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Northbridge Sailing Club 2015-2016 Season Report Part 2 Main Clubhouse: Bethwaite Lane, Clive Park, Northbridge Seaforth Clubhouse annex: Sangrado Street, Seaforth Postal Address: PO Box 39 Northbridge NSW 2063 Northbridge Sailing Club 2015-2016 Season Report Part 2 Flying 11 Report 2015-2016 The 2015/16 season has seen the Flying 11 Program go from strength to strength with a record 17 boats registered and regular fleets in excess of 12. The kids have had FUN and it is always a tremendous sight to see them learn and grow in confidence. We had a range of abilities from front of the fleet regatta sailors through to club sailors still learning to confidently sail in all weathers and everything in between. The Flying 11 Program has been ably coached by Evan Andrews and assisted by a hard- working and enthusiastic parent group. Club Championship The Club Championship was a close tussle between Rebecca Hancock/Eve Peel and Jack Taylor/Shuhei Tomishima with Rebecca and Eve proving the form sailors of the season. The club Championship places were 1st Rebecca Hancock and Eve Peel, 2nd Jack Taylor and Shuhei Tomishima and 3rd Kashi Saunders and Bezi Saunders. Northridge Sailing Club Season Report 2015-16 page 2 Figure 1 Flying 11 Sailing at its Best – Fresh and Fast Other NSC Trophies In other NSC trophies Jack Taylor and Shuei cleaned up the Afternoon Point Score, followed by Kashi and Bezi and Maddy Sloane and Isobel Gosper. Maddy and Isobel turned out to be the perpetual trophy specialists winning the President’s Plate, the Punchbowl Pennant and the Commodores Cup with Warwick Taylor and Namika Keogh 2nd and Sasha Zenari and Thomas Westwood 3rd in the President’s Plate. Luke Bartels followed by Kashi were 2nd and 3rd respectively in the Punchbowl Pennant and Kashi and Bezi were 2nd followed by Nathan Stanaway and Mathew Yun 3rd in the Commodores Cup. Figure 2 Clubhouse Start Sydney Harbour Championship The highlight of the season was the Sydney Harbour Championship, an interclub event held between NSC and VA12’SC. 2 rounds were hosted by NSC and 3 rounds were hosted by VA12’SC. MH16’SC did not participate this year due to low flying 11 numbers. This regatta brought as much excitement during the passages to and from Vaucluse as the racing itself. The logistics were always fun juggling skippers who needed to coach junior sailing and crews participating in junior sailing. Northridge Sailing Club Season Report 2015-16 page 3 Figure 3 The Trip Home in a Nice NorEaster The final round summed it up for me with our small fleet getting beaten up by a 25+ knot SE squall on the passage across the Heads en route to Vaucluse, the three rescue boats hiding behind the eastern channel wedding cake to keep out of the horizontal rain, going ashore after racing to mingle with the Vaucluse kids for a sausage sizzle and prize giving before going back out into the freezing cold for the sail home. The standout was young Anders Koskela who had never sailed in a Flying 11 before and was in his first year in Optis when he was talked into joining the departing fleet at 10 minutes notice. Figure 4 The Long Tow to Vaucluse Northridge Sailing Club Season Report 2015-16 page 4 We eventually got Anders back to his parents just on dark, freezing cold and totally pumped – ‘Mum I need to sail a Flying 11 next year!’ Needless to say great adventures are all part of mucking around in boats and he has already signed on to crew in a Flying 11 for next season. In the end NSC was the dominant club led by Rebecca Hancock and Eve Peel 1st, followed by Kashi and Bezi Saunders 2nd and Maddy Sloane and Isobel Gosper 3rd. Figure 5 Wet, Cold and TOTALLY PUMPED! Northridge Sailing Club Season Report 2015-16 page 5 Figure 6 Leaving VA12'SC State Championships Figure 7 NSW States - A Fair Bit on at the Wing Mark Northridge Sailing Club Season Report 2015-16 page 6 The NSW State Championships were held over 2 rounds at Cronulla in November and Avalon in February. The two rounds were totally different with Cronulla sailing outside Port Hacking in the open ocean in fresh southerly conditions and Avalon sailing inside Pittwater where conditions were mostly light and variable, occasional rain and sun. Figure 8 Patrick and Sam Reaching Before the Storm (and not long before they washed up on the rocks in the surf off Cronulla) In the overall results notable successes were Bec and Eve (and stand-in Emma for the last day) who won the Best All-Girl Crew, Maddy Sloane and Isobel Gosper who came second on handicap, and Sam Alexander and Patrick Fennell who won the Encouragement award (for stacking Anzac onto the rocks in big surf at Cronulla - not sure the parents want to encourage that!). And Tom Warne, who somehow won two(!) lucky door prizes at the results presentation... Northridge Sailing Club Season Report 2015-16 page 7 Figure 9 NSW State Champs Figure 10 Maddy and Tom - NSW States Northridge Sailing Club Season Report 2015-16 page 8 Figure 11 Team Northbridge Briefing at the NSW States Northridge Sailing Club Season Report 2015-16 page 9 Figure 12 Kashi and Bezi Representing Team Northbridge at the States Social Events It took a while for the social events to gain momentum this year but there were several memorable Pizza and Sleepover events that were well attended. A memorable moment was when 30 kids turned up for a sleepover on a Saturday night only to discover a wedding had been scheduled at NSC and they were effectively ‘homeless’. No problem for our intrepid sailor group who shuttled everyone to the Seaforth clubhouse using a variety of boats (gotta love mucking around in boats) for an extra special and even more isolated sleepover – best one yet! Northridge Sailing Club Season Report 2015-16 page 10 Figure 13 Plenty of action at the NSW State Champs Northridge Sailing Club Season Report 2015-16 page 11 Figure 14 Bec and Eve in Total Control Conclusion In summary, the 2015/16 Flying 11 season has been very successful. The club spirit is alive and well, the kids have had a ball and the emphasis has been on fun. Along the way we have a great group of kids who have developed great friendships and are developing as sailors. What more could we have asked for? A HUGE thank you to Evan Andrews for all his efforts and to all the other parents and coaches who have put in such a big effort to make the season such a success. Tom Sloane Flying 11 Captain Northridge Sailing Club Season Report 2015-16 page 12 Laser Report 2015-2016 We shall miss the starter Richard McFee who is after many decades actually retiring from this most important role in the club. His humour as we prepare for the days racing permeates the deck. We shall have a tough gig to replace him. PERSONALITIES Simon Bellamy – great to have a Laser sailor being elected to the lofty position of Vice Commodore Stephen McCulloch and Richard Monckton have to be recognized for their improvement, and consistency. I don’t think anyone has attended more races than either of these two. And Paul Crouch has had a great season more than once finishing ahead of the usual suspects. And watch out for Peter Doyle next year as he does not plan to miss as many races due to injury etc Ian McGregor had a late start to the season as he spent last winter through to November cruising the coral coast with Sue in his 46 foot Peterson MISSING FRIENDS After many years of racing Carolyn Hinton has decided to concentrate on her swimming. Great having you in the fleet Carolyn NEW BOATS Cameron McDonald, John Smidmore, Paul Crouch, Peter Doyle and Steve McCulloch have all recently acquired new boats to show their determination to improve. And others have acquired new sails so that there is less blame on equipment. REGATTAS Wangi on Lake Macquarie saw a good representation of the usual suspects at the State Masters during the season. (Smidmore, Clare, Alexander, Doyle). Similarly with the National Masters at Port Stephens, Northbridge again punched above its weight. World Masters in Kingston Canada was attended by Tim Alexander. He last visited Kingston 40 years ago when representing Australia in the Olympics. And the week end before the 2016 NSC AGM and prize giving Tim is sailing his Laser in the South Pacific Championships in Moreton Bay Queensland. 38 years ago at the same event Tim won the open division of Lasers at this event. The motto of this story is “Don’t take drugs, just keep sailing” (The odd Nurafen is allowed for Master sailors) And a reminder that the World Masters Games are on in Auckland next April. A number of the Laser sailors are thinking of competing. SHORT RACE FORMAT. The consensus amongst laser sailors that recent increase in the number of short race format race events is enjoyable and gives us more practice at starting. PATHWAYS WITH LASERS. The advantage of a laser as a “pathway boat” is that there are three rigs with the same hull. Each rig from the 4.7 through radial to full rig is a strong class in itself with great racing within each rig division both at and outside the club. Northridge Sailing Club Season Report 2015-16 page 13 CLUB CHAMPONSHIP Our Olympic sailor Tim Alexander took out the club championship for the 9th or 10th time in the Full Rig Division, setting a fine standard for the rest of us.
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