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1st June 2008 Midland Skippers 1 Metre event.
This event was well attended and 18 races were held. After some close racing Peter Moore of Bournville came first with Gordon Sears of Market Bosworth a very close second and Don Charlesworth of Leicester third. Follow this link for all the results and this link for some pictures.

12th April 2008

Midland District Vane 36 Championship

10 boats turned out at Valley Park Bournville for this event. Racing started at 10.15 and it was decided by the Race officer, Paul Davis, to finish the racing by 3.30pm. The wind was quite strong for Bournville with most boats in 3rd suits. 9 of the competitors were from the host club with Lisa Reeves sailing on behalf of the Birkenhead club.The lunch break was taken at 1.00pm and during this time the heavens opened with a violent hail storm. Racing continued at 1.45 and half way through the first race the heavens opened again with yet another violent hail storm. This successfully killed the wind with most skippers then changing up to larger rigs.

The racing was declared complete at 3.30 with 8 out of 9 heats sailed. Chris Harris was declared the winner with 28 points. Pete Hopkins was 2nd with 25 points, Martin Dovey 3rd with 24 points and Lisa Reeves 4th with 22 points.

This was a superb turnout considering that the class was almost defunct in the nineties due to the popularity of the 1 Metre. Since it was adopted by the Americans in 2001 for use in the US/UK Challenge Regatta, which is held every 2 years, the class has gone from strength to strength and in particular in vane sailing.