The first of the Thursday evening handicap series , the Saga Trophy, has now been completed with a good series of races and with 7 boats completing 5 or more races to qualify. Detailed results are pinned up in the club on the ‘Offshore’ board but the 7 qualifiers the results are:
| Boat | Number | Name | Helm | Crew | Races sailed | Total points for best 5 races | Position |
| Laser | 197213 | RTM | Marcus Chavasse | 7 | 8 | 1 | |
| N18 | 336 | Orion | Alan Green | Garrie Mallen | 6 | 12 | 2 |
| Merlin Rocket | 1004 | Avenger | Ken Duffell | Brian Corking | 6 | 13 | 3 |
| Merlin Rocket | 1212 | Fair Kop | Barry Mourant | Carolyne Vines /Peter Johnson | 5 | 20 | 4 |
| N18 | 348 | Antedote | Chris Pollard | Debbie Leach/Anne Bayne | 5 | 22 | 5 |
| Laser | 89025 | Graham King | 6 | 23 | 6 | ||
| Firefly | 8179 | Fiasco | Jim Hamilton | 5 | 33 | 7 |
As can be seen , the results are very close, so sign up and make the next series, the GW Smith Trophy, starting this Thursday, 7th July, even closer. As this will be a shorter series than the Saga Trophy, only 4 races are needed for qualification.