UK Opportunities 

Events available within the UK to race officials are listed here.

Judging Opportunities

The Class Judge Scheme provides judges for Cadet, Mirror, Optimist, Topper, RS200, 420 and 29er classes. Racing standards are high and many of the regattas are considered "major events" for NJ qualification. All classes need additional judges for their National Championships. Most of the classes welcome an additional judge for weekend regattas.

Interested? Want to find out more?

Talk to the Class Judge Administrator, William Jeffcoate Email: william.jeffcoate@tiscali.co.uk Tel: +44 1623 882 909  Mob: +44 7900 551 823  

 

Race Officer (ARO) Opportunities in the UK

It is useful for race officials to gain experience at a range of venues and to work with others who manage their racing in different ways.  This gives an opportunity to understand the challenge of running races under a variety of different conditions and some of the ‘tricks of the trade’.  It also gives inland sailors the chance to run races on the sea and vice versa. 

In order to help race officials get this range of experience, through the Race Management Committee, clubs have been identified which are willing to offer opportunities to visiting race officers.  This is usually as Assistant Race Officer (although the duties at the event are at the discretion of the event Race Officer) with one position offered per event.  No expenses are paid and it is entirely up to the person seeking experience to determine whether the event meets their needs.  Those aspiring to NRO status will be given preference for those major championships listed. The policy for allocation of events to individuals is as follows:

Any RRO or Club Race Officer Plus can take a maximum of three events each year after which all additional assignments are only provisional.  Those additional events can then be confirmed one month before the event.  Until that time, preference will be granted to any other race officers with a RRO or Club Race Officer Plus wishing to attend that event and who has not been assigned to the maximum of three. 

Any IRO or NRO, with the consent of the organising authority concerned, can take one or more of the events on a provisional basis until one month before it is due to happen when it will be confirmed.  Until that time preference will be granted to race officers with a RRO or Club Race Officer Plus qualification.

Download the full list of events on offer, together with the clubs and their contacts, from the link on the right side of this page.  To apply for an event please contact Roger Palmer on 02392484896 or by email .  All applicants must be qualified to at least CRO+.  A summary of what's on offer is detailed here:

ARO opportunities 2011

Date Class(es)  Club  Visiting RO
Each Sunday: 27 March - 17 April
 Keelboats
Royal Lymington YC
 
Each Wednesday Evening: 13 April - 11 September
 Assorted Dinghies
Royal Plymouth YC
 
8 October - 17 February 2012
Assorted Dinghies
Royal Plymouth YC
 
2/3 April Laser 4.7
Queen Mary SC
 
9/10 April

Musto Skiffs & B14s

Stokes Bay SC
 
9/10 April
RS 100/800
Queen Mary SC
 
16 April
Laser Queen Mary SC
 
23/24 April
Topper
Queen Mary SC
 
29 April - 3 May
Optimist
Pwllheli SC
 
30 April - 1 May
Fireball & Flying Fifteens
Hayling Island SC
 Dermod O'Malley
30 April - 2 May
Etchells
Royal Yacht Squadron
 
30 April - 2 May
IRC & Multihull
Royal Dee YC
 
1 May Merlin Rockets
Rutland SC
 
7/8 May
Assorted Junior Classes
Rutland SC
 
14-15 May Olympic Classes
Hayling Island SC
 Nigel Denchfield
16-18 May International Dragons
Royal Yacht Squadron
 
19-22 May
6 Metre
Royal Cornwall YC
 
28/29 May
Toppers
Weymouth & Portland National Sailing Acadamy
 
4/5 June  Moths Hayling Island SC
Hugh Sutherland 
4/5 June  Blaze & Finns
Warsash SC
 John Fothergill
9 June
Laser
Notts County SC
 
11/12 June  Finns Royal Cornwall YC

18/19 June
Laser
Weymouth & Portland National Sailing Acadamy  
18/19 June
Junior Class Dinghies
Royal Plymouth YC
 
18/19 June
Merlin Rocket
Hayling Island SC
 John Fothergill
24-29 June
 IRC Royal Cornwall YC
 
25/26 June
RS Classes
Hayling Island YC
 Dermod O'Malley
25/26 June
IRC
Holyhead SC
 
10-15 July Swan (Europeans)
Royal Yacht Squadron
 
19-22 July  OK (Nationals)
Largs SC
 
30 July  - 5 August
Optimist (Nationals)
Pwllheli SC
 
6/7 August  International 14s
Hayling Island SC
 
7-13 August  IRC & Multihulls (Falmouth Week)
Royal Cornwall YC
 
12-14 August
Skud & 2.4s
Rutland SC
 
15-26 August
 RS 600 & 400
Weymouth & Portland National Sailing Academy
 
27/28 August
IRC
Largs SC
 
27 August - 2 September
 Laser (Nationals)
Weymouth & Portland National Sailing Academy Nigel Denchfield 
3-16 Sept
International 14s (Worlds)
Weymouth & Portland National Sailing Academy    
 8-10 September
IRC (Little Britain)
Royal Yacht Squadron
 
10 September
Laser
Stokes Bay SC
 
10/11 September
Solo
Rutland SC
 
10/11 September
Topper
Pwllheli SC
 
17/18 September
420s
Rutland SC
 
17/18 September
RS 100, 200, 800
Stokes Bay SC
 Simon Thompson
17-20 September
 RS K6 (Nationals)
Royal Cornwall YC
 Hugh Sutherland
24 September
RS 200
Queen Mary SC
 
24/25 September
Laser, Topper, Oppies
Largs SC
 Ian Young
1/2 October
Larks
Royal Plymouth YC
 Hugh Sutherland
8/9 October
RS 700 & K6
Queen Mary SC
 
8/9 October
Topper
Poole YC
 
8/9 October
Scorpion
Notts County SC
 
8/9 October
RS 700 & K6
Queen Mary SC
 Toffer Blachford
15/16 October  Laser 2000, 4000, 5000, Vago & Vortex
Rutland SC
 
22/23 October  Cats
Grafham Water SC
 
22/23 October
RS 100, 800 & Vareo
Rutland SC
 
29/30 October
D-One
Queen Mary SC
 
5/6 November
49er & international 14s
Grafham Water SC
 
12/13 November
RS Feva
Queen Mary SC
 

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Article Published: January 11, 2012 15:29

 

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