BOXING DAY DRAMA

This year's Boxing Day Pursuit Race for the Keene Cup brought high drama and a huge departure from the form book. Places were changing throughout the race as the faster classes such as the Finn, OK and Lark caught up and passed the slower boats such as the Solo and 2.4m who started first. Nick Craig, who won this year's Finn National and OK World Championships as well as the coveted Endeavour 'Champion of Champions' Trophy was widely tipped to win in pre-race betting, but Brian Grimwood grimly hung on to the lead to take the silverware. Nick Craig could only manage second while Tim Deacon in his Solo finished a very creditable third. Every dog has it's day, and Brian's certainly had his. Well done! Christmas presents don't often get better than that!


Brian 'Giant Killer' Grimwood in his 2.4m

SAILABILITY SUPPER DANCE - SATURDAY 14TH JANUARY

Get rid of those New Year blues! By popular demand 'Mid Life Crisis' are back again with rock & pop music from the 60s onwards. Saturday 14 January 2006, 7.30pm to 11.30pm at Crondall Village Hall.

This is a repeat of last year’s hugely successful and enjoyable 'sell-out' evening. Raffle, Music, Dancing, Supper and Bar. Make up a table (8 - 10 people) or join one of the Frensham Pond Sailability/Sailing Club tables.

Tickets £13 to include supper from Brian Grimwood (01252 850089 or brianmag at btinternet dot com).

All proceeds to Frensham Pond Sailability ‘sailing for people with disabilities’.

BLOODY MARY 2006

The Bloody Mary Pursuit Race will be held on Saturday 7th January 2006 at Queen Mary Sailing Club. With over 300 boats typically taking part, ranging from Toppers to International Fourteens, this is a 'not-to-be-missed' event. The Club hopes that some of you will be able to make the trek to South-West London and represent us. Alternatively its a fantastic spectacle to watch as the 14s, RS800 and 49ers rev up on the start line while the rest of the fleet chugs off, and then blast through causing mayhem at every mark. Have you ever tried to deny a charging Fourteen room at the mark? Its scary! Can the slower boats hold on to their lead or will the hounds catch and overtake?

Further details can be obtained from www.queenmary.org.uk

YOGA CLASSES

Mary Bridge is organising Yoga classes after Christmas. These will take place on Thursday evenings in the Clubhouse starting on January 5th. The dates thereafter are:

* Thursday January 12th, 19th, 26th and
* February 2nd and 9th.

These are open to all Club members and guests are welcome subject to the usual guest restrictions. The price is just £36 for a 6 week taster course.

Who knows; if its a success Mary might be prepared to make it a regular feature.

To confirm a place, and shed some of the weight you put on over Christmas, just give Mary a call. Her number's in the Members Handbook.

ICE WATCH

We are coming up to the time of year when the pond can freeze overnight. All Members are asked to keep an eye on the ice situation and let Jane or I know if the pond freezes (Telephone 01420 563935 or 07790 492669). If it does I will immediately Post a warning. Equally please let me know as soon as the pond thaws and I will let people know.

CHRISTMAS AT FRENSHAM

We hope you all have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy and Prosperous New Year. To help you on your way we have a packed sailing programme for you and here are the details.

CHRISTMAS EVE

For those of you who are sufficiently organised and have done all your Christmas shopping the Club will be open pretty well as normal. So get the presents wrapped early and come along and join us.

In the morning there will be Cadets.
In the afternoon there will be the usual Saturday Handicap at 14:00 and a 2.4m class race at 14:05.

* Duty Officer is Colin D
* Safety Helm is Jim S
* Race Duty Team is Cadet 1

CHRISTMAS DAY

The Clubhouse is closed but the pond is still available for everyone to use if they so wish, although there will be no racing and no safety cover. We hope you all have a nice day and that Santa brings you that Farr 40 you've always craved for - plus the funds to run it! As you will not be able to race it at Frensham I hope you've also been good enough to justify a marina berth on the Hamble, and that you will still come back and sail your dinghy with us from time to time.

BOXING DAY

To help you all work off the Turkey we've organised a packed programme for you.

At 1112 am we have the Pursuit Race for the KEENE CUP. And if you're not sailing, why not join the rest of us for a brisk walk around the pond?

This is followed by the Summer Prize Giving at 13:00. The Bar will be open, and John W has kindly agreed to serve up hot mince-pies and mulled wine from the Galley. Please come and join us and pick up your silverware.

* Duty Officer is Jim M
* Safety helm is Brendan C
* The race team is GP 1 - Ray S, Tony B, Martin K and Rob M

BANK HOLIDAY TUESDAY, 27th December

At 14:00 there is a Handicap race

* Duty Officer and Safety Helm is Bob C
* The Race Team is Laser 1 - Stuart B, James M, David G, David S-S, Jim D and Mike H.

Please note: The Galley will be opertating a skeleton service.

Wednesday 28th to Friday 30th December

The Clubhouse is closed but the pond is still available for everyone to use if they so wish, although there will be no racing and no safety cover. Alternatively you can battle through the crowds at the sales.....

SATURDAY 31st JANUARY

Its business as usual. In the morning there will be Cadets.
In the afternoon there will be the normal Saturday Handicap race at 14:00 and a 2.4m class race at 14:05.

* Duty Officer is Owen S
* Safety Helm is Roger C
* The Race Duty Team is Solo 4 (John Marriott, Steve G, Ray B, John C and George K)

NEW YEAR'S DAY, Sunday January 1st 2006

To let you work off your hangover there is no racing in the morning but at lunchtime we have one of the biggest events of the year - the NEW YEAR'S DAY SILVER SALVER! This was presented by ex-Commodore Peter Newbery and is one of the nicest trophies at the Club. It is another Pursuit Race; the Cadets start at 13:42 and the rest of the fleets follow soon after. There will be a prizegiving immediately afterwards- so why not come along and gather up something to be proud of?

* Duty Officer and Safety Helm is John H
* The Race Team is GP3 - Chris R, Colin H, Julia D, Steven K.
* The galley will be run by Nick R.

BANK HOLIDAY MONDAY, 2nd January

The Club has not organised any official racing to allow you all to clean up and get ready for ...... work on Tuesday. The Clubhouse is therefore closed but the pond is still available for everyone to use if they so wish, although there will be no safety cover.

Sailability Laying-Up Supper

Our laying-up supper last Friday evening was a huge success. After drinks and a delicious meal the guests were entertained by Roger Hardingham (Jane Marriott's brother) who gave a very interesting illustrated presentation about the transatlantic liners RMS Titanic, Queen Mary and the QE2.

REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY 13th NOVEMBER

This weekend we have Cadets, as usual, on Saturday morning. The Duty Officer is JP.

On Saturday afternoon the Handicap series is at 14:00, followed by 2.4m Class racing at 14:05. The 2.4s are now sailing a windward-leeward course, using different marks to the norm, so beware!

The Race Team is Lark 4 (Neil H/Alison M/Andrew K/Sean C).
Safety helm is SG.

Sunday 13th, is Remembrance Sunday. The Club will observe the two minutes silence and give thanks to all those who gave their lives for us at 11:00am. The Solo, Lark, GP14 class race will therefore begin at 11:30am. There will be no midday handicap, but the Laser, Ent/OK and Cadet class race will begin, as usual, at 14:00.

Duty officer is GSH.

Morning safety helm is also GSH.
Morning Galley is SA and JW.
Morning Race Team is Ent 2 (Sylvia R/Carol C/David G/David M/Laurie W).


Afternoon Race Team is GP5 (Simon M/Richard S/Terry T/Stuart D).
Afternoon safety helm is NG.
Afternoon galley is AB.

CLUB CLASS CHAMPIONS!

This years Club Class Champions are:
* Nick Hudson – Laser
* Simon Millar - GP14
* Katrina Gilbert + Jenny Rush - RS200
* Chris Ellis - Lark
* Tim Deacon - Solo, and
* Ed Impey - Cadet
Well done everybody!
Thanks to the Laser 3 and Solo 3 race teams, particularly Ray Baker, who stood in for me as Solo 3 Team Leader, and Bob the Larder, who swapped duties so I could go Sigma 38 racing on the Solent - see photo.

Frensham Pond Sailing Club

the Solo summer season is over here are the results for the major points series
1st 4133 Tim Deacon 13 pts
2nd 4410 John Townsley 24 pts
3rd 4523 Nick Clibborn 25 pts
4th 4007 Charlie Watkins 45 pts
5th 4323 Ray Baker 62 pts
6th 3975 Micheal Tiley 62 pts
7th 4428 George Kaack 62 pts
8th 3746 Laurie Weedon 78 pts

The minor points series did not have any qualifiers @ 50% of races sailed so
the number of qualifiying races hase been droped by 5 to 8 races giving two qualifiers
results below
1st 4323 Ray Baker 50 pts
2nd 4133 Tim Deacon 155 pts

I plan to run a joint series this winter as a trial where the single race sailed will give results for both
actual results as per the summer major points series
and a personal handicap series
this is to try to encourage more of the less experienced sailors to participate
it will be interesting to see how the results pan out

keith Bannister

Start of the Winter Series

The Winter Series has begun. Racing will now be:

Saturdays: Handicap 14:00.

Sundays:
a. Morning Flights - 10:30;
b. Midday Handicap - 12:15;
c. Afternoon Flights - 14:00.

Buoyancy aids are compulsory throughout the Winter Season and Race Officers should please note that the Rescue Boat must now always be:

i) 'Off jetties' and on active patrol;
ii) Manned by at least two people, at all times during racing, who are prepared to enter the water if necessary.

Peter Cook at Rutland. October 29th-30th.

Peter Cook of Frensham came second in the 2.4R class, during the two day Olympic indicator series at Rutland Sailing Club. He finished two points behind the eventual winner, World Championship Bronze Medalist, Helena Lucas. Third place went to 2004 Frensham Open winner, Megan Pascoe.

Peter has already won Frensham's 2.4 summer series. (The photogaph shows him in action at our 2.4m Open on Saturday 24th September - which Peter won in his usual 'all conquering' style.) Well done Peter! Other Frensham results can be found at http://www.rutlandsc.co.uk/results/301005_olympicindicator.htm