The RYA North Zone Championships

Information sheet for visitors & competitors - pdf

Notts County have been invited to hold this prestigeous event this year by the RYA. The event will take pace on Saturday and Sunday 29th and 30th September. The zone championships provides a Junior area championship for windsurfers , Toppers , Optimists and 405's. We have , of course , accepted the invitation.

Holding the event has many benefits to us:
There is a significant financial benefit to the club
It gives our junior members experience of participating in a large event
It gives club members the opportunity to take part in the organisation of a significant championship.
The kudos and recognition that we are a major East Midlands Club

The event takes place over two days , with 3 races scheduled for the Saturday and 2 races for the Sunday.

As this is very close to the end of the season, so there will be very limited cruising opportunities and we only accepted the event provided we could run Sunday racing. At first we were thinking of mixing the racing, but realised this was impractical so the times of the first warning signal are amended as follows:
First Class Race Not Before 12:30
Second Class Race Back to Back after the first Race
Wadsworth As soon as practical after Second Class race - time to be posted on the day not less than 20 minutes before the start.

In this way both Junior races will take place before club sailing begins , club members will be able to help with the Junior event and still participate in the Class Races.

The Notice of Race can be found on the RYA Racing Events website : details on entry and Notices of Race etc . Competitors in the Optimist shall be under 16, on 31 December 2007; and in all other classes shall be under 17, on 31 December 2007.

All competitors , both from Notts County and other clubs must enter the event on line at this site. We would like as many as possible of our junior members to take part in the event. In order to make it easier the club will refund 50% of the entry fee for every Junior who takes part. You will need to pay in full on line and then , after the event , we will issue a refund.

The club will also run a training day for Juniors on Saturday 15th September 2007. This day will be free of charge. On this day we will provide both basic race training and also give an insight into how the racing will be run at the zone championship. I hope that this will really encourage the juniors top take part and really not be intimidated by a big event such as this.

We are expecting around 100 juniors taking part, and we still need more volunteers to help , particularly rescue boat crews , onshore help and help behind the bar.

If you would like to help please speak to either myself , John Parr or Phil Kilburn.

On Sunday it will be crowded at lunch time, as a result please park carefully so as not to cause obstruction and take all bags out of the changing rooms to leave room for everyone (we will be asking the juniors to do the same).

Please do come down to spectate and there will be a social in the evening vbut this will need pre booking.

Safety boat crew (on a rota system)
Bar duties (on a rota system)
Helping evening BBQ etc
Helping Beachmaster and guide people Friday & Saturday
General help & tidy up before hand