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CHARITY RACE FOR SAILABILITY
Entry fee £5.00 per Senior boat /board. £2.00 per Junior boat (17 years or under)
As it was unsure as to what time the under 21’s competition was to finish on 7th September, the Club organised a Charity Race on the Sunday in aid of RYA Sailability and for all Classes to compete in. A total of 17 boats and sailboards entered the one hour Handicap race which was won in the senior section by Andrew Paton in a Solo and in the Junior section, Rachel Lennox in a Laser Radial.
The event raised a total of £72.00 and will go to RYA Sailability who as an Organisation, provides people with various disabilities the opportunity to get into a dinghy and have the freedom of sailing on their own.
For further details the contact was :-
Gordon Padmore on 01562 730481 or
email: gpadmore@opening-doors.org.uk
The details.........
CHARITY RACE FOR SAILABILITY
Following the final race of the Enterprise Association Under 21’s National Championships to be held over the weekend of the 6th / 7th September, we have organised a Charity race which will be open to all Club Classes and for visitors to take part in, thus providing all club members with the opportunity to sail during the weekend.
The race will be run with a mass start and then calculated on both an average lap basis and Portsmouth Yardstick to establish a winner in both the Senior and Junior fleets.
An entry fee of £5.00 per Senior boat / board and £2.00 per Junior boat (helms 17 years or under) will be made, though for those who are unable to sail, or assist the OD team, are more than welcome to make a donation to this very worthwhile cause which provides the opportunity for others less fortunate than ourselves to take part in a sport that we enjoy.
It would be great if members would register their interest in taking part in the event, or, for helping at it by signing the form on the
The race will also be advertised on the
The following information has been lifted from the RYA website;
RYA Sailability offers people who think they can’t even get on a boat – let alone sail one, the chance to achieve the self reliance that sailing can bring and feel the exhilaration of being on the water.
Sailing is one of the very few sports in which able-bodied sailors and disabled sailors can participate on equal terms. Imagine the thrill of sailing for people who can feel and hear but have no sight, or of sailing a boat at speed even though they can’t walk, or of joining in a sport where deafness doesn’t matter.
RYA Sailability already helps make these dreams a reality and continues to do so by encouraging and supporting people with disabilities to take up the sport and facilitating sites to develop sailing opportunities.
We hope you will take part in this event, for which a substantial prize is up for grabs and that you all enjoy the day – You could even talk me into running an early evening Barbeque afterwards!!!
Gordon Padmore
Vice Commodore