Keith Sammons has posted a note on Facebook that Ardingly College are selling a flight of Rondar Team Racing Fireflies

They are looking for offers in the region of £8,800.

The flight is believed to be around 16 years old - it has been maintained and updated throughout.

Each boat is ready to sail and is sold with Full and Cutdown Mains and Jibs. Full mains and jibs are in excellent condition and are just a few seasons old. Iroko hardwood laminated gunwale protectors. Reasonable condition Goldfinch boom up top covers. Trolleys. Goldfinch Bow Fenders (the thick ones). Heavy duty rubber stem protectors. As with a flight of this age there are a few bruises and repairs.

Please contact Keith for more details and photos.

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,

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.

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/

 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.