Newsletter Autumn 2002
Tidal Championship at Hayling Island – 2002
As the Hayling Regatta was abandoned due to the foul weather conditions,
only the annual awards were presented, details here.
An additional award was presented - which was a one off, ‘Ellen MacArthur
Award’. A signed photograph of Ellen on her boat Kingfisher. This was
donated by Offshore Challenges, my request for Ellen to present the awards
at Hayling could not be fulfilled as she was due to be out in the Atlantic!
If you want to follow Ellen’s latest sailing challenge - the Route Du
Rhum - visit www.teamkingfisher.com.
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History
A ‘Jim C’ has e-mailed a comment on the SSSA History. He was at RGS in the
early seventies.
‘The RGS Sailing Club was pretty much the junior section of Papercourt
Sailing club, hence the domination of SSSA results in those days, since the
best RGS sailors were sailing competitively in Papercourt class and open meetings.
He comments on the 11+ dinghy and says that in its last days as an organised
class it was a far nicer boat than the Gull or Mirror, much more a racing boat
with side decks. With second hand boats available cheaply it was the teenager's
choice at Papercourt.’
He remembers that RGS had an ‘iffy’ Lark, a dubious GP14 and a Heron or two,
but most of the sailing was done in Papercourt Members' own boats, and that
the RGS Society was a fairly informal bunch that today's rules and regulations
would not allow.
He also mentions that in the early days they used to hold a Sailing Club camp
the week before the SSSA Hayling Regatta.
Can I hear the saying, ‘Ah for the good old days!’? (Ed)
Littleton Regatta - 2002
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Autumn finally arrived on October 12th at the Surrey Schools
Littleton regatta - overcast skies and steady rain greeted the 41 boats
from Surrey Schools and Affiliated groups. With the rigging, briefing
and safety boat preparation completed, racing started at 11.00 am. The
rain stopped, a force 2-3 easterly breeze with flat calm to strong gusts
around the clubhouse area, continued throughout the day.
A combined slow and fast fleet handicap race, a class race and a scratch
race made up the mornings events, 27 boats competed in the slow fleet,
and 14 in the fast fleet. With the lead changing around the course, the
leading boats received much applause from the spectators on the club balcony.
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After lunch at the new Waterside Café, the competitors completed two
more handicap races.
Andrew Beacom - Royal Grammar School - won the Laser class and the Fast
Fleet handicap, Laura Glover - Wey Activities Group - won the scratch
race in her Optimist. The Topper class and slow fleet handicap was won
by Sam Eversfield of Island Barn and James Pateman and Gareth Davies won
the Enterprise class.
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For the full results, please click here.
Dennis Martin
SSSA Press Officer
Autumn 2002.
Last updated: 28 January, 2003
