Border Counties Midweek Sailing
Sailing in North Wales and the Border counties
Welcome to border sailing in north wales and the border counties
a new series for people who can sail on a tuesday
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Hi all Everything is set for Bala on the July 12th the cafe will be open 9-5 for food and drinks.
Entry is by cash only £5.00
Please note the briefing will be at 10.00(to give the OOD time to organise the course etc) with an 11.00 race start.
Notice of Race
Bala Sailing Club Border County Event Tuesday 12th July 2022
NOTICE OF RACE
The organising authority is Bala Sailing Club, the event will be governed by the rules as defined in The Racing Rules of Sailing.
2. RACING CHARTER
Competitors should note that Bala Sailing Club implements the RYA Racing Charter and that they will be required to undertake to sail in accordance with the Charter, which can be found at the front of the RYA rule book (Racing Rules of Sailing for 2021-2024)
3. ELIGIBILITY AND ENTRY
The open is open to all boats (including multihulls) with an established PY
number and an overall length of no more than 20ft.
The RYA Portsmouth Yardstick scheme will be used for handicap racing.
4. FEES
£5 (Cash Payments Only) Enter on the day.
5. SCHEDULE
Registration: will take place in the clubhouse on Tuesday morning from 9.30am
Briefing: will take place at 10am outside Race Control
The event will be a 3 Race series
The scheduled time of the start for the first race 11am
6. SAILING INSTRUCTIONS
The sailing instructions will be available at Registration or they can be downloaded prior to the event from the Bala Sailing Club Website.
7 VENUE
The venue will be Bala Sailing club situated at the North East end of Bala Lake
8 THE COURSES
Courses will be as shown in the sailing instructions
9 SCORING
(a) When fewer than three races have been completed, a boat series score will be the total of her race scores.
(b) When three or more races have been completed, a boat’s series score will be the total of her race scores excluding her worst score.
10 PRIZES
Prize giving will take place in the clubhouse within 1 hour of the last race finishing
11 RISK STATEMENT
Rule 4 of the Racing Rules of Sailing states “The responsibility for a boat’s decision to participate in a race or to continue racing is hers alone”.
Sailing is by its nature an unpredictable sport and therefore inherently involves an element of risk. By taking part in the event, each competitor agrees & acknowledges that :
(a).They are aware of the inherent element of risk involved in the sport and accept responsibility for the exposure of themselves, their crew and their boat to such inherent risk whilst taking part in the event.
(b).They are responsible for the safety of themselves, their crew, their boat and their other property whether afloat or ashore.
(c).They accept responsibility for any injury, damage or loss to the extent caused by their own actions or omissions;
(d).Their boat is in good order, equipped to sail in the event and they are fit to participate;
(e).The provision of a race management team, patrol boats and other officials and volunteers by the event organiser does not relieve them of their own responsibilities;
(f).The provision of patrol boat cover is limited to such assistance, particularly in extreme weather conditions, as can be practically provided in the circumstances;
(g). It is their responsibility to familiarise themselves with any risks specific to this venue or this event drawn to their attention in any rules and information produced for the venue or event and to attend any safety briefing held for the event.
12 INSURANCE
Each participating boat shall be insured with valid third-party liability insurance with a minimum cover of £3,000,000 per incident or the equivalent.
13 FURTHER INFORMATION
For further information please contact bcmtravellers@gmail.com
Rights to use Names & Likenesses
Competitors automatically grant to Bala Sailing Club without payment the right in perpetuity to make, use and show any motion pictures, still pictures and live, taped or filmed television of or relating to the event.
All set for Chester on Tuesday June 14th no restrictions.
As a rather generous offer PHP Projects have offered to cover the entry fee . So free entry to the Chester event.
There will be no galley but tea and coffee will be available
All set for Budworth if you want to enter in advance there is a link on the venue page or you can enter and pay on the day by card or cash. There will be no galley so bring your lunch hopefully there will be tea and coffee available.
See you all there
Everything is set for Tuesday 26th no current covid restrictions, bring your own lunch there will be tea and coffee available.
Directions to Shotwick http://www.shotwicksailing.org/find-us/
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Hi Tuesday club ,hopefully you all agree with the cancellation of Nantwich,we will try and rearrange this for later in the year,in the meantime the team at Winsford have very kindly offered to host an extra event for us on April 16th(they will now host this and the final event).
Hopefully as many of you will be able to join us at short notice for this event next Tuesday
If possible can you let us know of your intention to sail so that we have an idea of numbers.
So thats next Tuesday April 16thWinsford same format as all events 10.30 Briefing 11.00 first race
If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact us.
Thanks
Dave
The Dates for the series are below.
Borders Counties Dates for 2024
Nantwich April 9th Cancelled due to to high winds this event might be resheduled later in the year.
Winsford April 16th This is an extra date to cover for the Nantwich cancelled event. Confirmed
Shotwick May 14th Confirmed
Llyn Brenig June 11th confirmed
Llyn Tegid (Bala) July 9th Confirmed
Redesmere Augst 13th confirmed
Budworth September 3rd Confirmed
Winsford October 1st confirmed
Hi all sadly we are going to cancel Nantwich this Tuesday April 9th due to the high winds that are forecast to continue into next week.
We never want to cancel a meeting but safety is the most important factor along with potential boat damage.
We are going to try and reschedule for the following Tuesday April 16th but we will confirm this in the week.
Thanks for your understanding and sorry if you have packed up ready to join us but I’m sure we’ll all have a better day out with kinder weather.
2024
Nantwich
Hi all not too long to until ourfirst event of the series at Nantwich sailing club.
Tea and coffee will be available but no galley so as usual bring your butties. Access to the club will be 9-9.30
Hopefully we’ll get sunshine and a nice breeze.
Cash on the day please.
See you all there.
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Winsford
Hello all Tuesdayers this time next week it will all be over for the 2023 series, our best turnout has been 34 boats and 39 sailors at Bala, can we better this for the last event in the series at Winsford Flash.
Why not join us for the last event on Tuesday October 3rd. See you all there.
Bala
Club access will be from 8.30am.
You can pre enter Bala via this link or pay cash on the day ( pre entry preferred)access to the club will be from 8.30 and the gate will be locked at 11.00 Anyone that has entered will be given the access/ gate code
Web Collect
https://webcollect.org.uk/daymembership/event/border-county-event-2023-bala
There will be tea/ coffee and bacon butties available from the galley which will also be available for snacks later on
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We have now completed 2022 where for the second year we have had fantastic turnouts of over 20 sailors at all events except one and here we had 16 competitors.
We are looking forward to another great series in 2023 where I am sure we’ll see a lot of familiar faces.
We have added a new venue for 2023 Llyn Brenig sailing club the highest sailing club in Wales we have had to squeeze it in between Bala and Redesmere so hopefully you can all make it to this new venue.
See Venues and Dates page for the 2023 dates
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Winsford (Last in the series)
Well the series is about to close with the final event of the series at Winsford Flash on September 27th hopefully another good turnout.
Hopefully we will get some sunshine and wind.
The galley will be open for tea and coffee but no food so please as usual bring your butties.
Nantwich
Everything is set for the penultimate event in the series at Nantwich and Border counties Sailing Club on September 6th hopefully we’ll get a good breeze.There will not be a galley but tea and coffee will be available.There are no restrictions in place.We have had 20 plus boats at each event so far so hopefully we will have the same again.
See you all there.
All set for Redesmere on Tuesday August 9th There will be no galley so bring your butties there should be tea and coffee available.
If you don’t know where the club is it’s worth looking on Google maps the entrance is a track on a bend so you might miss it if your watching the road.
Notice of race see link. https://www.redesmere.org.uk/event/border-counties-midweek-22
There is more information on their website
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Hi all Everything is set for Bala on the July 12th the cafe will be open 9-5 for food and drinks.
Entry is by cash only £5.00
Please note the briefing will be at 10.00(to give the OOD time to organise the course etc) with an 11.00 race start.
Bala Sailing Club Border County Event Tuesday 12th July 2022
NOTICE OF RACE
The organising authority is Bala Sailing Club, the event will be governed by the rules as defined in The Racing Rules of Sailing.
2. RACING CHARTER
Competitors should note that Bala Sailing Club implements the RYA Racing Charter and that they will be required to undertake to sail in accordance with the Charter, which can be found at the front of the RYA rule book (Racing Rules of Sailing for 2021-2024)
3. ELIGIBILITY AND ENTRY
The open is open to all boats (including multihulls) with an established PY
number and an overall length of no more than 20ft.
The RYA Portsmouth Yardstick scheme will be used for handicap racing.
4. FEES
£5 (Cash Payments Only) Enter on the day.
5. SCHEDULE
Registration: will take place in the clubhouse on Tuesday morning from 9.30am
Briefing: will take place at 10am outside Race Control
The event will be a 3 Race series
The scheduled time of the start for the first race 11am
6. SAILING INSTRUCTIONS
The sailing instructions will be available at Registration or they can be downloaded prior to the event from the Bala Sailing Club Website.
7 VENUE
The venue will be Bala Sailing club situated at the North East end of Bala Lake
8 THE COURSES
Courses will be as shown in the sailing instructions
9 SCORING
(a) When fewer than three races have been completed, a boat series score will be the total of her race scores.
(b) When three or more races have been completed, a boat’s series score will be the total of her race scores excluding her worst score.
10 PRIZES
Prize giving will take place in the clubhouse within 1 hour of the last race finishing
11 RISK STATEMENT
Rule 4 of the Racing Rules of Sailing states “The responsibility for a boat’s decision to participate in a race or to continue racing is hers alone”.
Sailing is by its nature an unpredictable sport and therefore inherently involves an element of risk. By taking part in the event, each competitor agrees & acknowledges that :
(a).They are aware of the inherent element of risk involved in the sport and accept responsibility for the exposure of themselves, their crew and their boat to such inherent risk whilst taking part in the event.
(b).They are responsible for the safety of themselves, their crew, their boat and their other property whether afloat or ashore.
(c).They accept responsibility for any injury, damage or loss to the extent caused by their own actions or omissions;
(d).Their boat is in good order, equipped to sail in the event and they are fit to participate;
(e).The provision of a race management team, patrol boats and other officials and volunteers by the event organiser does not relieve them of their own responsibilities;
(f).The provision of patrol boat cover is limited to such assistance, particularly in extreme weather conditions, as can be practically provided in the circumstances;
(g). It is their responsibility to familiarise themselves with any risks specific to this venue or this event drawn to their attention in any rules and information produced for the venue or event and to attend any safety briefing held for the event.
12 INSURANCE
Each participating boat shall be insured with valid third-party liability insurance with a minimum cover of £3,000,000 per incident or the equivalent.
13 FURTHER INFORMATION
For further information please contact. bcmtravellers@gmail.com
Rights to use Names & Likenesses
Competitors automatically grant to Bala Sailing Club without payment the right in perpetuity to make, use and show any motion pictures, still pictures and live, taped or filmed television of or relating to the event.
All set for Chester on Tuesday June 14th no restrictions.
As a rather generous offer PHP Projects have offered to cover the entry fee . So free entry to the Chester event.
There will be no galley but tea and coffee will be available.
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Budworth access will be available from approximately 8.30am
All set for Budworth if you want to enter in advance there is a link on the venue page or you can enter and pay on the day by card or cash. There will be no galley so bring your lunch hopefully there will be tea and coffee available. See you all there.
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Report on the 2021 series is now on Yachts and Yachting see link below https://www.yachtsandyachting.com/news/242376/Border-Counties-Midweek-Sailing-Review. Again a big thank you to all the clubs for all their help with the series and to all those who gave up their time to run the events without them the races would never happen.
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Please check back here to confirm events, if you want an email update then please send us an email via the contact page.
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https://bordercountiesmidweeksailing.wordpress.com/results/
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Please see the venues and dates page(Link below) https://bordercountiesmidweeksailing.wordpress.com/venues-and-dates/
If you are interesting in joining and want us to keep you up to date via email then get in touch via our contact page and we will email details as they become firm dates,we will also send a confirmation email as the date approaches to confirm that it is going ahead.
Please note all venues/events are subject to Coronavirus COVID-19 rules. We plan to proceed with all events but it will be up to the individual clubs and national restrictions whether to hold their event.
We will post an update nearer the dates of events to confirm that it is going ahead.
See website venue page link below for further information on clubs.
https://bordercountiesmidweeksailing.wordpress.com/venues-and-dates
For further information contact us via the contact page.
Border Counties Midweek Sailing