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RS100 Circuit Event 28/29 April 2012

RS100 Circuit Event 28/29 April 2012

Saturday – race 1 will start at midday, 2,3 and 4 to follow. Sunday – race 5 will start at 10am, race 6 will follow. Free camping on site and there will be a race night social on Sat eve. Further details

Isle of Man Cycling Event – Help for Heroes

Isle of Man Cycling Event – Help for Heroes

Glenn Rowe, a good friend of Ken Irwin’s, is continuing his great work with this event for Help for Heroes. If you can please support the event – if not by joining in the gruelling 37mile cycle ride then by making a donation. Any donations can be paid direct to www.bmycharity.com/GlennRowe. This is the easiest and preferred way to forward your donations, as it is commission free and part of the Help for Heroes Group. By using this method, you...

RNLI Pursuit Race – not a lot of wind

RNLI Pursuit Race – not a lot of wind

RNLI Results The forecast for sunny weather brought out the shorty wetsuits for the annual pursuit race in aid of the RNLI. Unfortunately, the wind was not so obliging as the sun and as the Optimists made their way out to the start line, the anemometer was struggling to reach 3 knots.

Report – Bollé RS400 Northern Tour & RS Vareo Winter Championship

Report – Bollé RS400 Northern Tour & RS Vareo Winter Championship

The RS400 Bollé Northern Tour kicked of in style at Leigh & Lowton Sailing Club on the 17/18 March. As forecasted the 16 strong fleet launched in very light winds, however by the second lap a dark cloud brought in planing conditions and big shifts. Paul & Mike Allen (LLSC) finished first, followed by Dave Exley & Nigel Hall (LLSC) and Caroline Exley & Jude Allen (LLSC).

Tipsy Report ‘Snakes and ladder racing at Leigh’

Tipsy Report ‘Snakes and ladder racing at Leigh’

With the majority of the RS400 fleet away at their inlands championships and the Toppers at a training event it was still a healthy 42 boats that made it out onto the water for this, the penultimate weekend of the UK’s largest winter series on Sunday 11th March 2012 at Leigh and Lowton sailing club. The weather forecast had been poor all week but more wind than expected did arrive and although it was patchy and shifty from the NNW it...