Those New Year revellers have done it again and had their antics caught on the webcam but in colour this year!
Very best wishes for 2010.
The Thomas’ Twitter (continued)
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| Looks as if Santa only left one present instead of two | Sailing secretary awaits his present from Santa |
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| Santa mops his brow and thinks this is harder than farming |
A couple of old timers enjoying the party |
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| Treasurer keeps his eye on Santa’s expenses. |
Party goers |
58th Annual General Meeting
At the AGM approx 40 members voted on the following
- To adopt the minutes of 57th AGM
- To adopt the Hon Treasurer’s accounts for the year ending 30th September 2009
- After some discussion, Council’s recommendation to leave subscriptions unchanged were challenged and it was proposed that they should increase by 3%. However, as the majority vote for the amendment was less than 75% of those voting, the amendment does not stand, and the subscriptions will remain the same for the forthcoming season.
- To elect the officers of the club
Commodore – Dave Nicholson
Vice Commodore – Stephen Kirkpatrick
Rear Commodore – Stephen Hunt
Hon Secretary – Pauline Nicholson
Hon Treasurer – Dave Lawson
Hon Sailing Secretary – Roy Blackburn - To elect council of the club
Lucy Cowen, John Prestidge and Alan Waugh stepped down and were thanked for their help and efforts
Becky Dawson, Andrea Kirkpatrick and Nick Orton were newly voted on to council along with the remainder of the outgoing council - Claire Garrison was elected Hon Auditor
- The existing fleet captains were re-elected
- It was agreed to amend rule 3 (A)iii to read:
�Family members being the husband, wife, or child of an Ordinary member, Associate member, Life member, Country, or Senior member������� - It was agreed to replace bye-law 4 to read
�Camping (in tents, caravans or motor homes) shall only be undertaken in the Clubs grounds on specific days nominated by the Council. Those days nominated for camping will be detailed in the current years handbook and, where relevant, in Bass Week and Open meeting literature (with amendments posted on the Club notice board). Some camping days will be for tents only. Camping in the Clubs grounds at any other time is not permitted� - It was agreed to amend Rule 6 Clause (1) ii. to read
�Other persons elected���� - It was agreed to delete Rule 6 Clause (1) iii.
- After considerable discussion, a proposal to amend Rule 12 was defeated
There followed an open discussion on various matters stemming from the following points
a) Does the Club racing programme support close racing and help sailors improve?
b) Does our taster session/training scheme directly feed into the Club�s racing programme and provide a logical step up from training to racing and is this what the Club wishes to happen?
No answers were determined, but it was accepted that class racing helps improve sailors racing skills
It’s Over :(
The sailing season came to a damp, abrupt halt for the second year running. The floods last week resulted in no sailing for the final weekend of the season.
Time to get down to the club, check out, and remove your boat of you have not already done so.
Some pics of the devastation!
Saturday
Friday
Looking towards Ouse bridge from Armathwaite Hall
The above pics were taken on Friday 20 November by Sarah Nicholson
Congratulations
After a reluctance to appear (surely not stage fright?!) baby Lily Alice Smith was born early on 2 November – a sister to Katia and second daughter for Andy and Emma.
All doing fine
Is that Andy’s hairline she’s sporting?! 🙂 Sure she’ll grow out of it
The Eric Twiname Memorial Trust
Following a recent approach, the Sailing Club Council have proudly agreed that in future years, one of the pennant races sailed each season will be used as an opportunity to raise funds on behalf of the Eric Twiname Memorial Trust. Many members may recall Eric, son of founder member Alec Twiname, was once a member of the sailing club and is arguably our most famous member in sailing circles. As a highly successful sailor, Eric went on to write classic texts such as ‘Start to Win’ and ‘The Rules Book’ which is now in its 9th version. The trust was created in 1980 following Eric’s tragic death with the goal to continue his legacy to the sailing community.
Start to Win has just been updated and republished (with a foreword by Ben Ainslie, CBE) and can be purchase on-line directly from the publishers, Adlard Coles or other on-line retailers, such as Amazon.
Further information regarding the trust and about Eric himself can be found by visiting the trust website at www.erictwinametrust.org or by viewing our web page.
Richard Atkinson
Club founder member Richard Atkinson has died at the age of 88. Until about 10 years ago he was a regular sailor in a F15 with Judge Leech. Richard was one of the clubs more successful sailors having become GP14 National champion in 1957, just five years after the Club was formed
What a difference a day makes!
A bit of wind (well a lot!) topped up with rain was enough to put off all helms other than Jim Christie on Saturday. However, stand in OD Robbie D made an early call to cancel racing for the day.
Sunday has started with a glorious morning, and the wind started to fill in, with the hope that it would continue to do so up to the forecast 10mph
The wind did fill in a little more, but unexpectedly it came from the NW, so the start line was adjusted and the course set. However, as the race went on the wind swung more to the south resulting in more of a fetch expecially for the asymmetric fleet which were sailing a windward leeward course! Rory Yardley in his Vareo took best advantage of the conditions to win the morning race from Jack and Joan Hardie in their RS200 by a couple of secs/lap. Mike Moore and Ian Macpherson in a F15 beat Tim Knowles and Martin Statter in a GP by a good margin to win the MJM morning race.
The only tales to tell were during the afternoon race. First of all Roy Blackburn’s had a slight problem with his new acquisition of a Vareo when the main sail came down. Secondly, Alan Nicholson had a prolonged capsize after getting his mast in the mud. Results were again close in the afternoon but this time Robbie D and Big E in an RS400 beat Rory in his Vareo and won the Asymmetric Cup. Mike Moore again beat Tim Knowles but by just 4 secs/lap and secured the MJM Trophy.
The big question is whether the Times and Star story about Ken and Val winning the Tinker Trophy will stick – should we now know them as the Tinker Bells?!
At The GP Inlands at Derwent Reservoir Dave and Lynn Lawson finished 12th, with Rich and Phil Hodgkins finishing 13th
Let Us Know Your Thoughts
With over a month since Bass Week came to an end you should have had time to recover by now! We have sent out emails to most entrants that gave us their details so they can give us some feedback. If you were there could you spare 5 minutes to complete the online questionnaire so that we can take views into account when preparing for next year’s regatta. As a bit of encouragement, there will be a �25 Bass Week voucher for the 25th, 50th and 75th completed form received. However, you are welcome to submit the form anonymously if you so wish. For being quick off the mark, Rich Critchley will get a free cocktail for sending the first form. (Sorry Judith – beaten this year!) Many thanks for being part of this year’s event, and we hope you enjoyed it enough to tell your friends and come back next year! If you didn’t enjoy it, then please tell us! Very best wishes for the rest of the sailing season.