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Newsletter - 8th October 2017
 
In this issue:  Girl Power/Class Champs; Aero Open; Trophies; Fireworks night; Uni Wheels; Youth Sailathon; Flying Fifteen Story; Mayors Award for Papercourt Sailability; Annual Dinner Dance; Work Party; Club improvements.
To Book tickets for Fireworks, please email john.hamment@ntlworld.com  This is always a popular event, so book early to avoid disappointment.
Papercourt Sailability wins Prestigious Award

Papercourt Sailability have been awarded the Guildford Borough, Mayor’s Award for Access to Sport. This recognises the great work by John Beynon and numerous other members who run our Sailability section providing inclusive sailing for everyone no matter what their disability. Following an external nomination and a visit by the Borough’s Deputy Mayor we were awarded this great prize.

Comms from the Commodore

Huge congratulations to our sailability team for the above award.

Further Improvements 

Engines - We have agreed to replace all our Yamaha engines with Tohatsu power unites which are better suited to our lake, and hte duty they are required to preform.  They are also slightly lighter, easier to start and have a little more power - What's not to like!  The first units will be arriving very shortly with completion of the change-over by the end of the year.  We are also taking the opportunity to upgrade the Committee Boat engine.  


Slipways We have now concreted the area of mud between the concrete launch areas  near to the green container providing better launch facilites in the area.

 
Trophies - The time has come to break out the Silver Polish

Please now return all trophies to the tea bar or the main bar, properly polished ready for engraving.  Unpolished trophies cannot be engraved and presented to the new (or repeat) recipients, so play fair and do your bit. 

Trophy Presentation - Date for your Diary

Trophy winners get their moment of glory when their trophies are presented at the
Annual Dinner Dance on November 18th - put the date in your diaries now, tickets on sale soon.

 
The Autumn Work Party - Sunday 5th November - 9.30 am

Every year there are two work parties at Papercourt, when we hope that all members will attend.  Papercourt is a member's club and almost everything that happens at the club is done by the members for the members. 
Sunday 5th November is when we all get together to tidy the club up after the busy summer season and make sure everything is in good order for the winter weather to come.  The reward is that everyone who attends in the morning gets a yummy free hot lunch.  Please put the date in your diary and remember it is your club so needs your help.
If you have noticed anything around the club which needs the attention of the Work Party, please email Alan on house@papercourt-sc.org.uk and he can add it to the list.

 
The Class Championships - Girl Power

At this new event for the Club eight classes were represented with competitors in seven of those completing the necessary 2 out of 3 races to qualify.  It was a breezy day with a few capsizes, but the girls carried the day in four of the classes, which is a tremendous result given that in the club overall ladies are generally under-represented on the water.  Thanks to Frank Brown for organising the racing so efficiently, in what turned out to be a popular and exciting days racing.
Full results here:  http://www.papercourt-sc.org.uk/results/?base=2017-class-champs.html&dir=club-specials
RS Aero Open Meeting - A first for Papercourt

The first ever Aero Open Meeting at Papercourt was held last Saturday, with entries from far and wide, and our local competitors too.  The full report is here:
http://www.papercourt-sc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Aero-Open-2017-Report.pdf and some more pictures here:  http://www.papercourt-sc.org.uk/2017/10/rs-aero-open-meeting-30-september-2017/
The Youth Sailathon - Saturday 21st October

Details on the poster below - if you would like to donate, in memory of Simon Hall, for the RNLI, here is the link: 

www.justgiving.com/fundraising/papercourt-sailing-club
 
Uni Wheels

We have had a couple of road wheels go missing from a Surrey University double stack trailer which was parked behind the boathouse, near the weed pit.  Maybe they were borrowed and someone has forgotten to return them? Any information please to Joe Simmons at  
ussu.sailing@surrey.ac.uk 
 
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A Flying Fifteen Story

Non member Tony Smith contacted the club recently and in passing told this story:
"We enjoyed sailing when I worked in Bahrain in the 50s and 60s sailing GP14s, a MiniSail and a lovely wooden hulled Flying Fifteen which I bought from the Umm Said SC (Qatar) who were switching to fibreglass.  The Cotton jib and main were very very tired so I advertised in the class newsletter for a secondhand set of terylenes.  I was astounded to get a response from none other than HRH Prince Philip.  It was surprising that he would have had spare time to read the item, let alone act on it in the way he did.  The Isle of Wight presented HRH with a brand new Flying Fifteen called Coweslip as a wedding present and I think Prince Philip used to sail it with it's designer and old sea salt friend Uffa Fox."

Some members will know that Princess Anne's children both attended ICS courses at Papercourt back in the 1980s.

 
    
What's Coming Up at Papercourt?

20 October-  Last Sailability afternoon for 2017

8th October - Firefly  - no Club Racing Cruising at race officer's discretion

15th October - Solo Open Meeting - no Club Racing or Cruising 

21st October - Last Youth Training morning 

22nd October - Enterprise Open Meeting - no Club Racing Cruising at race officer's discretion

28th October - Lawes Trophy and Champion of Champions Series

4th November - Fireworks Night  see poster above

5th November - Work Party - house@papercourt-sc.org.uk

16th November - Club AGM

18th November - Annual Dinner Dance - more details to follow soon
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Polesden Lane
Ripley
Surrey GU23 6JX
01483 223904 (clubhouse)

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