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THE BLOODY MARY
Queen Mary Sailing Club, West London
Saturday 9th January
Selden SailJuice Winter Series
*CANCELLED*
Bloody Mary has been cancelled and will not take place on its scheduled date which had been for 9 January 2021. Club commodore Richard Steele commented: “After all the hard work that the team has done over the summer to open the club for members sailing, it is a great shame that we cannot extent an invitation to the many competitors who want to sail the Bloody Mary to join us here in January.
“However with the very limited space we have on land and when launching, we do not believe we could maintain a safe environment for competitors, volunteers and staff alike. This decision has also been taken in the light of the worsening coronavirus situation in the country, the impending lockdown and potential future restrictions.”
Principal Race Officer Andrew Craig said: “November is the time that our detailed planning for the Bloody Mary starts. We needed to decide now if we could and would go ahead. It is a big task for our club involving 60 volunteers and 40 staff to run the race on land and on water. We needed to let our great band of helpers know what was happening, as well as competitors. We are very sorry not to be able to hold the 2021 race but are sure that there will be no less a turn out in 2022 as a result.”
BLOODY MARY CANCELLED BUT REMOTE PLANS IN PLAY
Queen Mary Sailing Club has made the reluctant decision to cancel the Bloody Mary that was due to take place on 9 January 2021. It’s only the second time in its long history that this Pursuit Race classic has had to be called off, but there will be a remote race in its place.
Co-organiser of the Winter Series, Simon Lovesey, has proposed an alternative format so that sailors can still enjoy competing against others around the country. “When we launched this winter's series last month we made a commitment to organise something on each of the dates whilst acknowledging that events may not happen in the usual manner. One of the options is to run a remote event, where people compete at their own clubs and we use GPS tracking data to merge results together.
“Over the summer we have successfully run over 100 races in this manner, including some class championship replacements. One of the key benefits of the format keeps people engaged with sailing and events. For the 9th January we hope to be able to offer a remote event as a substitute for the Bloody Mary, Covid guidelines at the time permitting.”
Queen Mary Sailing Club, West London
Saturday 9th January
Selden SailJuice Winter Series
*CANCELLED*
Bloody Mary has been cancelled and will not take place on its scheduled date which had been for 9 January 2021. Club commodore Richard Steele commented: “After all the hard work that the team has done over the summer to open the club for members sailing, it is a great shame that we cannot extent an invitation to the many competitors who want to sail the Bloody Mary to join us here in January.
“However with the very limited space we have on land and when launching, we do not believe we could maintain a safe environment for competitors, volunteers and staff alike. This decision has also been taken in the light of the worsening coronavirus situation in the country, the impending lockdown and potential future restrictions.”
Principal Race Officer Andrew Craig said: “November is the time that our detailed planning for the Bloody Mary starts. We needed to decide now if we could and would go ahead. It is a big task for our club involving 60 volunteers and 40 staff to run the race on land and on water. We needed to let our great band of helpers know what was happening, as well as competitors. We are very sorry not to be able to hold the 2021 race but are sure that there will be no less a turn out in 2022 as a result.”
BLOODY MARY CANCELLED BUT REMOTE PLANS IN PLAY
Queen Mary Sailing Club has made the reluctant decision to cancel the Bloody Mary that was due to take place on 9 January 2021. It’s only the second time in its long history that this Pursuit Race classic has had to be called off, but there will be a remote race in its place.
Co-organiser of the Winter Series, Simon Lovesey, has proposed an alternative format so that sailors can still enjoy competing against others around the country. “When we launched this winter's series last month we made a commitment to organise something on each of the dates whilst acknowledging that events may not happen in the usual manner. One of the options is to run a remote event, where people compete at their own clubs and we use GPS tracking data to merge results together.
“Over the summer we have successfully run over 100 races in this manner, including some class championship replacements. One of the key benefits of the format keeps people engaged with sailing and events. For the 9th January we hope to be able to offer a remote event as a substitute for the Bloody Mary, Covid guidelines at the time permitting.”
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08/11/2020 23:31:00
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