UK24mR Association

: Updated: 15 May 2019

Frensham Pond Open Meeting

11th /12 th May

Frensham’s annual 2.4mR open meeting attracted another good entry this year with 19 boats over the 11th and 12th May. It was great to see visitors from as far as West Kirby and new entrants (Jazz and family) from Newhaven and Seaford. The class measurer Keith came from Tewksbury for some 5 yearly float tests. Even the lovely takeaway curry organized by Kate Hedley on the Saturday evening produced very little wind for the Sunday.

Queen Mary Open Meeting

April 27th/28th

The Queen Mary 2.4 Open brought a few surprises at the weekend. The first one was the water level which meant we could launch this year, but not until the Sunday due to storm Hannah.

Saturday we had winds in the mid 20's with gusts in the high 30's coming in from the SW . This meant is was precarious rigging on land and would have been nigh on impossible to launch and rig on the water. Although it was very picturesque watching the white horses racing across the 707 acres of water the race officer had a meeting with the sailors at 11.00 (am) and it was agreed we would not join the horses. This left us to fill some time before the curry. Some had homes to go to, some had other plans and some of us used the unexpected extra time to make ourselves look amazing for the evening. The curry was lovely, service was faultless and the company was great.

Tewkesbury Town Regatta

We had great fun at Tewkesbury, although the Albacores were a bit troublesome ! The socials were fun and the sailing very different. An open event to be attended again next year. The fancy dress prize wen to "The lady on the loo"...... a Tewkesbury local - congratulations, a great outfit .

: Updated: 03 November 2018

Antwerp City Cup 2018

It was a great season finale. Varying winds, gave all a chance to shine. The GBR sailors turned in very good overall results. We sailed the event in memory and celebration of Eric, who we will all miss greatly.

1st Megan Pascoe

4th Steve Bullmore

6th Nev Millard

7th Kate Hedley

15th Keith Gordon

For full result click here

For pictures from Rob click here

: Updated: 24 January 2019

Dutch Nationals 2018

Congratulations to Meg on her win in Amsterdam. We had some lovely Sailing and I might of even had a win... if only I’ d read the race instructions properly... The social side was fun too. A group of us ventured into the restaurant area of downtown Amsterdam and had a lovely meal out. We explored the delights of Amsterdam public transport... for wheels users the Metro wins over the tram.. Thanks to Dirk and the whole team at VW De Kroenen for putting on a great event and keeping fed and watered (although there was considerable beer and wine too).