Perth Dinghy Sailing Club

2025/26 PDSC Sabre Club Champions

🥇Club Champion Margaret Depiazzi Memorial Perpetual Shield
Zero Tolerance- Tony Carr

🥈2nd Club Championship &
Most Fastest Times Mackinlays Solicitors Perpetual Shield
Leucothea – Craig Hughes

🥉3rd Club Championship
Most Consistent Boat - Jennifer Jones Perpetual Shield
Super Dry – Lane Bauer

📷YD Creative Yvonne Doherty

We are back in 100 days... for Season 2026/27!
Countdown is on!

Nominations for the PDSC Management Committee for Season 2026/27 are now open.

2025/26 PDSC Signet Club Champions

🥇Club Champion for 2025/26 TD Burt Perpetual Shield
Club Champion Forward Hand: Thelma Poor Memorial Trophy
KATIE - Peter Harffey & Jake Fitzsimons

🥈2nd Club Championship
Most Consistent Boat Con McKenna Memorial Shield –
Most Fastest Times Don Pethick Memorial Shield and Roy Careless Trophy
Just Meloe – Guin & Ted Murray

🥉3rd Club Championship
The Menace – David & Kay Horn

📷 YD Creative Yvonne Doherty

2025/26 PDSC International 14 Club Champions

🥇 Club Champion – Rodriguez Memorial Shield
Club Champion Forward Hand – AR Urquhart Perpetual Shield
Reactor – Ian Arber & Drew Farrar

🥈 2nd Club Championship
Sharkbait – Steve & Blake Vance

🥉 3rd Club Championship
The Joker – David Bramley & Matt Hanrahan

🏅 Most Fastest Times – Brian Burke Perpetual Shield
Del Boca Vista – Brad Devine & Ian Furlong

📷 YD Creative Yvonne Doherty

Last week Commodore Chelsea Baker and Vice Commodore David Creed met with the CEO of Australian Sailing Malcolm Page and Ben Callard Head of Community Support and Events along with General Manager of Australian Sailing WA Kate Wearn and
Tait Kunzli and Jade Lane from the WA
Office to discuss all things PDSC and Australian Sailing.

We were also presented with our Australian Sailing affiliated club flag.

Thanks for the meeting opportunity and visting PDSC

Over the next few weeks we will be sharing photos from our 2025/26 Presentation Night and our Club Champions for each fleet, first up is the Javelin fleet

Club Champion for 2025/26- Basil Wright Memorial Trophy
Club Champion Forward Hand: FF Nickels Memorial Cup
🥇Phlegm – Ben Mawson & Nelly Sadler

2nd Club Championship
🥈Valiant - Tim Vance & Daniel Moore

3rd Club Championship
🥉Harken Fast – Russell Hanrahan & Carl Girolamo
(Russell & Carl - absent on the night, so trophies collected by Class Captain Mark Sherburn)

Most Consistent Boat - Jim Vance Perpetual Shield –
🏅Rush – Dave Stewart & Mark Sherburn

Most Fastest Times FF Nickels Memorial Shield –
🏅Fat Boys – Brien Hennessy & Andrew Hacket

Photos - Yvonne Doherty YD Creative

This Saturday Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club are hosting Tips and Tricks with Julian Bethwaite Seminar and have invited PDSC Members to attend

Saturday, 20 June

join Julian Bethwaite for a special morning exploring the principles, techniques and innovations that have shaped modern high-performance sailing.

This is a unique opportunity to learn directly from one of sailing's great thinkers, designers and innovators. Whether you sail a dinghy, skiff, sportsboat or keelboat, Julian's insights into boat handling, performance and setup will challenge conventional thinking and provide practical takeaways

Saturday 20 June - 0900 to 1200 RFBYC Dinghy Club

Places are limited, all are welcome. Please RSVP to secure your spot via contacting RFBYC Dinghy Team

The faces of PDSC Senior Presentation Night! We're honored you joined us! Record attendance for a number of years!

📷 Yvonne Doherty Creative

It was a full house for Senior Presentation 2025/26. Great to see so much support to celebrate the season and our Club Champions 📷 .doherty.creative