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Date	Venue
Dec 30^th	Grafham Water S.C.
January
6^th	Queen Mary S.C.
7^th	Yorkshire Ouse S.C.
21^st	Ranelagh S.C.
27^th	Northampton S.C.
February
17^th	Royal Harwich Y.C.
18^th	Royal Harwich Y.C.
March
3^rd & 4^th	Alexandra Palace
17^th	Scaling Dam S.C.
24^th	Burghfield S.C.
25^th	Burghfield S.C.
31^st & 1^st	Bristol Corinthian Y.C.
April
7^th – 9^th	Waldringfield S.C.
15^th	Tynemouth S.C.
21^st	South Cerney S.C.
21^st – 22^nd	Pagham S.C.
22^nd	Annandale S.C.
29^th	Waveney & Oulton Broad
May
5^th & 6^th	Solway Y.C.
5^th – 7^th	Salcombe Y.C.
12^th – 13th	Trent Valley S.C.
20^th	Frampton-on-Severn
20^th	Desborough S.C.
26^th – 27^th	West Riding S.C.
June
2^nd & 3^rd	Yorkshire Ouse S.C.
3^rd	Ranelagh S.C.
9^th	Penzance S.C.
10^th	Mounts Bay S.C.
16^th – 17^th	Royal Harwich Y.C.
23^rd	Chipstead S.C.
23^rd & 24^th	Starcross S.C. * Cancelled *
24^th	Tynemouth S.C.
30^th & 1^st	Aldeburgh Y.C.
July
7^th & 8^th	Ripon S.C. (Secretary's Cup)
14^th	Spinnaker S.C.
14^th & 15^th	Frensham Pond S.C.
14^th & 15^th	Clyde (Bardowie) * Cancelled *
21^st	Earlswood Lakes S.C.
21^st & 22^nd	Filey S.C. (event plan)
28^th – 4^th	North West Norfolk
29^th – 3^rd	BRIXHAM Y.C.
August
4^th – 5^th	Norfolk Broads Y.C.
4^th – 12^th	Bassenthwaite S.C.
5^th – 11^th	Salcombe Y.C.
12^th – 18^th	Salcombe Y.C.
25^th – 26^th	East Lothian Y.C.
26^th – 27^th	Royal Harwich Y.C.
28^th – 31^st	Royal Harwich Y.C.
September
1^st	Derwent Reservoir S.C.
1^st & 2^nd	Royal Lymington Y.C.
9^th	Derwent Reservoir S.C.
15^th	Up River Y.C.
16^th	Thorpe Bay Y.C.
22^nd	Trent Valley S.C.
23^rd	Henley S.C.
29^th	Olton Mere
29^th – 30^th	Waldringfield S.C.
30^th	Twickenham Y.C.
October
6^th	Ripon S.C.
7^th	Yeadon S.C.
6^th & 7^th	Salcombe Y.C.
13^th	Grafham Water S.C.
21^st	Tynemouth S.C.
November
3^rd	Northampton S.C.
3^rd– 4^th	Northampton S.C.
17th	Trent Valley S.C.
24^th	To be advertised
December
1^st	Yorkshire Ouse SC
26^th	Royal Harwich Y.C.

Spinnaker SC Open Meeting

Eleven National Twelves took to the water at Spinnaker on 14 July with a perfect force 3 and beaming sunshine. Due to the starboard bias to the first beat, there was a tussle on each start to get the favoured starboard end – which happened also to be very close to the shore and rather shallow. Good timing (and depth judgement) was essential as taking places later in the race proved difficult.

On the first start, Alex Bale, sailing with young son Joshua got away fast and caught a puff to take him to the windward mark first. On the second start, Mike & Alex Storey lined up nicely, but ended up over the line while Graham Camm & Zoë Ballantyne held out sparring partners Jon Ibbotson and Clare Hunter. In the third start, Jon retaliated and Graham & Zoë hit the ground trying to squeeze round. Finally, in the fourth start the wind shifted to the left and Graham & Zoë caught a lucky gust to accelerate away.

Graham & Zoë won the first three races to take the trophy, while Jon & Clare had a string of seconds and took the final race to claim second place overall. First Admirals’ Cup boat was Matt Reid & Fi Cunningham.

Results

1. Graham Camm & Zoë Ballantyne, Burghfield SC
2. Jon Ibbotson & Clare Hunter, Royal Harwich YC

3. Mike Day & Anne Murch, St Catherines YC

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