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| May 1994 |
Scottish District is inaugurated with 3 member clubs - Buchaness, Edinburgh (now Levenhall), and Drumpellier. |
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| January 1995 |
Paisley MYC affiliate to the District. |
| May 1995 |
The RM national
Championships is hosted by Drumpellier MYC at Drumpellier Park, Coatbridge. Best Scottish
boat is 16th out of 18 entrants.
Robert Brown is Race Officer. |
| 1995 Best Results |
Robert Brown - 12th in
1M UK Nationals and best position 3rd in UK 1M Ranking List. |
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| January 1996 |
Greenock MY & PBC and Buidhe Island MYC affiliate to the District. |
| September 1996
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The first
Karachi Cup team race between
Scotland and England was held in R6Ms at Paisley to mark the 100th anniversary
of the founding of the Paisley Club. England
won. |
| 1996 Best Results |
Richard Rowan - 2nd in UK R6M National Championships. |
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| April 1997 |
A new Scottish Club
was formed - Brechin Castle Centre. Unfortunately, the Drumpellier and
Buidhe Island Clubs cease to exist. District now comprises 5 Clubs. |
| May 1997 |
Richard Rowan
commissions one of the first TS2 1Ms to reach the UK.
He went on to take 2nd place in the UK
1M Nationals in August. |
| August 1997 |
The 2nd Karachi Cup event was held at
Greenock. England won by a narrow margin. |
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| June 1998 |
Greenock hosts the R6M
National Championships. Gordon Price achieves
2nd place. Richard Rowan is Race Officer. |
| August 1998 |
3 Scottish boats in
top 10 of UK 1M Nationals:- |
| September 1998
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Scotland wins 3rd Karachi Cup at Milton Keynes. |
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| April 1999 |
Richard Rowan manages
9th overall in the 1M World Championships held at Ramla Bay in Malta. Other
Scottish results - Alastair Law 20th, Gordon Price 32nd. |
| June 1999 |
Richard Rowan wins the
UK R6M National Championships held at Chelmsford. Gordon Price comes 3rd and David Loomes
5th. |
| August 1999 |
Greenock and Paisley
clubs co-host the UK 1M Nationals at Greenock. Unfortunately, the first two days of the event are badly affected
by weed and the final day of the event is moved to Paisley. |
| September 1999 |
4th Karachi Cup held at Paisley. England win by a considerable margin. |
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| 2000 |
In retrospect, not a good year for Scottish model yachting. At the start of the summer, the water level at Greenock was lowered to
allow maintenance to be carried out and was not restored until late September. Low water
levels at
Paisley caused the cancellation of
the Scottish 1M Ranking Race. The Scottish
1M District Championships at Peterhead was
cancelled due to
lack of entries and finally, at the end
of the season, the Levenhall pond succumbed
to weed.
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| October 2000 |
Worse still, England won the Karachi Cup at Aylesbury by a considerable margin again. |
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| 2000 Best Results |
Richard Rowan |
UK R6M National
Championships |
1st Place |
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| 2001 |
Over the course of the spring
and summer Brechin Castle Centre MBC expands its
membership rapidly, with an influx of full size sailors from the River Tay. |
| May 2001 |
Two Scottish sailors travel to Croatia to take part in the 1M World
Championships at Omisalj
from 12th to 19th May. Richard Rowan achieved 16th place with the help of winning the last race of the event, and Alastair Law came
29th. Both agreed that the competition was much higher this time. |
| June 2001 |
Richard Rowan, Gordon Price, Alistair Law and Robbie Buchan travelled to
Fleetwood to take part in the Northern District ranking race weekend. The event was
held in light to drifting conditions. Despite that, Richard Rowan managed 3rd
equal with 2 other boats on the Saturday and 2nd overall on Sunday. |
| September 2001 | Richard Rowan, Neil Graham and Pete Berry
travelled to the Bournville Club
in Birmingham to take part in the R6M Nationals. Richard Rowan retained the trophy
and Pete Berry came 5th in his first RC Yachting Championship. |
| November 2001 |
The Karachi Cup
was held at Greenock on
Saturday 10th November. Unfortunately,
England won again. The Boussy Medallion was sailed for on the Sunday
of the weekend. |
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| May 2002 |
Gordon Price and Alistair Law take part in the European Championships at Fleetwood. They finish in the middle of a very competitive fleet. Richard Rowan is Principal Race Officer for the event. |
| June 2002 |
Gordon Price,
Richard Rowan and Neil Graham travelled to the
Broads Radio Yacht Club
at Filby near Great Yarmouth for the R6M Nationals .
After 2 days of interesting sailing, Gordon Price came 2nd,
Richard Rowan 3rd and Neil Graham 5th.
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| September 2002 | The Scottish National IOM Ranking race was held at a new venue - Castle Semple Watersports Centre at Lochwinnock. 26 IOMs took part. Graham Campbell managed 8th overall on the Saturday in his first National level event. David Loomes came 7th overall on Sunday. |
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June 2003 |
Paisley hosts the R6M Nationals at Castle Semple Water Sports
Centre. Local R6Ms finished in 2nd to 5th places but the Championship
Trophy went south. |
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