Awarded to a person who has made an outstanding contribution to model yachting, Joyce was nominated by the Birkenhead Club then awarded the Syan Trophy from the panel that includes the President and 2 Vice Presidents of the MYA.
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AGM
Your Committee would like to invite all members to our Annual General Meeting at 1400 1st December 2018 to be held at the Royal Mersey Yacht Club.
Savoury Snacks will be available on completion, the bar will be open and tea and coffee will be on hand.
2018 Notice and Agenda (downloadable pdf)
MYA Trade Show & AGM
IOM Racing Galore
Time to dust off those No.2 rigs as we have a feast of IOM racing ahead of us at Birkenhead this winter.
First up is the Strebor Trophy Open Event on 3rd November. Briefing at 09.45, first race at 10.00 and no race to start after 16.00. Tea and coffee will be available all day but competitors/guests should bring their own food. Entry fee is £3.
The Xmas Dash is also an IOM event this year – full details here
Our ever popular winter series which is also open to visitors will be fought over 7 Saturdays this season all racing starts at 1pm and generally ends around twilight. Dates for that are 17th November, 22nd December 2018, 5th & 19th January, 2nd & 16th February and 2nd March 2019
DF65 Autumn Series #7 26/9/18
Seven sailors turned out for the weekly race, top of A+ wind, but from over the houses which made it very tricky.
- John Brierley 13 Pts
- Neil Westbrook 17
- Dave Williams 35
- Derek Mathews 46 (1x2nd, 2x3rd)
- Richard Walker 46 (1x2nd, 0x3rd)
- Colin Deakin 47
- Alan Watkinson 48
12 races were sailed.
Email Scam/Data Compromise Warning
It would appear that scammers have accessed our Club Secretary’s email account and have access to his contacts list which will contain the names and email addresses of many club members.
If you receive any emails claiming to be from Colin or any other club member please treat them with extreme caution.
Also ensure you check the address any email has been sent from and the “reply to” address and that these match any email addresses you have on file.
