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FRESHAM MYG CLUB AUTUMN FOOTY EVENT

9/20/2016

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 Tuesday 20th Sept

5 Frensham Footy Fanatics bought their boats to The Pond for the last scheduled Club Footy event of the year. A simple course was set at the Club House end of the pond with a start between the piers out to a turning mark and then down to two spreader marks opposite the club house. After the initial race with the light but steady breeze it was decide to shorten the course, the spreader marks were moved also the turning mark was moved to give more clearance between the Footy course and the big bully boat(s) course.

A further 3 races were run, Graham had not got into his stride as he only got one 1st place along with a 3rd and a 2nd . In these races Frank’s boat seemed to have an affinity for the reeds by the club house, so the Footy gang commandeered the Rib and kept it at their end of the bank. Also the course was changed to ignore the spreader mark nearest the club house making the course a simple sausage shape.
After a slow start, Steve, sailing his plywood Super Bug, started to get the best out of the boat and began to pick up a number of second places behind Graham who was now fully in command of the event. Jim still has work to do to get his sails into a competitive shape. Meanwhile Keith picked up a few 1st places and a steady number of 2nd ‘s but was constantly challenged by the rapidly improving Super Bug of Steve.
12 races were run giving two discards, the final placing and scores were;

Graham Whitehead 11, Keith Parrott 23, Steve Hill 24, Frank Wood 32, Jim Phillips 50.

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Frensham Pond Footy Experience

8/9/2016

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Tuesday 9th saw our 3rd Club Footy event of the year. It was a disappointing start with only 3 boats on the water in the morning. 4 races were sailed in C rigs, after the first two races the course was significantly shortened as it was proving almost impossible to round the windward marks due to the wind shifts and eddies coming from around the Club House. Keith Parrott’s Footy experience and well sorted ICE was had a definite advantage over the boats of Steve Hill and Frank Wood.
After the lunch break 3 more Footy skippers came and joined in the fun, Now with Graham Whitehead on the water Keith was no longer dominant. Jim Phillips was sailing his newly completed ICE and Rory sailing an ex Roger Stollery ICE but with only a “Just in” rig and a D rig to choose from was either over or under powered and paid the price.
Due to the differences in experience and boat performance it was decided that handicaps should be applied so the final positions, after 8 races  were :- 1st Steve Hill, 2nd Frank Wood 3rd Keith Parrott, 4th Graham Whitehead, 5th Jim Phillips, 6th Rory. Steve Hill was presented with a set of 3 alcoholic miniatures and Frank a new set of Footy sails in the form of a pack of Tesco bin liners.
Thanks were expressed to Pat Cushing for acting as Race officer and keeping the scores.  
The next and last Club Footy event for this year will be on Tuesday 20th September.


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Videlo Globe Trophy - Frensham Pond MYG - 10th April 2016

4/14/2016

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Footy Foolery - Frensham Pond MYG - 4th April

4/13/2016

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I am pleased to say Tuesday 4th April was a very productive and enjoyable days sailing for all the MYG Members at the Pond.
 
The Club April Foolty Footy event Attracted 5 entries, I think there may have been a couple more, including myself but there was a lot going on  the day. The course was set with the help of Roger Stollery and was a bit unusual. The start/finish line was set between the piers at the west end of the bank giving a reach out to the first bouy where a port rounding took the boats to the windward mark which was up by the club house. The turbulent westerly wind round the club house made turning the mark quite a challenge before a run back to the first mark for a second lap. At the end of the second run the first bouy was rounded to starboard followed by a reach to the finish between the piers.
6 races were run giving one discard. Graham Whitehead continued with his overall good sailing form and won 4 races challenged by Roger who won the other 2. Steve Hill was using his own sails on a borrowed hull, (we’ve all done it left a key bit of kit on the bench). The surprise result goes to Jim Phillips sailing a borrowed Footy for the first time, placing 3rd overall, Whilst Frank Wood was having reliability problems only finishing 2 of the 6 races.
Can we encourage Jim to join up and play Footy with us? Does Steve need a copy of my aid memoire? Can Frank sort out his reliability problems in time for the Videlo on Sunday. How will Graham fair against the hot Footy skippers from the midlands. Come along on Sunday and give support and watch the fun.
 
The Footy the boat that has it all.
Here are the results of the Frensham April Foolty Footy event on 4th April 2016.
Place and score after 6 races and 1 discard.
Place      Name                       Boat                 score
1st    Graham Whitehead      ICE                     6
2nd   Roger Stollery               SUPER BUG       8
3rd    Jim Phillips                    ICE                     12
4th    Steve Hill                       ICE                     19
5th    Frank Wood                  ICE                     26
 
As you can see the results of Graham and my efforts in producing ICE hulls has almost made it a one design event, the up side is the Footy fleet at Frensham has doubled.

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Frensham Frozen Fingers

1/15/2016

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Report by Keith Parrott
Six Frensham Footy fanatics turned out to sail the first one class event of the year. A simple windward leeward course was set into the strong westerly wind for the fleet consisting of 4 x Ice, 1 plywood Super Bug and one Fat Boy Slim designs. The ability of the ICE boats to carry more sail than the other designs was immediately apparent in the first race when Graham Whitehead took a commanding lead followed by Peter Mitchell sailing Keith Parrott’s ICE. Unfortunately Charles Smith had a radio failure in this first race which meant he had to retire from the event. Race 2 saw Frank Wood achieve his best result with a second place with his Fat Boy. Steve Hill had selected the smallest rig to start the event and despite dealing well with the gusts was being out sailed by those with the bigger rigs. Andy Andrews sailing a Footy for the first time was finding these very responsive boats a bit of a handful compared to the 8 meter he usually sails.
In race 3, a pattern was starting to emerge with Graham leading followed by Peter, who was coming to terms with Footy sailing, then Frank or Steve followed by Andy.
In Race 5 Graham did not have it all his own way as he was beaten into second place by Peter who had been getting ever closer to Graham in each race. However Graham restored the situation by winning the last race.
It was hoped to sail at least 8 races but delays due to boat recoveries and radio faults limited the event to just 6 races. But the cobwebs were blown off the boats for the start of the year, everybody enjoyed themselves and said they are looking forward to the next event.
The final score and results after 1 discard are
1st  Place Graham Whitehead 5 points
2nd Place Peter Mitchell 9points
3rd Place Frank Wood 16 points
4th Place Steve Hill 17 points
5th Place Any Andrews 24 points
6th Place Charles Smith retired


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