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Monday, August 23rd, 2010
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 ...
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Tuesday, August 17th, 2010
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 ...
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Thursday, August 12th, 2010
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. ...
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Wednesday, August 11th, 2010
Amy and Kate, Owen and Max (an SLSC/South Muskoka Team) and Megan are all off sailing our club colours at the Ontario Summer Games in Sudbury - hosted by the Sudbury Yacht Club.
After a first day yesterday of light wind practice, followed by opening ceremonies and the parade of athletes from ...
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Thursday, July 29th, 2010
2010 Civic Long Weekend Regatta
July 31st 2010
Sturgeon Lake Sailing Club
The 2010 civic long weekend is upon us and with it comes the annual Sturgeon Lake Sailing Club regatta. The schedule of events goes as follows: Saturday July 31st is the main event, a large course will be set for 420's, ...
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Wednesday, July 14th, 2010
Ten SLSC racers, Owen, Mich, Keira, Emma, Megan, Thom, Jacob, Nick, John and Graham, headed off to the Big Sound Challenge in Parry Sound on Monday morning of the first day of Club, led by coach Evan Burtt and Elite Chaperone Leslie Thomas. The Big Sound Challenge combines two days of coaching ...
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Tuesday, April 13th, 2010
Ontario Sailing announced today that the 2010 Dinghy Provincial Championships will be held again this year in Kingston, Ontario in September as part of Fall CORK.
In order to qualify for the Provincial Championships, sailors must participate in a minimum of three of the five Ontario Sailing Qualifying regattas and pay a one ...
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Tuesday, April 13th, 2010
In a recent article published on Sail World, it was great to see two SLSC alumni, Claire DesBrisay and Elizabeth Barr, now sailing for the University of Ottawa sailing team. The sailing team is newly formed and attended its first regatta, North Spring Qualifier at Cornell University on Easter Weekend, in ...
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Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
The weather was cold - really cold - this past weekend at the Club 420 U.S. Midwinters held at the U.S. Sailing Center in Jansen Beach, Florida, but the competition was hot - really hot.
Sailing against stiff competition largely from the U.S. college ranks, Amy DesBrisay and Kate Thomas sailed hard in ...
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