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The Northants Police Sailing Section AGM was held in 'The Doghouse', C/Sq on Wednesday, 10th February, 2010.

The previous minutes having been read, the secretary reported the purchase of a Lark dinghy which is based at Northampton Sailing Club. The dinghy is available for use by Section members, also for racing and essentially to provide the facility for encouraging Force members to 'try sailing' and join the Sailing Section.

The Chairman Phil Osborne was unable to attend but sent a report on the Section's year, thanking members who supported the Rose Bowl series. Congratulations to Kevin Colman; the winner of the 2009 local series of regattas. The Chairman thanked Steve's work as Secretary, particularly for organising our Open regatta. Also Martyn & Dick who represented the Section at the PSUK Dinghy Nationals. Efforts to get a crew together to take part in the Met Offshore regatta were disappointing but the Chairman is happy to skipper a team for 2010 if there is sufficient interest.

The Chairman is also happy to organise some weekend or midweek trips for two yachts should there be enough interest.

If anyone can put together a crew of up to six people, sailors and/or non-sailors - 5 of which pay £120 each with 6th goes free..
Please get in touch with me if you are interested as most requirements can be catered for. We could also run more than one boat should numbers need it and a second skipper be found.
Please pass on to anyone you feel would find this of interest throughout the Force.

Phil Osborne

The Secretary/Treasure reported that due to the purchase of the Lark being well within the cost budget, we are in a healthy financial state which also leaves the Section members in a position to consider more support of Police Opens and the PSUK National events.

The Racing Secretary reported that in the Local Series of races for the Northants Rose Bowl, 17 races out of a possible 24 were held over the season with the few races abandoned, usually due to bad weather. For the second year just 5 Force members took an active part in the competition throughout the season and they all sailed Lasers which not only made for simple result calculations but more importantly, some excellent racing on level terms. Congratulations to this year’s winner, Kevin Colman. The report included list of known police sailing events for 2010.

Election of Officers: The only change is Martyn Dearsley replaces Roger Badcock as Bosun.

The 2010 Local Series of regattas has been arranged for the following dates: 16/4, 7/5, 20/5, 17/6, 1/7, 22/7, 2/9, 23/9.
Due to the exigencies of the Service during this year -some of these dates are on a Friday afternoon instead of the usual Thursdays..

Police v. Fire regatta: Dick Sivers will pursue this matter to ascertain the interest from affected parties.

Offshore regattas: In the absence of the Chairman, no strong interest was indicated at this time by members present.

Northants Police Open Regatta, 2010: Steve Middleditch will be the organiser for this event. It is hoped to encourage more support from other Forces than was apparent last year.

At the AGM Kevin Colman receives the Northants Rose Bowl from Steve Middleditch.

The date of the next AGM has not yet been decided but will probably be in January, 2011.