Leigh & Lowton SC played host to the last of the North West Traveller Series for 2014 on Saturday 20th September. The event was held in tough conditions for the young competitors searching for zone squad places. The wind was fickle and shifting for the first two races and then came good for the last one, the competitors dealt well with the light winds and changing courses through the day as the OOD adapted his plans to the conditions. Tom Wallwork...
Congratulations from all at Leigh & Lowton SC to Hannah & Graeme Bristow on an amazing 4th place overall in a highly competitive 51 strong fleet at the RS500 world championships in Loctudy, Brittany, France. Race 4 saw them take the bullet by a country mile and they scored a 2nd and a 3rd in other races. Read the report on the Y&Y link below and view photos of the event via another link on the Y&Y page.. http://www.yachtsandyachting.com/news/178317/RS500-Worlds-at-Loctudy-overall
On the 3rd August 2014 Leigh & Lowton sailing club hosted their annual Laser open meeting which forms part of the North West travellers series.The 24 helms who attended were greeted by bright sunshine and a fluctuating SSW Force 4 breeze that increased as the day went on with some big gusts. The direction meant that PRO Cathy Partington and her team had to use the width of the lake for the beats and runs but they did put in a...
Remember the first time you ever raced a dinghy? Today eight new junior sailors joined normal Saturday racing for their first ever official taste of club racing in the OpTop Olympics which was run along with Saturday Racing. Before the start they were given a whistle stop tour of the OOD box by officer of the day, Alistair Coates. He explained all the rules so there would be no disputes whatsoever!!! Intermediate coach Robert Leigh was on the water to...
The weekend of the 12th and 13th July saw Leigh & Lowton sailing club play host to a total of 68 boats as the Miracle inland championships and the North West junior Optimist championships were run alongside the clubs annual regatta weekend. The event is a weekend of two halves as prizes are presented for both Saturdays and Sundays result and then the presentation of the ‘John Barnes trophy’ to the boat that completes all six races and has the...
Our club is delighted and excited to be taking part in Bart’s Bash. If you would like to sail at our venue on September 21st then begin your event registration. The location: Leigh & Lowton sailing clubThe date: Sunday 21st September 2014The competition: The worldFollow the link to enroll, take part and make a difference. http://www.bartsbash.co.uk/club/leigh-and-lowton-sailing-club
I have received the sad News that Carl Humphries passed away on Wednesday evening 9/7/14. Carl had been fighting Cancer for almost 18 months. For those that didn’t have the pleasure of knowing him. He was the Husband of Di and Dad of Ali and Rory. Ali sailed Toppers at the club and went through the squads with Laura more latterly sailing an RS200 and acting as an instructor for the club. Rory sailed Toppers and went through the squads with Chris and...
The 2014 LLSC Junior Travellers will be remembered by all for the glorious sunshine and favorable wind. A westerly F2/3 allowed the Race Officer Mike Baldwin to set a simple trapezoid course with a beat up most of the length of Pennington Flash with a wing mark near the club house for a good view by the spectators. The 48 sailors behaved themselves on 8 of the 9 starts with only one errant Laser sailor over the line on the last start sequence of the day....
Six members of Team Etech shown on the photo at the Optimist Inlands were recognisable as LLSC juniors. Cool pose Archie. Not quite as cool as the subsequent bullet he claimed in the 200+ fleet though. Just to prove that our lake trained sailors can ‘do it on the sea’ we took a record number of boats including 10 Optimists to West Kirby in the 3 fleets of the junior travellers. Great course set on the Dee estuary in a North...
Quick reminder that the club regatta weekend is fast approaching and, as before, if you want to save money, get a free tee-shirt and, for one lucky sailor, the chance of getting your entry fee back then enter on line via Webcollect BEFORE the 5th July and you will be eligible for all three. It’s sure to be a busy weekend so help us to help you and use the ‘Webcollect’ link on the clubs home page to register. This...