Wilson Trophy 2019 Programme

Team Racing at West Kirby Sailing Club

70th WILSON TROPHY  –  OVERVIEW OF PROGRAMME 4 days of Racing  – 36 Teams – 216 Competitors  – 25 Umpires – 30 Fireflies Over 350 Races  – 000s of Breakfasts, Lunches and cups of Tea/Coffee Not to mention the vast quantities of Beer and Wine consumed   All provided by 100s of hard working WKSC Volunteers […]

WKSC President’s Race

Saturday 20th April – First start at 11.30 The Sailing Instructions may downloaded from here and are viewable below:

The Big Lash

UMSC, LUSC and WKSC welcomed on the 30th & 31st March, 24 teams of university, school and alumni sailors to the Big Lash.  Day 1 After a short delay due to lack of wind in the morning, racing got underway just before midday in sunny and light conditions. 72 races were completed (6 races per […]

Christie Cup – Wednesday 27th March.

Members of Liverpool, Leeds and Manchester University Sailing Clubs competed in the Christie Championships on Wednesday afternoon. The Christie is the second oldest inter-university competition, now in its 132nd year.  A good steady NW breeze greeted us on the marine lake, with the round robin between the first teams from each uni sailed first. The second […]

Zippy and the Whales – The adventures of Zippy Zero.

Z Hello all from Zippy the D-Zero. It’s been a while since my last report because the weather has not been playing fairly. It’s either been too windy, or nothing at all. After a dull few weeks whiling away the hours on shore, my Owner arrived to pack me up for a magical mystery tour, […]

Wilson Trophy Fund Raising Dinner and Grand Raffle.

Last Saturday evening a broad cross section of club members got together for a fun evening supporting the 70th Anniversary Wilson Trophy. A lively game of Heads’n Tails started the evening, which saw Pam Dodd win a big (and I mean BIG) teddy bear. A fantastic meal followed prepared by Judy & Neil Jackson and […]

RYA Ladies Nationals Team Racing Championships

Octavia Owen, Jenny Smallwood and Ruby Riggs crewed by Phoebe Warren, Lilly Carter and Freya Darnton respectively, came 4th out of a 17 strong entry. The event was won by a team from Oxford Sailing Club with Cambridge coming second.