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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 2013
membership & subscription information
click
HERE
Click flag for 2013 new champion
club poster ~ Latest
update : 18/5/13 SITE
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Date
: 18/5/13. Important Notice from Cheryl Kiely.
There will be no Junior Training this Sunday, 19th May, due to
the Enterprise and Lark combined Open Meeting. More.......
Club
calendar uploaded, see Club
Events page
BRATS
open water swim training started on 9th May when around 20
swimmers braved the cold conditions. New for this season are
dedicated swim course bouys, They are the small yellow mooring
type with handle on top and will be used to secure a more
visible bouy during sessions. These bouys
must NOT be moved as they are set to produce a 750
metre lap. No sailing while swimming is in session please.
Water
temperature at 12° taken on 7th May
Wednesday,
22nd May, Supper menu. Sign up on the sheet in the clubhouse
or telephone Lisa on 0121 445 1226 by
Tuesday evening. Lasagne, garlic bread + salad.~ Dessert,
Tirimasu and ice cream. Or cheese and biscuits.
We
had an open afternoon on May
11th, information for visitors was on a poster HERE
~ Quite a decent number turned up in spite of the inclement
weather.
BGSC
Easter Junior training on April 1st to 3rd was postponed due
to unsuitable weather conditions.
The new dates for the training are 28th
- 30th May. More information on this re titled Spring 3 day
RYA training course is on this revised
poster
and application
form A poster for the three junior training 3 day events
of 2013 can be seen HERE
Sunday
morning junior training started on 28th April at 11.00. Poster
HERE
~ Contact is Cheryl Kiely, see
"CHERYL'S JUNIOR TRAINING BLOG", a new feature
with the first entry on 1st May.
The
2013 handbooks are in the clubhous for pick up by members,
sign sheet that is with them to acknowledge collection
_ Mirror dinghy for sale, more....
(Click
image to view larger photo')
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"CHERYL'S
JUNIOR TRAINING BLOG"
It
is the combined Lark and Enterprise Open next Sunday 19th
May and therefore there will be no sailing available for the
other dinghy classes and sailboards. ~ If you are a Lark or
Enterprise sailor it would be great to see you out of the
water but if not why not come down to the club to witness
the race action! ~ Note that normal Sunday racing resumes
on the 26th May and there is also a full race programme on
Bank Holiday Monday 27th May. Regards, Chris Pack
More
information on this combined classes event on Sunday 19/5/13
can be found on the class websites. For Enterprise
& Lark
. Contacts Rob Farquharson, Enterprise. / Bob Suggitt, Lark.
See contacts page.
Full
2013 Duty Roster
has been produced by Richard Tuckett and
as of 1/4/13, uploaded to the Dutyman system by Richard Seal.
Thanks go to them both for their work on this. Click the Dutyman
link above to check your duties, sign in to tick that you
can do your duty or to arrange a swap with another member.
Adult
training courses have been organised by Chris Kiely, click
on these links for details
~ FIRST
AID ~ POWERBOAT
LEVEL 2 ~ START
SAILING LEVEL 1
The
March 2013 club newsletter from Commodore Chris Pack can be
seen
HERE
The
February 2013 club newsletter from Commodore Chris Pack can
be seen
HERE.
The
December 2012 club newsletter from Commodore Chris Pack can
be seen
HERE
The
autumn club newsletter from Commodore Chris Pack can be seen
HERE
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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.

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" 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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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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