Results & gallery now available for the penultimate GJW Tipsy Icicle 2013. As the competitors look forward to the last week end of GJW Direct Insurance sponsored Tipsy Icicle Winter Series at Leigh & Lowton Sailing Club there is still everything to sail for in some of the fleets. Week 9 of the series and a total of 169 boats have taken to the water during this series. This weekend saw a few new faces join us as 72 boats took...
Results Having been spolit for some weeks now by strong westerly and easterly winds and beats using the lenght of the Flash the 64 boats that that took part in week 8 of the GJW Direct Insurance sponsored Tipsy Icicle Winter Series at Leigh & Lowton Sailing Club were greeted by a very cold, shifty, gusty and patchy northerly force 2 – 3 which resulted in shorter beats across the Flash and some ‘snakes & ladders’ sailing. This weekend there were 4 boats joining us for the first time in...
This year’s Noble Marine 29er Winter Championships saw 40 29ers at Draycote Water Sailing Club for a weekend of light and shifty, but also sunny conditions. Leigh & Lowton’s Curtis Means and Jamie Catchpole finished 8th, Abigail Croft and Jenny Cant 9th and James Grummett and Daniel Budden finished 30th. The full report can be viewed on Y&Y http://www.yachtsandyachting.com/news/168024/Noble-Marine-29er-Winter-Championships
Junior/Youth Events Calendar – 2013 April Friday 19th April – 7.00pm start – Start up session for Intermediates and Advanced Group May Wednesday 1st May – 7.00pm start – Introduction to beginners Friday nights and camps – “parents training”, followed by dinner at the club (approx. £4 per person) Friday 3rd May – 7.00pm start – Friday nights beginners start – RYA 1 & 2 training; sign up with Fiona White [email protected]. Sunday 12th May – 12.00 start – Junior Race Series...
Results Week 7 in the GJW Direct Insurance sponsored Tipsy Icicle Winter Series at Leigh & Lowton Sailing Club welcomed back the Topper and Laser sailors who were missing last weekend due to squad/training commitments as well as some old and new faces. All were greeted by bright sunshine and a gusty F2-4 ESE wind. This weekend there were 67 boats on the water which included 12 boats joining us for the first time in the series taking the total...
Most of the Topper fleet sailing in the Winter series braved the weather and the journey to Weymouth last weekend. With 7 sailors finishing in the top 31 in a fleet of 153. Lucy Mearns and Steph Wingeatte put up a good fight finishing 31 st and 51st respective. Daniel Budden and James Grummit finishing in the top 30 . Oliver Blackburn took the prize for first under 14 boy and 18th overall. Nick Deveraux a well deserved 10 th...
Results now online. The sixth weekend of the GJW Direct (GJW) sponsored Winter Season continued at Leigh & Lowton Sailing Club on Sunday the 10th February. The predicted forecast of snow and very strong winds appeared to have put a few people off, and with some Laser/Topper squad training elsewhere, this resulted in only 49 boats taking to the water but they were greeted to a gusty force 3 – 4 straight down the Flash from the east bringing with it a big wind chill as well rain. ...
Results & gallery now online. The GJW Direct (GJW) sponsored Winter Season continued at Leigh & Lowton Sailing Club on Sunday the 3rd February with the fifth weekend of the GJW Tipsy Icicle Winter Series. Just like the weekend before it was a chilly day and a blustery westerly force 4-5 and, as the weekend before, 62 boats once again took to the water which included 16 newcomers racing for the first time thereby taking the total number of boats...
Gallery & results now online. The GJW Direct (GJW) sponsored Winter Season continued at Leigh & Lowton Sailing Club on Sunday the 27th of January 2013 with the fourth weekend of the GJW Tipsy Icicle Winter Series. A chilly day with a blustery west south westerly force 4-5 greeted the 62 boats which arrived to take part in the fourth weekend of the series. Now in total 125 boats have taken to the water for the Series. The race teams for...
Overall results. The GJW Direct (GJW) sponsored Winter Season continued at Leigh & Lowton Sailing Club on Sunday the 20th of January 2013 with the third weekend of the GJW Tipsy Icicle Winter Series. A very chilly day with a pleasant force 3 east north easterly greeted the 57 boats which arrived to take part in the third weekend of the 2013 series. Hot water was order of the day to get a few masts in and a few bits of rigging running. Now...