Welcome
Excellent race management, a great expanse of open water, superb catering team and a warm Grafham welcome make this simply the best way to officially launch your 2016 RS racng campaign with your fellow RS sailing friends!
The Racing:
Two day's of racing: 3 races per day, racing back to back, one discard after 4 races. Each fleet to have its own start.
Registration: Sat 0930 - 1100hrs in the Race Office (upstairs on the second floor above the changing rooms). The RS800 plank will be set up in the upstairs bar.
Briefing: Sat 1115hrs in the Downstairs Wet Bar.
Sat first race start: 1230hrs
Sun first race start: 1030hrs
Entry fee: RS800 £32 and RS Aero £28
Entry fee for GWSC members: RS800 £5 and RS Aero £3
You can enter online by selecting "enter online"in the menu to the left of this text. Please note that online entry will close at 0001hrs on Wed 16 March 16 by which time you must have paid your entry fee. Entry and payment after this time will need to be made at registration on Sat 19 March and will be subject to a late entry fee of £5.
GWSC members please enter online here so that your name appears on the entry list. You must then pay at registration where you will not be charged a late fee.
You must read and comply with the GWSC competitor information
here and the Check, Clean Dry information
here. By entering online you are agreeing to abide by these requirements. Please contact
me if you have any questions.
Please ensure that you read the full GWSC Event Notice
here and Event Appendix A
here.
Please note that in accordance with RS Class Association Rules in order to be eligible to race at this event you need to have one member of the RS Class Association or RS Aero UK Class Association in your RS boat.
RS800 one event membership costs £10 and can be added to your online entry. If you upgrade to full membership within this calendar year your one event membership £10 will be taken off the £39 full membership fee. You will need to print off the one event membership form found in the menu to your left and bring it completed and signed to the event registration. You can take out full membership by going to the title in the menu to the left of this text.
If an under 18 year old is going to be racing then an under 18 consent form must be completed and handed in at registration. Click on the title in the menu to your left.
Remember if you attended the Gul Inlands at GWSC last October at which there was no racing you are entitled to £5 off your next GWSC event. A list of those eligible will be held at registration (I know some of you have already used the discount at the Grafham Grand Prix).
The Shoreside Stuff:
After a good day's racing settle down for to dine with your RS friends and then natter in the bar and watch the final Six Nations rugby match France v England on the big screen.
The event Saturday evening meal will be served at 1730hrs in the upstairs bar. The cost for 2 courses is £10 for an adult and £7.50 for a child. You can buy your meal ticket at registration Sat 0930 - 1100hrs. Please contact me if you have any specific dietary requirements.
Main course:
lasagne with salad and garlic bread
OR chicken and mushroom pie with seasonal veg and mashed potato
OR vegetarian chilli and rice
Pudding:
apple pie and custard
OR chocolate death wish
The GWSC catering team in the Downstairs Wet Bar will be ready to offer you bacon butties, sandwiches, cakes, hot and cold drinks throughout the weekend from your arrival early Sat morning until your departure Sun afternoon.
The bar upstairs will be open Sat evening and for the prize giving Sun afternoon.
Please select the club information title from the menu to your left for directions and information on accommodation. You can camp or stay in your van or campervan at GWSC. The cost is £10 per tent or car (being used as a tin tent) and £15 per campervan or van. You must pre-book at the GWSC office and buy your permit in order for the club to meet its planning permission rules. Contact the GWSC office at:
[email protected] or telephone 0845 6442548. The Council has been doing spot checks recently so please do not jeopardise GWSC's ability to offer this facility!
I look forward to seeing you at Grafham!
Cheers
Clare
