Not much is happening.

A few Universities have begun promoting their events, Brummy Bender, Oxford Magnum and London 6 Pack are a few.

Entries for the ET Team Racing at Oxford on October 14/15 are now open Click Here for details

The conference is over two days, with sessions and workshops covering new developments and best practice in Judging and Umpiring.  They hope to cover sessions for Umpires on day 1 and Judges on day 2.   All current Judges and Umpires are encouraged to attend, as well as anyone interested in learning more about becoming a Race Official. For those who are already qualified, this conference will meet the 'conference attendance' requirement for Judges and Umpires renewal applications.

If this is of interest to you, please email charlie.mackean@rya.org.uk and save the date!

Sunday saw the start of the British Schools Dinghy Racing Association Finals at Rutland Sailing Club and they also had a cracking day on the Sunday. However, the British weather took its toll over the next two days with strong winds preventing further progress (I believe they had a couple of races but there was no effective progress)

The evnt was decided on the basis of the races sailed using the HLS System. Sevenoaks School took the Firefly Class winning the Rondar Shield and Whitstable Trophy while MCS were second. Norwich School won the Fevas while RGS Guildford were the most improved school.

For all the results Click Here

David Peerless reports on The Army Inter Corps Lagos Trophy held at Thorney Island on Tuesday and Wednesday last week (19/ 20 June) and umpired by David and Tricia Neri. 

Due to operational committees there were only 5 teams and some consisted of novice sailors who had never raced before.  Winds of 8 to 10 knots were ideal and the Tuesday was spent with little team racing while the crews found their feet.  

After a debrief on Tuesday evening the Wednesday racing was much more agressive with some good moves and it was good to see that the experienced helms were very sporting to the novices. 

After two round robins, semis and finals the positions were:  First - Royal Engineers, Second - Royal Artillery, Third - REME

A number of Team Racers were at Torquay for the British Keelboat League Event at the weekend, including a BUSA Team. The Winners were West Hoe SC, Jack Fenwick of Horizons Childrens SC was seconf and BUSA Third. Full results at KSail Photos Videos and details on Facebook For photos Click Here

Without the usual B Teams it was decided that the second day would be devoted to a Random Pairs event, Race Officer Martin Smethers having found the list of schedules on this website. This ran very successfully with the winner being declared on 75% wins, as a result of the last race.

Photos can be seen if you Click Here

Saturday saw Schools gather for the BSDRA Thames Valley Championships at Maidenhead Sailing Club. Race Officer Paul had a very difficult day with the wind shifting well over 90 degrees on the occasions when it decided to blow. Despite this he managed to run 60 races under the HLS system before going to Semis and Finals.

The Semi Finals were sudden death with Sevenoaks 1 taking on MCS and winning in a very close finish while Sevenoaks 2 were beaten by Rugby 1. Sevenoaks 2 went on to beat MCS in the Peti-Final 2:0

The final was close, needing all three races to get a decision. Rugby looked to have it in the bag as they came into the last beat but their first boat was waiting out on the right of the beat and could not get back when the inevitable 120 degree windshift came through. Their boat in second place did their best but picked up a penalty at the finish giving the Sevenoaks team of Matthew Caiger, Annie Richards, Nick Davies, Edward Salmon, Cossie Lewis and Becky Caiger (photo right) the race and the event.

Full results are at http://events.ksail.co.uk/2018/BSDRAThamesValley/index.html  Photos can be seen Click Here

Meanwhile, up north at South Staffs SC The Old Joe was taking place. They also had trouble with the wind as it seemed to go very light on the Sunday, but they got through over 100 races. My informant thinks that a Birmingham team won with South Staffs SC second but I am still looking for the official results.

University sailors are wanted to join a Focus Group on Thursday, 14 June in central London.

BUSA, with the support of the RYA, is looking to review all of the activity and support that it offers to its member clubs and student sailors. To do this we will be running a focus group, hosted by former RYA Director of Racing, John Derbyshire, and RYA Coaching Development Manager, David Mellor. 

Their aims will be to get as much information from you, the student body, as to what you think BUSA should be doing and what resources it should be helping to provide. The day will be based at a location TBC, dependant on responses, in central London and will start at 1330, with the aim to be finished at 1700, so that most attendees should be able to get there and back in a day. 

We are looking to get as wide a viewpoint as possible. This is not just about racing, or cruising, or training, but all of the above and as much more as we can cover. We would like as many different viewpoints as possible in attendance. We may be limited in space so please do not be offended if we can’t accommodate you all. 

It should be noted that this is not just for current USC committee members; anyone involved in any university sailing is welcome to volunteer. It should be noted that BUSA is unable to help with travel costs for this event. 

Please fill in the following https://www.research.net/r/ZJNCK8W if you wish to attend.

 

The deadline is 12 noon this Friday 8th June. We will confirm invitations asap over the weekend.