A Slam-tastic First Week!

July 7, 2024

Stony Slam Champs 2024 Team Neon (clockwise from top): Neal Jacobs, Kara Davis, Steve Avery, Candace Jentz, Shelagh Durno and Alex Brooks-Hill

RACQUETS UPDATE

The courts were rocking all week long with clinics, lessons and events, culminating in the 2024 Stony Slam, which took place on Saturday. Returning after a multi-year hiatus, the Slam proved to be as popular and zany as ever. Special thanks to our organizing committee — Kara Davis, Heather Anderson and Carys Quennec — for all their efforts and energy!

Programming notes and reminders for the week(s) ahead:

• Looking to take your game up a notch? Book a private lesson with our Head Pro Claudia Voicu or Assistant Head Pro Ben Rush, weekdays @ 7-9am
• Spots are still available for Competitive Training clinics (16-19 years old), Mon/Tues @ 6-7pm
• Spots are still available for Liveball 3.5 clinics, Mon/Tues @ 6-7pm
• Do you have a young child who wants to play tennis? There are still spots available for Little Aces Red Ball (4-5 years old), Mon/Wed/Fri @ 1-2pm
• Spots are still available for our Girls Tennis clinics (various ages and times)
• The deadline to register for the Men's Doubles tennis tournament is Wednesday, July 10 (tournament is July 19-21)

As always, full details on all clinics, lessons and events are accessible and bookable via CourtReserve

Need gear? Visit the SLYC tennis hut to purchase pickleball and tennis balls, dampeners, grips and junior tennis racquets! 

Need to get in touch? Call us at the tennis hut (705-772-6716) during weekday hours (9am-4pm) or email slycinfo@gmail.com

Thank you for your support. Get ready for another great week on the courts...

Alex Brooks-Hill & Jody Scotchmer

Co-Directors, Tennis and Pickleball

JUNIOR SAILING UPDATE

The first week of Junior Sailing was a huge hit with plenty of sailing, wind, games, lessons and laughs!

Week 1 saw 124 sailors taking part across 8 programs, ranging from 8-year-old Wetfeet to 17-year-old Race Team members. Thank you to our Head Instructor Sydney Rankin and all the coaches who made sure everything was well organized and full of energy for our first week of Summer 2024.

Also a big thank you goes out to Sarah Sackville for organizing the Alumni Race Day — the weather held up and the alumni edged out our current instructors to take home the Bruce Thomson Memorial Cup (see full recap below).

Dave Anderson

Director, Junior Sailing

WEEKEND RACING UPDATE

Last weekend was the opening event with the Annual Alumni Instructors vs the Current 2024 Instructors Team Racing Challenge for the Bruce Thomson Memorial Cup. There was outstanding participation with 40 instructors of all ages. Sydney Rankin and the team of 2024 instructors had all the 420s rigged and ready for racing. The morning torrential rain passed, the sun came out and there were excellent wind conditions for the afternoon racing.

Team racing allows sailors to slow down other boats by forcing them to sail past marks or off the race course. Alumni James Sackville created a pin wheel at the leeward mark to allow the Alumni team to catch up. Atticus Kimsa’s solution was simply to not round the mark, resulting in disqualification. The 2024 instructors were desperate to catch up so some flew spinnakers, which was not allowed. Charlotte Chambers and Sophia Green had the best results and the 2024 team raced well. The unusual rules are that the last boat loses, so the Alumni were the 2024 Champions.

Rob Thomson once again hosted the dinner party and good times were had by all. Thank you to Sarah Sackville for organizing the event and Rob for hosting a fabulous dinner.

Weekend Races this weekend are both handicap races for all boats with the Viamede Cup Saturday and the Amik trophy Sunday, both starting at 1pm. See you on the water.

Tam Matthews

Weekend Racing Director

NOMINATIONS WELCOME FOR SLYC BOARD OF DIRECTORS

July 7, 2024

To All Stony Lake Yacht Club Members:

SLYC is recruiting volunteer board members. 

We strongly encourage interested members, including our new members and those with young families, to contact us to find out more. 

The SLYC Board of Directors has constituted the Nominating Committee charged with presenting a slate of directors to be approved at the 2024 AGM to be held at 10:00am Saturday, August 17:

Committee Chair: Greg Plant

Director: Michele Macpherson

Director: David Newton

Non-Director Member: Kelly Wells                       

Non-Director Member: David Offierski

The Nominating Committee welcomes nominations to the Board from membership. The Board can have up to sixteen Directors and selected nominees will be appointed to specific directorships by the Board. Those not selected will be considered for future roles on the Board.

Our Nominations Process is available on request.

Please forward nominations (self-nominations included) by July 31, 2024 to Greg Plant slyccommodore1@gmail.com, Michele Macpherson michele2100@gmail.com, David Newton dcnewton60@gmail.com, Kelly Wells kellyintoronto@hotmail.com or David Offierski doffierski@gmail.com

Respectfully,

Board of Directors

Stony Lake Yacht Club

MARK YOUR CALENDARS

A few key dates to note for the months ahead:

• July 12-14: Men's Singles tennis tournament
• July 19-21: Men's Doubles tennis tournament
• July 20: The Ston(e)y Lake Sprint (it's back!)
• July 22-24: Junior tennis tournaments
• July 26, 28: Women's Doubles tennis tournament
• August 2, 4: Women's Singles tennis tournament
• August 6: SLYC Golf Tournament at Wildfire
• August 9-11: Mixed Doubles tennis tournament
• August 17: SLYC AGM and Weekend Racing awards (10:00am)
• August 17: Dinner Dance at the Clubhouse (evening)
• August 17-18: Pickleball tournament

NEED HELP?

If you run into any issues or have questions about any of our programs or events, please email us at slycinfo@gmail.com