Capsizes, Concussions & Curry
Edinburgh takes Leeds’ Halloween Howler 2017 from Warwick on points
20 teams from 9 universities open the sailing season, with Storm Brian, at the Leeds’ Halloween Howler 2017
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University Sustainability Challenge 2017-18
Invitation to University Sailing Clubs to participate issued
For its third year, Rebekka Thomas, Challenge Coordinator has written to all Commodores to invite their Clubs to join the Challenge from 1st October 2017 to 19th February 2018. See full report for details and links
Where will the 2018 Playoffs be?
Are you and your USC up for organising and hosting? If so, bid by 1 September 2017
Proposals to host Team Racing Championship Playoffs 2018 are invited from BUSA member clubs
London Castaways win Birmingham’s Old Joe 2017
Close competition and jazz at University of Birmingham’s end-of-year team racing event
The ‘Old Joe’ was hosted by the University of Birmingham Sailing Club over the weekend of the 10th/11th June at South Staffs Sailing Club. Now in its third year, the Old Joe has become a firm fixture in the team racing calendar, timed after exams and…
TR Finals 2018 – Bidding
Is your University Sailing Club up for hosting the BUCS Team Racing Finals 2018?
BUSA invites bids from Member Clubs to host the Finals of the 2017/2018 BUCS TR Finals. Full guidance and requirements for a Proposal are provided. Closing date 21 June, 2017.
Competition hots up on Day 2 at the University Yachting Champs
Top three re-align but hold. Edinburgh puts in a challenge. Swansea/Bangor celebrate a 2nd!
Durham (1,3, 4.5 today) pull ahead of Southampton Blue (‘messy at the end’), But Strathclyde Blue retains the lead (4,1). Suzy Peters’ Edinburgh Pink leapt up from 7th yesterday to 4th overnight, in spite of a BFD in the second race today, by winning…
Great start to BUCS Yachting Champs
Strathclyde, Southampton and Durham head the leaderboard on Day1
“I have never seen it this close”
Only three wins separate 4th from 24th at the end of Day 2 at the BUSA Finals
With Cambridge and Exeter staking claims to the top three slots overnight, what is quite remarkable is that all the teams from 4th down to 24th had only three race wins separating them.
Which is the Cambridge 1st team? - Black beat Blue! Leeds qualified direct to Finals and then managed two wins on Day 1!
All set for the TR Champs at West Kirby?
The crème of university team racers, 28 teams representing 21 universities make it to Finals
So, will Cambridge set a record by winning a fourth consecutive Championship? Will it be one of the other leaders from the Qualifiers - Exeter, Glasgow, Newcastle or Southampton – to take the Trophy? Or maybe, Loughborough, boosted by its win at the…
Annual General Meeting 2017
Agenda published. Commodores can register to vote
The BUSA AGM 2017 will be held (during the Yachting Championships) on Tuesday, 11 April, 2017 at Tiger Tiger, Gunwharf Quays, Portsmouth, commencing at 18.30.
BUSA is now inviting bids from Member Clubs to host the 2017 Fleet Racing Championships. Proposals should be emailed to the BUSA Secretary
Sustainability Challenge Awards
Cardiff, Kent, Portsmouth, Plymouth, Edinburgh and Bangor take Gold
At the Dinghy Show at Alexandra Palace today, Saturday 4 March 2017, the winners of the University Sailing Sustainability Challenge 2016-17 were announced. Bangor University Sailing Club received the £500 top prize from Peter Saxton, BUSA President…
Over the weekend of 25th and 26th February, the RYA & BUSA Ladies’ Team Racing Nationals 2017 took place at Spinnaker Sailing Club, hosted jointly by Spinnaker and by Wessex (Southampton University) Sailing Club. The event is open to women’s teams,…
The Nottingham Snakebite 2017 took place over the 25-26th of February, hosted by the University of Nottingham Sailing Club at Notts County SC. The winners were Cambridge University Men (their Ladies’ were busy at the Ladies’ Nationals), and the…