Yachts & Yachting — February 2018

CLUBS & CLASSES NEWS

HRH The Princess Royal presents RYA

Volunteer awards in Westminster

Dedicated volunteers

from across the country

were presented awards in

recognition of their outstanding

commitment to the sport at a

special ceremony in London.

Fifty-eight RYA Volunteer

Awards were presented by

HRH The Princess Royal,

president of the RYA, at

One Great George Street,

Westminster. Recognised for

their commitment to boating

and the RYA at a national

level were Neil and Julie

Jackson, Ken Kershaw and

Martin Smethers, while Janet

Gilmour, Robin Gray and David

Staniforth were presented

with RYA Awards for their

contribution to their region.

RYA Community Awards

for Lifetime Commitment,

Outstanding Commitment

and Youth categories were

presented to volunteers

nominated by their clubs.

The Francis Elkin Award for

enabling people with disabilities

to become involved in sailing

went to Chris Williams of The

Gwennili Trust, and the RYA

Family Award went to the

Videlo family in recognition

of their contribution at

Frensham Pond SC.

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Fireball trophies uncovered

e Fireball Class Association has found two

long-lost trophies – and is now trying to nd

out more about them. Aer a plea (featured in

Y&Y) to help track down missing trophies, the

Anya Charlotte Trophy for the winner of Race

8 at the UK nationals turned up aer a tip o,

and a bonus was the appearance of e Red Ball

Trophy, which the association didn’t even know

existed! It is inscribed Annual Fireball Open

Meeting and winners’ names hint at it being a

southern club: the 1978 winners were Kim Slater

and Nick Read-Wilson. If you have more leads,

email chairman@reballsailing.org.uk

Anonymity is assured!

Midweek winter racing

snowballs at Broadwater

An informal midweek winter racing series is

proving popular at Broadwater SC in Middlesex.

Wednesday evening racing has been a part

of the club’s summer programme and a group

decided to start a midweek winter series –

through to March – on Wednesday mornings.

As David Kinnerley from the club reports,

numbers have snowballed; now in its second

year, the series regularly has numbers in

double figures, and 22 boats turned out for

the first Wednesday this winter. Organisation

is informal but there is safety boat cover.

RYA/PETER JOSEPH

Bloody Mary After low water levels

caused the Bloody Mary to be cancelled,

King George SC is hosting a alternative

event on 6 January. See page 6 for more.

RSYC prize Top prize at Royal

Southern YC’s prizegiving went to

commodore Karen Henderson-Williams’

Cruiser Class Dehler 37 Illywhacker was

awarded the champion of champions

Trophy, presented by Barbados Tourism.

Free ale Guildford Model YC plans to

o˜er free ale on Wednesday afternoons

in summer to attract new members to its

radio sailing venue at Abbey Meads.

Details are at guildfordmyc.co.uk.

JOG Opener The next JOG race will be

Cowes-Cherbourg on Friday 30 March.

For the full programme, including entry

forms and crew available/boats looking

for crew, visit: jog.org.uk

Coastal The Falmouth-based Coastal

and O˜shore Racing Group has two new

races on its calendar, including a first

along the French coast. The coastal

series has an extra race with the Lay up

Cup race to Fowey on 22 September.

Visit cogsracing.org.uk

Wayfarers The UK Wayfarer

Association has announced its 2018

calendar, with the nationals at Castle

Cove SC in Weymouth from 1-3 June,

and the Europeans in Denmark taking

place from 3-8 July.

Poole The International Paint Poole

Regatta is shaping up to be the biggest

since its re-launch in 2000. As part of the

racing, the J24, HP30, MOCRA, VPRS

and 2.4mR classes will all host nationals.

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