Streaker Open – Saturday 10th May
Rotherham Sailing Club will be hosting a round of the Streaker Sail Register Nortern Paddle Series on Saturday 10th May. First race is 11.00am. NOR can be found here
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We will be holding our annual Easter Regatta on Sunday 20th April. Open to all with an entry fee of just £2 for single handers and £4 for double. There is a prize for every entrant and this is also the first qualifier for our Junior trophy The Bramley Shield that was won by Jenni last year. First race is 11.30am
read more2013 Trophy Winners
The 1st February saw the annual Dinner Dance and prize giving at Mosborough Hall, where the winners of the trophies for 2013 were announced. This year also saw the Lark fleet grow to allow Class racing and trophies being awarded. Congratulations to the following winners; FROSTBITE SERIES OVERALL SERIES WINNER: Peter Cogill (Streaker) MEASURERS POT: LASER Ollie Thompson MILLENNIUM TROPHY: STREAKER Peter Cogill EDWIN HART: TOPPER Georgia Martin 14FT INTERNATIONAL TROPHY: MENAGERIE Keith Bailey & Nicki Watson (Graduate) SPRING SERIES OVERALL...
read moreAnnual Dinner Dance and Prize Giving – Saturday 1st February 2014
We are once again holding our annual Dinner Dance and prize giving at Mosborough Hall on Saturday 1st February 2014. This has been a great occasion and well attended over the last few years. A chance to get dressed up, celebrate a great years sailing completed with the prize giving and a look forward to the new season starting a few weeks later. Look out for emails from the club or email social@rotherhamsailingclub.org.uk for tickets which are once again just £25 per head (reduced rate for under 12’s).
read morePunch Party Race – Thursday 26th December 2013
The day dawned bright but with little wind and a mist over the water. This though cleared and the breeze picked up. A simple course was set and 10 boats took to the chilly water only a few minutes after 11. The fleet featured a visitor, Sam Meetham now sailing a gents solo in keeping with his family image, with a new daughter (only 4 days old supporting dad!) it looks like his fireball days are now behind him? Some good natured jostling on the line, (where had all the Christmas spirit gone?) with the fleet bunched up, headed for the windward...
read moreLaser Open – Sunday 1st September 2013
Nine Lasers entered the first Laser Open for many years at Rotherham Sailing Club on Sunday 1st September; it was a sunny day with a westerly wind. Olli Thompson arrived first at the windward mark, but rounded it the wrong way Matt Chambers was first to round correctly. By the end of the first lap Matt was followed by Abi Cooper sailing a Radial, and her father Chris, returning to a Laser, in fourth. By the second lap Olli had worked up to third. Chris, Jane Morton also in a Radial, and Mel Moore were close together at the leeward mark. By...
read moreStreaker Open – Saturday 4th May 2013
Nineteen Streakers entered the second event on the Sail Register sponsored Streaker Northern Paddle series on Saturday 4th May. The wind was fairly light with some interesting gusts, the direction continued to shift during the day. And as a small water the dam wall and the trees gave some interesting challenges for most of the day. In the first race the boats quickly headed to the windward mark at. In the fairly light wind, the windward mark came in and out of the wind which meant that hard fought leads came and went in the leg. Ian Jones...
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