UK24mR Association

: Updated: 17 July 2017

2017 WORLDS

Congratulations to all the British winners at the 2017 Worlds

Megan Pascoe - 1st Lady and 2nd Disabled

Jonathan Currel - 3rd Disabled

Steve Bullmore -3rd Silver Fleet

Adam Billany - Prize 17

Ten British boats made the journey to Sneekameer in the Netherlands and were joined by sailors from 20 countries with some as far field as Hong Kong and Australia to race in an international fleet of 84 boats. The event was run from the clubhouse situated on Kolmeersland Island.

The growth of the Ireland Fleet

This weekend of 29th/30th July saw a small band of enthusiastic 2.4mR sailors gather at Carrickfergus for a training camp. There were 5 boats in total, carrying, Gina,Kerry, Shane, Paddy and Gary, who had come together from various locations around Ireland. The weekend weather forecast left us a little uncertain of what would be achieved, but there was enough time between squalls to get some decent races and sailing practice in.

Tewkesbury

Five 2.4s headed to Tewkesbury in changeable conditions. Turning up on Friday in the pouring rain the river was actually wider than remembered. I was told that the river is 90ft wide. With four of us coming back from the worlds in Sneek there was lots of reminiscing to be done which we did quite a lot of on the Friday night.

Tidal Nationals

The Tidal Nationals 2017 were held on the 29/30th April and the 1st May sailed out of Fowey Gallants Sailing Club.

Fun in Fowey - ahoy!

Ten of us took our boats to Fowey,
That's Meg ,Keith and Iain,
Plus Kate ( that is I ),
With Steve and John Paul, plus Brooker to boot ,
With Nev , Andrew and Mike - what a hoot

Frensham Pond Open Meeting 3rd & 4th June

We had a wonderful weekend of racing. With a mixture of local boats and visitors, it made for a very competative and enjoyable event. It was very nice to see a few new and returning faces at the meeting.

For more pictures of the event click here

: Updated: 10 April 2017

Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary

That was the wind on day 1 at Queen Mary Sailing Club, as a gentle breeze oscillated around the reservoir.

Named after the queen consort to George V , the reservoir is a large area close to London for sailing , where the 2.4 fleet has planned to have an open meeting for the last couple of years, but were thwarted by the lack of water, but not this year.

Snow White in Antwerp

Snow White (aka Dorothy... or maybe this should be the Wizard of Oz... no stick with the plan Kate, don't make the same mistakes you do when sailing) took her seven dwarfs on an outing to Antwerp. Sleepy (aka Iain), Dopey ( Simon ), Sneezy ( Martin W-J ), Bashful ( Bruce P), Grumpy ( Steve) , Happy (Keith ) , took to the water

They were joined by the Evil Queen ( Megan), the Mirror ( Kate) , whilst the Huntsman ( Jean Stowe ) and Doc ( Martin Pascoe) stayed ashore with Snow White to keep her safe.

Rio 2016 2.4mR Paralympics

CONGRATULATIONS HELENA LUCAS - 2016 PARALYMPIC 2.4mR BRONZE MEDALLIST

The final placings for the Rio 2016 2.4mR Paralympics after a hard fought championships are:

Damien Seguin FRA
Matt Bugg AUS
Helena Lucas GBR

The final overall results here.

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