Tue
26 June 2012
The first winner of the Royal Southern Match Cup Final was the event itself because with the scheduled racing days surrounded by gales and the Pelican SB20s stuck in Cowes, would the event at the Royal Southern YC in Hamble take place at all? In the end, as the boats couldn’t get to the event, [...]
Mon
14 May 2012
Bristol Champions of BUCS/BUSA Match Racing 2012
by jbeecher
Eight university teams took to the water for the BUCS/BUSA Match Racing Finals on the 28th/29th April at Queen Mary Sailing Club, Staines. Racing was tough with strong winds and continuous heavy rain, however the Race Committee, umpires and teams, showed true British spirit and battled through the weather to complete the full round robin [...]
Thu
10 May 2012
BUSA Teams take on the Wilson Trophy
by jbeecher
Sailors from across the world will be heading to the ‘home of UK team racing’ tomorrow for the start of the 2012 Wilson Trophy at West Kirby Sailing Club. This year BUSA are sending two teams to this prestigious event! Leading the BUSA 1st team is James Goss (Bristol) with his fellow team mates of [...]
Fri
13 April 2012
Nearly 200 sailors in 32 teams representing 24 universities from across the UK and Ireland descended on West Kirby Sailing Club on Wednesday 11th April for the start of three days of intense Team Racing. And intense it was! Each of these 32 teams had had to fight for their chance to be here, coming [...]
Thu
5 April 2012
Four days of intense racing took place in the Solent on the 2nd-5th April for the British Universities & Colleges Sport (BUCS) and British Universities Sailing Associations’ (BUSA) Yachting Championships 2012. Utilising Sunsail’s fleet of F40s, based at Port Solent, twenty-nine teams, each of eight sailors, took part in this unique event of eight races, [...]
Welcome to the BUSA website.
Hello and welcome to the new look BUSA website,
My name is Ed Morris and I've just finished studying Civil Engineering at Southampton University. I am the chairman of the BUSA committee until May 2013.
BUSA is the governing body for sailing within Higher Education establishments,. It is affiliated and supported by the RYA and has British Universities and College Sport - BUCS recognition for it's events. BUSA is run for students by students our key focus is to provide the best competition and environment for sailing at university and college level.
During the academic year we work to further the sports standing within BUCS and oversee some fantastic competitions. Competitions kick off in November, when the first BUCS points can be won at the dinghy fleet racing, and culminate in a very busy Easter break with the Team racing and match racing finals as well as the yachting championships.
The Committee is made up of volunteers, and needs the continual support of its members to improve. Firstly thanks must go to the committee of 2011-12 for a fantastic year and secondly, welcome and good luck to the BUSA Committee of 2012-13. These guys are in their positions, to serve you and welcome your suggestions and feedback. you can contact them directly through the website or by contacting our full time secretary Jess Beecher.
Finally congratulations to last years champions and good luck to everyone, especially our teams representing us in national and international competitions.
Have a great year both on the water and in the lecture theatre; I hope to see you on the race course during this season!
Ed Morris
BUSA Chair 2011-13
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and recognised as the governing
body for University Sailing within the UK
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