Sunshine Coast Radio Sailing Club
"The Best Onshore Sailing Experience"
Due to an issue with the ranking classification for this one day event we have decided to postpone it . SCRSC intend to reschedule it later in the season & will update DF65 skippers as soon as we know a date.
Apologies for any inconvenience but the matter was out of our control.
SCRSC are celebrating Australia Day with a free to enter fun regatta on Sunday 25th January – IOM, Laser, DF65 & DF95 skippers are all welcome. A variety of racing formats will start at 10am & conclude at 3pm. Lunch will be provided. Please RSVP to Tony on events@scrsc.org.au by Friday 16th January.
Wishing all our Club members- past, present & future a very merry Christmas & a safe, happy New Year.
May the wind shifts be in your favour throughout the coming season.
Hope to see you at our Season opening on Australia Day 26th January- details of which will follow in early January.
Two of our best DF skippers have just competed in the 2025 DF95 National Championships ( 29th Sept to 1st October ) in Adelaide – Nick Taylor & Niko Leluan came a very credible 3rd & 4th respectively which is an amazing result bearing in mind the number of very experienced & talented DF95 skippers in the 47 strong fleet. Well done Boys ! Next : they both race in the DF65 Nationals starting on Friday 3rd October
On Saturday 21st June SCRSC hosted the 2025 Qld State Championships on Lake Kawana.
SCRSC Local Niko Leluan is the new Laser 2025 Queensland State Champion !
15 entries in total , 6 from Paradise Radio Yachting Club on the Gold Coast & 9 from host club, Sunshine Coast Radio Sailing Club (SCRSC).
All skippers started with B rig as the wind shifted from SW to SSE. With a number of minor course changes skippers enjoyed a reasonably steady breeze with average heats of approximately 11 minutes.
An interesting battle developed between the 2023 & 2024 State Champion, Daniel Bergan #147 & one of SCRSC’s top guns Niko Leluan #277 – each having a number of turns at the top of the leaderboard throughout the day.
Mid afternoon the wind reduced slightly – Daniel quickly swopped his B rig for his A rig, next race Niko also changed – ironically the wind then came back & both skippers quickly reverted to B rigs. The battle continued keeping spectators on the edge of their seats – unfortunately there had to be a winner which was local skipper Niko by three points over Daniel after 19 races. Niko secured 7 race wins to Daniels 4 . 3rd place was Richard Kingsmill #365 from Paradise & 4th Derick Warne from SCRSC. Interesting to note that Niko & Richard are both new to RC Laser sailing, Niko even using a borrowed boat.
Thanks to all competitors for being part of the Championships – a very friendly & cordial atmosphere making it fun for all. Many thanks to the 10 strong Volunteer team from SCRSC, as usual a very well run event .
Well done Niko – excellent result for you & the Club.
Hi Team
On behalf of SCRSC I would like to thank our Club members who volunteered at last weekends DF95 Championships – and to commend them all for the dedication & professionalism.
Special thanks to :
Event : Coordinator Roger Frith for organising the event – his first & I know he now realises how big a job it is.
Race Officer Craig Wiley & Asst Race Officer Ross Mackay for their joint passion & expertise in Race Management ( made harder with the tricky wind conditions )
Scorers : Gwen Warne, Kirsten Wiley & Paul Golding for exemplary scoring & working so well together.
John Halloran for captaining the Rescue Boat & other help
Roger Smith Start box duties etc
Richard Brady for assisting with onshore organisation.
Mark Burdon, Simon Kellett, Peter Chilman & Bob Caldow for observing duties .
Paul Newman & Phil Armstrong for Car Park Marshalling.
Niko Leluan for being first aid duties – luckily not being required but there just in case
Last but not least Tony Silver & his hound for Overnight Security duties ….
Thanks to the set up & pack up team – all went very smoothly.
A well run event & one we should all be proud of.
Many thanks to you all.
CYCLONE UPDATE : The Sunshine Coast was very lucky to be spared the full force of last weeks Cyclone Alfred – Apart from beach erosion & plenty of rain including some flooding we are back to normal.