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| Winkle of the
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| MRSC hosted the
annual "Winkle of the Harbour" on Boxing Day. |
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link to pictures click
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Prize Giving |
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Mengeham Rythe Sailing Club
held its own Sports Personalities of the Year award
ceremony on Saturday 24th November which was followed by
an excellent supper. |
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AGM - Sunday 4th
November 2007 |
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The
AGM attracted around 120 members who welcomed the new
General Committee and thanked Ian Grant who was standing
down as Commodore. |
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Saturday Work Party - 3rd
November 2007 |
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On a glorious sunny day a high
turnout of volunteers helped to move cement for the new
piles and to repair the sea wall ready for the new ramp.
Good fun was had by all! |
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MRSC Cruiser Rallies in 2007 |
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Despite the weather
during the summer months, MRSC cruiser members went on a number
of rallies around the Solent and beyond during 2007.
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UK Finn Masters Championship
& Open Finn Meeting |
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The Club
hosted the above events over 14-16th September 2007.
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Results
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Results -
Open Meeting |
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Full report |
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left to
right - Richard Hart, Tony Locke, Adrian Brunton, John
Greenwood, Tim Carver, Andrew Mills, Graeme Macdonald, Keith Fedi, Martin Hughes |
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Rowans Pursuit Race
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MENGEHAM
Rythe Sailing Club had a record number of entries for the
annual Rowans Pursuit Race held on 2nd
September which raised nearly £700 for the local hospice. |
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Shrimper Cruise 20th to 24th
August 2007 |
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A fleet of Cornish Shrimpers
visited MRSC as part of their Chichester Harbour Cruise. |
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Week 13th - 17th August 2007 |
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Congratulations to the Mengeham sailors who came first in
the Inter Club Team Trophy. The Trophy was last won by
MRSC in 1991. Vice-Commodore, Ken Osborne, collected the
prize on behalf of the club. The MRSC Race Team were Roger
Houston (1st in Laser Radials), John Tremlett, (1st in
Finns), Anthony Parke (1st in Optimists), David Jones &
Conway Parke (1st in Slow Handicap Fleet in a Mirror) and
Gil Carter (2nd in Slow Handicap Fleet in a Lymington
River Scow). For a full report about Fed Week and results
log on to: |
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Cruiser Dinghy Rally - 11th
August 2007 |
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A group of cruiser and dinghy
members ventured overseas to Bembridge for a BBQ on the
beach.. |
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Junior Week 30th July to 3rd
August 2007 |
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Mengeham Rythe Sailing Club’s
2007 Junior Week was a record year with 56 junior members
taking part plus 4 visitors. |
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pictures] |
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Open Regatta |
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The Club ran another successful open regatta in Chichester
Harbour on Sunday 15th July 2007 despite a weather
forecast of thundery showers. |
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Team Racing |
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The annual
Team Racing event took place at the club on Sunday 8th
July where the competition was strong. |
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| Wooton
Cruiser Rally - 5th/6th May 2007 |
| In early May
eleven boats took part in a cruise to Wooton where
MRSC members enjoyed the hospitality of the Royal Victoria
Yacht Club.
On the outward trip the weather was SW 1-3
with lovely sunshine and on the return trip, on the
Sunday, the wind was SW 4-5 with a moderate sea.
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| Laser Open |
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Congratulations to Sam Tozer from Papercourt Sailing Club who won the Laser
Radial Open Meeting at the Club
held on 2/3rd June 2007. |
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Sam Tozer & Elaine Barnett,
who presented the prizes |
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| New
Members' Evening |
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were invited to a reception on Saturday 19th May to meet
Officers of the Club where the Commodore, Ian Grant, gave
a brief history of MRSC. At the end of the reception Fiona
& Alan Bartlett organised a fashion show of the Club's
clothing, modelled by "volunteer" members! |
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| RYA
Training session, 5th May 2007 |
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The Club received another “pat-on-the-back”
from the Royal
Yachting Association (RYA) following its annual inspection
as an RYA Training Centre. [more
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| New
arrivals |
| A family of
Canada Geese was recently spotted on the club's pond.
Thanks to Andrew Filipinski for the photo. |
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Happy Birthday "Florence" |
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"Florence" celebrated her 70th
birthday on Monday 30th April. Members of the Monday morning
work party ("Wrinklies") joined Eddie Ault, her current owner,
in the celebrations. |
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Cheese & Wine
Evening - Saturday 21st April. |
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RNLI fundraising Branch organised a very successful cheese and
wine evening held at the club. As well as wine and a
buffet, members and guests were treated to some lively shanty
singing by the Victory Morris shanty singers from Portsmouth.
During the evening a presentation was made to lifeboat crew who
had been honoured by the RNLI. The profit from the
evening, which included a prize raffle, was £748.98 which will
be used to support the work of Hayling Island Lifeboat Station.
The RNLI would to thank MRSC for their support and for allowing
the Fundraising Branch to use the club. |
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Cruiser Lift-in |
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The cruiser fleet organised the
annual lift-in on Saturday 21st April. Perfect weather
conditions, team work and strict safety operations made it a
successful day with 48 sailing and motor boats being lifted
in on the mid afternoon tide. |
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| On Easter Monday
the club held an "Inside/Outside" Race. To see
pictures taken during the race click onto the following
link. |
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http://www.digigraphics.co.uk/galleries/MENGEHAM_RYTHE_SC/ |
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Thanks to club member,
Andrew Filipinski, for taking the pictures and providing the
webspace to host them. We hope to show more of Andrew's
pictures over the coming months. |
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New RIB launched at MRSC |
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Mengeham Rythe Sailing Club
launched a new RIB on Easter Saturday in memory of a club member.
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Another "Comet" flies into
Mengeham |
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Another Comet sailing dinghy was launched at the club on
Monday 19th February by Alan Bartlett. MRSC now has a
fleet of 4 Comets which are easily recognised by the
orange logo on the sail. Comet dinghies are advertised as
being suitable for "those who like thrills without
spills". [picture
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| RYA Power Boat
Level 2 Course |
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Another 6 people successfully completed an RYA
Power Boat 2 Course over the weekend 3/4 February with
near perfect weather and sea conditions. Another course
was also held on 17/18 February. |
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RYA Power Boat
Level 2 Course |
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Six
people took part in the the RYA Power Boat level 2
Course run by the club on Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st
January. The first day was spent learning all the slow
manoeuvres in the creek and and the theory parts of the
course and on the following day they went into the bay
to carry out the fast turns, man overboard and rough
weather training. The wind was force 7 with a big swell
and a "lumpy" sea. This was the first of a number of RYA
training courses that will be held at the club during
the next few months
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| Winkle of the
Harbour |
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The annual "Winkle of the Harbour" handicap open race
was held on Sunday 7th January
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