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.  Click Union flag for random link

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Weekend of 24th / 25th May and we proudly host the Lark Class Junior National Championship (on 24th, 3 races followed by the BGSC Open meeting single handed race)  The "Lark" party on the Saturday evening and on Sunday 25th, it's our Lark Open meeting.  A fantastic weekend it will be. For the beer drinkers (most Larkers) there will be Weatheroak on draught, mmm!  Our Lark Class Captain makes an appeal to club members here.  Lark site here.    RS200 DEMO' EVENT THIS SUNDAY, 18TH. MORE  HERE     We have a Facebook page for B.G.S.C. that has a fledgling K8's Crew album on it. R U on facebook? if so, go and join the page as a "fan" here  Messages from Keith Heyes, Bob Suggitt and reminder about BRATs swimming here. "Beating the Bounds" Alvechurch style, more...  Oppi and Sailboard results updated here.   

Top Three's results here  RS200 DEMO' EVENT THIS SUNDAY, 18TH. MORE  HERE   Read the Commodore's recent letter here K8's Crew page here A new class for BGSC in 2008 ! A modern style of asymmetric 2 man boat is to be introduced, read more about it in the Commodore's letter. One member has already ordered an RS200 which is the preferred but not exclusive model.  Non trapeze in the PY range 1059 to 1099 are the basic requirements for the new fleet.  Read the Vice Commodore's introduction article for the new class here

A great offer from the Committee to prospective members.  Anyone joining during 2008 who does not own or wants to postpone buying a boat, can use a club LARK free of charge for the season !  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. 2008 Calendar here  Water level news 19/3/08

For 2008 membership & subscription information click here 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 : Various dinghy fleets prepare for a race on a typical summer Sunday afternoon.

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.

Laser dinghies racing at Barnt Green in the 2007 open meeting.

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.

 

	Handicap PY 1059 to 1099

We sail eight 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 pages for details.

 

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.

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. Monday evenings - periodically we run Ladies only courses, usually on Monday evenings. WINTER SERIES

Into the winter with our "Frostbite" pursuit series for all classes. Through the winter with our "Snowflake" handicap series for all classes. PLUS

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 (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.	Optimist dinghies sailing at Barnt Green during a training session

Full details of all our events can be found in subsequent pages. We hope you enjoy our website.

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