Newcastle University Sailing Club

George Yeoman and Ed Fitzgerald have just won the FISU Match Racing World Championships!Sailing as part of GBR1 along with 3 other sailors they only dropped 3 races the whole event! GOOD WORK BOYS!

http://www.ncl.ac.uk/sport/news/item/newcastle-students-selected-for-world-student-sailing-eventRead the recent press report of Ed and George

Hey guys, Its that time of year again, When you are choosing where to go to uni!  Newcastle is a great place for people who are interested in the social side of life.  The sailing club here is a great environment for everyone who is keen in racing, cruising or indeed just the social side.

If you are interested in RACING then this is a good place to be.  We are not known as a sailing uni but we are making waves.  We have had one team medal in each year and the path has shown we are only getting better.

 If you are interested in sailing for purely the enjoyment of sailing we have some great opportunities for you!  There is social sailing every Sunday and a yachting trip at the beginning of the year to give everyone a taster!

As for the SOCIALS, every Wednesday we meet at a pub/bar have some casual drinks before moving onto the nightclub where the sports teams meet.  There are also events throughout the year that are ALWAYS worthwhile!

Any questions don’t hesitate to email.  Contacts are on the contact page of this website!

Look forward to seeing you in September.

YACHTINGThe Easter started with the Yachting nationals in Port Solent.  This is sailed in equally matched sunfast 37s with about 40 uni teams taking part.This year started slowly for Team Newcastle with some top tens and a black flag leaving the team just out side the top ten.  However, with a good next few days with one day missed out due to too much wind and a first and second the team were right in contention.  Going round the last mark of the last race things were looking good and second place overall seemed all but in our hands.  However 10m from the finish a big gust caused a broach and this lead to the finish line being missed and 8 places being lost. This lead to Newcastle finishing 5th overall equalling last year.TEAM RACINGTeam racing was held in Chew Valley in Bristol.  After a competent start Newcastle made the gold league.  However, due to fickle conditions the leagues were not quite completed  Having not had the greatest of starts to the gold league this left Newcastle in a tricky position.  The team beat last years champions Oxford but this was not enough to help the team as the round was called off due to lack of wind.  The team showed potential all week and showed some good results against some good teams.MATCH RACINGThis year match racing was held in Cowes in Sonars.  After showing good boat speed in the first day and made it in to the gold fleet.  This then followed with a disappointing start where miss matched boats caused more than one team issues.  Team Newcastle missed out on the semi finals by one match win.  This then meant that we were in the petite finals.  By winning both of the matches the team finished in 5th place.  A disappointing end to the event

George Yeoman and Ed Fitzgerald have been selected to sail with GBR1 at the student worlds in Crete this summer.  George and Ed were both part of the bronze medal winning team at BUCS last year.  They are teaming up with gold medallist and their normal helm, top under 23 match racer, Andy Shaw from Southampton.  The rest of the team is made up of Ben Ainsworth from Southampton and Rachel Williamson from Portsmouth.

BUCS Championships Preview

Yachting:

Yachting this year is going to be held at Port Solent.  After finishing a very creditable 5^th last year, Newcastle will be looking to improve from here with a basically unchanged team!

Team Racing

Team racing finals is being held at Chew Valley in Bristol.  After qualifying directly from the northern qualifier the first team have been training hard and are looking forward to getting involved in the finals.  After qualifying for the gold fleet last year but missing out on the quarters, the first team will be looking to make the next step up into the knock out stages and a chance of adding to the gold medal from the fleet racing.

Match Racing

Last year match racing was the highlight of the season with the team finishing in 3^rd winning BUCS bronze medals.  This year we are looking for the win with the boats changing from j80s to sonars, and the venue from Queen Mary to Cowes.  And with two of the GBR1 Match Racing team for the FISU Student Worlds on the team chances are looking good for a northern team to disrupt the southern dominance.

This season has lead to a great chance of success in the up coming BUCS events.The first team of Ben Crompton, George Yeoman, Graham Rome, Ed Fitzgerald, Georgie Akin-Smith & Tom Altmann sucessfully qualified for BUCS team racing and had the perfect practice event at UKTRA in West Kirby where they finished 7th overall and 3rd Uni.

Jules and Cat and Ian will be in the Mens Bar (on the left in the Union) on Wednesday (8th) between 12 till 2pm, to book your place please come and find them with your cheque book / cash!

Hey Everyone,

We will be running the first largs yachting trip, this semester, on the 17th to the 19th October, please find attached the poster advertising the event and with details about the trip.

The cost of the trip is £65 per person, and that includes the cost of the bus and the yacht hire, If you are in need of kit such as waterproofs, these can be hired at an additional cost (please ask for further info),

We will be leaving on the bus to head for largs on the Friday afternoon after lectures, and returning on the Sunday evening, with the plan to sail to tarbert on Saturday morning and then return during Sunday.

There is a limit at only 40 places available for this trip, and its first come first serve, so get your name down ASAP to be sure for a place.

Please may I also remind anyone interested that to come on the trip they must be a signed up member of the sailing club before leaving on the Friday night.

Please feel free to join the facebook group NUSYC First Largs Yachting Trip 2008!

Cheers

Gerry Goodfellow
Yachting Coordinator

Its the start of a brand new year and since most of us have doubtlessly forgotten most of what we learnt last year we may as well forget those worries and go sailing. So, welcome to all the freshers this year and welcome back to all of those familiar faces from previous ones. We hope to see you about both on the water and in the toon! We’ve got a load of stuff planned for the first few weeks of term so get involved!

What’s on!

• Fresher’s Barbecue
• Three-Legged-Pubcrawl
• Team Racing Trials!
• Swim test

Fresher’s Barbecue:

During Fresher’s week the sailing club organises a barbecue at South Shield’s Sailing Club to let you scope out the place and meet some new friends. This is your chance to come and eat some free food on the Tynemouth and perhaps have a few beverages whilst learning a bit more about what it is we do and who we are as a club. Meet outside the union on Sat, 27 Sep, at 10:30

Three-Legged-Pubcrawl:

That most infamous of events - the Three-Legged-Pubcrawl - is back. Join us and a new friend as we tour the pubs, clubs and bars of Newcastle. You’ll just have to make sure your partner doesn’t pick and fights with an drunk local whilst you’re still attached! Wed, 1 Oct, 20:00 – Thu, 2 Oct, 00:00

Team Racing Trials:

If you’ve got a bit of competitive spirit in you come along to our team racing trials - where we pick Newcastle Uni’s finest to compete in our team racing squads. For all returning members the trials are Wed, 1st Oct, 12:00 – 17:00

For all new members the racing trials are Sat, 4 Oct, 10:00 – 16:30 or Wed, 8th Oct, 12:00 – 17:00 if you miss the first ones.

NB - If you plan to come to the trials please first contact the captain, Emma Norris by email; emma.norris { a t } ncl.ac.uk

Swim Test:

Union policy and our insurance requires each member of the club to be able to swim to a reasonable degree of proficiency. We don’t need to know if you’re the next Michael Phelps but it’d be nice to know you won’t sink to the bottom of the Tyne (and trust us - you really don’t want to know what is on the bottom of the Tyne). Wednesday the 1st Oct, 15.30 -17.00 at City Pool.

If you didn’t make it to the swim test take this form to any local pool and ask the lifeguard to evaluate you:

• SWIM TEST FORM!

The club elected a new committee at the AGM on Tuesday 24th. Click here to meet them.