Midland Clubs News Round Up
A quick round up of the latest news from clubs in the District;
Market Bosworth
Two Islands
Watermead
Leicester
Manor Park
Bournville
Lincoln
IMPORTANT NOTE TO CLUB SECRETARIES
This site is only as good as the content you send me or Graham, I have removed much of the information from this page as it all pretty old now, please send your
latest club or class news so we can share it with others in the District - Thanks Graham & Laurie
Midland District Photos page
We have set up a photos page on Flikr for all your event photos. If you have photos you would like to
include on the Midland District Page please contact
Darin,
Graham or
Laurie and we will
be happy to upload them for you. The Flikr page can be found here
International One Metres
IOM District Championship
FATBOY LEADS THE CHAMPIONSHIP!!! - Although it was another good win for Pete Moore at Watermead on May 17th it is Darin Ballington and his Fatboy that now lead the Midland District Championship, full running results on the
results page with a detailed race report here. It's tight in the club table with Market Bosworth leading and only 5 points separating 2nd and 3rd places. Next round at Manor Park on 23rd August but look out for the Metre Mug at Leicester on June 14th.
Pete Moore of Bournville wins the Welford Trophy and second round of the IOM Champion Skipper held at Leicester on 26th April.
In a closely fought race Pete took the win from Tony Edwards with Darin Ballington of Manor Park third. Darin is now leading the competition overall - see
results page for latest positions.
Click here for more information on the history
of this competition including past winners and details of the Deed of Gift. See the Calendar page for all dates for 2008.
Midland RAs
Four Midland skippers were sailing at the recent RA Nationals in Poole. Best result was Chris Harris from Bournville,
with Graham Allen sailing his shiny new Venom and Darin's first competitive outing with his Martini. Click here for Graham's report.
Midlands Lasers
There are a number of clubs in the district Sailing Laser, Two Islands RYC has a good fleet and they held
the first round of the MYA District RC Laser Open on 25th July Race Report here
Footys in the Midlands
The 'Footy' is a fairly new class to model yachting but is proving to be a very popular class across all ages. From
old to young, people are finding out that these small RC boats
can be great fun to sail and race. Click here for the latest Midland Footy News.
Marbleheads in the Midlands
Leicestershire RYC is one of the few clubs in the Midlands that regularly sail the Radio Marblehead (RM).
The Dennis Nixon Trophy for RMs is an open event held at LRYC for all abilities and boats and is sailed
over five monthly races throughout the winter months at Charnwood Water Loughborough.
The series is open to all RM sailors and is good practice for sorting out those new boats and/or rigs
ready for the summer races.
You don't need the most up to date RM to compete in the series, the top four finishers of this years
trophy were all sailing older boats. Why not hunt down an RM or dig out that one that's been gathering dust in your attic
and contact the secretary at LRYC for details of the next event. You might not win your first race but hopefully
It will be great fun and you'll get some great advice as a bonus in improving the older design.
Click here for the latest LRYC news
or vist the LRYC website here
Midlands Micro Magics
Interested in Micro Magics? There's already an established fleet at Watermead, find out more about this entry level class by clicking this link for an
information sheet about the new class in the Midlands. Micro Magics Information. Note to club secs - Is your club sailing MMs please let Graham
or Laurie know so we can update the information sheet and website.
Also look out for Micros Magics at the MYA Presidents Day at Bournville on
27th June 2009.
Vane Sailing
The Bournville club has a dedicated membership who
continue the tradition of free sailing or vane controlled model yachts. If you are interested and want to find out more just follow the links to the
Bournville website.
Midland District Council News
District AGM October 09
Secretary Report October 09 here
AGM Minutes October 09 here
2006 and 2007 Minutes here
