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.

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.

As the Christmas Ball is on Friday we thought we had better let you know the final details….

The fun starts at
6pm at NAVY BAR with a Mount Gay reception
- drinks deals and Happy Hour game
- 36-38 Mosley Street, Opposite the Attic Nightclub

map here:
http://www.multimap.com/maps/?hloc=GB|NE1 1DF#t=l&map=54.97046,-1.61106|17|4&loc=GB:54.97046:-1.61106:15|NE1 1DF|NE1 1DF

7pm onwards (be there by 7.30) at the Assembly Rooms.

When assembly rooms closes we have free entry to BOX Nightclub (tickets will be given out at the Assembly Rooms)

Get in touch if you have any problems or want any more details etc.

See you then

Norris and Phillips

07786415169 or 07841634828
xxxxx

Tickets are running out so the last day to buy tickets for the ball is tomorrow (friday)

12-2 in the Mens Bar as usual

don’t miss out - get in touch if you can’t make it

xxx

The Christmas Ball is on Friday 30 November at Assembly Rooms.

The plan is:

Navy Bar as a pre bar from 6pm - 7pm
Assembly rooms 7pm for drink, food, drink, dancing, drink
free entry and cheap drinks in BOX when Assembly rooms closes

Tickets are £32 for students and £45 for non-students.

There are limited amounts of tickets so it will be first come first served. We will be selling the tickets this Friday (16th) from 12 - 2 in the Mens Bar so bring your cash/cheque to make sure you don’t miss out!

This Tuesday we’re having another big night in Newcastle, with a Pirates theme. We’ll be starting off in the Box around 8p.m., then moving on from there as the social secs see fit. Tickets are £1 and can be bought outside the union on Monday around lunch time. Bring friends along. The more money we make, the sooner we can get new boats!