Teifi Boating Club

The promised weather was heavy rain all day but the sailors of the TBC were very lucky that there was no rain and we even saw some sunshine, the wind was constant and at the right strenght so a excellent afternoon’s sailing was had by all.

Dinghies raced in the head of the river and dispite the usual Teifi tidal problems and sandbanks  Four races were held over three slightly different courses, allowing both the Slow Handicap and Fast Handicap fleets to sail together, giving all classes of dinghies a good crack at the results and being able to discard their poorest result, with three races to count.

Dinghy Results 

Slow handicap – Dinghy Challenge Cup.

1st     Hanna Campbell used her experience to in her Topper to romp home first in all four races 

2nd   William Thomas also sailing a Topper in his first year sailing in the Regional Training Squad

3rd    Annie Thomas in her Laser Radial a worthy effort considering she had spent little time on the water preparing  for her ‘A’ levels

Fast Handicap – Nick Newlands Trophy

1st    Wyn Jones  sailing a Laser full rig

2nd  Eilish Thomas and Dan Rowlands sailing in the first competitive outing for Dan’s recently acquired 420 dinghy

3rd  Aled and Mathew Parsons in their new Laser Vango

Cardigan Windows Ladies Cup

1st  Hanna Campbell    with  Annie Thomas 2nd

Captain James Memorial Cup for under 14years

William Thomas

Most Improved Young sailor (under 18yrs) over the preceeding year

Aled Parsons

Results for Cruisers and Dayboats who raced in the bay – single race ’round the buoys’

Captain James Perpetual Trophy for Cruisers

1st     Alun Jones in Cariad  – well done the Vice Commodore

2nd   Harry Ashurst in Islay – all the President’s men

3rd    Liz Howell in Eufo – visitors from Tresaith, thank you for coming

Dayboats – Drascombes

1st    John Leigh in Spindrift

2nd  Tony Brown – visiting supporter of the TBC

On Saturday 11th July TBC hosted one of the WYA West Wales Youth Club Racing  events

The forecast heavy rain did not arrive till well after the event was over, so in medium winds and even some sunshine young sailors from the TBC and other parts of West Wales enjoyed close racing in the channel between the narrows and the bar below the Cliff Hotel.

Four races were held with sailors in Optimists, Toppers and a mixed fleet of Lasers and a Byte. Conditions were ideal for dinghy racing  even though the last race did offer significant tidal problems getting to the windward mark and exciting conditions in the surf over the sand bar.

One race was allowed as a discard so the best three results for each sailor counted for the final scores.

Optimist Class – Harry Upton recorded three wins out of the four races and was the winner in his class with his brother Harvey following two visiting sailors home to take forth place.  Tom Renny and William Dauncey in the their very first race and sailing outside the safety of the head of the river for the very first time, competed two races but the tide and time got the better of them both and that sat out the last two races.  Happy with their venture into racing – they’ll be back.

Topper Class -  Hanna Campbell was on top form taking  four straight wins and the overal honours. Fellow TBC sailor Daniel Rowlands came third enjoying perhaps more time than neccessary in the surf.

Laser and Open Class – Visiting Ben Dancer (Laser)was in unbeatable form and led Wyn Jones (Laser) second and Aled Parsons (Byte) third in the Handicap fleet.

An excellent days sailing was had by all and thanks must also go to The Tresaith Mariners and  the Cardigan Divers who supplied and crewed Safety Boats to make the event possible and the Mums in the kitchen who provided breakfast before racing and lunch after.

A great day for the Rowers and a great for the TBC

Rowers travelled from all over Wales to compete in the ‘Round the Island’ Regatta and the club was full to bursting with competitors and their supporters.  The weather was just right being not to hot and the sea conditions were just  perfect.

Four races – Ladies – Men’s – Youth and Mixed crews, saw the final race with 15 starters spread just off Poppet Beach.  great viewing from the cliff top and the spit with the finish line set across the narrows.

A really good atmosphere, with excellent food from an all day BBQ and catering from the kitchen made the day into a rewarding triumph for all those who had worked so hard preparing for the event and a reward would be a repeat event next year.

Well done everyone – see you all next year!

Last Sunday several of the Youth Squad travelled to Neyland Yacht Club for the forth in the West Wales Club Youth Dinghy Racing series

Hanna Campbell was unable to make the event to attempt to continue her winning series but The Topper fleet was still led home by a TBC sailor – Eilish Thomas took time out from her Welsh National Squad duties to record a win and her brother William finished in a well deserved 4th

The Optimist fleet had the TBC Upton brothers Harry and Harvey competing – Harry just missed out on First after a results countback and younger brother Harvey finished 3rd.

Wyn Jones having finished his A Level exams sailed his Laser in the Handicap fleet – missed out on a placing but had an enjojable sail a great break from studies

Next weekend is the Welsh Schools Regatta at Tenby with several TBC youngsters competing and several other club members assisting in the actual regatta

Saturday, 11th July the TBC will be hosting the Youth CYRC (Club Youth Racing Circuit)

Racing will start mid morning with a planned 3 race series followed by lunch and prize presentation in the club.  If the conditions are right the racing with well worth watching, pop along if you can