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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 2015
membership & subscription information
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SPRING
WORKING PARTIES ARE SCHEDULED FOR 7th and 15th of MARCH. An
extra plea from Ollie. PLEASE support new Rear Commodore Ollie
Ridgway by attending. More
info. HERE.
The
2015 subscription notices have been posted to
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IMPORTANT
INFORMATION. LOTTERY
GRANT TO UPGRADE & IMPROVE THE CLUBHOUSE CHANGING FACILITIES.
More...
The
Snowflake average lap series started on Sunday 4th January
at 11.00. The series will consist of two races per day. Weather
permitting it will run every Sunday until March 8th. inclusive.
This information supercedes what is printed in the 2014 handbook
and what is shown on Dutyman at present. The work parties
will be on Sat. 7th and Sunday 15th March. The NEW Spring
race series will commence on Sunday 22nd March.
Midland
area training for Optimists took place on Saturday 13th December
2014 in perfect conditions. Click the photo below to see a
larger image, taken by Bob Suggitt. A small gallery will follow
soon.
Local
news magazine "The Village" reports on visit by
M.P. and the Enterprise Under 25 National Championship, more.....
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.
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New
race formats for 2015, see Vice Commodore's letter explaining
all about these important changes HERE
Our
third and final three day junior training event was on August
26th to 28th inclusive. More information on this
POSTER
and the training page.
Latest
junior training report is now online, read it
HERE
and 2014
Sunday morning junior training block 4 (September) poster HERE
Sunday
morning junior training and start racing sessions are announced,
details on the training
page.
2014
Junior Training Poster (updated dates) and Application Form
are to be found on the Training
Page.
NEW
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guide, Richard Seal has kindly written
a guide to help members understand what Webcollect can do for
them and for the club. Please find time to read this
excellent
manual. More info is on the news page.
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
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.
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29/6/14.
The Ladies race for the June Lennox trophy was won by Julia Powell,
the Junior helm race was won by Rachel Cross. More to come with a photo
album by Bob.
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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
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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.
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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.
Right
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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