The Mawson Lakes Model Yacht Club RC Laser club championship has been sailed over 8 rounds during winter. Winners of rounds included Lindsay Sawyer, Tim Arland, Steven Cibich, Phil Clerke and Adrian Heard. The overall place-getters were 1st Tim Arland 2nd Adrian Heard and 3rd Garry Polomka. There were 14 sailors competing in the championship.
Tim Arland is a new RC Laser sailor this year who has a strong local record in IOM and A Class model yachts. He has adapted to sailing RC Lasers very quickly. He was a clear winner of the championship winning 3 of the 8 rounds.
We are currently sailing our Twilight Series at Port River Sailing Club. This series is held on Thursday nights and the venue is well known to the 32 Laser sailors who made their way there for the SA State Titles earlier this year. This is always a really fun series and this year some sailors have shown strong performances. In round 3, Garry Polomka had a great night and in round 4, Kym Stringer really showed the field how to sail. Overall, there are 12 rounds to this series and there is always a great meal put on by Port River after the sailing.
Dates set for SA State Titles 2022
The 2022 SA States will be held at Wallaroo Sailing Club on April 2nd and 3rd.
Please put this date in your diaries!
Wallaroo is a comfortable 2 hours drive north of Adelaide and the marina there offers an excellent location for sailing. The SA Masters Games were held at this venue in 2021 and Gary Hein from Portland ventured north for the event and he really enjoyed the venue. Accomodation is available at two caravan parks in Wallaroo, but nearby Kadina and Moonta have good accommodation options as well. The Copper Coast – as the three towns are called – has a combined population of 15,000, so the facilities in the area are excellent.
Peter Elverd, who is the commodore of Wallaroo Sailing Club is an RC Laser sailor and the club has a growing RCL fleet.
We wish all RC Laser sailors a happy Christmas and we hope to see many people from interstate at our State Championships in April 2022.
Adrian Heard