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By |2018-09-17T18:03:08+01:00September 17th, 2017|Categories: Games|Comments Off on Test

Marblehead Nationals 2017 – Results

This was a fantastic event. Not only did the wind blow straight down the lake for most of the three days, but the 48 boat entry, including 13 competitors from overseas, was of a very high standard. Many of the top boats and skippers from last year’s Marblehead World Championship at Lake Garda travelled to the exposed Lancashire coast to compete on probably the best lake in the world for more top-class radio racing. Racing started on Friday and allowed 18, three heat races to be sailed with two or three lap courses using the whole length of the 250 metre lake for the simple windward leeward courses.

 Friday
An 6 to 14 mph wind greeted competitors allowing B or C rigs to be used and generating some spectacular downwind speeds, which gave some competitors a problem keeping up with these speed machines. The racing was dominated by Brad Gibson, who was taking a break from his foiling Moth sailing and returning to radio race his GRUNGE design with his usual finesse. Other skippers enjoying the conditions and getting podium positions were Martin Roberts sailing his elderly, but still very quick pink STARKERS, Tony Edwards, also with a GRUNGE, Matteo Longhi from Italy sailing a NIOUTRAM and Graham Bantock sailing his QUARK design.

Saturday
Light and more variable conditions coming off the sea created a problem for Race Officer, Derek Priestley, who was forced to create a zigzag course up the 70 metre wide lake. Aided by Peter and Judith Baldwin they called for an early lunch as the wind was dying, which was a good call as after lunch the wind came straight down the middle again and gave some good light airs racing in A rig.

In the morning it was Brad Gibson who once again won every race, but in the afternoon James Edwards won Race 10 with his GRUNGE, with Frenchman Arnaud Toureau sailing a SISCO taking Race 11 and Martin Roberts winning Race 12.
After racing had finished a team race using DF one designs it was organised and was followed by a Lancashire fish and chip supper in the clubhouse, followed by a quiz and a good time was had by all.

Sunday
The RO and race team were delighted that the wind was another north-westerly straight down the lake between 8 and 10 miles an hour, giving perfect A rig conditions. Graham Bantock got his only win of the event in Race 13, but then let Brad Gibson take all the remaining races, except the penultimate Race 17, which was won by Frenchman, Gilles di Crescenzo sailing another SISCO design.

This was another amazing performance by Brad and his GRUNGE, scoring under one third of the points of second placed Martin Roberts, whose performance was also remarkable and very encouraging for club sailors, as he was racing his elderly pink STARKERS, which is still available from designer/builder Dave Creed. He was squeezed between Brad and the two GRUNGEs of Darin Ballington and Tony Edwards, who finished ahead of the Italian, Matteo Longhi.

Boats

There was a great deal of variety in the 17 designs racing, but the common factor in the light airs was the use of the swing rig, for all except four competitors. The most interesting design was ROCKET from the board of young designer/builder Mike Cooke because of its wave piercing ‘dreadnought’ bow and neutral T foil on the bottom of the rudder to keep the boat stable when pressed hard.. Whilst there was insufficient wind to demonstrate the boat’s ability Mike will be developing more designs to improve the breed. Already there is a phenomenal standard of boat and equipment and this made the racing very close indeed, wherever you were in the fleet.

 

Prize-giving

Brad Gibson thanked Derek and his race team for creating a great event and also Maureen Priestley whose team of friendly helpers behind the bar kept competitors fed and watered throughout the event. Competitors not sailing in the 10 racing National Championship which followed were pleased to stop racing which on this lake is quite physical, as in following your boat up and down the lake you will be walking or running at least 10 kilometres a day!

 

Results of the top 10

1st Brad Gibson Birkenhead GRUNGE               17

2nd Martin Roberts Birkenhead STARKERS         58.5

3rd Darin Ballington Manor Park GRUNGE       81

4th Tony Edwards Yeovil GRUNGE                  84

5th Matteo Longhi NW Garda ITA NIOUTRAM 96

6th  Graham Bantock Chelmsford QUARK         101

7th Peter Stollery Guildford UPROAR               103

8th Gilles di Crescenzo FRA SISCO           111

9th Colin Goodman Coalhouse Fort QUARK     112

10th James Edwards Yeovil GRUNGE                121

 

Roger Stollery 2017-07-14

By |2017-07-19T17:23:06+01:00July 19th, 2017|Categories: Games|Comments Off on Marblehead Nationals 2017 – Results

M&S District Marblehead Championship and GAMES 4

A fantastic day’s racing with 17 races was enjoyed by all 16 competitors from 10 clubs at Guildford’s Abbey Meads lake, despite tricky wind conditions. 8 races were sailed in the sunny morning with variable west south-westerly winds. There were five different winners and some of the finishes were very close indeed, but Colin Goodman dominated the racing with three wins to head the lunchtime leaderboard, five points clear of Peter Stollery, who was seven points clear of Vinnie Zammit.

The wind, which was forecast to become more southerly during mid-morning changed during Race 9, which was won by Austin Guerrier sailing New Zealander’s Ian Vickers V1M design. All competitors and their cars moved to the western control area, where the southerly wind was steadier and stronger, but still within the A rig strength. There were plenty of fast planing runs down to the leeward gate in the strongest gust zones.  However it was still variable in direction requiring great skill to pick the right shifts both up and down wind. Colin, who had been starting well in every race won Races 10 and 11, but let Peter win Race 12 and then came back to win Race 13 and to stamp his authority on the event with another win in Race 16. John Shorrock sailing his QUARK won both Races 14 and 15, but left Peter to win the final Race 17. This event win extends Colin’s lead at the top of the GAMES table by 20 points, from Hugh McAdoo and John Shorrock.

The furthest travelled competitor, Vinnie Zammit, from Norwich was sailing his ‘Think Pink’ STARKERS very consistently and finished with a string of fourth places to take the final podium slot from Hugh McAdoo, who was six points behind. It was good to see three new competitors to this year’s GAMES events, Keith Evans sailing a PRIME NUMBER, Peter Dunne sailing a STARKERS and Peter North sailing a JIVE showing good support from club sailors for the Marblehead class at district level.

It was also good to see Les Thorn doing really well with his PARADOX, showing that you don’t have to have the latest designs to be competitive in this class.

At the prize-giving Colin thanked the Guildford team running another good event. This was truly a district effort with Keith Parrott and Graham Whitehead from Frensham Pond MYG providing essential RO support. The next GAMES interclub/open events are the 23rd July, again at Abbey Meads and then at Datchet on 24 September, as noted on the GMYC website, www.guildfordmyc.co.uk.

Results:

1st Colin Goodman Coalhouse Fort QUARK 25

2nd Peter Stollery Guildford UPROAR 39

3rd Vinnie Zammit Norwich STARKERS CUBED 53

4th Hugh McAdoo Datchet PRIME NUMBER 59

5th Trevor Binks Eastbourne PRIME NUMBER 62

6th John Shorrock Datchet QUARK 63

7th Martin Crysell Guildford PRIME NUMBER 94

8th Austin Guerrier Datchet V1 RM 97

9th Dick Jobbins Solent CONSTERNATION 2 99

10th Les Thorn Datchet PARADOX 106

11th Nick Royse Frensham CRAZY TUBE FREE 130

12th John Bennett Eastleigh STARKERS CUBED 148

13th Keith Evans Woking PRIME NUMBER 164

14th John Townsend Guildford UPROAR 169

15th Peter Dunne Woking STARKERS CUBED 192

16th Peter North Woking JIVE 193

By |2017-06-09T22:18:09+01:00June 9th, 2017|Categories: Games|Comments Off on M&S District Marblehead Championship and GAMES 4

GAMES 3 and Ranking event in Goldsworth Park

Radio Sailing Woking put on a very good event for Marbleheads in beautiful sunny and windy conditions with 26 entries from 17 clubs and 11 races were sailed.

Although the forecast was for strong east north-easterly wind blowing over and around a bank of trees behind the control area, wind became more easterly blowing more down the lake yet still giving swirling gusts and leaving holes on the windward leeward course set by Race Officer, Terry Rensch. The first race started promptly at 10 o’clock for what would turn out to be a marvellous day’s racing. After a couple of races the course required a bit of re-alignment to match the wind veering east, but after this the racing flowed well with skippers behaving themselves with few raised voices. Indeed often heard above this, or the silence,  were the shrieks of delight of competitor’s young children enjoying playing games by the lakeside.

Tony Edwards sailing a GRUNGE started well by winning Race 1 and then going on to win Race 3. Peter Stollery sailing an UPROAR  also won his first race and then had a series of second places and a win in Race 5. Darin Ballington sailing a GRUNGE was also consistent gaining 4 fourth places after a win in Race 2. The lunchtime leaderboard features these three skippers with Peter 7, Darin 12 and Tony 15 points.

During a short break for lunch the breeze built with almost all sporting B rigs. There was even more spectacular planing on the off wind legs in the vicious gusts at the beginning of the run to the leeward gate where the wind suddenly died in the lee of the trees allowing boats to bunch up and make the gate rounding difficult and bringing in an element of chance. The race victories were split amongst the fleet and a large number of the fleet going up and down between the two heats. The increased breeze allowed the increasingly large number of spectators to see the boats at their speedy best, as the afternoon’s racing was a fantastic way to start the season.

Tony kicked off the afternoon with a win and then Rob Vice sailing an UPROAR took Race 7, before letting Darin win Races 8 and 9. Colin Goodman, who had been very consistent all day sailing his QUARK, took Race 10 and the final race was won by a welcome newcomer to the Marblehead fleet, Nick Ennion sailing a QUARK. Special mention to others included Tracey sailing her STARKERS for a well-deserved trip in to A heat, despite all attempts to throw it away on the finishing line; Hugh McAdoo on return to the rankings after recent race team duties sailing his PRIME NUMBER and Duncan Ellis who is starting to show glimpses of form with his STARKERS CUBED.

Although those close to the top were starting their campaign for 2017 with a clear intention to gain points for selection for the British team for the 2018 World Championship in Biblis, Germany, it was good to see the enduring nature of this class and boats to be able to report some notable races for the lower positions. The final reckoning saw the overall result being decided on the last race; Darin needed to beat Peter by two places or more to win and he did so by finishing second allowing him to tie with Peter and win on count back, with 3 as opposed to 2 wins.

Colin Goodman and Tony Edwards pushed both of the top two all day, but couldn’t quite match the consistency, with a small gap back to the rest of the top ten, Roger Stollery, John “Shozza” Shorrock, Hugh McAdoo and James Edwards all being within 8 points of each other.

There were five different designs in the top ten, proving again that good race skills are as important as boat design in this closely fought class. Thanks to Terry Rensch for running the event, Simon Jeffs, Peter Dunne and the Radio Sailing Woking Club for their efforts and the class skippers for making this a great start to the 2017 season. All in all another fantastic day for the Marblehead class with more to come in a 2017 season packed full of good events, which apart from the Nationals and Ranking events include the GAMES series run in the Met and Southern district especially for Marblehead club sailors.

Results of top 10:

1st Darin Ballington Manor Park GRUNGE 21
2nd Peter Stollery Guildford UPROAR 21
3rd Colin Goodman Coalhouse Fort QUARK 34
4th Tony Edwards Yeovil GRUNGE 41
5th Roger Stollery Guildford UPROAR 57
6th John Shorrock Datchet Water QUARK 61
7th Hugh McAdoo Datchet Water PRIME NUMBER 62
8th James Edwards Yeovil GRUNGE 65
9th Vinnie Zammit Norwich STARKERS CUBED 76
10th Rob Vice Clapham UPROAR 81

 

Ladies prize Tracey Ballington, Manor Park.

Furthest travelled, Damian Ackroyd, Leeds and Bradford.

 

Report by Roger Stollery with thanks to Darin Ballington.

 

By |2017-04-08T08:50:46+01:00April 7th, 2017|Categories: Games|Comments Off on GAMES 3 and Ranking event in Goldsworth Park

Small Boat Fun Sail – Wednesday 15 February 2017

The objective was to interest local people in our radio sailing at Abbey Meads, planting a seed for further involvement in the future activities of our club, as we are so short of members taking part in our racing. We organised the day around Footys, BOTTLE boats and DF 65s, all small boats under £200. A fortnight or so ago we sent the attached invite to 19 local clubs to gain support, five sailing clubs, the local Scout group, eight schools as well as to Eagle radio, BBC Surrey and the Surrey advertiser, the addresses of which John Townsend had kindly researched. All had been asked to contact myself more details and it was very disappointing not to have a single response from any of these groups.

However Alan, John and myself went ahead and with the help of our friends, Graham Whitehead and Keith Parrott from Frensham and a FEW attendee, Peter Kirby from Woking, gathered together lots of information, Footys etc in case there was some unannounced interest. Unfortunately there wasn’t.

However, we had some good sailing during the morning, firstly sailing five BOTTLE boats and when Graham’s had a problem, we continued racing with four DF 65s and two BOTTLE boats, with an offshore wind and an America’s Cup style reach to the windward mark and then a sausage and back to the start as the finish. This was challenging in the light and very variable breeze and was enjoyed so much that after lunch we continued to race in the pouring rain!

Both designs were a pleasure to sail, light, manoeuvrable and responsive with plenty of stability. I particularly enjoyed sailing the DF 65 that Peter Dunne had kindly loaned for the event and even beat both BOTTLE boats in one race!

It was an enjoyable days sailing even if we didn’t achieve the objective.

By |2017-03-17T18:39:49+00:00February 17th, 2017|Categories: Sailing|Comments Off on Small Boat Fun Sail – Wednesday 15 February 2017

Icicle Trophy – Sunday 12 February

Fortunately it was dry, but there was a cold north-easterly wind that really did require proper gloves and not just the fingerless ones. We set a course with two windward marks in an attempt to get a windward beat out of at least one of the two courses, as the wind was flicking around the trees to windward.

Peter Dunne was on the water first trying his new STARKERS without a problem and this helped set the course. However at the start of racing his mainsheet came off the winch and so our first race was a practice race won by Martin. The racing was very close at times with lots of slowing down in the holes and steaming along in the gusts with lots of place changing on the last run to the line.

Soon after the start Alan Viney’s son, Graham and grandson Matthew arrived and so Alan let Graham sail a couple of races with four-year-old Matthew being the official starter! As you can see from the attached results there was a different winner in every race and so the results are very close, with my two victories taking the trophy on merit.

Peter Dunne was absolutely delighted to win the very last race in view of his dodgy start and Alan was delighted to tie with Martin. Martin had to go at lunchtime and so we stopped the trophy race, but continued to race without keeping a record. Again the racing was very close. It was great to see young Matthew having a go at sailing and he obviously enjoyed it and did well, although he did suffer from being cold at the end of the day. The attached photo records the three generations of Viney present.

By |2017-02-17T21:15:18+00:00February 17th, 2017|Categories: Sailing|Comments Off on Icicle Trophy – Sunday 12 February

2016 Mermaid Trophy – Final Marblehead Ranking & GAMES Event 27 November 2016

The last big open event of the year attracted a lot of good skippers from 10 clubs from the North, Midland and Southern Districts to Guildford’s water at Abbey Meads Lake for the climax of both the 2016 Ranking and GAMES series. The cold 5-10 mph North North-Easterly wind initially allowed Race Officer, Peter Stollery, to set a long windward leeward course and give perfect ‘A’ rig conditions for some really good racing.

Added to the excitement was the appearance of the 3 pre-production Brad Gibson GRUNGE designs sailed by top skippers. 12 good races were completed.

A great deal of care was taken to get the starting line and gate angles set without bias.  Although this looked OK to spread the boats along the starting line, initially the competitors were overenthusiastic and the first two starts resulted in a general recall.

When the race eventually got under way Roger Stollery sailing his own UPROAR design won from Colin Goodman sailing James Edward’s GRUNGE and Austin Guerrier sailing his newly acquired V1 design from New Zealand. Roger also won Race 2 from ex-National 12 and Squib sailor, Tony Edwards and Darin Ballington also sailing GRUNGE’s.

Double World Fireball dinghy Champion, Colin Goodman won Race 3 from David Adam sailing a PRIME NUMBER and Tony. The next two races were won by Darin, which then put him top of the lunchtime leaderboard with a total of 15 points, from Tony with 18 and Colin with 19 points.

During lunch the wind became much more Easterly and Peter reset the whole course further down and across the lake to give a shorter windward leeward course that just fitted diagonally across the wider part of the lake.

Darin continued his winning streak, taking Races 6 & 7 from Tony and Colin respectively. Tony took Races 8 & 10 after letting Roy Stevens sailing a QUARK win Race 9. The penultimate race was won by Darin which left the three leading boats within 4 points of each other. The excitement built for the last race and the start sequence is shown in the photographs with Colin demonstrating the perfect start at the port end in clear air in the breezier part of the lake furthest away from the tree line on the far side. He turned this good start into a win of the three lap course, but it was not sufficient to overtake Darin overall,who finished second to take the famous Mermaid Trophy.

The only thing that spoiled this was strands of weed picked up by every competitor at some point during the racing.

At the prizegiving Darin thanked Peter and the Guildford club and mentioned how important such club open races are for honing the skills of the top skippers, who recently have done so well at international events with nine skippers in the top 20 of the World Marblehead Championship in Lake Garda. The learning curve whether it is in competing with your boat or being able to set a good course starts at your club.

As well as the Mermaid itself, other prizes included the Vic Cooney Trophy for the top veteran over 60, which went to Tony Edwards, the Ted Gearey award for the most improved skipper after Race 3, which went to ex IOM world champion, Trevor Binks and the furthest travelled which went to Roy Stevens from Middlesbrough.

This event was final event of the GAMES series and the Midgley Memorial Mug was awarded to Roger Stollery with a score for the best five events of the 441.6/500 points.

Results:

1st Darin Ballington Manor Park GRUNGE 22,

2nd Colin Goodman Coal House Fort GRUNGE 25,

3rd Tony Edwards Yeovil GRUNGE 26,

4th Roger Stollery Guildford UPROAR 42,

5th Roy Stevens Tri-services QUARK 63,

6th Trevor Binks Eastbourne PRIME NUMBER 65,

7th David Adam Woking PRIME NUMBER 67,

8th Alan Viney Guildford PRIME NUMBER 68,

9th Austin Guerrier Three Rivers V1 73,

10th John Smith Manor Park QUARK 81,

11th Terry Rensch Datchet QUARK 82,

12th Colin Walton Manor Park STARKERS 91,

13th Roy Pearson Guildford ROK 106,

14th Les Thorn Hawley Lakes PARADOX 112.

By |2016-12-10T18:47:35+00:00December 10th, 2016|Categories: Games|Comments Off on 2016 Mermaid Trophy – Final Marblehead Ranking & GAMES Event 27 November 2016

2016 Mermaid & GAMES 11

Date changed to Sunday 27th November

Notice of Race 2 for GAMES 11

Last minute weed has caused problems with running the remaining Marblehead ranking events. Manor Park has kindly offered to run Poole’s 2 event ranking weekend on the 5-6th November instead of the single day event that they had planned for the 27th. Guildford have offered to run Manor Park’s single day ranking event on the 27th in combination with the Mermaid, which is postponed as a result of last minute weed, which should be cleared by the 27th. These changes suggested by MYA Race Team and M class captain have been approved by the MYA Racing Officer, in order to comply with the Regulations for Ranking Events.

Guildford MYC hope that despite the postponement you will still come to help us to create some fun in a keen, yet friendly atmosphere!  The Stan Cleal Trophy on 20th November now becomes the penultimate event of the GAMES, so there is all to sail for before the series’ climax at Abbey Meads.

The current IRSA Marblehead class rules will apply and the racing will be governed by the RRS 2013-2016, MYA SSIs and the MYA Regulations for Ranking events 2016V2. The usual Guildford race team will do their best ensure a well run event on a superb radio sailing water.

The relevant notices are as follows:

REGISTRATION – from 0900 hours.  All boats will be checked in the length gauge. Rigs will be checked for compliance with the class rules and certificate.

BRIEFING – this will start at approximately 0945 hours.

RACING TIMES – the first race will start soon after the briefing at approximately 1000 hours – no race will start after 1500 hours and any race in progress at 1530 hours will be abandoned.

In addition to the Mermaid, you will also be racing for the Ted Gearey Trophy for the best improver (best place improvement after Race 3). The Vic Cooney Trophy will also be awarded to the highest placed competitor over 60 years of age. There will also be a junior and ‘furthest travelled’ prize.

Please make your boat and PSN certificate available at the registration table as soon as possible after you arrive. We will inform competitors in advance if there is a requirement to modify sail numbers or add a prefix ‘1’ to avoid clashes.

You may enter by email with all your usual details, plus a copy of your certificate to Roger on stollery17@sky.com or by phone on 01483 421 801 by the entry deadline of midnight on Saturday 12th November. The entry fee is £7.50, to be paid at registration.

Guildford’s water at ABBEY MEADS lake is easy to find. From whatever direction you are travelling, follow the brown signs to THORPE PARK and go to the roundabout at their entrance. Travel south on the A320 towards Chertsey.  After a few hundred yards turn left off the road, where signposted ‘Chertsey Water Treatment Works’ and where you should also see a sign, RADIO SAILING.  If you are coming to watch and arrive whilst we are racing, dial 1617 on the brass number padlock marked GMYC to open the gate. Please do not follow any other route instructions, as some have lead to much confusion and late arrival!                                                                    

We look forward to seeing you!

By |2017-03-17T18:39:49+00:00October 18th, 2016|Categories: Games, Sailing|Comments Off on 2016 Mermaid & GAMES 11

2016 M&S District Marblehead Interclub 3, GAMES 7 for the Arcadia Trophy

A great time was had at Abbey Meads Lake with the 16 races sailed in some of the best conditions that Guildford Model Yacht Club can offer. After a rather gloomy drizzley start, 8 competitors representing 3 clubs had a great deal of fun over the long beat and run course ideally placed parallel to the western control area. The fast planing runs were very exciting until the strongest gusts and power of the A rigs used by nearly all competitors drove bows under and rudders into the air.

The very first race gave an indication of how the results might turn out, as Peter Stollery, who was testing a new version of the UPROAR B rig managed to win despite having less power than the A rig competitors in the light airs. His father Roger, who was also testing a variation of the same offset pivot swing rig won Race 2 and Race 6, leaving Peter to win the other 6 races before lunch. The most consistent skipper apart from Peter was John Shorrock with five 2nd places and this took him to 2nd place on the leaderboard 7 points behind Peter, but 5 points ahead of Roger.

The sun then came out and the wind continued to increase during the afternoon, but 2 boats managed sail with their A rigs all day, although most were then in B. Mr Consistency, John Shorrock, sailing a QUARK managed to beat both the UPROARs to win Race 9, but then let them win all the remaining races. The wind direction gradually became more south-westerly as it increased and there were a few short breaks in the racing to pick up boats that had gear problems and had drifted into the bushes. Everyone enjoyed the incredible speed can be reached by these fast lightweight Marbleheads off the wind.

The disappointing entry from local clubs may be as a result of the closeness to next week’s MYA National Championship at Datchet, where there is a big entry from M&S District clubs. Those clubs not supporting this event missed a great opportunity to sail in breezy conditions at Abbey Meads and we hope that they will return to contribute to future events run by Guildford MYC later in the year.

The next M&S District Interclub event no. 4 and GAMES 8 is at Datchet on 7th of August.

Results:

1st Peter Stollery Guildford UPROAR 15, 2nd Roger Stollery Guildford UPROAR 27, 3rd John Shorrock Datchet QUARK 30, 4th Alan Viney Guildford PRIME NUMBER 50, 5th Les Thorn Datchet PARADOX 65, 6th John Townsend Guildford ROK 76, 7th Phil Holliday Datchet QUARK  79, Peter Dunne Woking CRAZY TUBE TOO 81.

By |2016-07-31T17:21:07+01:00July 31st, 2016|Categories: Games|Comments Off on 2016 M&S District Marblehead Interclub 3, GAMES 7 for the Arcadia Trophy
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