Leigh & Lowton’s Tipsy Icicle Series starts on Sunday
By Paul Allen on 6 Jan8 January - 18 March 2012
On the 8th January the much anticipated UK’s biggest Winter Series, Leigh & Lowton's Tipsy Icicle, will start and run for 11 weeks ending on the 18th March. Fleets again will consist of Asymmetric, Handicap and Lasers with prizes for juniors and other classes.
Visitors can pay on a week by week basis or pay for a full series. Entry fees are £10 per day for adult double handers, £5 for single handers, £8 for junior double handers and £4 for junior single handers. Visitors paying for the full series are welcome to leave their boats at the club for the duration of that series. Full series fees are £70 per person including 3 pursuit races and 16 Sundays and £50 for juniors.
Spectators are welcome to watch racing from the newly built lounge. The galley will be open all day and the bar will be serving cold beer from 3pm!
For further details go to www.llsc.org.uk
RNLI Pursuit at Leigh & Lowton Sailing Club
The forecast for sunny weather brought out the shorty wetsuits for the annual pursuit race in aid of the RNLI.
Posted on 28 Mar
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Posted on 16 Mar
Tipsy Icicle Series at Leigh & Lowton Sailing Club - Day 10
With the majority of the RS400 fleet away at their Winter Championships and the Toppers at a training event, it was still a healthy 42 boats that made it out onto the water.
Posted on 13 Mar
Tipsy Icicle Series at Leigh & Lowton Sailing Club - Day 9
After narrowly missing out on the RYA’s ‘Club of the year’ award on
Saturday the UK’s biggest winter series continued at Leigh and Lowton
on Sunday with weekend number 9 of its 11 weekend run.
Posted on 5 Mar
Tipsy Icicle Series at Leigh & Lowton Sailing Club - Day 8
The weather prediction for Sunday 26th February had been poor all week and it was probably this, compounded by the fact that Liverpool were playing in the Carling Cup Final, that meant that the turnout was down over previous weeks.
Posted on 28 Feb
Tipsy Icicle Series at Leigh & Lowton Sailing Club - Day 7
After 2 weeks of no sailing due to a frozen lake Pennington Flash finally defrosted to allow the Tipsy series to recommence and it was worth the wait with a clear blue sky and a force 4 wind straight down the lake.
Posted on 21 Feb
Tipsy Icicle Series at Leigh & Lowton Sailing Club - Day 4
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Posted on 31 Jan
Junior Winter Regatta at Leigh & Lowton Sailing Club
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Posted on 30 Jan
Tipsy Icicle Series at Leigh & Lowton Sailing Club - Day 3
The galley was open all day and the bar was serving cold beer from 3pm. The breeze was spectacular with a strong westerly averaging 20 knots and tipping 35 knots.
Posted on 24 Jan
Tipsy Icicle Series at Leigh & Lowton Sailing Club - Day 2
On the 15th January 2012 the UK’s biggest winter series, Leigh & Lowton’s Tipsy Icicle continued with its run of 11 weeks. Fleets consist of Asymmetric, Handicap, Solos and Lasers.
Posted on 16 Jan