Benoni S.C. succeeded in defending their possession of the prestigeous NSA Inter-Club Trophy. This is the 5th consecutive year that they have won this competition.

The host this year was Florida Yacht Club. Six clubs competed - Victoria Lake, Pretoria S.C., Benoni S.C., Florida Y.C., Wits University and Murray Park. Conditions on Saturday were not very pleasant - cold and wet, which were not the most pleasant of conditions. Three races were sailed before the race officer (Gill Waiting) took pity on the shivering sailors. It was not much better on Sunday morning, but conditions did improve around midday - the sun even came out the afternoon. Four races were sailed to total 7.

Each club had to provide a team comprising a Laser II, a Laser and a Sprog. From the outset, Ivan & Timothy Gibbons (BSC) showed good boat speed in the conditions. Generally, they were ahead most of the time. Their main competition came from PSC's team of Thomas Funke and Dylan le Roux, but they also had some bad races. Also sailing creditably in this fleet for VLC was our SAS president, Brian Sutherland.

In the Lasers, there was tough competition. First places were shared by Matthew Langman (MPYC), Robert Peers (Wits) and Leon de Raay (BSC). However Leon was sufficiently consistent (other than 3 firsts) to win overall in this class.

In the Sprog fleet, PSC's stalwart, John Wright with crew Gary Norton were dominant, with stiff competition coming from BSC's team of Evelyn Osborne & Nicolo Marcia,who won three of the races against John's four. Also trying to get a nose in was VLC's Matthew M'Crystal, who got two 2nd places.