered their rig slightly and compared how fast or slow they were then travelling in relation to their partner. Following a morning of on the water tuning a quick break for lunch followed by a question and answer session, and then the boats were back out on the water.

The afternoon session centred on race techniques, short start lines and a quick beat to the windward mark and then start again. Spinnaker hoists galore and an idea new to most of us, a rolling spinnaker start ! Boat handling was the emphasis of the afternoon, gauge your speed accurately to get a good start and know exactly what everyone around you is doing.

At the end of the day some exhausted Fireballers returned to shore for a quick beer and a debrief with Kevan advising people of areas to work on and sharing numerous snippets of sailing lore.

At Ogston the fleet is fired up and raring to go, and the results of this years training programme can be readily seen out on the water with results improving in leaps and bounds. From a fleet captains point of view there are many benefits, a successful fleet is not only a happy fleet but one that will attract more members in the future. Competition is strong amongst our home fleet, with everyone keen to put in to practice what they have learned, perhaps more importantly though it has retained the friendliness for which the Fireball is well known.

Many thanks to Kevan for spending the day with us and patiently answering all our questions

Day 2. Sunday 7th May - Racing. Sunday dawned hazy but with a good, if gusty North Easterly wind. Following a week of phone calls and disappointment due to the non arrival at Notts. County of the container holding the boats from the recent World Championships in Thailand, the home fleet waited to see how many visitors would drive through the club gates.

As the visitors began to arrive a story began to circulate, many of the visitors had begged and borrowed (but fortunately not stolen) enough boats to get them on the water. A mixture of hull numbers and sail numbers was readily apparent, and at this point we would like to thank them for the lengths they went to turn up and sail. In total 24 boats from 6 clubs, including 12 from the home fleet, contested the meeting. In Race 1 John Curzon and Pete Elver led from the gun with Kevin Hope and Simon Hextall in pursuit, these positions were to remain unchanged throughout. Further down the fleet Julian's Hannabus and Smith swapped places frequently with Tom Fenn and James Meldrum. The final order being Curzon, Hextall, , Fenn & Hannabus. 505 supremo John Loveday sailing his newly acquired Fireball fought his way through to finish sixth, and then unfortunately had to retire from the regatta with back strain.

During lunch the wind eased, and race 2 was a changeable affair with no one team able to dominate the race, with the wind dying rapidly the lead swapped between Andy Foskett / Howard Jones, the two Julians, and Hope and Hextall who eventually took the gun. Local sailors Pete Degg and Chris Gorner made the most of their local knowledge and took third, with Paul Cullen and Tom Hartridge fourth.

Going into race 3 any one of three boat could have taken 1st place overall. A seemingly epic duel ensued between Hope/Hextall, Curzon/Elver and Hannabus/Smith. Not content with letting one of these three take line honours, Fenn/Meldrum and Fasey/Davis joined the tussle for the lead. With top spot appearing to change almost every 50 yards, watchers were treated to some excellent sailing. At the finish however Fenn and Meldrum took the gun, with Hope and Hextall second and Curzon and Elver third.

Overall results :

1st K. Hope / S. Hextall
2nd T. Fenn / J. Meldrum
3rd J. Curzon / P. Elver

With prizes for the first five overall, first 3 club boats, old boat trophy, novice helms and crews, lady helms and crews (come on girls, where were you?) and a perseverance prize there was plenty for all to go at. Many thanks go to Pinnell and Bax for agreeing to sponsor the event at such a late date, and donating a Rudder Bag as first prize. The next event in the Midland Area Championships is at Staunton Harold S.C, followed later in the year by Chelmarsh.

Ian Smith GBR 13965
Ogston S.C. Fireball Fleet Captain.

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