Leicestershire and Rutland Youth Sailing Association

Training with DYS 12th December

We have been invited to train with Derbyshire Youth Sailing, the first date is the 12th December. This is a great opportunity to develop your ability and sail on a larger water. Please let Rod or Colin know if you're interested in attending. More details will be available from Rod or on the DYS website here. 

NSSA Topper Team Racing 3&4 October

 

 

Congratulations to the two teams who represented the LRYSA at Hollowell this weekend. We were really impressed with their standard of sailing, which improved dramatically over the two days. Saturday's strong gusts gave tricky sailing conditions, but on Sunday there were more tactics used. 

The team racing was carried out in teams of three, racing against one other team at a time in a round robin style event. Team racing tactics are very different to those of standard racing and some of the rules are different. The aim is to get a winning combination of places, often using tactics to slow down opponents and get your team mates across the line first. Our sailors really got the hang of this on the Sunday. 

The highlight of the weekend was the final race for our teams where they were drawn against each other. Some great tactics were used for quite a close run race! In the end the A team beat the B team, so well done Andrew, Sam and Jordan. Great sailing also by the B team Amani, Luke and James. 

Congratulations also to Derbyshire Youth Sailing B team for retaining the Lancashire plate, and Worcester A for the overall trophy.

Many thanks to Northampton and Hollowell SC for the great hospitality we received. We're looking forward to taking a team to the team racing in Worcester next year. 

Results can be found here. 

Becka and Rod

2009 Series Winners

The overall winners for the 2009 series are as follows. Well done to everyone:

Matthew Fulham Fleet

1st Jonathan Cooper

2nd Andrew McEvoy

3rd Jordan Moretta

Mayor's Trophy Fleet

1st Luke Rayner

2nd James Rutherford

3rd Tom Haywood

Slow Handicap Fleet

1st Tom Jeffery

2nd Charlie Robertson

3rd Charlotte Heggs 

Press release

The long awaited final in the Mayors Trophy Youth Sailing Regattas took place on sunday the 20th of September at Bosworth Water Trust near Nuneaton. The event is organised and run by the Leicestershire and Rutland Youth Sailing Association (LRYSA) 24 The best local sailors under 18 had entered the heats all through the summer to gain a place in the finals. The Mathew Fullham over 16 and the Mayors Trophy for the younger ones.

Sundays regatta was attended by the Mayor of Nuneaton and Bedworth Councilor Tom Wilson and the Mayoress Mrs Sonia Wilson, Also the the the mayor of Hinckley and Bosworth councilor Keith Nicholsand the Mayoress Mrs Lorna Nichols.

It was a lovely sunny dayas 15 youngsters took to the water in the Mayors Trophy final,also joining them in the racing was the Mayor of Hinckley crewing for Councilor Keith Lynch at the helm. The 2 Keiths didn't win the trophy, that was won by Luke Rayner aged 12 from Desford. In second place was James Rutherford and in third place Eleanor Craig. All the winners come from the localarea and race for the county and are under 14.

In the mathew Fullham memorial trophy (advanced over 16) There was a new winnerthis year. For the past 3 years it has ben won by Rob Cottrell. This year Jon Cooper is the winner of the top trophy..Close behind was in 2nd place Andrew McEvoy, and in third place Cheryl Kay Roberts.

The Mayor and Mayoress of Nuneaton and the mayoress of Hinckley also took to the water with the rescue crews in a power boat. Everybody had a great day.

Any enquiries about learning to sail no matter what your age. contact Colin Magee on 01455 619347 cmagee@talktalk.net

NSSA Regatta

Wow, what a week. All kinds of weather, heavy seas and some superb sailing. Well done guys! Thanks to everyone that helped and made it such the success it was.

Check out our daily updates here, LRYSA results here , or find more information using the menus and box to the left.  

Request for Volunteers

Due to the growth of the LRYSA we are in urgent need of more volunteers covering a variety of roles. 

General Secretary for the committee

Minutes Secretary for committee meetings

Volunteer sailing instructors and particularly senior instructors, for example a retired SI who would like to help 1 day a week to take some of the weight off Colin. If you would like to work towards your assistant or full intstructors qualifications this could be arranged.

For further information on any of these roles or if you would like to join the commitee, please contact Colin, his details can be found through the 'contact' link on the left. 

NSSA Regatta at Bridlington

Information about the event is starting to appear here .

Team training with the Cambridge Team will be held at Rutland this weekend (27th/28th June). Please remember to arrive early (8:30-9) to ensure you are rigged and ready for launching at 10am or you will be left behind!  For further information speak to Colin.

Training: If you have questions or requests to work on particular aspects of training, then Jon and Adam would like to hear from you. Speak to them on Friday nights or email them (their addresses can be found in the group emails). 

The Mayor's trophy and the LRYSA

The Mayor's Trophy sailing group has been set up to give open access to sail training in Leicestershire and the surrounding area.

As part of this programme, regattas are being held at various venues throughout the year. The aim is to enable children of all abilities to learn to sail and to encourage healthy competition against other young people in a similar ability range where they can have great fun and great achievement.

The Mayor's Trophy regattas are open to all novice sailors who have a basic sailing ability and know the basic rules of the road. The Mayor's Trophy regattas are particularly aimed at novice sailors, giving them racing experience against people of a similar ability and helping to develop them to move on to higher levels.

As ability improves, youngsters can move on through various routes to train and compete at County and National level. Trophies will be presented to the winners of the series at the final regatta in August.

Matthew Fulham Memorial Trophy

A separate series of races are being run for the youngsters who have outgrown, or out-raced, the Mayor's Trophy Series. The Matthew Fulham Memorial Trophy will be presented to the winner of the series at the final regatta in August. The entrants will race at the same time as the Mayor's Trophy Group but their results will be scored separately.

Leicestershire and Rutland Youth Sailing Association

The Mayor's Trophy Group is a sub-group of the Leicestershire and Rutland Youth Sailing Association (LRYSA).