Barnt Green Sailing Club - News Articles

 
Visit Volvo Youth Worlds Facebook galleries HERE Great pictures! (Credit: Dave Kneale/Volvo Ocean Race)
  

Adult RYA Level 1 course announced...more...

 

Our next 3 day Junior Sail Training event is on 26th to 28th July,  Application form  HERE

 

Summer Regatta report and results  HERE

 

THE "BOATHOUSE" VENUE. "MAKING MORE USE OF OUR WONDERFUL FACILITES". VISIT THE DEDICATED WEBSITE SPECIALLY CREATED BY GORDON PADMORE AND ROBIN BROWN.

 

Izzy Hamilton, left, our only U.K. medalist at the 2010 ISAF Youth Worlds held in Istanbul. She took silver in the RS:X Windsurfer Class. Click the image for a larger picture.  Full Results here 

2010 Lark Open meeting report can be seen HERE.  Results HERE. Gallery HERE.

Club member William Lockett came 5th in the Laser 4.7 qualifiers held at Datchet recently, this has resulted in his selection to the GB squad and means that he will be sailing for England in the European championships. Many congratulations to him.  If you want to help his campaign, read this. 

Friday Youth Sailing - a report on the new FYS page...

                                                    
Click this image to visit the Friday Youth Sailing page
 
2010 Enterprise Open meeting  Results HERE  class page  HERE

Bob Suggitt wins the BG Solo Open meeting in a hard fought light wind event on Saturday 17th April, report, results and images HERE    News from the BG Optimist Open meeting is that Martin Wrigley came second in the Gold fleet and Tom Fenemore was second in the Silver fleet, details to follow with new galleries. William Lockett has been selected to sail for GB at the European Championships in Laser 4.7, well done William!The 2010 club handbook is available to pick up in the clubhouse. Look for your envelope on the table by the class notice boards. A website version of selected pages can be viewed  HERE  including the new club calendar poster. 

The Club Room, an  "clubs" newsletter, more....

 

Jobson's and Easton's, a surprise meeting, more...

 

Tom Fenemore won the Regatta fleet at NSC MOT, 5 BGSC Oppi's took part, a report and results on Y&Y site HERE. 

2010Snowflake series has suffered three days of cancelled racing due to a frozen lake.  The following sums up the series so far!

Andy Paton (OOD) and Gordon Padmore have issued the following regarding Sunday 17th Jan. 2010: "Please be advised that there will again be no Snowflake racing this weekend, as the lake with the exception of a small channel around the perimeter, is still frozen over. This is unlikely to change greatly before Sunday and could damage your boat should you hit a growler. (Look what happened to the Titanic).  Many thanks for your continued understanding."   Gordon.   NOW, SEE THIS YOUTUBE VIDEO FROM LEIGH & LOWTON S.C. FROM LAST WEEK !

Gallery of images from 10th Jan. 2010, another cancelled day....HERE

NEW YEARS DAY. Click this gallery link to see images

Series results HERE            Prize winners LIST            Frostbite TOP THREE'S 

NEW - RYA link to NEWS IN BRIEF.   December issue

Our latest website sponsor Clair Andrews - Sports Massage Therapist.    Details  HERE.        2009 Poster HERE.
 

Under 21 Enterprise National Championship report + results  HERE      On Sunday 6th September we held our famous charity race for all classes.  Gordon's report, gallery link +  results poster HERE        Straight to GALLERY HERE

There is an interesting report from 1938 on birds observed at Upper Bittell seventy years ago!  Click HERE

Read the first report by our new Commodore as presented to the AGM of Barnt Green Waters on 6th December 2009, HERE

Richard Easton held another SCRUB CLEARING work party on Saturday 5th December, Richard and Fred had their chainsaws and four members helped them.  Another good section was cleared and the result of all their labour was burned.  Another session will be arranged in the spring. more....

Update 15/11/09 on Brian Allen, 2009 Commodore.  "Brian and Mari visited the club on Sunday, Brian sporting a new, shiny, fibreglass cast holding his foot in a ballet like foot pointing position to butt the achillies tendon together, he seemed quite well after his surprise vist back to hospital and is putting a brave face on the situation.  He hopes to be at the AGM to present his report on the past year at BGSC so please everyone, try to be there, if Brian can get there, so can you...."   Links to Latest Image.   AGM notice.

Update 10/11/09 on Brian Allen, 2009 Commodore.  Sent by Gordon Padmore following a conversation with Mari.

Brian is still in hospital (Since Friday 6th when blood clotting was suspected) and although he thought he might be discharged today, this is now not the case and is more likely to be tomorrow (Wednesday 11.11.09). He has had a number of injections and has been prescribed blood thinning drugs for the next 6 months. Although he is tired due to little sleep in the hospital, he is quite cheerful.    Mari then went on to say that Paul, one of their sons, fractured his thumb approximately 2 weeks ago and last evening, she received a phone call from their other son Peter to say, he had now broken his left arm. How lucky is that! Talk about going out in sympathy. Suggested Mari didn’t go out of the house!  GP.               "GET WELL SOON BRIAN"

Richard Mountford sent the following news  "I am delighted to tell you that we now have a little girl, Isobel. She was born on 16th October and she and mum are doing brilliantly! I am planning to buy her a wet suit for Christmas and hope to have her in an oppy next summer!"  On behalf of us all, "Many congratulations"  (RB)

Commodore, Brian Allen. picture here, wearing his heavy and cumbersone "air boot" to support his achillies tendon injury sustained at the club on Saturday the 10th. Oct. A lasting reminder of his accident is the new fence behind the OOD box erected during last Sundays' work party, to be known as "Brian's Barrier"!  Brian chaired his final committee meeting on 22nd October in preparation for the AGM in November.    Here is a photo of Brian on a better day!

Member Pedro Lopes took part in the Fastnet, see his just giving blog and slide show HERE. 

Our latest newsletter online, click the image >>>    
 
174 Club Updated here

Optimist Open Meeting was on Saturday 27th June, more.   Adult training courses, details on this page.   

The club is now RACING TO THE 2009 RULES .  You can read them by clicking    Here  The 2009 club handbook,  information here 

RS:X Youth World Windsurfing Championship  MORE...

 

 

 

 

 

 Our Flag Officers Day and Club Regatta took place on SUNDAY 5th JULY 2009, brief report with images. Gallery of event.   

Junior Helm  - (Best over 2 races)

                                     Cadet Class: 1st Joe Taylor & Kate Rowe, 2nd Jessica Pickworth & Freddie Lockett, 3rd Alice & Donald Pickworth.

                                     Optimist Class: 1st Matthew Cross, 2nd Rachel Cross, 3rd Sashia Inman.

Ladies Trophy Race       1st Becky Thomas (Laser), 2nd Kate Brooks (Solo), 3rd Rachel Lennox (Laser).

                                     (Racing for the June Lennox Rose Bowl)

Richard Murray Trophy Race

This race commences with a mass start, which this year incorporated 28 boats from 6 different Classes. The final results are then calculated against the Portsmouth Yardstick which is the national handicap system that allows for different boat speeds. (So first through the finish line is not necessarily the winner).   The race is of one hours duration.

                                      1st Bob Suggitt (Solo), 2nd Tim Joinson (Solo), 3rd Kelsey Suggitt & Josh Stuart (Lark).    

A 45 minute sailboard race   (first over the line, wins) was held over the same course. starting two minutes after the dinghy race start. This  soon changed to starting ahead of the dinghies as that fleet had a general recall                  1st Chris Pack, 2nd Robin Brown, 3rd Christian Barnes.

After this race the sailboarders stayed out for some fast reaches and then the on water activity concluded with a paddle board childrens novelty race.  Following the sailing there was a barbeque.  This was the most successsful Flag Officers Regatta day for some years and the experiment of holding it on a Sunday does seem to have paid off.  (In spite of the Mens final at Wimbledon!)

Wednesday 17th June was the end of the first pursuit series, results soon.....
Our second after sailing  BBQ was on Sunday 7th June incl. first draw of the 2009  174 CLUB   
Updated Optimist Summer series results posted.      Sailboard Summer series results posted. 
Monday 25th, a BBQ after sailing, see gallery.     
LARK open meeting, Illustrated Report and results here.  
 BRATs  Aquathlon on  the 14th report here 
Ent. OPEN meeting. Report, results and Pics. 
Windy Wednesday 7/5/2009 was a blast, more... 
First BRATs swim night with pics. on 7th May, more. 
Our Laser Open Meeting Report, results and photo's link here. 
Easter Junior Training,  2 galleries and an interim report are here.  
Sailboard Class Open Meeting details here and here.  
Our Solo Open Meeting was on 4th April.  Results  HERE      Report with PICS. HERE  Gallery HERE

On Saturday May 16th we held our annual  OPEN AFTERNOON   It was well attended and a great success.

Our summer (!) points series begins on Sunday 15th March.  Working party # 2 is on Saturday 14th March.

We are saddened to report the death on 11th April of sailing legend, Richard Estaugh,  LINK to Y&Y article.

The club is now RACING TO THE 2009 RULES ! (You can read them by clicking the link below). The 2009/2012 RRS (Racing Rules of Sailing) with changes shown in red. A PDF file of 920 kbts (which can be downloaded)     Here    

Richard Mercer Main :  Funeral and Memorial service at Barnt Green on Saturday 14th March, details can be seen HERE. (New page)  Tribute gallery HERE

A brief report on the 2008 Enterprise party...more   2008 Luncheon, AGM & Prizegiving ..more   Prizegiving gallery here,  The winners  here    Final 162 Club winners drawn at AGM, results   FINAL Snowflake  Top Three's   Cadet Open meeting on 1/11/08, results here.   Report soon.  Ryfield of Rednal sponsored our Cadet Open meeting  more  (Ryfield to become Suzuki dealership 1/12/2008)     Check the final summer series results here

October 2008. Hon. Sailing Sec., Keith Heyes, is trialing a duty roster programme called DUTYMAN this autumn.  Visit the Frostbite duty roster here.  Those on duty can confirm/swap duties using their log in supplied to them by Keith. If this free trial is successful, the club could subscribe for 2009. Let Keith know what you think.

 

September.  The 2008 Autumn newsletter, "Bittell Banter", has been handed/posted out, selected items from it will probably be posted on here once received in electronic format. 

 

Our tribute gallery to the medal winners of the British Olympic sailors is here

"PRESS RELEASE LINK". On  6th/7th Sept. Barnt Green Sailing Club was host to the Enterprise Association National under 21’s Youth Championships, with two boats entered from the Club. Despite the rain which descended all day Saturday, three races were completed and the final two on the Sunday. The overall winner was Matt Johnson & Rachel Jackson from South Caernarfonshire S.C, and the first Barnt Green boat was Sam & Victoria Woods in 7th place. Joe Taylor and Sam Evans were winners of the under 15’s age group and came in 9th position overall.

 

@ 30 members turned up for a BBQ after sailing on 10th August following some very windy racing.

 

Sam Woods has kindly compiled the Early Wednesday and has updated the Laser results, Chris Pack has updated the Sailboard results, more.......

 

Website statistics can be seen here, a simple count of hits through the homepage covering 30 days.

 

We have a Facebook page for B.G.S.C. that has a fledgling K8's Crew album and a small gallery of general BGSC photo's on it. Are you on facebook? if so, you can join the page as a "fan" here 

 

Our annual OPEN DAY for visitors / potential new members was held on Saturday 10th May. About 80 people turned up and were shown around the club, taking membership details away after their visit. We thank them for coming and hope to welcome as many as possible into membership. A report will be on here soon. Any queries following the day? Contact Membership Secretary, Karen Millington, telephone 0121 445 2695 or to email her click here.

 

"Beating the Bounds".

Barnt Green Sailing Club were pleased to welcome 34 walkers on Bank Holiday Monday 5th May, more.....

 

 

Web Admin. has been advised, on 26th March that a new safety boat has been purchased, our third Jaffa, this one with a console and 20hp Honda 4 stroke outboard. This boat will replace the RIB which is on offer for sale. If interested in purchasing our 4m Avon RIB with 30 hp 4 stroke outboard please contact the Commodore.

An article by Rob Lennox, posted on 26/3/08 about securing parked boats following our tornado can be seen here Scroll down to read about the storm, it's in red to draw attention!

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The trial run of the Hyrdogen powered dinghy went ahead and can be hailed a great success, a report with photographs has been created by web admin. A link is below.

20/1/2008.  Barnt Green Sailing Club is pleased to be hosting the first ever outing of a hydrogen cell powered outboard engine, check here for more information on Valeswood.com. Called the MinnKota hydrogen engine and developed at Birmingham University in conjunction with Valeswood Co. this exciting development should present a spectacle worth seeing, history will be in the making!  If members wish to see what happens, pop along, the forecast is for a 12 knots westerly and about 12 degrees at present so it should be pleasant if the rain holds off.  Hope to see you there.  A report with photographs can be seen here  (RB) 

 

9/1/2008 and Fred reports that a contractor, found by himself and brought in by the fishing club, have scraped clean the lower car park and placed a layer of 'planings' over the area. Hopefully this will return it to full usable condition for the coming season. More on this following an inspection shortly and maybe a photo too. Thanks go to Fred Rollins and John Tate, FC Chairman for organising it.

Inspected on sunday 13th January and this photo taken, it looks a very good job and will make all the difference to accommodating the vehicles of visiting sailors during our Open Meetings.  The car park is available for use again !

STORM DAMAGE TO ABOUT 30 BOATS AT BGSC ON 8TH JANUARY.   ( Gallery here )

 

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NEWS ARCHIVE HERE

Have you got something newsworthy to share with fellow members? Please send it to Gordon Padmore for inclusion in the next newsletter or to Robin Brown for uploading to the website.

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Visit the Ladies (Mandy’s) Tuesdays page here
   For more information contact Mandy Suggitt:  Tel. 0121 445 6550   or  Email

 

 
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Sailing Duties, a Reminder

 

Keith Heyes, as our Sailing Secretary, is posting out duty reminders to OOD’s but still we have some occasions where members are not turning up for their duties. Please write them in your diaries and remember if you cannot make a duty it is your responsibility to swap with another member; it should not be left with Keith to sort out.

 

The only way our club works is if members carry out their duties to run club racing. It is therefore important that members appreciate the difficult and onerous job that OOD officers and teams have in running races. I am sure they all do the job to the best of their abilities but if you feel you need to offer advice or help please do it in a pleasant and constructive manner. After all whilst we all enjoy the competitiveness of sailing and trying to win we must remember it is, first and foremost, a leisure activity and at the end of the day we all want to go home having enjoyed our day, whether it was on duty or sailing. This is especially important when new members start racing for the first time; please try and encourage them and offer friendly advice. Remember they may not be as competent as you are and may not fully understand all the rules of sailing which even experienced sailors have problems interpreting.

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The "TOD", our trusty old Committee boat

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If members have any news or other information they would like to submit for inclusion on the website, please e-mail it to Robin here
 
NEWS ARCHIVE HERE

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The RNLI has sent the Club a thank you note after receiving £57.07 from the RNLI collection box  – That’s a lot of rescues!   May we remind members who seek outside assistance during racing that they are expected to put  £1.00 in the lifeboat box!   Other donations are also welcomed, you don't have to capsize to donate!

    Visit the RNLI website by clicking the flag, opens a new window.

 

The superb sketches featured around our website are drawn by one of our members, Nick Day of Alvechurch and we wish to record our grateful thanks. Nick is an excellent local artist and graphic designer and has painted many local scenes. Contact the club if you would like more information.

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