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
Note to club secs - please email Graham or Laurie with your latest clubs news.
International One Metres
District Skippers at the Nationals
Well done to 18 year old Greg King of Oxford MBC the IOM Nationals top young skipper.
This was his first IOM Nationals and he has only had his IOM for 6 months.
Greg is also already the current Fiesta National Champion.
Click here for Graham's report on the district's skippers fortunes at the Nationals with Pictures from Sandra here
Midland skipper positions;
Tony Edwards - Leicester - 20th
David Gunson - Lincoln - 32nd
Mike Harris - Bournville - 35th
Graham Allen - Two Islands - 36th
Noel Donaldson - Oxford - 40th
Greg King - Oxford - 44th
Tom Cairney - Market Bosworth - 48th
Nicola Pearson - Two Islands - 54th
IOM District Championship
The first round of the 2008 competition took place at Market Bosworth on 16th March 2008. The new Sears Trophy was presented for the first time, donated by the Market Bosworth Club in recognition of all the hard work
Gordon has put into promoting model yachting in the Midlands. Congratulations to Matthew Causon for a solid win with runner up Bob Connor both from Woodspring and Don Charlesworth from Leicester third.
See results page for full listing. More excellent pictures from Darin. Race report here and Sears Trophy Race Results on Market Bosworth results page.
The second round held at Leicester on Sun 27th April saw 14 skippers competing for the Welford Trophy, a good win for Tony Edwards, with
Gordon Sears second and Mick Shillington third. Race report here
See the results page for the running Midland District Championship 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.
IOM Castle Semple Ranking
Three Midland skippers took part in the District IOM Ranking at Castle Semple over the weekend of
19th/20th April. Well done to Mike Clifton, Graham Allen and Tony Edwards. Thanks very much to Graham for this report
IOM Winter Series Open
Final Series results now posted on the results page, a convincing win for Tony Edwards with Don Charlesworth 2nd and Mike Weeks 3rd, well done
to the Leicester club for taking the top 3 places. Overall an excellent series.
Archive photos;
3rd Round at Market Bosworth 13th Jan
4th Round at Leicester 2nd Feb.
5th Round at Burton 16th Feb
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 including final summary of the Dennis Nixon Trophy
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
14th June. Click here for details.
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.
Vane Marblehead - Midland District Championship
Click here for pictures from the VM Midland District Championship 13th April 2008.
Midland District Council News
Midland District Secretary
Graham Allen's contact details updated on Clubs and Contacts page
District AGM
Click here for minutes of both the 2006 and 2007 Midland District AGMs.
