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Drummoyne Sailing Club hosted the Upper Harbour Championships on 3rd December with an elite fleet of skiffs competing. A light to moderate easterly breeze tested the sailors skills. Fluid Building Services skippered by Clint Bowen Manly won a tight contest by 30seconds. Current Australian Champion Brydens Compensation Lawyers Joel Rose Belmont finished in second position . Lead changed several times throughout the race within the top skiffs including Bruce Moore, Deloitte Drummoyne sharing the lead. Marilyn Sorensen Shead Property Middle Harbour finished in third position just ahead of Bruce Moore Deloitte. Handicap honours was taken out by Marilyn Sorensen ,2nd place Patrick Levy Energy Australia Manly . 3rd place went to the fast improving Matthew Peat, Thurlow Fisher Drummoyne . A big thanks to all our support crew on rescue and starting boats as the day was very well received by the competitors. The skiff’s received great support from our clubs management along with Deloitte and Rosabelle’s Bistro.
********************************* Young skipper Lawrence Wakefield sailing Srixon has started the season in fine form. In their first skiff season Lawrence and crew Ollie Jones & Andrew Stephenson are off to a great start. They have two point score wins and a second placing in the first heat of the Club Championship. Andrew and Crew will be contesting the first two heats of the State Titles coming up this weekend at Lake Illawarra. Current Club Champion Bruce Moore sailing Deloitte Touch Tohmatsu has won the first two heats of the Club Championships. Bruce with crew Tim Valtwies and Andrew Sheldrick will again be hard to beat for this season’s Club Championship. Race Dates September
3rd Scr Trial Race
10th Hcp PS 1
17th Scr PS 2
24th Hcp PS 3
October
1st Long week end no sailing
8th Scr heat 1 Club champion PS 4
15th Hcp PS 5
22nd Scr Heat 2 Club Championship PS 6
29th Hcp PS 7 , Heat 1&2 State Titles Illawarra
November
5th Scr PS 8
12th Hcp PS 9, Heat 3 & 4 State Titles Georges River
19th Scr Heat 3 Club Championship PS 10
26th Hcp PS 11 Heat 5 & 6 State Titles Port Hunter
December
3rd Scr Upper Harbour Championship PS 12
10th Scr Heat 4 Club Championship 4 PS 13
17th Hcp PS 14 29th Dec -5th Jan Australian titles Hervey Bay QLD January 2012
14th Scr PS 15
21st Hcp PS 16
28th Scr Heat 5 Club championship PS 17
February
4th Hcp PS 18
11th Scr PS 19
18th Hcp PS 20
25th Scr Heat 6 Club Championship PS 21
March
3rd Hcp PS 22
10th Scr Heat 7 Club Championship PS 23
17th Hcp PS 24
24th Scr PS 25 Presentation Night 28th April 2012 ------------------------------------------------------- The 16ft Skiffs are seeking Volunteers to help with the crewing of the Starting and Rescue Craft on a Saturday afternoon.
If interested please contact Brett Pollitt on 9569 4877 (Bus) or 9713 8965 (A.H.) |
