The 2020 Rooster UK Mirror Nationals will be held from Wednesday 22nd to Saturday 25th July 2020 at Ullswater YC in the Lake District

Outline of schedule

• Wednesday 22nd - Registration & Equipment Inspection, but no organised sailing
• Thursday 23rd - Registraion & Equipment Inspection AM, three races PM
• Friday 24th - three races
• Saturday 25th - two races, prizegiving

Ripon Sailing Club hosted its first Mirror Open Meeting since 2015 on Saturday 5th October, following a resurgence in Mirror sailing at the club over the last two seasons.

Nine Mirrors participated and demonstrated the range of boats that represent the Mirror class these days from a much loved 50 year old gaff rigged wooden boat to several new bermudan rig Winder racing machines. A full mix of age ranges was out on the water, with the youngest sailor aged 3 and the oldest a mere 81!

33 boats including the reigning National Champions Chris & Daisy Fuller, ex-World champion Chris Balding & a two times ex-National Champion Dave Wade, gathered at Poole YC for the Rooster UK Mirror Nationals from 11^th to 14^th August. There was even an international presence from Alle & Floris Roodbergen (NED) with their World Championship winning boat, equipped with a very Dutch orange spinnaker. Great racing in the sheltered waters of Poole harbour's Top Triangle, and the club were very welcoming and accommodating.

 
What a superb week it has been for the Mirrors! Eighteen entries at the start of The One Bassenthwaite Lake Sailing Week on the 3rd August, and six further crews joining mid-week. Although the Mirrors, Toppers and Teras were in a single fleet, the top five finishers – and usually the top ten - were Mirrors in all races to date. I write this prior to the final weekend series.

As well as boats from the Home Club we had entrants from six Clubs across the North of England and as far south as Tewkesbury and Rugby.