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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 2012
membership & subscription
information click here
Click flag to see what has a'pier'ed at Upper Bittell.
~ Latest
update : 22/5/12 SITE
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Our
2012 Laser Open Meeting is on Saturday 26th May, first race
at 11.00. Event poster is HERE.
There
is normal sailing on Bank Holiday Monday 4th June and to celebrate
the Diamond Jubilee there will be a BBQ after sailing! Bring
your own meat. Salad will be provided.
Joint
clubs Quiz night event on 15th June, this popular evening
is being repeated, more.......
Enterprise
points series so far.....HERE
Our
2012 Enterprise Open Meeting was on Sunday 13th May. 17 boats
took part in a fresh wind, the event was won by Mark Lunn
& Steve Blackburn, WLYC in Speed Machine # 55. Report,
Results and Photos
are HERE
Our
2012 SOLO Open meeting was on Saturday, 14th April,
click here
to view event poster, 17 sailors took part, results here as
soon as received
A
photo album of the saving of the TOD is HERE
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Water temperature
on 9/5/12 ~~~~ 11 degrees.
Quiz night
poster
HERE.
Boats
for sale update, a £1200 Laser, more...
Ladies
Mondays are up and running, updates from 30/4/12 can be seen
HERE
The
latest newsletter from the Commodore can be read HERE.
Posted on 30/4/2012.
Top Three's page suspended HERE.
Wednesday
evening supper. The
menu for 23rd May is : Main course @ £6.50, Lasagne,
salad & garlic bread. Dessert is Apple & Blackberry
crumble with custard or cheese & biscuits @ £2.
To book (essential) Tel. Lisa on 0121 445 1226 by Tuesday
or put name on list in clubhouse.
Now
that pumping
water back
from the canal system into Upper Bittell has re-commenced
we have found this
article on the history of the old pumphouse and Boulton
& Watts steam beam engine that lifted water over a century
ago. With thanks to Philip Everard for his research.
Click
THE
"BOATHOUSE" VENUE. Seminar
and Training Location, to view our dedicated website
on letting opportunities. New contact details for 2012 now
inserted. Members, please note that the contact details in
the 2012 handbook are incorrect, visit this
site for the correct details.
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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. 2010 (2011 updates) Portsmouth
Yardstick (PY) numbers list in pdf formathere
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 during 2011 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
2012 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 Lewis won our overall Sailboard
fleet summer series trophy, a very worthy achievement
which required persistently high performance racing
throughout the season. Many of our young sailors achieve
high standards both within the club and further afield
in regional and national events. Click on "Training"
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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.
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" pursuit series for
all classes.
Through
the winter with our "Snowflake" handicap series
for all classes. (A special Winter only membership is available)
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| Casual
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.
Right
we see Optimist dinghies at a club training event.
Click image to enlarge. |
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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