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Notts County Sailing Club First of the Year Race 2026

by David Eberlin 2 Jan 18:35 GMT 1 January 2026

The Notts County Sailing Club's annual First of the Year Race on 1st January 2026 had a good turnout of 32 dinghies 4 windsurfers in aid of Children's Bereavement Centre (Newark), and around £400 was raised from entry fees and donations; thanks to all who contributed.

John Sears the race officer got the racing under way on time with a windsurfer fleet, fast and slow handicap. With sunshine to start with and the occasional gust allowing planing the course saw a good beat followed by reaches and second beat. There were visitors from Hykham, Burton and Lochaber, however the majority were from Notts County, the weather forecast and warnings along with cold conditions probably putting many off travelling.

Jamie Mawson from Notts County in an RS600 led the fast fleet on both races both on the water and on handicap, and was overall winner, taking home the Goeff Parker memorial trophy with Kevin Hope and Andy Stewart in a Fireball and Jake Willars in an RS600 not far behind. The Slow fleet saw Joe Scurrah from Notts County in an Aero 7 lead both races on the water to win the Phil Davis cup for the slow handicap.

Cillian Dyne and Hayden Moore won the Junior trophy with James Burton second.

In the windsurfers Sam Birch (Burton) on a raceboard won, but not without a close second race with Ian Pilkington who was on a smaller sail. Ben Bolet (Burton) was first junior windsurfer on a Techno.

More photos at www.ncsc.org.uk/new-years-day-26

Slow handicap start - Notts County SC First of Year Race - photo © David Eberlin
Slow handicap start - Notts County SC First of Year Race - photo © David Eberlin

Overall Results:

PosClassSail NoHelmCrewClubR1R2Pts
1stRS 6001001Jamie Mawson NCSC112
2ndRS 600930Jake Willars NCSC224
3rdFireball15133Kevin HopeAndy StewartNCSC336
4thRS 4001417Andy RichieAndy BaylissHykeham/Snettisham459
5thFireball14991Alex PiggottRaife PiggottNCSC6410
6thRS Aero 74307Joe Scurrah NCSC5712
7thRS 400950Jon WillarsNicola WillarsNCSC7613
8thRS Aero 63437Sam Mettam Lochaber YC9817
9thScorpion2018Nigel PotterJerry HannabusNCSC8917
10thFlying 154022Will GardnerNikki TheokritoffNCSC101121
11thK1181Chris Swallow NCSC111223
12thILCA 7165747Alan Somerfield NCSC141327
13thVareo649Chris Abbott Nottingham SC131528
14thILCA 7218433Mick Tolliday NCSC161430
15thRS Aero 64373Rebecca Ogden NCSC122032
16thILCA 7123661Neil Chadbourn NCSC151833
17thFireball14457Cillian DyneHayden MooreNCSC241034
18thILCA 6167587Julian Lloyd NCSC201636
19thILCA 6 Radial182627Christine Statham Burton/Attenborough191736
20thILCA 6 Radial143614Charles Miles‑Hayler NCSC172239
21stSolo5774Clive Gimson NCSC182139
22ndSolo5856Brian Fisher NCSC212344
23rdTopper 5.348798James Burton NCSC232447
24thRS Aero 51459Ariadne Doel NCSCDNF1949
25th20002827Adrian JonesVivienne WestonNCSC22DNC55
26thWayfarer5229Christopher HuffenJames JeffreyNCSCDNFDNC63
26thILCA 4.7160482Toby Schofield NCSCDNFDNC63
26thTopper 5.344442Archie Alexander‑Brown NCSCDNFDNC63
26thSupanova424Logan Bell NCSCDNFDNC63

Prizewinnres - Notts County SC First of Year Race - photo © David Eberlin
Prizewinnres - Notts County SC First of Year Race - photo © David Eberlin

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