The Final Younique North West Topper Traveller 2013 and RYA West Zone squad selection event took place at Leigh and Lowton Sailing Club. The event saw 47 competitors all competing in the final event of the series, but the wind failed to cooperate with racing in 1-5 knots from the East round to SW by the end of the day. Despite this, and after a lot of patience from the race committee and competitors alike, all 3 races were sailed....
Get voting to decide the outcome. Vote for Hannah & Bobby now…. Feva World Champions 2013. http://www.yachtsandyachting.co.uk/awards2014/
Over 40 kids/youths took part in the Summer Camp at the end of August. Beginners, intermediates and advanced alike were put through their paces by a number of our top coaches. Many thanks to Dave Eccles, Jamie Catchpole, Chris Barnes, Adam Millington and Tom Leckie along with all their band if merry helpers!! Looking forward to next year already!
LLSC Topper 29er & Feva sailors returning fantastic results on National level events. Olli Blackburn got a podium 3rd at the Topper National series at light winded Derwent Reservoir this weekend with Haydn Griffiths (Tallyman) close behind with a very respectable 5th . 111 entries. Last weekend at the Topper Northern Champs at Bassenthwaite , LLSC DOMINATED with Nick Deveraux taking the honours Haydn Griffiths 2nd , James Grumitt 3rd ,Dan Budden 4th and Lucy Mearns 5th. A very close fought event...
We had a fantastic two days sailing in good winds for the Optimist sailors racing for the first time. The weekend began with camping on the Friday evening and bring your own BBQ. An early start on the Saturday with lots of excited optimist sailors as they received their briefing with the other fleets, asymmetric, handicap and lasers, not to mention the Miracle fleet ! Saturday was also the LLSC Optimist Open, which was won by Archie Leckie, being closely...
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...
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...
What is the North West Optimist Development Squad? The North West Optimist Development Squad is a regional initiative to offer quality winter training to optimist sailors in the North West. It recognises that there is plenty of optimist sailing going on in different clubs and aims to support this by helping sailors to improve their racing skills, meet other optimist sailors and take the next step. What level of sailing do I need before I attend? You should be able to launch...
What is the North West Optimist Development Squad? The North West Optimist Development Squad is a regional initiative to offer quality training to optimist sailors in the North West. It recognises that there is plenty of optimist sailing going on in different clubs and aims to support this by helping sailors to improve their racing skills, meet other optimist sailors and take the next step. Who are the coaches?The training will be led by Luke Shaw (RYA Race Coach Level 3...