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Greg Tawaststjerna Fourth Overall in North American Masters

August 31, 2010 – 10:59 am
Greg Tawaststjerna, SLSC alumnus, sailed to a very impressive fourth overall and third place in the Masters category at the 2010 Laser Masters North American Championships sailed on the beautiful waters of the Catalina Channel outside the Los Angeles Breakwater at the Alomitas Yacht Club.  The 40 Standard and 20 Radial masters were treated to three days of sunshine and building seabreezes, providing a little something for everyone - 5-8 knots in the early races to a peak of almost 20 knots on Friday afternoon!  Go to the ABYC website to see the full results and find the link to photos. Greg learned to sail at SLSC and went on to represent Canada twice in the World Youth Championships before becoming a member of Canada's national sailing team.  He twice campained for Canada's Olympic team, once in the Flying Dutchman and once in the Finn, placing second in both classes at the Olympic qualifying regattas.  ...

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Jacob Triumphs in Sunday Aft Test

August 26, 2010 – 11:25 am
Jacob Webster came out victorious in the 2010 Sunday Afternoon Race Series.  Sailing with Graeme Shea,  Jacob had victories in 3 of the 5 races sailed on the last Sunday of racing - a Sunday that ended up largely as a winner take all day of racing (given the lack of wind on other Sundays of the Sunday Race Series.) Jacob will be awarded the mammoth Sunday Afternoon Race Trophy at prize giving on Friday evening, edging out Graeme, Adam and Owen for the big prize. This trophy has a great history, having been donated by Ger Steward in the early 1970s for the Laser Fleet race series sailed on Sundays beginning on the May 24th weekend and going through to the Thanksgiving weekend.  In early years, the series was dominated by David Barr, but as the years passed there are many different Sturgeon Lakers who have scrambled to find a suitable spot in ...

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Work Day this Saturday – 9:30 Start

August 23, 2010 – 6:24 pm
This Saturday, it is 'put the club to bed day'... A day of helping to put our club away so that it is in fine shape to open up again next June...We will have snacks and libations for all the worker bees...and many hands will make light work.

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Prize Giving and AGM this Friday

August 23, 2010 – 6:18 pm
Prize giving begins at 7 pm this Friday at the Church and the Club's AGM will follow immediately after prizegiving.  All are welcome.  Come celebrate the kids' accomplishments and a great year!

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Ontario Summer Games Postcript

August 23, 2010 – 3:59 pm
This email was received from Glenn Lethbridge, executive director of Ontario Sailing on the Ontario Summer Games - some nice comments on a group of sailors that included our gang: "Please accept my personal thanks to all the athletes, coaches, parents, volunteer drivers, club volunteers and the list goes on. The games went very well, and thanks to SYC for their efforts in supporting us over the week...  I believe this was the best group of sailors we have ever taken to the OSG. Your personal respect for each other, the coaches, the rules and the club was one of my own memories that will stay with me for years to come. If you go onto the games website you will find a section where there are a lot of pictures taken at the sailing venue. You are welcome to download and keep a copy. I would like to thank Ashley, Murray, Shaun, Ethan ...

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Head Instructor Newsletter – August 22nd

August 22, 2010 – 4:38 pm
As summer comes to a close, we must remember the good times had, and the good ones still to come......who am I kidding, the good times at school are nothing compared to the good times at club.  I would like to thank everyone in the community for all the support to the club this year and especially to the new instructors:  thank you for feeding us and making us feel like part of the community!  BUT, the summer is not over yet and we have a great last week planned of racing and fun in the sun. Here’s what’s going on: Prize Giving and AGM: Friday, August 27 @ 7p.m. Certificates! Awards! Paddles! Pictures! Must be that time of year again! The bittersweet annual event, Prize Giving, will take place this Friday evening at Sturgeon Point Union Church (on Irene Ave.).  Always a fun and nostalgic event, it’s a great way to cap ...

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Ontario Summer Games with a Silver Lining

August 17, 2010 – 5:03 pm
It was a fabulous showing from the SLSC sailors at this year's Ontario Summer Games held in Sudbury. All of our sailors had personal triumphs:  Amy and Kate scraped off their rust, won the last two races and came home with Silver Medals - the 4th straight Summer Games in which an SLSC boat has medalled (yes, to medal is a verb in Olympic speak).  Owen and Max (of South Muskoka origins) were 3rd going into the last day of sailing and ended up 5th in a fleet that was full of really good sailors.  In coming 5th, Owen came out ahead of the two boats that had beaten him at the Big Sound Challenge earlier this Summer, as well as besting a Development team member...a big accomplishment and proof that Owen can sail with the best of his contemporaries.   Megan came home with an 8th place overall, but earned a second ...

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Head Instructor Post- Week of August 16th

August 17, 2010 – 11:49 am
Summer version 2010 continues in full form this week at SLSC! We have a great week planned out and lots of updates to give ya! Here’s the news and this week’s sneak peek of the week! Kate and Amy and Owen and Megan Congratulations to Kate and Amy who finished 2nd this year at Summer Games, and to Owen and Max (from South Muskoka) who finished fifth.  Also a congratulations to Megan who finished 2nd in the Girls Laser Radial class. Pizza/Treasure Hunt Its a Rock star theme this week.  So bust out those guitars, and party like a rock star.  Dress up like Mick jagger.  Wednesday is still PIZZA DAY! (so don’t worry about packing a lunch – although a water bottle is strongly recommended). We would like to welcome back Leslie as our pizza lady again this week, and once again thank Brenda Devine and Carol Shea for organizing pizza week last week. Get excited! Movie ...

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Day 2 at the Summer Games

August 12, 2010 – 4:56 pm
Day 2 at the Summer Games was more of the light stuff, with a premium on finding wind, being patient with a little luck thrown in.  In the 420 fleet, it was a very good day for a crew from Royal Hamilton who vaulted  into first place with finishes of 1-1-2-3.  They are followed by our two representatives.  Amy and Kate sit second with finishes today of 3-4-3-1 and Owen and Max (who we are adopting) sit third with finishes of 5-3-1-5.  The fleet however is very bunched and the fight for gold, silver and bronze is very much dependant on the results of races tomorrow.  Any of the leaders could get knocked off their perches with a bad race or two, and given the quality of the racers and the unpredictability of the winds, anything could happen. As far as the Radials are concerned, this has been a great regatta for ...

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