After recent weeks of cold and ice it was fantastic to see the 21 skippers entered for this event turn up at Scotland farm, welcomed by the smell of Chef Micks Bacon Butties, and the sound of Tim Hand (PRO)…
Yesterday 29th January 2023 I travelled up to Lincoln RSC for the rescheduled IOM winter series event taking with me both the champion skipper and club shields that we were not able to present at the end of last season…
Yesterday 15 IOM skippers turned up at Two Islands RYC to contest the Mac McCulloch Trophy, which also counted towards the IOMMDCS&C. A full set of results are here: Mac_McCulloch_Trophy_2022_Results with everyone sailing as a single fleet the club managed…
The run up to the Midland District IOM skippers series for the first round of this summer’s championship event saw many changes to the entry and race team as we had 3 skippers report positive Covid tests in the last…
Firstly, let me begin by thanking all those who gave up their time to host and race manage the events in this winter’s Midland District IOM series, without your help this would be all the poorer. We have a new…
On the run up to this event the weather forecast said high winds and not an inconsiderable quantity of rain. This led to several emails between the Bournville team and us, swinging between it’s looking very rough and possibly dangerous,…
The weather forecasts and the limp state of the trees this morning did not bode well for a good days sailing. It shows just how wrong you can be if a little patience is applied. True to the predictions, the…