Notts County Sailing Club Annual Regatta

by David Eberlin 8 Jul 10:21 BST 5-6 July 2025

There was a large entry for the Notts County Sailing Club annual Regatta sponsored by Sailing Chandlery with over 50 dinghies entered to the Commodore's Cup, National 12 Vintage Championships and Novice racing and 50 at the Saturday social evening. The event is aimed at all levels, both the keen racers and the novices, along with activities for children.

Saturday's racing saw some good gusts giving a few spills, but the wind was swinging, giving Race Officer Ken Twemlow a challenge, he set two beats to compensate.

Racing was close in the fast fleet, Jamie Mawson (RS600) won both races, with Richard and Sarah Mason (Scorpion), second followed by Neil and Lucy Chadborn in RS200.

The slow fleet saw sixteen-year-old Samantha Mason leading in an ILCA 4, with Charles Miles-Haylor second (ILCA 6) and Julian Lloyd third (ILCA 6). The junior fleet saw Toby Schofield (Topper) win the first race, but with difficult conditions in the second race, Toby was the only starter, but retired.

Saturday night saw a great meal produced by the catering team. After the meal there was a short talk on the club's wildlife initiatives and Barry Collins, a club windsurfer and national bat expert, provided us with a fascinating talk on bats, then about 30 came down to the lakeside to listen to the detectors and watch the infra-red cameras of the bats getting their supper.

Sunday was more benign, except for a squall in the second race, it was wet at times with a light but shifty wind.

After the third race it was very much all to play for with only a few points separating the slow fleet from first to fifth position, so potentially anyone could win. In the fast fleet Jamie Mawson had a commanding position. Jamie was second in the final race, beating Richard and Sarah Mason and Will Gardner and Nicki Theokritoff came third.

The slow fleet was much closer with only three points separating the top six. Samantha Mason won with a sixth in the final race winning with Gwyneth Lanyon second just 1.5 points behind, the next 4 in the Slow fleet were separated by a point, with Dana Church third, Charles Miles-Haylor fourth, Rebecca Ogden fifth and Julian Lloyd sixth.

The Junior fleet saw Toby Schofield win with a string of firsts and Isaac Dickenson second, both in Toppers.

The vintage National 12 fleet has been reported separately in Yachts and Yachting.

The two Novice races saw Rebecca Dickenson win in a Pico, with Andy Hill & Vicky Gale second in a Lark.

The prize-giving, sponsored by Sailing Chandlery, was held with a packed clubhouse.

Overall Results:

Pos	Class	Sail No	Helm	Crew	Club
Fast Fleet
1st	RS 600	1001	Jamie Mawson		NCSC
2nd	SCORPION	1997	Richard Mason	Sarah Mason	NCSC
3rd	FLYING FIFTEEN	4022	William Gardner	Nicki Theokritoff	NCSC
4th	RS 200	604	Neil Chadborn	Lucy Chadborn	NCSC
5th	RS 200	935	Simon Yates	Shellee Bullous	NCSC
6th	SCORPION	203	Kevin Nichols	Georgia Riddell/Alex Green	NCSC
7th	FIREBALL	14909	Simon Hextall	Fiona Hextall	NCSC
8th	SCORPION	2018	Nigel Potter	Jerry Hannabuss	NCSC
9th	FLYING FIFTEEN	3655	Johnathan Ainsley	Lyra Ainsley	NCSC
10th	SCORPION	1987	Adrian Jones	Viv Weston	NCSC
11th	SCORPION	204	Alan Kenyon	James Kenyon	NCSC
12th	DEVOTI D‑ZERO	1341	Karl Bird		NCSC
13th	RS 400	1355	Christina Gill	Steve Gill	NCSC
14th	RS 300	187	Cheryl Wood		NCSC
15th	FIREBALL	14266	Graham Stamper	Arif Ahsan	NCSC
Slow Fleet
1st	ILCA 4	157412	Samantha Mason		NCSC
2nd	RS AERO 5	1717	Gwyneth Lanyon		NCSC
3rd	SUPERNOVA	1353	Dana Church		NCSC
4th	LASER RADIAL/ ILCA 6	143614	Charles Miles Hayler		NCSC
5th	RS AERO 6	4373	Rebecca Ogden		NCSC
6th	LASER RADIAL/ ILCA 6	6167587	Julian LLoyd		NCSC
7th	RS AERO 7	4385	Robin Brown		NCSC
8th	SUPERNOVA	424	Logan Bell		NCSC
9th	LASER/ ILCA 7	187	Chris Huffen		NCSC
10th	SUPERNOVA	573	Ross Ryan		NCSC
11th	RS AERO 5	2421	Paul Speirs		NCSC
12th	EUROPE	65	Isabel Ritchie		NCSC
13th	WAYFARER	8593	Peter Austin	Peter Austin	NCSC
14th	GP14	13397	Jonathan Twyte	Jayna Twite	NCSC
15th	LASER/ ILCA 7	165747	Alan Somerfield		NCSC
16th	ILCA 4	193678	Josh White
Junior Fleet
1st	TOPPER	47743	Toby Schofield
2nd	TOPPER 4.2	36182	Isaac Dickenson		NCSC
3rd	TOPPER	27430	Barnaby Bushby		NCSC
4th	TOPPER	47426	Toby Schofield		NCSC
4th	RS TERA SPORT	98	Anna Patten		NCSC
National 12 Vintage Championship
1st	NATIONAL 12	2403	Graham Camm	Felix Camm	Burghfield
2nd	NATIONAL 12	2076	Alan Mason	Jonathan Bradley	Redesmere
3rd	NATIONAL 12	1903	John Sears	Andrea Murphy	NCSC
4th	NATIONAL 12	2335	Tim Gatti	Kay Ash / Helen Geary	Ely