Week 3 Recap and Look Ahead

July 22, 2024

SPONSORS STILL NEEDED FOR SLYC GOLF TOURNEY!

Thanks to all who have stepped up with generous support and enthusiasm for the annual SLYC Golf Tournament on Tuesday, August 6 at Wildfire.

If you'd still like to be a tournament sponsor, we'd love to hear from you!

The funds we raise through this tournament are essential to SLYC’s ability to operate. On average over the past five years, the net proceeds from the tournament cover approximately 10% of the annual SLYC operating budget.

And it's sponsorships that really make a difference, as entry fees just cover the cost of running the event. Your sponsorship donation will continue to help maintain and fully staff the SLYC for the enjoyment of our amazing community.

To give you more giving options, this year we've added two new sponsorship levels — White ($250-$500) and Sponsor (under $250) — in addition to our three traditional levels (Gold $2,500, Silver $1,000 and Bronze $500). All donations are tax deductible and receipts will be provided.

Need any assistance or are interested in sponsorship? Contact Charlie at slycinfo@gmail.com or call (705) 772-6716 anytime between 8:30am-4:30pm on weekdays.

JUNIOR SAILING UPDATE

SLYC Race Team in action!

Week 3 of SLYC Junior Sailing was one of those beautiful Stony Lake summer weeks — sunny skies, beautiful wind and many happy sailors!

The week started with our Race Team having a “Masters Monday” session with Team Canada Women’s America’s Cup athlete and former Olympian Mariah Millen. Mariah shared her experiences on growing up racing in Canada, her Olympic training and her Tokyo experience and her training for the first-ever women’s America’s Cup in Barcelona in October (and most importantly, tips on how to go fast in a Laser/420/Opti).

The SLYC Race Team then headed to Port Credit for the annual Steerers and Four Sisters regatta, where we had some great results...

Steerers Regatta (July 18-19)

Optimist

At the end of the full two-day regatta, SLYC took the top TWO podium positions in the Optimist Green Fleet, with Maggie Hertz taking the 1st place medal followed closely by Quinn Calder in 2nd. And, to top it all off, PCYC presented the Steerers’ Sportsperson Award of the regatta to both Maggie and Quinn!

420

The 420 fleet at Steerers’ Regatta had a significant 72 boats in the fleet. Top spot went to Gordie Walsworth and Nina Brooks-Hill, who cracked the Top 10 with an overall 8th place in the regatta (while landing a 1st place finish in the 5th race of the series!). Four SLYT boats finished in the Top 25 — an excellent achievement.

Laser

SLYC registered two Laser Radials in the Steerers and top spot went to Nicholas O’Dwyer with an impressive 4th place finish overall (with a best finish of 2nd place in the first race of the regatta and missing an overall podium spot by only 3 points).

Four Sisters Regatta (July 20-21)

420

SLYC was battling in another huge fleet of 73 420s at the Four Sisters Regatta. Top SLYC spot went to Pippa Barrett and Abby Wonnacott, who secured a 12th place overall finish (with Peter DiPasquale and Sy Walsworth close behind in 14th spot). Four Stony boats cracked the top 25 and coaches were pleased to see all racers stay focused in varying conditions on Lake Ontario.

Laser

In a competitive fleet of 34 Laser Radials, Nicholas O’Dwyer was the top SLYC boat with a 6th place overall finish. Nicholas remained focused all regatta and achieved his best result of a 3rd place finish in the final race.

Congratulation to all racers who continually improved their race skills while facing a variety of conditions!

The fun continues this week back on Juniper, with House Day and the Junior Banquet taking place on Thursday, July 25.

Happy sailing,

Dave Anderson

Director, Junior Sailing

RACQUETS UPDATE

We're heading full-steam into Week 4 following another exciting week of clinics, events and, of course, tennis tournament action.

Our Men's Doubles tournament turned out to be a real family affair. Congratulations to Connor and Dylan Smith for winning the Men's "A" title, and to John and Cameron Chittick, the Men's "B" winners. Thanks to all who participated and the many spectators who showed up to cheer on the competitors.

And mark your calendars for more tournament action — our Junior tournament is running July 22-24, with Women's Doubles ("A" and "B" draws) slated for July 26 & 28.

Other programming notes and reminders for the week(s) ahead:

• The deadline to register for the Women's Singles tournament is Wednesday, July 24 and the Mixed Doubles deadline is Wednesday, July 31.
• Check out our new clinics for 16-19-year-old girls, running Thursdays at 7-8am
• Get Tournament Tough with a clinic of the same name! Offered at both 3.5+ and 4.0+ levels.
• And whether it's your slice, lob, overhead or ground strokes you're looking to improve, we have clinics for those as well!

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

See you on the courts!

Alex Brooks-Hill & Jody Scotchmer

Co-Directors, Tennis and Pickleball

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

 NOTICE OF THE SLYC ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

The Stony Lake Yacht Club will hold its Annual General Meeting on August 17, 2024 beginning at 10am EDT upstairs in the SLYC Clubhouse and on Zoom:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85800481726?pwd=aHa6ijDxbkaOLxwrxbzAba1FEYInVF.1

Matters for the meeting will include: 

• Approval of the Minutes of the 2023 AGM;
• Election of the Commodore and Directors;
• Approval of Financial Statements for the past year;
• Updates on sailing programs, tennis programs and property/infrastructure.

Beckie Bart

Secretary

MARK YOUR CALENDARS

A few key dates to note for the months ahead:

• July 22-24: Junior tennis tournaments
• July 26, 28: Women's Doubles tennis tournament
• August 1: Wing Night on Juniper!
• 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