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lIn road closures this week, Darlington Borough Council have announced the temporary road closure of South View in Heighington from its junction with Darlington Road westwards to the east side of its junction with Garthlands. An alternative route will be signposted. lDarlington Borough Council also announced the temporary order of a one-way system along Millbank in Heighington from a point 10 metres south of Hopelands junction northwards to the south side of its junction with The Orchard. lDurham County Council have announced the temporary footpath and footbridge closure for Boltsburn M...

After a long, long, wait of 19 months and following a few days of rigging and re rigging as we tried to remember how the boats went together (it took me 20 minutes to work out how my runners should be rigged!). A select band of nine Conwy Fife One Designs, all looking resplendent in shiny new paint work, came to the line for the first race of the 2021 season. In the light North Easterly and with the last traces of snow still visible on the tops, our Race Officer, Chris Gofton decided on an 'X' course of B8, Aber, B10. After much deliberation, the fleet decided to split into two, with five sta...

Salcombe Yacht Club brought the start forward on Saturday April 17th to allow sailors to be off the water in time to celebrate the life of HRH the Duke of Edinburgh in the afternoon. The earlier start did nothing to diminish the enthusiasm of the 33 sailors who took to the water in a Force 3 East North Easterly on an ebbing tide. Race Officer, David Greening, set the fleets on a course to the Yalton Mark in order to provide a tactical beat then to Blackstone, a Y mark of Port Waterhouse followed by Millbay to a shortened finish. In the handicap fleet the RS Elite of Martin and Cheryl Beck led...

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