Chris Watts Race Officials Education Officer, 02380 604157 [email protected]
Gordon Stredwick Racing Rules Manager, 02380 604171 [email protected]
Bas Edmonds Technical & Racing Services Manager, 02380 604202 [email protected]
Jacqui Roberts Racing Rules & Race Officials, 02380 604161 [email protected]
Senior Administrator
RACE MANAGEMENT CO-ORDINATORS
Robin Gray
02891 459845
[email protected]
Northern Ireland
Mike Butterfield
01248 810300
[email protected]
North Wales
REGIONAL RULES ADVISERS
Denis Todd
02890 428300
[email protected]
David Battye
01407 861122
[email protected]
David Kent
Scotland
07815 129378
[email protected]
Terence Brownrigg
01436 674151
[email protected]
Stephen Parry
Southern
02392 552809
[email protected]
Martin Smethers
01425 652196
[email protected]
Martin Bedford
07967 201890
[email protected]
South East
Robert Owens
07740 483145
[email protected]
Iain Williams
07944 076025
[email protected]
South Wales
Eddie Ramsden
01792 420135
[email protected]
Mike Johnson
07775 645835
[email protected]
South West
Martin Smethers
01425 652196
[email protected]
Charles Wand-Tetley
01784 455084
[email protected]
Peter Saxton
07860 959666
[email protected]
Thames Valley
East
RACE OFFICIALS
Chris Simon
01753 862194
[email protected]
Peter Fitt
01206 384266
[email protected]
Northern Team
(North West, North East, Yorkshire & Humberside)
Adrian Stoggall
Peter Johnson
01625 871579
07545593341
[email protected]
[email protected]
Henry Wright
Carol Haines
01606 45137
01706 876623
[email protected]
[email protected]
Eddie Ramsden
01792 420135
[email protected]
Midlands Team
(East & West Midlands)
David Wilkins
William Jeffcoate
07768 300444
07900 551823
[email protected]
[email protected]
Chris Hadden
Nadina Lincoln
07891 595728
01623 882909
[email protected]
[email protected]
Supporting racing in our clubs
Free courses that the RYA can assist with at your club:
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Training for your race officers
Improving the rules knowledge of your sailors
Training Rules Advisers to resolve rules disputes
Training mark layers in the latest methods
Learn to get the best out of your GPS
The latest advice on safety at large dinghy events
Training measurers to the ERS
Guiding clubs on handicap racing
RYA WEBSITE www.rya.org.uk/raceofficials
Contact your regional coordinator for assistance in arranging a course at your club
Rules Courses
 Understanding the Rules – 2 sessions of 1.25 hours
 Keeping Clear – 1 hour
 Going Round the Corners – 1 hour
 Starting – 1 hour
 RRS 42 (Illegal Propulsion) – 1.5 hours
 Preparing for a Protest Hearing 1.5 hours
Race Officers
 Club Race Officer Course – 1 day
 Regional Race Officer Seminar – 2 days plus
preparation exercises (£75)
 National Race Officer Seminar – 3 days plus
preparation exercises (£115)
 Dinghy Event Safety Management Course – 1 day
Umpires
 Umpiring Radio Controlled Yachts, in association
with the MYA – 1 day
 University Team Racing Umpiring Course – 1 day
 Regional and National Team Racing Umpire Course –
2 days (£75)
 Regional and National Match Racing Umpiring
Course – 2 days (£75)
 On the water assessments for Umpires by arrangement
Rul Rules Disputes
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Chairing a Protest Committee – 1 day
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Judging RRS 42 Training classroom based – 1 day
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Judging RRS 42 Training on the water – 1 day by arrangement
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Regional and National Judging Seminar – 2 days plus preparation
exercises (£75 per person)
Mark Layers
 Using your GPS – 2 hours practical
 Club Mark Laying Course – 1 day
 Regional Mark Laying Seminar – 2 day (£85)
 National Mark Laying Seminar – 2 days (£85)
Technical Officials – contact Bas Edmonds
 Training for official measurers of sails - 1 day course (£35)
 Running Handicap Racing – ½ day course
 Equipment Inspection – 1 day course (£85)
Fees for seminars and the petrol surcharge for mark laying may change with and after committee reviews.