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Two races were scheduled this year during August.

Both events were sailed in very light winds ,the first from the south bank avoiding the patches of slime that have been hanging around for some weeks.There were five competitor for this day which produced some very close racing,and each of the five skippers won at least one race.

For the next event on the 23rd we had expected to sail off the south bank again but the forecast westerly breeze turnd into a northerly,so we moved to the west bank which turned out to be the right decision.

The racing was again very close this time with six skippers sailing.Slieve seemed to have got his boat well tuned and produced some good results including winning the last race by some hundered yards.

Simon had some winch problems and had to leave early which hampered his results.There was plenty of good humoured banter on both days and Slieve was presented whith a bottle of wine for his ever improving performance.Most of us seemed to pick up small bits of weed at some stage but fortunately it has not been a major problem this year.

We stopped sailing at 1.30 this day as the wind faded to a complete calm.

Click here for the full results produced by Alan: 2023-08-23 Holiday Series 2 DF95

The final event of the series was a great success with 12 races sailed in really weird variable winds, basically from the SW and sometimes from the SE and anything in between.  

The best bit was the interruption at lunchtime for Martin’s hotdog barbecue and sharing a bottle of wine, which became the focus of lunchtime chat.  

You can see from Alan’s scoresheet that themost successful skipper was once again Barrie Martin, with his multiple wins.  The scoring was very close indeed for the runners-up with only a few points separating 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th and whilst we all suffered from falling into holes in the breeze we did enjoy the excitement of the racing and the close finishes.  These scores also affected the overall results for the Summer Series, which are also published.

Although initially catching the stringy weed which was attached to the blue marks upset Martin’s usual performance, he did win the Series and was presented with the lovely French copper trophy and was thanked for providing the barbecue.

Report by Roger Stoller

The GMYC Arcadia – GAMES 6 & BBQ this Saturday 22nd July, has unfortunately had to be cancelled due to lack of entries.

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This was a record turnout of 9 competitors, even without Martin able to be at Abbey Meads.  Thanks go to Mike for bringing along his son and helping to set up for the day and recording scores.  With the latest lane restrictions at the A3/M25 junction and road closure between Addlestone & St Peter’s Hospital extended my normal 25 minute journey by over an hour, despite following the non-motorway route via Woking.

Fortunately, the wind was more south-westerly than the westerly forecast and allowed a reasonable course to be set from the west control area.  Photos do not reveal the excitement of the racing, which was very close at times and gave great flat out speed on some of the offering legs in the gusts.  Congratulations to Barrie who won 8 out of the 15 races and only counted second places in his total score!

The plastic boat suffered what might have been a disaster when one of the plastic rowlock fixings broke, but fortunately there was a rowlock hole at the stern to allow me to skull to finish the buoy laying.

This report will be attached along with Alan’s score sheet, the pic page & the overall Series Scores with event 6 included.

Roger Stollery 2023-07-13 

2023-07-12 WSS Summer Series 6 DF95

2023-07-12 WSS 6 pic page

2023-07-12 Overall Summer Series scores

Despite a small entry, 16 races were sailed on a hot summers day in light east north-east variable breezes and created some close & exciting finishes.  RO Martin Crysell set a two lap windward leeward course with a selection of 3 windward marks, starting and finishing on a line between them, with each race taking approximately 15 minutes.

Nigel Barrow sailing a borrowed F6 started well with 3 straight wins and set the pace for the chasing pack of Barrie Martin sailing a STARKERS SQUARED & Dave Andrews sailing a GRUNGE.

The lunchtime leaderboard was headed by Nigel with 10 points, Barrie 12 & Roger Stollery 20.

The afternoon results, now with only 5 racing, belonged to Roger with 4 wins, 2 seconds & a third, but the main interest was whether Nigel could hold onto his lead over Barrie, who had 3 wins in this session.  However Nigel’s consistency with just one win and 4 seconds allowed him to win the new HALFPENNY Trophy by just one point!

 At the prize giving Nigel thanked Martin & Keith Parrott for running another good GAMES event and like every open event at Abbey Meads there is also a prize for the last competitor still racing; without those at the bottom of the list there would be no winners.  Racing a Marblehead for the first time Celia Greetham was delighted with her micro-turbo cutter!

Results:

1st Nigel Barrow Frensham Pond F6 – 22 points

2nd Barrie Martin London MYC STARKERS – 23

3rd Roger Stollery Guildford MYC UP – 32

4th Graham Hetem Datchet Water F6 – 54

5th Celia Greetham London MYC ROAR EDGE – 58

6th David Andrews London MYC GRUNGE – 78

7th David Cole Hampton Court GRUNGE – 99

GAMES results update

1st Nigel Barrow – 350.1

2nd Roger Stollery – 261

3rd Paul Tickner –  230.6