The AGM of the Middle Harbour 16ft Skiff Club was held on the 19th November 2011. A Board of Directors was elected with six existing board members being re-elected and two new directors being elected.
The 2011/2012 Board of Directors is as follows;

• John Oliver
• Phil West - President
• Damien Bassett – Treasurer
• Dan Watterson – Commodore
• Phil Jenkins
• Alex Deakin
• Peter Tinworth
• Mitch Miller

Trustees: Ken Crossman  &  Peter Milham

John Oliver has decided to stand down as President of the Club, we would like to thank John for the outstanding contribution he has made as President over the past 3 years and we are delighted that John has chosen to remain on as a director.
Congratulations to Phil West who has taken over the mantle of President. Phil is a very active sailing member and a great contributor to the club.

2012 looks to be an exciting year for the Skiff Club.

One fine day in October the participants from the Sunnyfield Transition to Work Programme, came to visit Middle Harbour Skiff Club. The Transition to Work Programme helps young people understand the types of roles and responsibilities in the workplace. The participants toured the club, received an explanation of a 16ft Skiff and how it is sailed from the Vice Commodore and Trevor  Harrison, our General Manager, demonstrated bar operations with much needed soft drinks to quench thirsts on a hot sunny day. Middle Harbour Skiff Club was voted as "best place in the World to work" by Sean, one of the participants.

Congratulations to Alex Chittenden and Tom Potter who won the Combined High Schools Sailing Championships 2011, held at Belmont 16's, in www.sheads.com.au.

The competition was hot up to the last race but the boys did us proud. We had four 13's competing in CHS. 2nd in, placed a very creditable 20 was Sam Holmes a new 13 sailor this year, in Livewire!  Bob Jane T-Marts, steered by Jack McNally from our flying 11's fleet and crewed by Evan Andrew were 26th and young Alex Leslie, also from our Flying 11's steered through a difficult range of conditions in his first regatta on a 13 footer, crewed by Nathan Edwards to come 34th, in Hap-Hazard. This is another great result for our 13 foot skiff fleet, well done guys! 2nd overall was a 29er crewed by ex Middle Harbour Junior, Nick Conor.

NSW State Championships: Great results for Middle Harbour 16's and 13's! - Bob Jane T-marts CST, VK Thomas and Sydney Swans (13').

Well the State Championships are over for another year with some really promising results for our Middle Harbour skiffs. Bob Jane T-Marts CST (Nathan Wilmot, Peter Hubble and 'Stretch') won the heat 3 at Middle Harbour but their run for the championship was stopped short in heat 5, where with a lead on the rest of the fleet, they were taken out by a yacht (apparantly unaware of the port - starboard rule) ripping their jib in the process. Redress was sought and given, carrying average points for 3rd place they finished 3rd in heat 6 leaving them overall 2nd on scratch and 3rd on handicap for the championship.

 
VK Thomas (Dan Watterson; Rick Plain and Henry Burke) have had a blazing season so far. A run of consistent results and a spectacular 2nd place on scratch and 1st on handicap, in heat 6 at Drummoyne, left them in 6th place overall for the series on scratch and handicap - a fabulous result given it is only their 2nd season in 16's.

Our 13 foot skiffs continue to stamp their mark on the fleet - Sydney Swans (Ben Gunton - clearly transferring his flying skills to the skiff - with Harry West / Olivia Price) scored a first place in heat 3 at Middle Harbour but bounced back from their 4th place in heat 4, blitzing both heats 5 and 6 at Drummoyne by minutes, on both scratch and handicap. They take out a well deserved Championship.

But we mustn't forget Slam (Simon Williams and Alex Chittenden) who scored a 1st place on handicap in heat 4 at Middle Harbour and www.sheads.com.au (Tom Potter and Jack Breislin) who have consistently sailed well and ended up 2nd on handicap overall.
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