New Years Day Sailing The annual Topper Bash was the usual chaos with all rules being broken, buoys being moved (during the race) and prizes awarded in a seemingly random manner (including for just being there and being a junior). Full Report
AGM and Brewery Tour Held this year at the brand new Joules Brewery in Market Drayton on Thursday 1st December. Over 30 members attended the AGM which was a bit of a record for recent years. A very enjoyable evening was had by all with an short AGM followed an interesting tour, some excellent Pork Baps (from the Brewery's own herd of pigs fed on the waste grain) and some even better beer! The club would like to thank everyone at the Brewery for the free use of the facilities and for the excellent evening.
Fireworks Afloat Returned on Saturday 5th November and was attended by over 150 members and their guests. The weather was excellent; almost clear skys and still air meant we got the maximum effect from launching the fireworks on the water. For once we were hoping for no wind! Over 150 baked potatoes were prepared by a team under the leadership of the Social Committee and almost all had been eaten by the end of the evening. Thank you for your support; the firework team of Chris & Chris look forward to entertaining you all next year (and dodging the odd faulty firework)!
Junior Open Revisited Strong winds showed up again at the re-run Junior Open in October and it was stopped after three races. However that was enough for a result and Ben Lawrence took the overall honours with Beth Endacott & Grace Dutton winning the new 14 & Under Trophy. Full Report
Junior Open Abandoned! Strong winds led to the first Junior Open in September being called off after only one race (won by Tom Endacott with Charlotte Norris second). The Open will be re-run on Sunday 9th October in parallel to the Autumn Open meeting. Book you club boat now, and let's hope we don't get strong winds again!
Text Messages The club is now using a SMS text service to send short texts to all our members who have provided us with their mobile phone number. The texts will be reminders about upcoming events and we will only send one or two a month. If you want to be included in this service make sure we have your number! Contact the Membership Secretary.
First Long Distance Team Race SIX hours of racing was settled by a margin of four minutes at Shropshire SC's first-ever long-distance team marathon. The junior Laser team of Lottie Rapson, Crystal Truman and Tom Endacott finished, on adjusted time, in 328 minutes dead, while the Solo trio of Martin Parry, Brian Johnson and Tim Allan, came in on 332 minutes, 19 seconds.
RS Feva National Championships 2011, Abersoch Gold Fleet: 1. Owen Bowerman & Charlie Darling (Hayling Island SC) 13pts; 11. Rob Morris & George Shelley (Shropshire SC) 62pts; 46. Becca Morris (Shropshire SC) & Islay Grant (Emsworth Slipper) 206pts; 50. Finbar Preston (Emsworth SC) & Ed Shelley (Shropshire SC) 242pts.Silver Fleet: 1. Tom Joesbury & Ollie Sellars (Budworth SC) 29pts; 33. Francis Baldwin & Grace Dutton (Shropshire SC) 219pts; 35. Tom Dutton (Shropshire SC) & Dom Lashbrook (Oakham School) 225pts.
Webcam in the News The webcam warranted a story on the BBC Shropshire website BBC Shropshire