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Results: Series Eastern (e) Midlands (m) Northern (n) Scotland (s) South West (sw) Thames (t) Vintage (v)   iCAL
Date Venue
 Dec 30th Grafham Water S.C.
January  
 6th Queen Mary S.C.
 7th Yorkshire Ouse S.C.
 21st Ranelagh S.C.
 27th Northampton S.C.
February  
 17th Royal Harwich Y.C.
 18th Royal Harwich Y.C.
March  
 3rd & 4th Alexandra Palace
 17th Scaling Dam S.C.
 24th Burghfield S.C.
 25th Burghfield S.C.
 31st & 1st Bristol Corinthian Y.C.
April  
 7th – 9th Waldringfield S.C.
 15th Tynemouth S.C.
 21st South Cerney S.C.
 21st – 22nd Pagham S.C.
 22nd Annandale S.C.
 29th Waveney & Oulton Broad
May  
 5th & 6th Solway Y.C.
 5th – 7th   Salcombe Y.C.
 12th – 13th Trent Valley S.C.
 20th Frampton-on-Severn
 20th Desborough S.C.
 26th – 27th West Riding S.C.
June  
 2nd & 3rd Yorkshire Ouse S.C.
 3rd Ranelagh S.C.
 9th Penzance S.C.
 10th Mounts Bay S.C.
 16th – 17th Royal Harwich Y.C.
 23rd Chipstead S.C.
 23rd & 24th Starcross S.C. * Cancelled *
 24th Tynemouth S.C.
 30th & 1st Aldeburgh Y.C.
July  
 7th & 8th Ripon S.C. (Secretary's Cup)
 14th Spinnaker S.C.
 14th & 15th Frensham Pond S.C.
 14th & 15th Clyde (Bardowie)  * Cancelled *
 21st Earlswood Lakes S.C.
 21st & 22nd Filey S.C. (event plan)
 28th – 4th North West Norfolk
 29th – 3rd BRIXHAM Y.C.
August  
 4th – 5th Norfolk Broads Y.C.
 4th – 12th Bassenthwaite S.C.
 5th  – 11th Salcombe Y.C.
 12th – 18th Salcombe Y.C.
 25th – 26th  East Lothian Y.C.
 26th – 27th Royal Harwich Y.C.
 28th – 31st  Royal Harwich Y.C.
September  
 1st Derwent Reservoir S.C.
 1st & 2nd Royal Lymington Y.C.
 9th Derwent Reservoir S.C.
 15th Up River Y.C.
 16th Thorpe Bay Y.C.
 22nd   Trent Valley S.C.
 23rd Henley S.C.
 29th Olton Mere
 29th – 30th Waldringfield S.C.
 30th Twickenham Y.C.
October  
 6th Ripon S.C.
 7th  Yeadon S.C.
 6th & 7th   Salcombe Y.C.
 13th Grafham Water S.C.
 21st Tynemouth S.C.
November  
 3rd Northampton S.C.
 3rd – 4th Northampton S.C.
 17th Trent Valley S.C.
 24th To be advertised
December  
 1st Yorkshire Ouse SC
 26th Royal Harwich Y.C.

GILL SERIES 2 AT TRENT VALLEY 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stormy skies at Trent Valley

The weekend of 12/13th May was the 70th anniversary of the first National 12 open meeting at Trent Valley, and was so well attended 70 years later that six flights had to be arranged. This meant every race counted and overnight there were several boats vying for the top position with two wins apiece. After racing on Saturday, Kevan Bloor of Alverbanks sails (now part of Evolution) gave an interactive demonstration of how N12 sails are built, with the opportunity for competitors to make their own scale models.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mike Day & Lewis Ibbotson

 

On the Sunday the river was very busy with motorboats, narrowboats and the local Scouts in canoes, kayaks and Toppers, making navigation exciting at times. Heavy rain brought gusty conditions and a few competitors went swimming, while others were heard to wonder why they were on the water instead of inside the warm dry clubhouse with a cup of tea. The overall top positions came down to the final two races, with Steve & Joanne Sallis (with three wins) battling it out with Graham Camm & Zoë Ballantyne (with four wins) in one flight, while Mike Day & Lewis Ibbotson managed to stay ahead in their race to also get a total of three wins. Also spotted on the water were Derek Davis in his new boat (almost measured) and John & Alison Cheetham showing promising signs of speed in their new purchase, Pillow Fight. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

John & Alison Cheetham in their new purchase

 

Thank you to the Merlin fleet (who sported two helms, a crew for Mike Day, and supplied the race officers and bar staff) and to GILL for their support.

 

 

Results

 

1st Graham Camm & Zoë Ballantyne, Babel Fish

2nd Steve and Joanne Sallis, Dilbert

3rd Mike Day & Lewis Ibbotson, Flipside

 

 

 
Graham & Zoe planing at Trent Valley
Photos: Kevan Bloor

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