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RM Alpha Cup, 30/6/12

A big thank you to the club members who turned for our second Clean Up of the year in preparation for next weekends IOM National Veterans Championship.

RM racing took place with 10 boats in a tricky SW breeze which made the going tough for competitors. The wind was gusting anywhere between light A rig to hard C rig and Martin Roberts showed a return to form with a solid performance.

1. Martin Roberts,   12 pts
2. Brad Gibson,   19
3. Richard Hampson,   23
4. Vernon Gee,   31
5. Jim Findlay,   32
6. Bill Culshaw,   40
7. Victoria McNulty,   46
8. Ernie Rice,   50
9. Colin Galvin,   71
10. George Laverick,   78

News

RM Nationals, Fleetwood
This coming weekend sees the RM Nationals at Fleetwood lake with 33 entries now booked in. For a full preview and form guide take a look at the Yachts & Yachting article HERE promoting the event.
Good luck to Birkenhead skippers Martin, Brad, Richard, Bill, plus affiliate members Rob, Damian, Darin and John taking on some of the world’s best skippers.
Follow the event HERE

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IOM Veterans
A reminder to all skippers that entries close this coming weekend for the Veterans being held at Birkenhead on 7-8 July. If you have not entered or forwarded your entry fee, please be sure to as soon as possible.
Find the entry list so far and Notice of Race links HERE

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Club Racing

Club racing this coming weekend is the 6th round of the IOM Club Championship and with a few club members off racing Marblehead, this provides a great chance for skippers to close the gap on the leading pack.
Current Club Championship standings can be found HERE

10 Rater Ranking, 16/6/12

A fleet of 7 boats competed for the Northern District 10 Rater Ranking event held in gusty conditions from the SW. After 16 races, a count back down to 3rd placings gave Brad the narrowest of wins over Vernon Gee who was consistent over the full day with his Trident design 10 Rater.
Thanks go to Victoria, Bernie and Andrew for running the days racing.

IOM Club Championship 5, 9/6/12

Round 5 of the IOM Club Championship was held in a gusting NW breeze with B suits used. Once again there was some tight racing at the top and some other close finishes between all skippers down the fleet.

1. Brad Gibson,   11 pts
2. Graham Elliott,   13
3. Darin Ballington,   23
4. Victoria McNulty,   25
5. Paul Stubbs,   41
6. Bill Culshaw,   50
7. Dave Burke,   51
8. Roy Washbrook,   65
9. Dave Williams,   68
10. Lisa Reeves,   73
11. Colin Galvin,   73
12. Dave Pickup,   86
13. Vernon Gee,   90