Notice of Race and Entry Form plus Sailing Instructions for the Round the Lough Series and the RUYC Specific Sailing Instructions for Regatta Day are all available on the relevant event pages on the web site. Head to the Saiing Section for more information.
Bangor Town Regatta
Bangor Town Regatta is Northern Ireland’s premier keel boat regatta, set on the shores of Belfast Lough the event offers excellent yacht racing for numerous classes of yacht. Following on from the successful event in 2018, the Bangor Town Regatta events team has begun the process of building upon the previous event.
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Thursday evening Club Racing with a twist - Lady drivers! Prize giving after racing at RUYC
Catch up with RUYC here...
Notice of Race and Entry Form plus Sailing Instructions for the Round the Lough Series and the RUYC Specific Sailing Instructions for Regatta Day are all available on the relevant event pages on the web site. Head to the Saiing Section for more information.
Bangor Town Regatta
Bangor Town Regatta is Northern Ireland’s premier keel boat regatta, set on the shores of Belfast Lough the event offers excellent yacht racing for numerous classes of yacht. Following on from the successful event in 2018, the Bangor Town Regatta events team has begun the process of building upon the previous event.
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A great new offer for members from TCK @ RUYC on Wednesday and Thursday evenings
Two Main Courses and a Bottle of House Wine for £39
Members call 028 9165 5002 to book
Thanks again to Jim and Barbara for another series of fiendish quizzes. A few months off and we will be stretching our brains again in the autumn. Well done everyone and thanks for coming along. The series raised £524 for the RNLI. Click on 'What's Your Score?' for the final result.
A few snippets gleaned from Ed Wheeler's Pictorial History of the Club.
1919 - The Club was attempting to resume a semblance of pre-war activities. The Minutes show good co-operation with the Ballyholme Sailing Club (not yet Ballyholme Yacht Club) in the matter of starting guns, co-ordination of fixtures etc. This is Ballyholme YC's Centenary Year - long may the good co-operation contiunue!
Our Bar Convenor, Tom Bell, has put together a lovely selection of Bin End Special wines, including one of the Fine and Rare range. Be quick, becasue when they're gone they're gone !
Click on The Bin End Sign for details
Congratulations to Carol Graham who was awarded an OBE in the New Year's Honours
Outline details of the Club Night Talks are now listed under Social - Click Here
Subjects range from the Volvo Ocean Race to tales of Strangford Lough
Congratulations to RUYC & BYC member Aidan Pounder for the award of Volunteer of the Year
Sport NI recently presented Aidan Pounder with the Sport Northern Ireland #SportMaker Award for Volunteer of the Year 2018.
Aidan commits a huge amount of time voluntarily within sailing in many roles at both Ballyholme Yacht Club and Royal Ulster Yacht Club. Congratulations Aidan! ⛵⛵⛵#SportMaker RYA Northern Ireland
Well done to Barbara and Jim for another full on fun series of quizes. So good we had to commandeer the Dining Room as the numbers had out grown the Gloucestere Room. The overall honours came down to a close fight between the Gigglers and The So Wrong We Are Rights with The Almost Young Ones not far behind. Thanks Jim and Barbara - we are looking forward to the Spring Series.
Snooker Convenor Stephen Smith has written a report of this year's competitions and this and the results are posted in the Snooker section of Club Activities. You can read the full report using the link below:
Congratulations to RUYC member Hal Sisk on wining the Concours d'Authenticite - condition and originality with Peggy Bawn his 1896 G.L. Watson designed Gaff Cutter. The honour was awarded at The third Hamble Classics Regatta hosted by the Royal Southern Yacht Club, over the weekend of 15-16 September. The Regatta, another stunning success with 75 classic and spirit of tradition yachts entered for two days of racing in sunshine and breeze. Building on the success of the two previous regattas, there were entries from as far afield as Falmouth and Ipswich, with some boats returning for the intense but well-spirited racing and others simply to enjoy the fun. (Source: Scuttlebutt Europe)
At the end of the fifties and at the beginning of the sixties my brother Colin was a member of the RUYC. He got an opportunity to acquire a good racing yacht - the West Solent Class, 'Suvretta' This is the story of her acquisition and repair.
The offshore scene was thriving in those days - just before the glassfibre revolution, and many of the boats were converted inshore racers, and others the epitome of offshore racers - boats like Ceara, Maid of York, Capella of Kent etc.
Full article by Ivan and Collin Nelson - click here (pdf file)
We are very pleased to announce that this season's Guinness PRO14 Rugby will be shown in the Back Bar from Friday 31st August onwards. Please see attached a copy of the fixtures list for dates. times and teams.
All 152 Matches televised will be available to view along with some other sports; International Champions Cup (Football) Europe League (Football) NASCAR, GAA & Ice Hockey etc.
