Hello!
There's a month to go to this year's Inland Championships, which will be taking place at Leigh and Lowton Sailing Club.
This is the last Gill Series event of the year as well as the Inland Championships and will be taking place on the weekend of 5th and 6th November.
Leigh and Lowton is a great venue and easily accessible â€" 5 mins off the M6 â€" full details are on the website link below.
Three races on the Saturday - first race will start at midday (briefing will be at 11.30am). Two races on Sunday morning (first start 10am).
Full NoR to follow.
In terms of accommodation over the weekend the club is offering free camping and amazing bacon and egg butties will be available. If anyone needs access to camping on the Friday night please let me know by replying to this post or contacting me on 07706 504562.
For those less inclined to November camping there are a couple of good value hotels nearby, details on the Leigh and Lowton website (along with directions) here: http://leighandlowton.wordpress.com/visitor-information/
We hope to see you all soon!
Sophie
(crew of N3513)
It's now only 3 weeks to go to the Inland Championships and Gill Series Finale at Leigh and Lowton Sailing Club!
The full notice of race is now on the 12 homepage and there is information about local accommodation on the Leigh and Leigh website (see link above). Camping will be available but please let us know if you intend to camp on the Friday night so we can let you in.
The Gill Series prize giving will be on Saturday night followed by an evening meal (main course and dessert for £5) and a Pub Quiz.
Please let us know if you're coming by replying to this thread and indicate how many meals you need (and if you require the veggie option).
See you soon,
Chris
I am hoping to be there arriving probably arriving fairly late friday night. I will require a veggie meal.
I also require a crew if anybody is up for it.
I don't know a lot about pubs so not sure if I would be much good at a pub quiz;D
3502 will be coming from Burwain. Please put us down for two meals on Saturday night (one veggie). We will be dusting off the trivial pursuit set to get prepared for this event.
Squidgy Bits (N3356) will be coming but unfortunately only for the Saturday, apologies too for having to shoot off after sailing and missing the evening food and quiz etc. If you could organise some warm sunshine Helen may even wear her shorts. 8)
Meadowcrofts are coming and from discussions last weekend expect to see the Purkisses, Tom Stewart & Rachel Williamson and Jon Ibbotson & Charlotte Stewart too.
Meds
Jenny and I will be there in 3316. We will also be camping and eating. 3 Meals and 2 tent pitches please.
I'm coming for both days. 2 meals and a tent pitch please.
Hi Angus, I'm bringing a spare crew, he's light, fit and experienced! So if you still one, Matthew is really keen.
Cheers
Ian
We're coming with Clare and possibly my brother to babysit, so that's two adult veggie meals, two kids veggie meals and 1 or 2 normal meals.
Not camping though, too chilly - the kids will be keeping the people in the Travellodge awake
The Copsey family will be there. We will bring a boat but don't know which one yet. We will pick Anthony up from Liverpool uni so all five should be there.
We will be camping Saturday and possibly Friday, Will let you know as soon as I can.
Gerald (3411)
Thats brilliant Ian, yes I still want a crew and Matthew can consider himself booked. If you want to get in touch with me you can email me on angus3at tesco.net but I will assume unless I hear otherwise that Mathew is crewing for me:):):)
We are coming with one boat and 4 for food please.
Regards,
Steve
N3531
We will be coming for our first N12 event! Please put us down for 2 meals and one boat.
Luke & Katie
N3512
We're planning on coming - so I think it is 4 adults for food and 2 or 3 smallish tents (hoping for a mild one!).
We're also planning to be there so two more for food on the Saturday night please.
Thanks, Marcus, N3503
I will be there sailing with Andy! I would like food for Saturday night and Im sure Andy would too. Would there be a space for the motorhome?
Slightly disappointed at the forcast so far, windy this week leading up to, then light winds for the weekend and then lots of wind next week :( lets hope they have got it wrong!
Naomi
I hope the forcast is right.
Nick is still hoping to sail but having lost one and a half stone anything above a force 2 might blow him away.
Gerald
Meadowcrofts are camping and will be wanting to eat please. Just 2 of us - fellow campers should be pleased by that.
we will be there with a variety of crews!
No food in evening as I've promised to return home in time for fireworks.
Ed N3274
Looks like I will be sailing the new boat for the first time (with Tanya crewing).
All five of us will be there.
Gerald
3538 (formerly 3411)
Hi all,
We hope those who made the trip to Leigh & Lowton enjoyed the weekend but we gather it was cut short.
We made the drive out on Sunday hoping to see our chums but arrived around 1350 while the Guy Fawkes Pursuit was well underway. We thought our eyes were deciving us when we could scarcely pick out a '12' amongst the menagerie of craft gracing sun-blessed waters of the Flash. Some intense detective work resolved our cognitive dissonance.
Our 'informants' told us there had been a lack of wind early in the morning and therefore the two planned races for the '12' weekend had been abandonned. Postponement was not an option becuase of the scheduled Open Pursuit. A big dissappointment for all, we sure.
So we're sorry we missed many from the fraternity and we're sorry for those who made the trip that the event was cut short. It is more than thirty years since I last visited Pennington Flash. Although we missed members of the clan it ws great to trip to the club to get familiar again. We chatted with a Miracle owner from the club and a visitor with a keeled 'thing' from Fiddlers Ferry SC. We picked up local knowledge that 'weed' can be a problem. (I don't touch the stuff myself.:-/)
Ben thanks those behind his offers to sail. As it happens he has an exam coming up this week and a revision weekend was in order. Naturally he only 'remebered' about the exam last Thursday. (Grrr !!) Thanks for the early offer Angus, and thanks again David. Apologies Ben could not oblige.
The 12s that entered the Pursuit, how did they do? We did not identify the entrants save that I saw an entry form for Patrick of Burwain in 3502. By 1510 the breeze was falling. We left at 1515 and were not around when boats would have been coming in. Was it a good experience?
Chris, Linda, and Ben ;)
Big thanks to Leigh n Lowton for the weekend and apologies that we had to shoot off after Saturday sailing, looks like not being able to make the Sunday has made no difference to our mediocre position but we enjoyed the racing on Saturday very much and the weather was good too whilst back in Yorkshire it was raining almost all day. Sorry we missed you Chris Linda and Ben, presumably your boat is almost done and you will be re joining the fleet next year? 8)
The wind was quite good in the afternoon and we had a nice sail in the sunshine. Chris and Gareth were near the front in the Guy Fawkes pursuit but we were nearer the back. Thanks to Chris,Sophie and everyone at Leigh and Lowton involved in organising the event. The pub quiz was fun and it was nice to be amoungst the prize winners for a change.
Patrick 3502
Thanks Patrick and everyone else, we also enjoyed the latter two races on the Saturday and were especially pleased with our performance in the pub quiz! It was good talking to people about their experiences with foiling rudders on Sunday morning as well so although we didn't go racing the time wasn't completely wasted.
Marcus, N3503
Great weekend, a special thanks to Chris and Sophie who came out on Friday night just to let me into to pitch my tent. Shame about Sunday but the sailing on Saturday was good and I got home in time for tea.......not often I do that.
Jenny and I (and matt sailing with Angus), had a great weekend. Shame about the lack of breeze on Sunday. A pleasant surprise to come away with a set of glasses! Hoping to do more Gill events next year in Wot More Pudding
Ian 3316
Many thanks to all at Leigh & Lowton. Well organised by Chris and Sophie and great catering.
Enjoyed my first sail in the foolish even if I was out of control at times.
Hopefully we will get both boats on the water more often next year, especially as Nick has the foolish tuned for me now.
Gerald
3538 or 3411 ?