Border Counties Midweek Sailing Series event 4 at Bala Sailing Club

by Dave Thomas 19 Jul 2024 10:08 BST 16 July 2024

The Border Counties Midweek Sailing 2024 series visited Llyn Tegid (Bala) for the fourth event in the Tuesday series. As people started rigging their boats the rain started followed by more rain, thankfully it did stop as we set out for race 1.

However the wind that was forecast at 8mph gusting 17 from the south turned out to be about 1mph and changing direction constantly, so the race officer decided to abandon and go for an early lunch.

The forecast was for the wind to come about 1pm and from the SW so we headed out and sure enough we were not disappointed, the course was set and 23 boats made their way up the lake. After two laps (long legs at this lake) the race win was taken by local Mike Allen in his Devoti D-One followed by Steve Pooley in his K1 another local and third was Eric Heselden in his Supernova. First double was the RS400 with Stuart Halman and Ness Evans from Leigh and Lowton.

Race 3 (2) saw a change of course with an extra mark being added to force us higher up the lake the wind stayed the same and fairly consistent and again just two laps with the win being taken this time by Dan Partington - Bala - in his K1 followed by Dom Oakeshot - Winsford - in his Streaker followed by Eric Haselden - Winsford - in his Supernova and the RS400 of Stuart and Ness first double.

It's good to see such a range of boats with such different handicaps and age ranges with the largest class being the Streaker again.

Thanks to the team at Llyn Tegid(Bala) for hosting this event for us and as with all these events that we all enjoy attending they could not be held without all the volunteers.

More photos at balasc.smugmug.com/2024/Border-Counties

The next venue in the series should have been at Redesmere but due to a weed problem we have cancelled this and are now holding the event at Shotwick on the same date Tuesday August 13th. So why not come and join our friendly Tuesday club it's better than being in work!

If you want any information about the series then see bordercountiesmidweeksailing.wordpress.com

Overall Results:

1st Doublehanded - Stuart Halman & Ness Evans, RS400, Leigh and Lowton
1st Junior - Nayth Twiggs, Topper, Budworth

Pos	Class	Sail No	Helm	Crew	Club	R1	R2	Pts
1st	SUPERNOVA	1296	Eric Haselden		Winsford Flash	3	3	6
2nd	DEVOTI D ONE	405	Mike Allen		Bala	1	5.5	6.5
3rd	K1	49	Dan Partington		Bala	6	1	7
4th	K1	96	Steve Pooley		Bala	2	5.5	7.5
5th	STREAKER	2177	Pete Coop		Winsford Flash	4	7	11
6th	STREAKER	2159	Dominic Oakeshot		Winsford Flash	10	2	12
7th	SOLO	6107	Ted Garner		Budworth	8	4	12
8th	STREAKER	1785	George Coop		Winsford Flash	5	9	14
9th	RS 100 8.4	360	Andy Todd		Bala	9	10	19
10th	STREAKER	1621	Paul Newman		Shotwick	7	13	20
11th	RS400	1524	Stuart Halman	Ness Evans	Leigh & Lowton SC	12	8	20
12th	RS 100 8.4	488	Andrew Hodgeson		Bala	11	12	23
13th	MIRACLE	3520	Simon Dolman	Julie Dolman	Shotwick Lake	14	11	25
14th	SOLO	5536	Richard Wynn		Budworth	13	15	28
15th	SUPERNOVA	406	James Stark		Winsford Flash	19	14	33
16th	TOPPER	49191	Nayth Twiggs		Budworth	17	16	33
17th	MIRACLE	4103	Dave Thomas	Shan Stapley	Shotwick	15.5	18	33.5
18th	STREAKER	2165	Sandy Mill		Winsford Flash	18	17	35
19th	SOLO	4636	Miles Thomas		Bala	15.5	DNC	39.5
20th	MIRACLE	4108	Geofrey Weir	Jim Young/Dave Turtle	Shotwick	21	19	40
21st	LASER RADIAL	748	Ian Duncan		Shotwick Lake	20	20	40
22nd	LASER/ ILCA 7	169195	Andrew Burfield		Bala	22	21	43
23rd	COMET	437	Pete Chambers		Winsford Flash	OCS	DNC	48