RYA Cymru Wales Impact Award!
We’d like to extend our heartfelt congratulations to Rob Ingram, who has received an RYA Cymru Wales Impact Award! Rob’s support at CBYC and with the Sea Cadets has been invaluable, and we’re thrilled to see his dedication recognised.
IOCA Early Summers
Last Weekend, June 14/15th, Brightlingsea Sailing Club hosted the IOCA Early Summer Championships. As a part of the Optimist class' rolling ranking system, the event draws lots of competitors keen on improving their standings in the national ranking. Over 3 fleets there was a total of 124 boats attending.
CBYC Sailors
Coached Regatta Fleet
Elle Bourke - 9th overall
Logan Allsopp - 10th overall
Link to results: https://iocauk.ourclubadmin.com/docs/276/Coached_Prov_R6.html
Regatta Fleet
Martha Hughes - 14th overall
Link to results: https://iocauk.ourclubadmin.com/docs/276/Regatta_V9Final.html
Main Fleet
Gracie Allsopp - 13th overall
Tomos Martin - 32nd overall
Roisin Epstein - 40th overall
Hugo Thomas - 44th overall
Sam Bourke - 59th overall
Eleanor Hughes - 73rd overall
Link to results: https://iocauk.ourclubadmin.com/docs/276/Main_Fleet_R7_Final.html
Road Closures
Cardiff Triathlon & Duathalon 2025
Sunday, 22nd June
Please be aware of the below road closures.
Between 05:15 and 10:30:
- International Drive to its junction with Olympian Drive
- Olympian Drive, Watkiss Way and left onto Dunleavy Drive from its junction with Watkiss Way to its junction with Dunleavy Drive Retail Park
Between 05:15 and 13:30
- East Tyndall Street from its junction with Schooner Way to its junction with Herbert Street and Lloyd George Avenue
- Lloyd George Avenue from its junction with Herbert Street to its junction with Bute Place – Access out of Lloyd George Avenue properties will be maintained by Road Closure Stewards on the day of the event.
- Bute Place from its junction with Lloyd George Avenue to its junction with Pierhead Street.
- James Street, Clarence Road, Avondale Road and Ferry Road to its junction with Clive Street.
Three Rivers Race
A well-deserved congratulations to James Dwyer and Kevin Rolfe, who finished in 27th position last weekend at the 64th Yachtmaster Insurance Three Rivers Race — winning their division! 🏆⛵
Out of 108 boats that started the race, 74 crossed the finish line. We’re absolutely chuffed for you both!
Find out more about the race Click Here!
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