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'Fun Run' Steering Course. 26th October 2013 and Keith Carey Shield.

Having enjoyed a bright autumnal Friday before the event would the weather hold for the Saturday? Well yes and no, it was a little  on the cold side with light gusty winds providing quite a chop at times and the sun was a rare visitor but the steering course and the Keith Carey Shield event went ahead as planned and the vast majority of us where at the lakeside for five and a half hours.

The steering course was very much as nature had left it with a few buoys in the wrong place and as the water looked very uninviting they stayed where they were and we worked around them!


The design of the course and position in the lake means that those not actually on the course could pretty much sail as they wanted as on a normal club day and get ready for the Keith Carey shield.

As it turned out the course was manageable even with the quite heavy chop at times, but as far as I could see there were no retirements and no sinkings. There were some thirteen competitors taking part and because of the weather conditions and members enjoying themselves it was decided to cut the event down to one round, with a little less wind and a lot less talking and merriment we might have squeezed in another one but as we had the Keith Carey shield to run we quit while we were ahead.

The organizers decided that as the event had been cut short from the normal number of rounds then there would be medals for the first five shortest times and the winners were as follows,

1st        Les Griggs                 U.S.Coast Guard Cutter                    

2nd       Mick Shambrook       Shirley Ann                                       

3rd       Paul Millers                Hellen                                                

4th       Clive Beard                White Star                                         

5th       Ieuan Brinkworth       Fishing boat                                      

Congratulations to all who took part and we all look forward to next year when we would hope to put on a few more events.

The Keith Carey Shield

The criteria for this award are basically scale appearance on the water and attention to detail and craftsmanship in build and presentation. As I have previously mentioned members had a chance to see the boats on the water at the same time as the steering course and again afterwards but the chop that was by this time getting worse and with the skies were getting dark we hurried to the static judging which actually took quite a while.

The paperwork has been duly collected and collated the results are known only by the Chairman and the organizer and Treasure Nick Brown and the winner and two runners up will be announced at the Christmas dinner and the awards presented by Maureen Carey.

It just remains for a vote of thanks to the organisers and all those who turned up and took part, entering into the spirit of competition whilst seeing the funny side if a few mistakes and collisions with the decking when caught out by the wind, thanks to Janet Beard and Maureen for the cakes, three in total and precious little left for me when we got home( no wonder I’m loosing weight)!

All in all a brilliant day and already looking forward to next year.



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