by zvyc | Oct 21, 2014 | General
Dear Sailors and Friends, North Sails Regatta this Sunday 26 October You will have received a separate mail earlier about the North Sails Regatta scheduled for Sunday, we are keeping the successful format used at the SC Spring Open Regatta, scheduling the 1st race from 10h00 and if the conditions are good break for lunch, and then another 2 races in the afternoon. It promises to be a great regatta with a great fleet entering! Free entry, free drink and free boerie roll, great North Sails prizes and the Southern Charter Advantage Mark will be used! Enter online now, here Optimist News We welcome back our sailors who have been sailing in the African Optimist Championships well done to our members, Arin Long, Kai Leslie, Lawrence Wilson, and Amber De Decker, who competed.The group was split half way after 6 races, Gold and Silver and there were 73 sailors in total Big Congratulations to Arin Long who came 4th overall in the Gold Fleet, and the RSA Team who came 4th in the Team Racing competition. Final Results here Last weekend Junior Training a swinging weekend with beautiful weather. The courses were oversubscribed with us having to close entries at 60, kids slept in the Clubhouse with at least four chaperones and it survived. The course covered an intensive Laser coaching with an up-country expert Coach, Optimists were mostly “B” fleeters, as well as some 1st time sailors. Our Dabchick newcomers experienced 1st time sailing in a group. Bishops Yacht Club also have a 3day (non sleepover) Camp run by Sail Pro Many many thanks to the Coaches assistants...
by zvyc | Oct 13, 2014 | General
North Sails Regatta Sunday 26 October 2014 You will have received a separate mail earlier about the North Sails Regatta scheduled for Sunday 26th October, we are keeping the successful format used at the SC Spring Open Regatta, scheduling the 1st race from 10h00 and if the conditions are good break for lunch, and then another 2 races in the afternoon. It promises to be a great regatta with a great fleet entering! Free entry, free drink and free boerie roll! Enter online now, here Great news from the Rowers Brian Christie and Richard Moolenschot of Alfreds won gold in the Group G double masters at World Masters champs at Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. Richard Moolenschot then proceeded to get gold in the mixed doubles with Dagmar Atkinson from Elgin Rowing Club. All in all great results at World Masters Champs! Martin VANLIERDE VICE-COMMODORE ALFREDS ROWING CLUB Boat Parking In spite of many impassioned pleas only 4 members have applied for boat parking and have the “official boat parking disc” Please let me know which bay number you are in and I will do the rest. As for the rest who have abandoned boats on our member’s premises, we are more in control this year and non member boats and trailers are going to be removed and scrapped Subscriptions As it is now past the opening cruise, members who have not paid their subs and other dues are in default and names could be displayed on the Notice Board. We don’t want to lose your membership – if you are having a problem with paying your subs,...
