Midland Optimist Team News
Barnt Green M.O.T Traveller 29th
March
The next event will be at Barnt Green with
coaching in the morning and racing in the afternoon
Commitee Vacancies
The Midland
Optimist Team is run with the help of parents, at present we are seeking
someone to fulfil the role of secretary and to take over from Sue Stogall as
child protection officer.Please contact Paul
Thomas if you are able to assist in either role.
Steve
Nicholson Trophy 26th January 2008
Eight Midlands Optimists made
up the127 entries for the 2008 Steve
Nicholson Memorial Trophy held at Northampton Sailing Club with all proceeds
going to Asthma
Race Results http://www.northamptonsailingclub.org/ Photos http://www.fotoboat.com
January
12th
Winter Training Success in the
Midland Optimist Team
volunteers are delighted with the success of their winter open training
events. Thirty one sailors turned out
for the latest event held at Staunton Harold Sailing Club in January. This may not sound impressive in comparison
to the numbers enjoyed elsewhere particularly the larger clubs in the South,
but it is a significant number for MOT compared to recent years.
Chris Brown, MOT Training
Officer commented “It is brilliant that so many sailors have had such an
excellent days training and racing. I am
really grateful to the sailors and the coaches for making it happen. Of course the parents and the club volunteers
should be thanked for their part in this too.”
The lead coach, Chris
Witty, was particularly impressed by the progress that the sailors have made in
their starting during the training.
Chris noted, “With more than thirty boats on a deliberately short
start line it was possible to mimic the usual competition for space that the
sailors face in the bigger events. I am
really pleased that many of the sailors showed such good skills in boat
handling and getting good starts.”
There were coaches prizes
awarded to the sailors who had shown outstanding performance or attitude during
the training and there were also prizes for the top three sailors from the
afternoon’s three back to back races.
The coaches prizes went to Connie Hicklin, Mark Powell, Martha Rhodes
and Matt Rhodes.
It was definitely a day for
more of the girls to take the lead in the races as Sarah Alton was the overall
event winner with two race wins out of three giving her 2 points after discard,
closely followed by Ella Stoggall with a 2nd and 3rd
places to count and then Ben Haynes with a 5th and a race win.
Sarah commented “I
have had a great day. The coaching
session this morning really set me up for some good racing this afternoon and
it was fantastic fun.”
The weather was also a key
factor in the success of the day as despite the torrential rains and squally
winds of the previous few days, the sun shone and a steady breeze gave near
perfect sailing conditions.
There is more information
about Midland Optimist Team and how to get involved as well as the calendar of
forthcoming events on the website which can be found at www.midland-oppies.co.uk
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Midland Optimist Team website.