Fleet Captain: Philip Benn M 70153

MIRROR ARMADA TRAINING 2008 (SESSION 2)

On Saturday 10 May Adam McGovern, one of the Mirror Class Association’s top coaches, will be at Ripon SC to run the second of our Armada training sessions.  Adam will share his top tips with participants and provide on and off the water coaching.  The session will start at 10.30am (rigged and ready to sail please) and end by 3.30pm.  The galley will be open throughout the day and light lunches will be available, as well as the usual tea, coffee and cake.

Steve Benn is co-ordinating the Armada programme and can provide further information – to register for the session, or the rest of the Armada programme please get in touch with Steve.  The programme is free to Ripon SC members and £5 (for the series) to non members.    Because we need to ensure we have sufficient safety boat cover etc you need to register with Steve as a matter of urgency and by this Saturday (3 May) at the latest.  Steve Benn

Armada training is all about getting more Mirrors out sailing – please don’t worry if you havn’t done much sailing or are feeling rusty, we don’t mind whether you sail with 1, 2 or 3 sails, crewed or single handed – what counts is getting more red sails out on the water!    If your boat isn't yet ready for the water it's worth getting in touch with Steve as we expect to have a number of people who may be glad to have a crew.

2008 Training underway
Armada training got underway for the 2008 season on Saturday 12 April  with a day of boat rigging and tuning, and making the most of some superb sailing conditions in the afternoon.  The session included an introduction to Spinnaker handling and great fun was had as the younger attendees did races to raise and lower the spinnaker on the Mirror Class Association Armada boat.  The Fleck twins, Katherine and Nicola, showed considerable promise and demonstrated excellent teamwork.

Details of the 2008 seasons training at Ripon SC can be downloaded ...here

Mirror Armada Coaching 2007 . The 40th sailor has registered to join the Ripon Armada program.

Coach Richard Benson is spending the summer taking Mirror sailors through rigging, sailing and racing skills on the gentle Ripon Sailing Club waters as well as training up some of the regions better Mirror sailors into qualified sailing coaches.

With 40 sailors now signed up at Ripon the MCA is able to point to the merits of this Club based progam unlocking the large number of unused Mirrors in Club boat yards by giving these sailors something to focus on.

If you would like to consider running an Armada program at your club, or register with the Ripon program contact Steve Benn

Mirror Zone Squad Selection - A strong contingent for Winter 2007/2008 comprising Peter Sedgewick, Ewan Byers, Oliver White and Catherine, William & Eleanor Hide

18/01/07 Ripon sailors at the Mirror Worlds - Racing has now finished at the Mirror Worlds in Nelson Mandela Bay, South Africa. Final results, Lilly & Becky came a creditable 26th closely followed by Phillip and Luke at 36th and Angus & William Carlisle as the final RSC representatives at 57th. Well done to everyone taking part. Final results and pictures here..

Ripon Mirror News.

Four of our Mirror Sailors have gained a place in the elite National Squad.

Lilly, Becky, Olly and Phillip have all been competing in the qualifiers around the UK over the past few weeks.
Squad Training begins almost immediately with the first weekend in Weymouth at the beginning of October.

You can follow their progress and find out more about the Mirror here

Ripon Mirrors selected for Mirror Worlds

Mirror - 2006 Open Meeting Results

Mirror Nationals (Pool)
17th Lilley Carlisle & Becky Wallbank
35th Phillip Benn & Luke McGill

Mirror Europeans
23rd Lilley Carlisle & Becky Wallbank
45th Oli Townsend (crewing)
47th Philip Benn
79th Angus & William Carlisle

Mirror Rosebowl 2006
The Mirror Rosebowl was not competed this year due to lack or entrants as a lot of Mirror sailors were away. Judith hopped into a Topper instead as the Topper Trophy was being held on the same day and came a very creditable fifth.

Mirror Rosebowl 2005
Judith Hart has won the 2005 Mirror Rosebowl. Scoring three points she convincingly beat Angus Carlisle into second place who scored five.

Ripon Mirrors compete at the Mirror Nationals
hosted by Poole Yacht club this bank holiday weekend.

Double handers Lilly and Becky along with Phillip and Oliver came 4th and 5th in their Silver Fleet (41st and 43rd overall) in a huge turnout of 91 Mirrors, the largest for several years. full report here