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WOMEN’S TWILIGHTS
2016 / 2017
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raditionally called the Ladies Twilights,
we agreed to rename the series the
Women’s Twilights in our 22nd year.
It has taken a bit of getting used to but
the new name is here to stay. This season,
we were very proudly supported by Tina Ernfridsson,
an independent Arbonne consultant, who so generously
donated the weekly 1st prizes in each division. Tina has
very kindly offered to support the Series in 2017/18, for
which we are very grateful.
Consistent with last season, we had 13 boats regularly
competing every second Tuesday from October to March.
We had some great weather conditions throughout the
season, with only a couple of races marred by lack of
wind or rain. It was great to see so many regular skippers
and crews racing again, but even better that some new
entrants participated in the series, being:
• Nancy Ferguson racing with her crew on
Whisper 30;
• Heather Ritchie skippering Summersault;
• Jennie Fogarty heading up the team on Ruby;
• Milly Bennett at the helm of Easy Tiger III early in
the season; and
• Karen Bryant and crew facing the challenges on
The Best.
Well done to all of our new entrants. It is so great to
see more women taking to the helm in racing, and I hope
we’ll see you on the water again this coming season.
With the introduction of ORCc1 handicapping, we
ran two sets of results for the boats which were rated.
They were reasonably consistent with the PHS results.
Congratulations on the following results:
PHS:
DIVISION 1
1st Dark Star, skippered by Lyndall Bacon
2nd Summersault, skippered by Heather Ritchie
3rd Belicymo, skippered by Alex Murray
DIVISION 2
1st Pegasus, skippered by Mary Bickley
2nd Kalanoa II, skippered by Tammy Lindsay
3rd Haupia, skippered by Liz de Soyres
In both divisions, 2nd and 3rd places were determined
on a count back, so it was very close racing.
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ORCc I:
DIVISION 1
1st Summersault, skippered by Heather Ritchie
2nd Pretty Woman, skippered by Annie Taylor
DIVISION 2
1st Haupia, skippered by Liz de Soyres
2nd Venue, skippered by Sarah Tallis
3rd Ruby, skippered by Jennie Fogarty
A special thanks to our team of volunteer race officials:
David West, Debbie Holder, Ron Palmer, Trevor Hannah,
Rob McClelland, Bobbie Simpson, Jim Gordon and
Tina Ernfridsson. You managed our races extremely
professionally and without incident – we all really
appreciate the time and effort you devote to the series.
Thank you also to Iain Murray, Racing Director
for the America’s Cup 2017, and crew member of
Belicymo, who spoke to us after the last race about the
then upcoming America’s Cup series. It was a fascinatin g
presentation and thoroughly enjoyed by all in attendance.
Thank you very much to the following people for
making the series such a success – without you there
would be no Women’s Twilights:
• the Club’s Sailing Office, and in particular Katie
Pellew, for managing the series;