Arrow Trophy Report 13–14 October 2018 Jason Proctor (00–07) On Shore Skipper With gusts in excess of 40 knots
Social occasions are a big part of the society calendar, and the End of Season dinner at the Royal Thames Yacht Club was enjoyed by a select list of members and their partners at this excellent London venue. The last major sailing event for the year is the Arrow Trophy regatta. Sunsail F40 yachts are chartered by teams from 27 independent schools’ past pupils who battle it out in a series of fleet and match races for the Arrow Trophy and the Charterhouse Bowl. This annual event is organised on a rota of participating schools; this year was the third and final turn for Dulwich. Alastair Capon (73–80) and Professor Richard Sainsbury (63–72) have worked with race authorities the Royal Ocean Racing Club and recently the Royal London Yacht Club to produce a fine series of regattas. Dulwich has won silver each year, taking the Arrow Trophy in 2016, the Charterhouse Bowl in 2017 and, this year, third overall bagging the Winchester Target trophy. Plans are already in place for events in 2019 and we look forward to the society going from strength to strength. Thanks as ever to the ASS committee members, who dedicate their time and energy to make all this happen.
faced Wellington in a one-off match for third place, and a strong pre-start led to a comfortable win for Dulwich. It was fitting for the Dulwich boat to win silverware in the final year of the school’s three-year term running the regatta. Special thanks are due to Alastair Capon, Richard Sainsbury and Simon Brown for another very well- The Team Mark Richmond – Skipper/Helm Chris Savage – Tactics Anthony Lindley – Main Trim Jason Proctor – Trim/On Shore Skipper Bobby Proctor – Trim Ollie Light – Trim Harry Tinker – Trim Charlie Lowe – Navigator Tom Tidbury – Pit Matt Gorvett – Mid-Bow
forecast for the Saturday, there was some doubt as to whether any racing would take place on the opening day of the 25th Arrow Trophy regatta, the last of Dulwich’s three-year spell as organising school. After a delayed start, however, racing got underway on Saturday afternoon with reefed mains and without the use of spinnakers. A total of three races were run on the Saturday afternoon, all of which followed a similar course for the Dulwich team. The lively conditions were matched by the cavalier tactics of some competitors in the pre-start, the upshot being that Dulwich had to recover ground in every race. Through a combination of Mark Richmond’s (95–00) helming, tactical calls from Chris Savage (79–84), and error-free boat handling from the rest of the team, Dulwich finished a close day’s racing in fourth place and progressed to the match racing on Sunday. After an entertaining regatta dinner on the Saturday evening, clear heads were needed ahead of the boat-on- boat match racing. Torrential rain on the way to the race course did little to dampen Dulwich’s enthusiasm, which resulted in two wins out of three in the round-robin stages, including an excellent victory in the first race against Abingdon (who had posted three wins the day before). Unfortunately, Dulwich, Abingdon and Bradfield were all level with two wins and one loss in the round-robin stage, which meant that Dulwich was relegated to third place on countback to Saturday’s results. Dulwich then
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run regatta and for setting a high bar for the other schools to meet.
With our 35th year coinciding with the College’s 400th year celebrations we feel slightly junior (but only just), and although we might not be having gala jubilees, we will be remembering our Founding Fathers on and off the water. To kick off the year our guest of honour at the Alleyn Club Sports Dinner on 31 January 2019 was Mark Richmond, who has helmed the Arrow Trophy team to three outright wins and when not winning the Arrow has ensured we have secured a top four finish.
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