2009 District 11 Series Results

Results are in from the 2009 District 11 Series.  Congratulations to Bob Tan (SSA) who won the Standard Rig and Josh Dragon (BCSC) who won the Radials.  Samuel Dobbs wins the road warrier trophy by attending all 6 events by sailing one rig or another.

For the standard rig we had 98 sailors take part in at least one of the 6 series events.  That’s a 15-boat increase over last year.  We had 8 sailors qualify for scoring (5 last year). Karen Long (SSA) was first woman.

1. Bob Tan (SSA) 70 points
2. Nicholas Place (CRYC) 64 points
3. RJ Bay (WRSC) 52 points
4. Samuel Dobbs (PRSA) 46 points
5. Quinn Tobin (SSA) 42 points
6. Roger LInk (WRSC) 31 points
7. Jerry Smith 25 points
8. David Sliom (SSA) 25 points

In the Radial fleet we had 34 sailors attend at least one event.  That’s over twice as many as we had the year prior (14).

1. Josh Dragon (BCSC) 14 points
2. Matthew Schofield (TAYC) 13 points

Congratulations to everyone who participated!  Good luck in 2010!

2009 District 11 Series Announced

The 2009 Laser District 11 Series events have been announced. The series will consist of 6 events at different clubs in District 11. They will be:

3/21-3/22 Capital City Regatta – Potomac River Sailing Association
7/25-7/26 Corsica River Yacht Club Annual Regatta
8/8-8/9 Annual Oxford Regatta – Tred Avon Yacht Club
8/15-8/16 Deep Creek Laser Invitational – Deep Creek YC
9/12-9/13 District 11 Championship – West River SC
9/20-9/21 Crab Claw Regatta – Severn Sailing Association

Any ICLA member who attends 3 or more events will be qualified to be scored in the series. Women, Radial & Junior sailors qualify by attending one event less than half of the events which had fleets for the respective groups. There will be awards for 1-3 overall, 1st Radial, 1st Junior, 1st Woman and the best finishing sailor who travels to the most events.

Scoring will be based on a high point scoring system where a point is awarded for each boat a sailor finishes ahead of.  Best 3 events count for scoring purposes.

2008 District Series Standings

The 2008 District Series concluded in October with 83 sailors taking part in at least one of the events.  Five sailors attended 3 or more events to qualify for the series.  Sailors attending more than 3 events kept their scores from their best 3 events.  Jon Deutsch (FBYC) attended 5 out of 6 of the events to win the series by two points over Brennen Drysdale (MRYC).  Greg Herbert (SSA) was another 4 points behind.  Dorian Haldeman (SSA) and Jerry Smith round out the other two qualifiers.

2008 District 11 Series Announced

The 2008 Laser District 11 Series events have been announced. The series will consist of 6 events at different clubs in District 11. They will be:

3/15-3/16 Capital City Regatta – Potomac River Sailing Association
6/7-6/8 Dave Irey Regatta – West River Sailing Club
6/21-6/22 Summer One Design Regatta – Rock Hall Yacht Club
8/16-8/17 District 11 Championship – Deep Creek Yacht Club
9/20-9/21 Crab Claw Regatta – Severn Sailing Association
10/4 Indian Summer Sail Against SIDS – Fishing Bay Yacht Club

Any ICLA member who attends 3 or more events will be qualified to be scored in the series. Women, Radial & Junior sailors qualify by attending one event less than half of the events which had fleets for the respective groups. There will be awards for 1-3 overall, 1st Radial, 1st Junior, 1st Woman and most traveled.

Scoring will be based on a high point scoring system where a point is awarded for each boat a sailor finishes ahead of.

2007 District Series Champion

Congratulations to our overall winner Jon Deutsch from Fishing Bay Yacht Club. Liz Hancock of Magothy River Sailing Association finished 2nd overall and Dorian Haldeman of Severn Sailing Association was 3rd. Liz was also awarded first woman and first master.

The series consisted of 6 events throughout the district with some being two-day and a few being single-day events. To be eligible for series trophies, sailors needed to attend 3 of the events and this was accomplished by 8 sailors. 106 sailors participated in at least one event. Quinn Tobin was the most traveled sailor attending more events in the series than any other sailor. Finishing 4-8 was Ellen Thomas, Quinn Tobin, Trevor Prior and Jerry Smith.

District Series Standings Update

Here is how the standings look in our District 11 series after 3 events out of 6. Currently no sailors have attended all 3 events, so all 52 sailors that have participated in the events have been listed.

	Sail Number	Name	Class Member	Capital City	Crystal Bowl	Rock Hall	FBYC Annual	Deep Creek	Crab Claw	Total Points (best of 3)
1	0	Keri Harris		19		19				38
2	159785	Jon Deutsch			16	18				34
3	188702	Roger Link			17	15				32
4	168474	Dorian Haldeman			15	10				25
5	167326	Liz Hancock			13	11				24
6	186524	Stephen Yelland		18		9				24
7	168410	Ellen Thomas			10	12				22
8	121384	Mike Schmidt			21					21
9	183826	Bob Tan				20				20
10	178862	Nick Von der Wense			20					20
11	173647	Kelsey Avril			19					19
12	170799	Nerbert			18					18
13	168566	Quinn Tobin			12	6				18
14	182827	Brennan Drysdale				17				17
15	184533	David Teale		17						17
16	187392	Faye Flam				16				16
17	156890	Michael Renda		16						16
18	110837	Adam Dolezal		15						15
19	166063	Jane Schmidt			14					14
20	168421	Jim Graham		14						14
21	161049	Robert Bennet				14				14
22	175881	James Jacob		13						13
23	178610	Jennifer Parrow		8		5				13
24	170732	Peter Gates				13				13
25	156647	Scott Snyder		12						12
26	148085	Andrew Watson			11					11
27	888	Paul Maher		11						11
28	177997	Trevor Prior			4	7				11
29	170817	Dave Dalbec		10						10
30	170644	Erich Hesse		9						9
31	166892	Fransen			9					9
32	187795	Bear			8					8
33	187874	James McKenna				8				8
34	145197	Rich Morris		7						7
35	185776	Smith			7					7
36	187795	Bob Bear		2		4				6
37	176220	Horan			6					6
38	187824	Tom Compton		6						6
39	36151	Chris Bolton		5						5
40	28194	Jacob Donkersloot			5					5
41	138818	Keith Barron		4						4
42	187795	Bruce Artman				3				3
43	58136	Dan Miller		3						3
44	102026	Karafiath			3					3
45	174978	Michael Mays				2				2
46	157851	Miller			2					2
47	178603	Alain Vincey				1				1
48	145205	Parkes			1					1
49	153366	Tom Pfeifer		1						1
50	133954	D. Prior			0					0
51	185776	Jerry Smith				0				0
52	181288	Matthew Jay		0						0

2007 District Series

The 2007 Laser District 11 Series is now set. The series will consist of 6 events of which sailors must attend 3 events to qualify to be in the running for series awards. In addition to the overall 1-3 and 1st master awards, there will be an award for 1st Radial, 1st Junior and 1st Woman.

Scoring will be based on a high point scoring system where a point is awarded for each boat a sailor finishes ahead of. Scoring will be by regatta only on sailors qualified for the series. Awards are open to any laser class members who qualify.

Each of these events have been tagged on the district event list:
Capital City Regatta (PRSA) 3/17-18
Crystal Bowl Regatta (WRSC) 5/26
Summer One Design Regatta (RHYC) 6/16-17
FBYC Annual Regatta (FBYC) 8/11-12
Deep Creek Laser Invitational 8/18-19
Crab Claw Regatta (SSA) 9/22-23

District 11 Circuit # 3/Rock Hall YC

June 17- 18 lasers made a great showing among several one design fleets,despite 2 competing regattas in Western Maryland and New Jersey.

Next series circuit stop- #4 West River Sailing Club, Labor Day weekend and #5 Fishing Bay YC, September 9-10 Several division trophies and recognition trophy awards. Help keep the series going and make D11 as great as Texas/D15. Talk it up and bring a laser friend along.

Capital City Regatta!

It’s the first in District 11 circuit series regattas-This weekend, Sat. and Sun.

Located on the Potomac River near the nation’s capital, PRSA folks have a great event planned for you.

Stay tuned to Laser racing news and updates about the circuit series; and the next regatta on the circuit is the always popular- Last Sunshine Open Regatta- Severn Sailing Association in April.