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Aspire Merlin Rocket National Championships at Weymouth & Portland National Sailing Academy - Day 1 Original
Aspire Merlin Rocket National Championships at Weymouth & Portland National Sailing Academy - Day 1 by John Meadowcroft 23 Aug 20:16 BST Two races were sailed on day one of the Aspire Merlin Rocket National Championships at WPNSA and today was P&B Race Day. Courses were expertly set in Weymouth Bay in a SE breeze which was remarkably consistent in strength and direction for the hour that the fleet sailed before the start.
Salcombe Yacht Club Spring Series Race 2 Original
Salcombe Yacht Club Spring Series Race 2 by David Greening & John Meadowcroft 16 Mar 16:22 GMT Solo fleet by David Greening Twelve Solo sailors came to the starting line for the second race of the Salcombe Yacht Club Spring Series. Race Officer Graham Cranford Smith set a course that took in the many creeks of the ria, with the fleet first heading to the Blackstone mark.
Allen Burton Week 2025 - N12 National Championship - Runners and Riders Original
Allen Burton Week 2025 - N12 National Championship - Runners and Riders by John Meadowcroft & George Finch 20 Aug 23:46 BST The National 12 fleet return to Brightlingsea Sailing Club this year for their national championships, having previously visited in 2016 and 2011. The whole event is sponsored by Allen Brothers, with U21 Sponsorship provided by Dinghy Shack and boat age-related handicap results and prizes sponsored by Blood Red Clothing.
Salcombe YC Sailing Club Series Race 2 Original
Salcombe YC Sailing Club Series Race 2 by David Greening, John Meadowcroft & Mark Waterhouse 28 Apr 08:52 BST Fast Handicap Report (by John Burn) Saturday saw 12 boats arrive on the line, despite the building spring tide and the predicted lack of wind towards the latter stages of the afternoon. Race Officer Paul Rayson wisely kept the fleet in the main stretch of the harbour, setting the course 3-1-3-1-3-1.
Salcombe YC Sailing Club Series Race 1 Original
Salcombe YC Sailing Club Series Race 1 by David Greening, John Meadowcroft & Mark Waterhouse 22 Apr 06:48 BST Solo Report (by David Greening) With a Force 3 to 4 East North Easterly breeze in the main harbour the thirteen Solos that arrived at the Salcombe Yacht Club start line looked forward to a good afternoon of beat and running racing.
Asymmetrical, symmetrical and artifactual man: group size and cooperation in James Buchanan’s constitutional economics
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King's alum awarded prestigious scholarship
A King’s student has been awarded a prestigious studentship that will allow him to continue his studies through to doctoral level. Jonathon Dawes, a Politics, Philosophy and Economics undergraduate at King’s, is set to move to Durham University later this year to begin a master’s in research methods for political science, after which he will begin a doctorate.
National 12 Burton Week 2024 - Runners & Riders and Pre-Event Info Original
National 12 Burton Week 2024 - Runners & Riders and Pre-Event Info by George Finch & John Meadowcroft 14 Aug 12:42 BST There is now less than one week until the pinnacle of National 12 sailing is about to unfold at Burton Week - the National 12 National Championship. This year's edition of Burton Week takes place from 18th to 21st August 2024 at Felixstowe Ferry Sailing Club.
Department celebrates anniversary milestone
Staff and students came together this week to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Department of Political Economy. Academic staff joined former heads of department, alumni and members of the professional services team on 25 January to look back on a decade, plus a little more, since the foundation of political economy as a department. The official 10-year anniversary was 2020 but the COVID-19 pandemic meant the celebration was delayed.
Allen Sailing National 12 Burton Week 2022 at Felixstowe Ferry Sailing Club - Overall Original
Please select your home edition or Edition Allen Sailing National 12 Burton Week 2022 at Felixstowe Ferry Sailing Club - Overall by John Meadowcroft 3 Sep 21:12 BST A fleet of thirty-one National 12s assembled at Felixstowe Ferry SC for the Burton Week regatta for four days over the August bank holiday weekend. The event was kindly sponsored by Allen Sailing, with further support from Heart of Suffolk Distillery, Dinghy Shack and BillieBox.
National 12 Burton Week 2022 at Felixstowe Ferry Sailing Club - Preview Original
National 12 Burton Week 2022 at Felixstowe Ferry Sailing Club - Preview by John Meadowcroft 26 Aug 09:25 BST Burton Week is the annual championships for the National Twelve Class, first sailed in 1936, stopping thereafter only for World Wars and Pandemics. The 2022 regatta will be held at Felixstowe Ferry SC over 4 days over the August bank holiday weekend attracting a 30+ entry from all over the country.
420 Spring Championship at GP2 at the Weymouth & Portland National Sailing Academy Original
420 Spring Championship at GP2 at the Weymouth & Portland National Sailing Academy by John Meadowcroft 16 May 10:17 BST The 420 Spring Championships was held at WPNSA on 7/8 May. The sun was shining and it was blowing 10 knots. With school exams on the horizon, it was time for some sailors to go into hibernation and to welcome back some old faces too, and it was two old faces Haydn Sewell & Bee Harris who have most recently been coaching younger 420 sailors who sneaked the win in race 1.
420 class at the 2022 RYA Youth National Championship - Overall Original
420 class at the 2022 RYA Youth National Championship - Overall by John Meadowcroft 20 Apr 13:10 BST 11-15 April 2022 After a tricky week at Pwllheli Alice Davis and Oliver Rayner won the 420 class at the 2022 RYA Youth National Championships. Going into the final day it was very close. The second discard would come into play after the first race and this was going to make it even tighter.
420 class at the 2022 RYA Youth Nationals after Day 4 by John Meadowcroft 15 Apr 01:37 PDT 11-15 April 2022 After three days it was tight at the top of the 420s in the 2022 RYA Youth Nationals at Pwllheli. 4 races were added to the six already completed but nothing much has changed for the top 5 boats separated by just a handful of points with a further gaggle behind waiting for them to slip up.
420 class at the 2022 RYA Youth Nationals after Day 3 Original
420 class at the 2022 RYA Youth Nationals after Day 3 by John Meadowcroft 14 Apr 07:55 BST 11-15 April 2022 420 class racing at the RYA Youth Nationals © Jon Cawthorne After three days of the RYA Youth Nationals at Plas Heli, Pwllheli, the 420 class have completed 6 races in generally light conditions.
420 class set at the 2022 RYA Youth Nationals Original
420 class set at the 2022 RYA Youth Nationals by John Meadowcroft 11 Apr 11:21 BST 11-15 April 2022 Set to launch at the RYA Youth Nationals © RYA 38 420s have assembled at Pwllheli for the 2022 RYA Youth Nationals. Racing starts today and concludes on Friday. This is the concluding selection event for the UK 420 class summer teams for the Junior European Championships in Portugal and the World Championships in Hungary.
420 Selection Series Starts
420 Selection Series Starts by John Meadowcroft 7 Mar 02:39 PST 420 UK Nationals at Pwllheli © Jon Cawthorne After a winter of training interspersed with a number of racing events the UK 420 Class starts its 2022 selection series this coming weekend ahead of the Junior Europeans in Portugal and the World Championships in Hungary. There are three events at Rutland Water, Hayling Island, culminating in the Youth Nationals at Pwllheli in a month's time.
The UK 420
The UK 420 "Off Season" by John Meadowcroft 22 Feb 08:57 GMT Imogen Wade & Teddy Dunn during the 420 Inlands at Draycote © Jon Cawthorne 2022 for the UK 420 fleet kicked off with a Coached Racing weekend at Datchet on the weekend of 15/16 January. 21 boats attended included a number of newcomers to the Class. Saturday's sailing was curtailed due to a big high pressure system which meant that there was not a breath of wind.
Looking for second hand 420s
Looking for second hand 420s by John Meadowcroft 13 Jan 05:34 PST Palamos Christmas Race 2021 © Jon Cawthorne There continues to be lots of interest in the UK 420 class with three new boats being registered in the UK since Christmas and more new sailors to the class are looking for entry level boats - likely to be 51000 - 54000 sail numbers.
Looking for second hand 420s
Looking for second hand 420s by John Meadowcroft 13 Jan 13:34 GMT Palamos Christmas Race 2021 © Jon Cawthorne There continues to be lots of interest in the UK 420 class with three new boats being registered in the UK since Christmas and more new sailors to the class are looking for entry level boats - likely to be 51000 - 54000 sail numbers.
GBR 420s at the Palamos Christmas Race in Spain - Overall
GBR 420s at the Palamos Christmas Race in Spain - Overall by John Meadowcroft 22 Dec 22:24 PST 19-22 December 2021 Palamos Christmas Race © Alfred Farre / www.alfredfarre.com There were two races for the gold and one race completed for the silver fleet in tricky conditions once again on the final day of the the 2021 Christmas race. After seven races Barcelo and Villanueva of Spain were declared the overall winners.
GBR 420s at the Palamos Christmas Race in Spain - Overall
GBR 420s at the Palamos Christmas Race in Spain - Overall by John Meadowcroft 23 Dec 06:24 GMT 19-22 December 2021 Palamos Christmas Race © Alfred Farre / www.alfredfarre.com There were two races for the gold and one race completed for the silver fleet in tricky conditions once again on the final day of the the 2021 Christmas race. After seven races Barcelo and Villanueva of Spain were declared the overall winners.
GBR 420s at the Palamos Christmas Race in Spain - Day 3 Original
GBR 420s at the Palamos Christmas Race in Spain - Day 3 by John Meadowcroft 22 Dec 06:21 GMT 19-22 December 2021 Henry Heathcote & Hector Bennett on day 3 of the Palamos Christmas Race © Jon Cawthorne There were three races for the blue flight on Tuesday and 2 for the yellow group. Winds were once again generally light, start-lines were busy and many competitors picked up starting penalties, including unfortunately some of the British sailors.
GBR 420s at the Palamos Christmas Race in Spain - Day 2
GBR 420s at the Palamos Christmas Race in Spain - Day 2 by John Meadowcroft 20 Dec 22:58 PST 19-22 December 2021 Day 2 of the Palamos Christmas Regatta was a tantalising affair for all concerned as sailors launched late after a postponement and then saw the wind come and go as breeze developed and then faded. Eventually the race team decided to go for it and both the blue and yellow fleets got away at the first time of asking. 45 minutes later and the wind started to disappear.
GBR 420s at the Palamos Christmas Race in Spain - Day 1
GBR 420s at the Palamos Christmas Race in Spain - Day 1 by John Meadowcroft 19 Dec 14:08 PST 19-22 December 2021 GBR 420s at the Palamos Christmas Race day 1 © Jon Cawthorne Last weekend the Datchet Flyer, and this weekend ten British 420s are now beating those winter and end of term blues and competing in the Palamos Christmas Race on the Costa Brava.
Have you got a 420 that could be for sale? Original
Have you got a 420 that could be for sale? by John Meadowcroft 15 May 13:11 BST Dylan McPherson & Jack Lewis win the 46th GJW Direct Bloody Mary © Mark Jardine / YachtsandYachting.com There is currently lots of interest in the UK 420 class and new sailors to the class are looking for entry level boats - likely to be 51000 - 54000 sail numbers.
Toponymic subjugation
Excessive politeness by Britons is making a mess of place names at home and abroad Cracow, Kraków, Cracovie, Krakau, Cracóvia or Krakovía —but please, never “Krakow” (©Steve Allen Travel Photography / Alamy Stock Photo) Widely-travelled people may well have some degree of familiarity with the European cities that Hungarians call Bécs, Czechs Kodaň, Poles Mediolan, and Lithuanians Kelnas—but they will probably not know them by those names.
France’s Catholic Disneyland
The year is 2019 AD. Gaul is entirely occupied by liberals, Europhiles, historical repenters, anti-Christians and “citizens of the World”. Well, not entirely . . . One small village of indomitable Gauls still holds out against the invaders. The Puy du Fou in the Vendée region of western France is, according to Tripadvisor, the world’s best theme park. It is certainly popular. It had 2.3 million visitors last year.
The economists and the general
General Augusto Pinochet seized power in Chile in a violent coup d’etat on September 11, 1973—sometimes referred to as “the other 9/11”. Pinochet overthrew the democratically-elected Popular Unity government of Salvadore Allende, who committed suicide rather than be taken into military custody.
Violence, Self-Worth, Solidarity and Stigma: How a Dissident, Far-Right Group Solves the Collective Action Problem
How do dissident, far-right groups overcome the collective action problem inherent to political organisation in order to recruit sufficient activists willing to bear the costs of participation and not free-ride on the participation of others?
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