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DINGHY SAILING AND WINDSURFING
ON THE 80 ACRE UPPER BITTELL RESERVOIR. A SITE OF SPECIAL SCIENTIFIC
INTEREST (S.S.S.I.) SET IN BEAUTIFUL SURROUNDINGS. ESTABLISHED IN 1918.
For 2014
membership & subscription information
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After
many years the once famous BGSC Salmon & Strawberry supper is to
return and it is all for a great cause. Read more about it HERE
Dutyman
is now operational for the whole of the 2014 season and the 2015 Snowflake
series, please log in to tick your duties or arrange swaps.
Wednesday
evening supper menus will return as soon as web admin can
get the information. On 23rd there will be a Lisa's supper.
On 30th we hope there will be a fish & chips supper.
The 2014 Club Calendar has been uploaded to the Club
Events page.
2014
Junior Training Poster (updated dates) and Application Form
are to be found on the Training
Page.
The
Snowflake series ran from Sunday 5th January to Sunday 30th
March 2014 and the races were run on a handicap basis. View
final results for seniors and juniors here,
An
update on the Under 21 Enterprise Championship to be held on
30th/31st August, it is now the Under
25 Ent.Champs, sponsored by Noble
Marine Insurance and Zhik
(racing apparel), read more HERE.
Definitely not an event to miss! ENTRY
FORM.
Frostbite
Series Final Results updated to end of series on 22nd December,
see Results
The club is grateful to Chris Pack for compiling the series
results.
Barnt
Green Waters Ltd. have been awarded £50,000 in the latest
Inspired Facilities funding round. Sports England have announced
an extra £40m will be invested through Inspired Facilities
to 2017. This grant is specifically awarded for changing room
refurbishment. The application was steered to success by club
members Gordon Padmore with the aid of Carl Taylor and John
Arrowsmith. The announcement was confirmed on BBC TV in Midlands
Today after the main early evening news. The club is grateful
to Gordon, Carl and John for the efforts they have made in securing
this grant. Well done! Read Stuart Howe's press release HERE
and MORE
HERE from the RYA.
Our
lakeside clubhouse is for hire and is ideal as a venue for
meetings, training events, seminars, parties, wedding receptions.
Visit The
Boathouse Venue to find out more.
The
2013 Enterprise Under 21 Championship report, results and
gallery are HERE.
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REAR
COMMODORE RALPH GORDON IS ASKING IF ANYONE WHO ATTENDED THE
LAST WORKING PARTY HAS KNOWLEDGE OF THE WHEREABOUTS OF HIS
GREEN PLASTIC GARDEN KNEELER, GONE MISSING, TAKEN HOME IN
ERROR? PUT AWAY IN A SHED? PLEASE CONTACT RALPH IF YOU HAVE
ANY INFORMATION THAT MAY HELP HIM FIND IT, SEE CONTACTS PAGE.
- THE LARGEST DINGHY SAILING RACE EVER - WILL BE HELD WORLDWIDE
ON SEPTEMBER 21st 2014 at 11.00 BST. OVER 300 CLUBS HAVE ALREADY
SIGNED UP. IN HONOUR OF THE LATE ANDREW SIMPSON THE PROCEEDS
RAISED WILL GO TO CHARITY, DETAILS TO BE ANNOUNCED
We
are delighted to announce that Barnt Green Sailing Club has
applied to be part of Bart's
Bash. Details are now announced via the official
launch document. There is also a map
showing all the participating clubs. We are on there of
course! This whole event will be great for sailing and we
can make it be great for our club. Watch this space for updated
details.
Clubhouse
News : BGW have now installed a log burning stove in place
of the ancient fire. This will be much safer as it is a sealed
unit with a glass door. This should be kept closed at all
times when the stove is in use apart from when feeding logs
into the fire. The stove casing gets very hot as do the control
handles so take great care and keep children away from direct
contact with the unit. Additionally, the kitchen outer door
has been replaced with a UPVC double glazed unit which is
far superior to the old rotton wooden one. A new main door
to the clubhouse has now also been fitted.
At
the Sailing Club 2013 AGM our Commodore for the past two years
was succeeded by Paul Cross. His Vice Commodore is Mike Pickworth.
Congratulations to them both on their election. Retiring Commodore
Chris Pack presented his final Commodore's trophy to Lewis
Barnes, a popular choice.
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Left
is an image of an RS200, one of the asymmetric 2 man boats that
make up our most recently formed fleet. Non trapeze in the PY
range 1057 to 1099 are the basic requirements for this fleet.
Click image to enlarge. Portsmouth Yardstick
(PY) numbers list in pdf format here
Read our
introduction article for the new class here and
a report on a test days sailing here
Rob
Lennox report with Andrew Weedon reply here RS200 gallery here
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A
great offer from the Committee to prospective members.
Anyone joining who does not own or wants to postpone buying
a boat, can use a club LARK free of charge for a while
to give them time to decide which fleet to join !
Vacancies currently exist in all our fleets, we would welcome
your enquiry. Follow the links on this page for more information
or visit the club on a Sunday to see our fleets in action.
We also have club owned Laser Pico, Optimist and Cadet dinghies
plus a beginners sailboard for new members to try out sailing
in/on.
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For
2014 membership & subscription
information clickhere
Our
superb rural situation is close to the City of Birmingham
, not far from the famous Lickey Hills National Park
in North Worcestershire with easy access from the
M42 motorway, junction 2. We are a Royal
Yachting Association (RYA) "Volvo" Champion Club and
an RYA Recognised Training Establishment.
Left
: Junior windsurfer Lewis Barnes enjoying
club racing. In 2010, 11, 12, and 13 Lewis won our
overall Sailboard fleet summer series trophy, a very
worthy achievement which required persistently high
performance racing throughout each season. Many of
our young sailors achieve high standards both within
the club and further afield in regional and national
events. Click on "Training" to find out
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Our emphasis
is on friendly, family orientated sailing. Expert tuition is arranged
for children, youths and adults and we have fleets of Optimist and Pico
dinghies available for training purposes. Healthy competition is encouraged
through a strong class sailing structure.
Our
club is independent, run by the members for the members. We all take
part in helping to run race days and events such as Open Meetings, each
class sailed at the club hosts one of these each season and they attract
visitors from far afield.
Merlin Rocket
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We
sail ten classes in our racing fleets. Click the images to visit their
pages
We welcome new members,
experienced or novice and membership is open for all classes
plus crewing only and parental non sailing for young sailing
juniors, see our membership
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REGULAR CLUB SAILING
THROUGHOUT THE YEAR
SUMMER SERIES
| Sunday
mornings - Sailboard points and handicap racing series
for our fleet of 7.5 Raceboard windsurfers and Sailboard Allcomers
plus dinghy training opportunities for juniors and adults.
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| Sunday
afternoons - Dinghy points and handicap racing series
for adults and juniors. Each class of dinghy has its own start.
(No menagerie fleet) |
| Bank
holiday Mondays - as for Sundays |
| Wednesday
evenings - in spring and summertime. A pursuit race
for adults and juniors plus a class race for sailboards. Followed
by a social evening in our lovely sandstone clubhouse - with
hot suppers and licensed bar. |
| Saturdays afternoons
- Leisure sailing, training sessions and impromptu racing. Safety
boat cover for many summer months.
Monday evenings
- We run Ladies and Mens only courses. Organised
by Mandy and Bob Suggitt
WINTER
SERIES |
| Into
the winter with our "Frostbite" handicap series for
all dinghy classes and points series races for sailboards.
Through
the winter with our "Snowflake" handicap series
for all classes. (A special Winter only membership is available)
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sailing at other times subject to observance of the
club safety policy. |
Our
now famous junior training programme, with
early (Easter) and mid season (July and/or August) three
day events and regular shorter sessions, has produced many
fine achievements with young sailors obtaining magnificent
results at National, European and World events.
We are justifiably proud of our younger members. Click
here
for more details.
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we see Optimist dinghies at a club training event.
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Optimist
dinghies sailing at Barnt Green during a training session |
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Full
details of all our events can be found in subsequent pages. We hope
you enjoy our website.
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