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DragonForce Spring Series #3 17/4/19

A total of seven helms turned out for this weeks DF65 racing on Wednesday morning.  A light breeze straight down the lake from the clubhouse allowed RO Dave Williams to set a good length course using nearly the whole length of the lake, giving overtaking opportunities for those that spotted the shifts.  A mix of both one and two lap races were sailed with a few course changes just to mix things up.  Winning the start line was, as usual, the recipe for success as whoever arrived first at the windward mark normally went on to win the race, even with two laps.  After nine races and two discards the final results were:

  1. Peter Baldwin                11 pts
  2. Neil Westbrook             18 pts
  3. Andrew Peter                20 pts
  4. Alan Watkinson            24 pts
  5. Colin Deakin                  42 pts     1x3rd
  6. Derek Matthews           42 pts     0x3rd
  7. Bob Davies                      45 pts

Many thanks to Dave Williams for giving up his racing and running an excellent mornings racing.

DragonForce Spring Series #2 10/4/19

A good turnout today with sunshine and a gentle breeze. Unfortunately   electrical and mechanical gremlins affected 3 of the boats causing them to drop out.
All competitors were kept in check by Sally who was not able to sail.

1st. Neil Westbrook          10 pts
2nd. Alan Watkinson       28 pts
3rd. Derek Matthews       35 pts
4th. Colin Deakin              36 pts
5th. Richard Walker         42 pts
6th. Dave Williams           49 pts
7th. Andrew Peter             59 pts
8th. Bob Davies                  68 pts

12 races were sailed

DragonForce Spring Series #1 3/4/19

A wet, cold  day with very light winds greeted 6 sailors, dropping off to no wind but still managed to hold six races.
1st         John Brierley            5 pts
2nd       Andrew Peter          15pts.  1 x 1st
3rd        Alan Watkinson     15 pts. 0 x 1st
4th        Neil Westbrook      16 pts
5th        Richard Walker      21 pts
6th        Dave Williams        24 pts

Open Events at Birkenhead and West Kirby

The Open Events being run by Birkenhead are now all open for entry on the MYA website.  In date order they are:

  1. DF Racing Traveller Rounds 5 & 6, April 27th/28th @ Birkenhead
  2. RG65 Traveller Round 3, May 11th @ Birkenhead
  3. 10R Nationals, Thursday & Friday 18th/19th July at West Kirby Marine Lake
  4. M Nationals, Saturday & Sunday 20th/21st July at West Kirby Marine Lake

For further details on all these events (NoR and Entries) refer to the 2019 Open Events tab on the website. We look forward to seeing your entry soon.

DragonForce Winter Series #13 27/3/19

Good turn out again, with a wind straight down the lake – top end of A+ conditions.  Thanks to Sally for OOD.

1st     John Brierley         9 pts
2nd  Andrew Peter       25 pts
3rd   Neil Westbrook   26 pts
4th   Alan Watkinson  30 pts     1 x 1st
5th   Colin Deakin         30 pts    0 x 1st
6th   Dave Williams      34 pts
7th   Richard Walker    48 pts
8th   Derek Matthews  52 pts

10 Races sailed

Wednesday morning racing continues on 3/4/19 with the first in the Spring Series starting at 11am

DragonForce Winter Series #12 20/3/19

A very calm sunny day, with 9 local sailors and a very welcome visitor from Abersoch, Tim. A long course was set, due to the very light wind it was restricted to 1 lap.
Under the watchful eye of our OD Ernie, 8 races were held, John was not allowed to have his own way with 5 different skippers managing to win races.

1st     John Brierley         9 pts
2nd   Tim Long               11 pts
3rd    Dave Williams     18pts
4th    Alan Watkinson 28pts. 1 x 1st
5th    Colin Deakin        28pts. 0 x 1st
6th    Richard Walker   32pts
7th    Sally Collings       35 pts
8th    Andrew Peter       36 pts
9th    Derek Matthews 39 pts
10th  Bob Davies            49 pts

Next Week (27/3/19) will be the last of the DF65 Winter Series as Race 13.