Championship and Cup Races
6.1 Championship. The following three Championships will be sailed each summer with Trophies awarded to the winners.
- Class A. Boats 27″ to 36″ inclusive open to all sailors.
Trophy presented by Mr R C R Twallin. - Class B. Boats. 21″ to 26″ inclusive open to sailors who have not reached the age of 18 by 1 August.
Trophy presented by Mr P W S Boult. - Class C. Boats 15″ to 20″ inclusive open to all sailors who have not reached the age of 14 by 1 August.
Trophy presented by Gateway Building Society.
Qualification. To qualify to sail in the Class B or C Championship, a boat must have won one qualifying race and its sailor must have sailed that boat in two races during the season. To qualify for Class A Championship, the sailor must have won a race with the same boat in the current season.
Entry limit. No one may sail more than two boats in a Championship.
6.2 Cup Races. The tables below list the Special Races for which individual Trophies are awarded, together with entry qualification requirements and a description of the race.
Summer Competitions
| Name of Cup or Trophy. | Qualification. | Description of Competition. |
| Cripps Cup Presented by Mr Humphrey Cripps |
Boats with overall length of 24 inches or more. Yawls may not be entered. | A beat to windward,around a mark, before reaching the far bank. Return between two marks on the starting bank. |
| St Edmund’s Cup | Burgee winners from the previous year, including all cup winners and runners-up | Two lengths heats. Four length final. |
| Sole Bay Bell Presented by Mr Geoffrey Earle |
Open to all boats between 32″ and 36″ inclusive. | Two length heats. Four length final. |
| Golden Jubilee Challenge Cup | Adult Sailors, aged 16 and over. | Two lengths heats. Four length final. |
| De Lacroix Rose Bowl Presented by Mr George de Lacroix | Home-made boats. (See definition) | Two lengths heats. Four length final. |
| Nigel Boult Trophy Presented by Mrs Fiona Boult | New Boats made since the end of the last season. | Two lengths heats. Four length final. |
| Daphnia Cup Presented by Miss H Balfour |
Class C Boats | Awarded to the boat that has attained the most points during the season but has not won the Class C Championship. |
| Walter Grint Trophy | Class C Boats | Awarded to the Runner-up for the Daphnia Cup |
| Pout Cup Presented in memory of Mr Geoffrey Pout |
Class B & C Boats and Sailors | Modified Beat and Run |
| Quincentenary Salver | Beach Yawls | Two lengths heat. Four length final. |
| Collett Cup Presented by Mr David Collett |
Veteran Yachts | Yachts made and sailed on the pond before 1957. Two lengths heat. Four length final. |
| Waveney Shield Presented by Waveney District Council |
Class B & C Burgee winners from the current summer season. | Two lengths heat. Four length final. |
| Charter Plate Presented by Southwold Town Council |
A relay team of four boats of which two belong to the family entering the race. | One length sailed by each boat as a relay race |
May Bank Holiday Competitions
A pick-up regatta is generally arranged on the second Bank Holiday Monday in May. It will include the following cup races.
| May Cup | Children draw for boats nominated by the committee. | Two lengths heat. Four length final. |
| Norwich and Peterborough Building Society Class B Shield | Class B boats made as part of David Collett Project in Southwold. | Two lengths heat. Four length final. |
| Norwich and Peterborough Building Society Class C Shield | Class C boats made as part of David Collett Project in Southwold. | Two lengths heat. Four length final. |