Notts County Sailing Club 60th Celebrations

by David Eberlin 31 Aug 2021 12:32 BST 28-30 August 2021

Notts County Sailing Club moved to Stoke Bardolf in 1961 and celebrated the sixtieth year with a long weekend of sailing over August bank holiday, if you didn't want to sit in traffic here was a great alternative.

On Saturday Notts County SC had our Discover Sailing open day, as it was a bank holiday we were not quite sure how it would go but we needn't have worried. Three hundred visitors or over 100 families came and tried dinghy sailing, windsurfing and paddle boarding. Our Start Sailing courses will be full such was the enthusiasm. We also had a Sailability stand (for disabled sailors) and Open Water Swimming stand both of which attracted a lot of attention.

We had a reception at the gate, then a sign on reception and training stand on the way in, then all around the premises stands and display boats for the public, and of course having a go in our coble or Startos. Lots of smiles and happy faces, and a few memberships, but we expect quite a few more over the coming months, and our courses are now full for 2021.

During the afternoon we officially opened our new pontoon, suitable not only for wheelchair users but the open day, launching larger boats and training the pontoon was part funded by the Peter Harrison Foundation and RYA Foundation. The Vice Commodore Martin Hart cut the ribbon. The Cake by the Lake stand selling donated cakes and raising £340 for charity.

Sunday the club had a 60th Celebration party with music, bring your own picnic and socialising. Nearly a hundred members came down, and after a short speech from the Commodore, James Logan, the cake was cut by President Russ Towns, with a toast of sparkling wine, (alcoholic and non alcoholic).

The Bank holiday Monday was a more relaxed day, some started with an Open Water swim with our affiliated group Love Open Water to clear the head. At 11am there was the David Stevens Memorial Race (raising £200 for disabled sailing) won by Jamie Mawson in adults and Katherine Gunn in junior fleet.

The afternoon saw a Team Medley Relay race, which consisted of teams of four different boats, each doing a lap and passing the batten (a milk bottle), needless to say the bottle was dropped by a few teams, with spectators on the balcony cheering their team on, the Orange team won.

All in all the club enjoyed a great weekend celebrating the clubs sixtieth year, and look forward to many more years of success. More information on ncsc.org.uk

David Stevens Memorial Results:

Pos	Class	Sail No	Helm	Crew	Rating	R1	Pts
1st	RS 600	1001	Jamie Mawson		916	1	1
2nd	RS 400	1009	Tim Harrison	Tor Harrison	942	2	2
3rd	LASER	186696	Ben Paling		1099	3	3
4th	FLYING FIFTEEN	3655	Ross Ryan	Katharine Hinsliff‑Smith	1015	4	4
5th	SCORPION	1857	Alex Piggott	Gemma Piggott	1036	5	5
6th	420	51773	Stephanie Gunn	Mathew Gunn	1111	6	6
7th	SCORPION	1920	Cillian Dyne	Phill Dyne	1036	7	7
8th	RS 200	604	Neil Chadborn	Lucy Chadborn	1046	8	8
9th	RS 400	1187	Martin Gunn	Eloise Davie	942	9	9
10th	420	56112	Sam Grayton	Raife Piggott	1111	10	10
11th	RS AERO 5	2582	Isis Bemrose		1136	11	11
12th	LASER	999999	Richard Mason		1099	12	12
13th	LASER RADIAL	165747	Alan Somerfield		1145	13	13
14th	SCORPION	7	Jo Ritchie	Glyn Ritchie	1036	14	14
15th	SOLO	5774	Clive Gimson		1143	15	15
16th	TOPPER	44935	Katherine Gunn		1363	16	16
17th	LASER RADIAL	197620	Mike Grayton		1145	17	17
18th	LASER RADIAL	183183	Philippa Logan		1145	18	18
19th	TOPPER	48535	Chloe Grayton		1363	19	19
20th	TOPPER	47354	Sammy Mason		1363	20	20
21st	RS 600	93	Robert Stevenson		916	21	21
22nd	TOPPER 4.2	48798	Isabel Ritchie		1416	22	22
23rd	TOPPER 4.2	46688	Oliver Piggott		1416	23	23
24th	420	54852	Eddie Paling	Gwneth Lanyon	1111	RET	25