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  • Congratulations
    Are in order for Glasgow/Strathclyde on their successful bid to host the BUCS Team Racing Playoffs on the 4/5th March 2017.

    Also to Josie Gliddon, Jody Slater, Izzie Shawcroft & Alice Courage - winners of the RYA Womens Match Racing 2016. In a very full weekend they only dropped one race in the round robin and that was to the other finalist Octavia Owen and her crew.
    Octavia had a tough sem- final against Mary Henderson, who eventually came third beating, Alison Hind 3:1 in the Peti-final.

    Finally, a final call for anyone wanting to come along to the Umpire Continuing Professional Development day at the Royal Thames on October 1st. If you want to come along (and sailors are welcome) you need to get in touch with Nigel asap or you won't get any refreshments during the day! E-mail nigelvick@aol.com,
    Posted Sep 16, 2016, 8:08 AM by UK Team Racing Assn - Sailboat Team Racing
  • The New Season Approaches
    Entry deadline is fast approaching for the Youth Match Racing championships. This is the key indicator for anyone looking for funding for international youth events and Eurosaf and Youth World Match racing. Contact keelboatracing@rya.org.uk
    For details Click Here.

    Also - The RYA are attempting to assist Umpires find events and events find Umpires - they have circulated a questionnaire as to Umpire availability - if you have not received an e-mail you need to get in touch with Jacqui Roberts at the RYA.
    Posted Aug 4, 2016, 3:20 AM by UK Team Racing Assn - Sailboat Team Racing
  • BSDRA Finals
    Bough Beech Sailing Club hosted the BSDRA Team Racing Finals this Monday and Tuesday, July 4/5.

    Many of the teams had already won the regional events organised around the country, so it was a quality field of nine school teams. At the end of stage 1 everyone had sailed 16 races and Winchester were on top with 15 wins. For stage 2 the field was split to Gold and Silver leagues and this was followed by a final. 

    In the Gold League MCS 1 and Sevenoaks were both on 4 wins but, come the first to 3 wins final, it was Sevenoaks who dominated taking the Trophy with a 3:0 victory. (see photo)

    In the Silver League Royal Hospital School Blue had 6 wins to Royal Grammar Schools 4 wins but the story was different in their final with RGS taking it 2:0

    Full details of the event with all results can be found at http://events.ksail.co.uk/2016/BSDRAFinals/
    Posted Jul 7, 2016, 4:24 AM by UK Team Racing Assn - Sailboat Team Racing
  • Umpire CPD Day
    UKTRA are organising a Continuing Professional Development Day for Umpires at the Royal Thames Yacht Club, Knightsbridge, London, on Saturday October 1st.This will be an opportunity for Umpires (although sailors are welcome) to discuss the technical aspects of Umpiring before the new team racing season gets under way.

     We hope to have a fairly free discussion but some of the topics. We will be covering are Positioning of Umpire boats, New Calls, Dealing with dissent, etc, Jon Napier, an Umpire Assessor and member of the Judges and Umpires Committee of the RYA will be attending. All attendees will receive a new 2017-21 Rule book and we will have a brief look at how things might change in the new year.

    In order that we can plan we do need to know who will be coming so there is a £10 charge which will cover coffee and refreshments during the day. Lunch will be up you - there are plenty of eating establishments close to the club. The plan is to start at 10am and be wrapping up by 3pm.

    Please could you circulate the poster to anyone who might be interested.    
    Posted Jul 1, 2016, 5:51 AM by UK Team Racing Assn - Sailboat Team Racing
  • Old Joe
    The Old Joe was held on the weekend of the 12th/13th June by the University of Birmingham at South Staffs Sailing Club. The event began on the Friday night before hand, with an extremely British barbecue in the rain! This was then followed by a night out in Birmingham for those who were willing. 
         Racing kicked off at 10am on Saturday. Light winds meant that it was only possible to get through the first round robin on Saturday. However, everyone made the best of the situation and the day showed good, tactical racing. Saturday’s racing followed with the main social of the event. 
         The evening started off with a lively meal in an Italian restaurant. Most teams then went out for drinks and to Birmingham University’s student night, Fab. 
         Despite the late night, most of the teams made it on time to briefing on Sunday morning and racing resumed. Unfortunately, the lights winds continued, meaning we could only run a second round robin, followed by a ‘king of the hill’ setup for finals. The day showed some strong racing skills with Surrey Pinkeye emerging in first place and BOB88 taking second. 
         This was only the second year of the event but it was a fantastic weekend and we are going to continue to expand it in future years. We hope to see even more of you next year!
    Posted Jun 15, 2016, 8:35 AM by UK Team Racing Assn - Sailboat Team Racing
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