Gusty winds forced postponement of the flag pole to flag pole race, but five boats still competed in two out of three races scheduled for the Mabel Welch Memorial Trophy.

Dickinson in Kitty Hawk won the first ahead of Byron McCallan and Bryan Steede in Shogun with Colin Clark and Scott Fox third in Five Star Five .

But it was an event full of drama as Howard Lee and Alvin Woods in High Yella broke a spar on the reaching mark while lying second and were unable to finish. And David Wall in Tango turned over on the last flow and also failed to finish.

Just three boats started the second race with David Wall pipping Howard Lee for first place.

Dickinson turned over on the flow while in second place and after three attempts managed to upright his boat and finish third. He thus became eligible for the annual Submarine Trophy.

Final points: 1 Stevie Dickinson 33 2 Colin Clark 5 3 David Wall 51 4 Byron McCallan 63 5 Howard Lee 91 VOLLEYBALL VOL Mark Monaghan and Lisa Dragon emerged triumphant in the A Division of the Pirate's Brew mixed doubles Open on Saturday as they overpowered David Gazzard and Jennifer Clarke 15-2 in the final.

The B division saw a closer final with Gladstone Grant and Karen Alcock outlasting Barry Mah and Julie Hendricks 15-12.

Twenty four teams competed in the tournament, with 12 in each division. The round robin phase consisted of a man playing each game with a different female partner.

Kelly Hartnett and Erika Hendriks finished the A round robin in first place, with Gazzard and Clarke in second, Dan Fronchak and Debbie Sousa third and Monaghan and Dragon fourth.

Monaghan and Dragon then defeated Hartnett and Hendriks in the first semi-final 15-7, while Gazzard and Clarke got past Fronchak and Sousa 15-11 in the other semi.

The B division saw Mah and Hendricks finish atop the round robin ahead of Grant and Alcock, Tony Readwin and Carol Mitchell and Gus Gavning and Coral Lindo.

Mah and Hendricks downed Gavning and Lindo 15-8 in the first semi-final while Grant and Alcock dumped Readwin and Mitchell 15-5 in the second.

SOCCER SOC Southampton Rangers will hold a meeting for senior soccer players at the club on Thursday evening, starting at 7.00. All players interested in playing for the club next season are invited to attend.

Forties Football Club will hold a training session tomorrow at Warwick Academy at 6.00 p.m. for all players and any others interested in representing the club next season.

CRICKET CRI Southampton Rangers will be holding registration today at 5.00 p.m. for all youngsters between the ages of seven and 17 interested in playing cricket for the club this season.