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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. Click Union flag for random link
 LATEST SITE UPDATE : 2/2/2010 : SITE HITS  HTML Counter Snowflake - DUTY ROTA
Racing on 24th January, one of the few Sundays during this years Snowflake that racing has taken place.
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Snippets : On 31st Jan. a sub Committee met with the Brat's club representatives to arrange the programme for 2010 season swim training.
Another meeting that day involved our Rear Commodore meeting a small group to work out what tasks we will be doing at the forthcoming working parties. Gallery of pics. taken that day here
Top Three's HERE. Wild 1 review - update - HERE
Frozen lake on 10th January. Click here to see gallery
NEW YEARS DAY. Click this gallery link to see images
The application form for 2010 Easter and Summer junior training courses, as a printable WORD doc. is HERE
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Left is the most recent class introduced at BGSC. A modern style of asymmetric 2 man boat was introduced during 2008, One new member (Simon Rushall, pictured)has joined with an RS200 (which is the preferred but not exclusive model). Non trapeze in the PY range 1059 to 1099 are the basic requirements for this fleet. Click image to enlarge.
Read the Vice Commodore's introduction article for the new class here and a report on the 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 2009 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.
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For 2009 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 : 5th July. Junior windsurfer Lewis Barnes enjoying the race during our 2009 midsummer regatta which included various trophy races and ended with a paddleboard race. The evening was rounded off by a barbeque. A great day of sailing! | |
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 eight classes in our racing fleets. Click the images to visit their pages
W e 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
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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) |
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Bank holiday Mondays - as for Sundays |
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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. |
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Saturdays afternoons - leisure sailing, training sessions and impromptu racing.
Tuesday evenings - We run Ladies and Mens only courses, in 2009 sharing the lake on Tuesday evenings.
WINTER SERIES |
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Into the winter with our "Frostbite" pursuit series for all classes.
Through the winter with our "Snowflake" handicap series for all classes.
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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 or August)three day events and regular shorter sessions ( K8's Crew)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 the 2009 Easter training. 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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