- Rob Walsh 6 Pts
- Paul Allen 10
- John Brierley 21
- Bill Culshaw 22
- Martin Roberts 23
- Mike Parkington 32
- Alan Watkinson 35
- Sue Parkington 38
- Chris Chatfield 55
- Mick Cooper 56
- Sally Collings 63 (two 9ths)
- Andrew Peter 63 (one 9th)
8 races sailed
Birkenhead Radio Sailing & Power Club
8 races sailed
As the 2017 season draws to a close, we can safely say that competitive racing is continuing to thrive at Birkenhead and our skippers continue to achieve fantastic results at open events.
Proof of this is the ACERSAIL statistics collated by John Smith at Gosport MYBC.
The 2017 results again show Birkenhead RS&PC at the top of the “league” and improving on our 2016 score (when we were also top).
The only area we lag ever so slightly on is our number of members entering open events, so if you haven’t tried visiting another club’s event, this coming year could be the time to do it – judging by the results of the members that do travel, you might be pleasantly surprised.
If you aren’t already a member of the club, feel free to come along for a chat and watch us on any of our racing days (see calendar)
From the Acersail Home Page:
What is ACERSAIL?
ACERSAIL is the acronym for the MYA Radio League (Affiliated Clubs Encouraging Radio SAILing). It’s principal objective is to further clubs’ enthusiasm for open racing and to encourage club members to enter Open events, both at their Home Water and at Away events in support for their club.
A small band of sailors arrive in drizzle and with no sign of any wind, so adjourned briefly to tea/coffee and some of Mrs Watkinson’s exceedingly nice mince pies.
Then, on cue the breeze filled in from the North West allowing 10 closely fought races to be sailed.
A reminder that annual subscriptions are due.
At the AGM the members decided to leave fees unchanged for the coming year although the MYA has increased it’s affiliation fee from £10 to £14
The full schedule of club fees/locker fees is available on the fees page of the website.
MYA fees must be received by 1st January, so if you wish to enter any MYA affiliated events it is essential that your payment is received immediately.
After driving through floods and arriving in torrential rain, the Marblehead skippers probably didn’t hold out any great hopes for the day ahead, but as the first race started, the sky cleared and the wind filled in straight down the lake ensuring a terrific day of close racing.
Early front runner was Martin Roberts with various boats having their moments, but by lunchtime Darin Ballington and Colin Walton from Manor Park, and Graham Elliott from the home club had also established themselves at the top end of the leader board.
After lunch Darin started to claw back Martin’s early lead and after 13 races it was all square.
The final race was to be a shoot out to determine the overall winner and with that, the fleet hit the start line as one, bang on the hooter, with Martin tucked under Darin’s lee bow .
With both the light and wind fading Martin used all his local experience to grind out the win to take the event overall.
Next year the club is intending to hold open Marblehead racing at West Kirby so keep an eye on our website for dates. All welcome.
14 races sailed
The lake is now confirmed as ice free, so all is looking good for the Marblehead Open Event this Saturday with sunny intervals and light showers forecast for the day with a moderate North Westerly wind (ie. straight down the lake, our favoured direction).
The following entries are confirmed, but anyone is welcome to turn up and pay on the day.
Graham Elliott
Martin Roberts
Colin Walton
Darin Ballington
Derek Priestley
Alan Watkinson
Dave Potter
Bill Culshaw
Peter Baldwin
Roger Lincoln