289 October 2018 - Gryffe Advertizer

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Castle Semple Sailing Club
Cadet Regatta - 9 September
The cadets had a great morning out
on the water and had their first taste
of pursuit racing. They all seemed
to enjoy it and experienced all four
seasons during the morning. I believe
there were a couple of capsize
incidents but on the whole a lot of
smiley faces.
Congratulations to :
!st: Emily and Tony. (RS Feva)
2nd Rebecca and Sarah (RS Feva)
3rd Euan Hill (Pico)
The Cadets have been very active during the summer taking part in the
Scottish RYA trophy event at Loch Tummel and also the “Viking Hiking”
Series at Largs have entered the series at Helensburgh at the end of
September.
Ian Brown Cup. - 16 September
After the carnage of the previous Sunday when an unexpected front came
through we were hoping to for good day’s sailing, but the wind had other
ideas and there were some strong gusts coming down the loch meaning not
everyone had a good day...
Race 1 saw 8 starters including 2 cadets (Tony FitzGerald and Yuan Wong)
in the feva, another 2 (Emily Shearer and Callum Watson) on the Dart with
Mark, and Euan Hill was having his first taste of a Vago with Tom. I have to
say that they fared somewhat better than Jon and I in his Vago....3 capsizes
in the fi rst race, but we weren’t the only ones the MV2 was over once, and
I think the Club Vision was over a couple of times with Heather performing
a spectacular summersault out the back of the boat!
Race 2 saw Heather again adrift from her boat. Peter Collings who had
been doing very well in the RS200, suffered an unfortunate wind shift at
a crucial time and his boat was in a collision with the MV2 damaging the
RS200 so that was them out.
The wind did ease off a bit after lunch but we were now down to five boats.
Arthur Logan had been out in the safety boat in the morning waiting the
arrival of his trusty crew, Iain. Once out on the water Arthur, in a GP14
wasn’t going to be beaten by any old Vago or Vision. There were some
close encounters in each of the 3 afternoon races, the final results were:
1st place - i Angus Winchester - Vortex
2nd place - Arthur Logan and Iain Hardy - GP14
3rd place- Brian Young and Alan Falconer (RS Vision)
Best enterainment: Heather Evans.
Gleddoch Ladies
Invitation Day
The recent winners of our Invitation Day were
Gleddoch member Sheena Wallace and her
partner Sophie Love from Skelmorlie Golf
Club. 19 ladies enjoyed playing golf, followed
by afternoon tea.
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Strathgryffe Hosts Club Finals
Day
.Strathgryffe Tennis, Squash and Fitness
Club recently staged it’s annual club
championships finals day and there was
some excellent tennis played as spectators
basked in some late afternoon sun
In the Gents Singles competition, Lee
Wishart prevailed against brother Robbie
in a tightly fought match, 6-4, 6-3. Robbie
however was not to be deterred by the
defeat to his brother, winning a high quality
Gents Doubles match with partner Gary
White against Scott Docherty and Gordon
Bell 6-2, 2-6, 6-2. Robbie followed this up
by winning the Mixed Doubles with Sophie
Dunlop, beating Gordon and daughter
Rachael Bell, 6-2, 6-2. The Ladies doubles
saw Sophie partnering Joanne Thompson to
beat Caroline Eadie and Rebecca Cox 6-2,
6-3.
The championships were well supported with nearly 200 entrants from the
club across all of the senior and junior competitions.
In the junior competitions, there were some very closely fought fi nals. The
winners of the matches played were as follows:
Boys 8 & Under, Boys 9 & Under- Luke Kane
Boys 10 & Under- Struan Thompson
Boys 14 & Under- Sam Goulding
Girls 8 & Under- Jazmin Ward
Girls 9 & Under, Girls 10 & Under- Elisa Gibson
Girls 14 & Under, Girls 18 & Under- Carla Ward
The afternoon was rounded off with a fantastic barbeque for players and
spectators.
Strathgryffe Tennis, Squash and Fitness Club is always welcoming of new
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