Three Rivers Race
Well done to James Dywer for an excellent performance in the historic Three Rivers Race.
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Shanghai & Nimrod Cup 2025
Llandegfedd Dragon Series 2025
Last Saturday, May 24th, Llandegfedd Sailing Club hosted the second part of the South Wales Dragon Series. The forecast showed that it would be a cloudy day with a building wind. With the conditions in mind, the Training fleet were given their own course and were supported by the RYA CW coach throughout the day. All fleets managed to complete 5 great races.
CBYC Sailors
Training Fleet
Eleanor Hughes - 1st overall
Martha Hughes - 6th overall
Xenia Hudson-Evans - 7th overall
Optimist Fleet
Elle Bourke - 3rd overall
Topper Silver Fleet
Emily Kinsella - 1st overall
Dafydd King - 2nd overall
Topper Gold Fleet
Rhys Doyle - 3rd overall
General Handicap Silver Fleet
George Davies - 3rd overall
Sam Bourke - 7th overall
General Handicap Gold Fleet
Dan Powell - 1st overall
Alexa Atkins - 2nd overall
Link to results: https://www.llandegfedd.org.uk/results/2025/llandegfedd-sailing-club-dragons-2025
HISC Optimist Open 2025
Magic Marine and Hayling Island hosted an Optimist Open Meeting on May 10/11th 2025. With over 100 Optimists over the 3 fleets, there was fantastic racing had by all.
CBYC Sailors
Gracie Allsopp - 12th overall
Roisin Epstein - 32nd overall
Jack Harding - 37th overall
Tomos Martin - 46th overall
Link to the results: https://www.hisc.co.uk/media/18609/hisc-optimist-open.html
Tata Steel Dragon Series 2025
Last Saturday, May 10th, over 26 sailors took part in the first event of the South Wales Dragon Series at Tata Steel Sailing Club. The Dragon Series is a regional set of events hosted by Welsh clubs in their regions, providing sailors opportunities to race outside of their home club. For the South Wales series the clubs involved are; Tata Steel, Llandegfedd, Mumbles and Cardiff Bay. These events are supported by RYA Cymru Wales with the provision of a qualified coach in attendance to help and encourage those taking part in their first sailing event. With fantastic weather and wind, a total of 4 races were completed during the day for all the fleets.
CBYC Sailors
Training Handicap Fleet
Annabel Costello - 3rd overall
Sofia Komianos - 5th overall
Junior Handicap Fleet
Max Attrill - 1st overall
Sienna Watts - 3rd overall
Griff Attrill - 4th overall
Martha Hughes - 6th overall
Xenia Hudson - 7th overall
Alekos Komianos - 8th overall
Dafydd King - 10th overall
General Handicap
Dan Powell - 1st overall
Link to results: https://tatasteelsailing.org.uk/?page=results&year=2025&target=6_Dragon_Series.htm
Eric Twiname Junior Championships 2025
Hosted at Rutland Sailing Club, Ruland on 3-5th May 2025.
The Eric Twiname Junior Championships is the largest Junior Championships of the year with over 280 boats competing in the various classes. Optimists, RS Teras, Toppers, RS Fevas and ILCA 4s took to the water to take part in the event which included some new and different racing formats, with Short races being around 10 minutes long, Long races around 25 minutes long and a Marathon race aiming to be around 1 hour.
CBYC Sailors
Optimist
Hugo Thomas – 5th overall
Xenia Hudson – 20th overall
Martha Hughes – 21st overall
Daisy Abney-Hastings – 33rd overall
Zelda Abney-Hastings – 39th overall
Topper
Max Attrill – 45th overall
Griff Attrill – 51st overall
Rhys Doyle – 57th overall
Zac Allsop – 72nd overall
ILCA 4
Alexa Atkins – 26th overall
Link to results – https://racingevents.rya.org.uk/en/default/races/race-resultsall/text/RYAEricTwinameJuniorChampionships-en/menuaction/race-inscriptions
RYA Youth Nationals 2025
Hosted at Plas Heli, Pwllheli, the home of the Welsh National Sailing Academy on the week of 12 - 18th April 2025.
The RYA Youth Nationals is the UK's premier Youth sailing event, boasting a wide range of British Youth Sailing recognised classes; ILCA 6 & 7, 420, 29er, Nacra 15 and now even foiling classes. The results are used to select the British Youth Sailing Team, who will represent Great Britain at international regattas. This includes the Youth World Championships as well as the domestic youth squad for the year ahead.
CBYC Sailors
420 Class
Merle Nieuwland - 3rd overall and 1st overall female team
Laragh Epstein - 7th overall and 2nd mixed team overall
Ella Martin - 22nd overall
George Self - 22nd overall
Charlotte Self - 24th overall
Naimh Epstein - 26th overall
Molly Martin - 26th overall
29er Class
Dylan Creighton - 6th overall
ILCA 6 Male
Dan Powell - 7th overall
ILCA 6
Alexa Atkins - 12th overall
Link to results: https://youthnationals.rya.org.uk/en/default/races/race-resultsall
IOCA Selections 2025
Hosted at Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy, Portland on 2-5th May 2025.
The IOCA Selections sees the top Optimist Sailors in the UK compete over 4 days to gain their place on an IOCA Team, with limited places per team the racing of the highest quality. These teams attend large international events such as the World Championships, European Championships, Irish Nationals and many others.
CBYC Sailors
Gracie Allsopp - 11th overall and 2 girl overall, qualifing for the European Championships in Turkey.
Alice Atkin - 33rd overall
Roisin Epstein - 44th overall
Tomos Martin - 47th overall
Eleanor Hughes - 60th overall
Ayla Griffiths - 68th overall
Jack Harding - 69th overall
Sam Bourke - 76th overall
Link to results: https://iocauk.ourclubadmin.com/docs/269/Selections_2025_Provisional_After_12_Races_v2.html
CoM Minutes - Tuesday, 22nd April 2025
Summary
Correspondence
Future AGM voting mechanism to be reviewed.
ICC Assessment out to Training School.
Acknowledged that temporary disabled toilets could not be sourced during club refurbishment.
Hawk 20 now is use.
Actions carried forward
John Croft-Davies has become Vice President and Idris Dibble has become President.
No questions have been received in writing ahead of the AGM.
Commodore’s Review
The overflow car park is now back in use, and operational issues with the main gate are being addressed.
Operations Report
The Bay is not designated as a ‘bathing area’, however, CBYC activities are not classed as ‘immersion sports.
YTD loss is £69k.
Building Project cost to date is £763k (net of VAT).
The Clubhouse bar & restaurant is on schedule to re-open on 26th April, with the toilets and changing rooms to completed in the following weeks.
No sign of boundary swap to take place in the immediate future.
Budget of £20k approved to replace RIB 5. Honda have submitted a replacement cost price of £22,650 (inclusive of VAT).
Activities
Angling Section donated £205 to Velindre CCC.
A schedule of live music has been compiled throughout the year.
Training Secretary
Safeguarding Officers identified as Matt Sayer and Claire Allen.
Membership Secretary
All new prospective club members have been approved.
New Members Procedure flow chart presented.
AOB
Noted that some boats in the Marina are looking unsightly, and not enhancing the reputation of the club. To be reviewed in the next meeting.
Date of next meeting scheduled for 19th May 2025 at 18:30.