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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 2012
membership & subscription
information click here
Click flag for Mandy's Paralympic
Blog ~ Latest
update : 4/9/12 SITE
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We
host the Under 21 Enterprise National Championship (again)
on 8th and 9th September. Galley with evening meal on Saturday
(Please support this) Bar with guest real ale (Weatheroak)
Followed by our annual charity race at @ 3 pm on the Sunday.
Notice of Race and entry form HERE
Please note: Our lake is FULL so maximum area available for
racing and easy launching/coming alongside.
Our
2012 Optimist Open meeting will be on Saturday 15th September,
more information (Updated) can be seen HERE.
(a new PDF file opens in new page, refresh
if required)
At
the Olympics, Kelsey and Gemma Suggitt met Sir Steve Redgrave.
(Click image to enlarge)
Junior
Training courses.
Information can be found HERE
an event Poster HERE
a report on the July training HERE.
The final junior training three day event was on 27th to 29th
of August. Approx. 30 children took part and it was deemed
a great success, many thanks to all who made this possible.
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Wednesday
5th September. The late season supper party after sailing.
Meal must be booked. Main Course - Chicken
Paprika, with new potatoes and vegetables. Dessert - A choice
of desserts are being produced by volunteer members, a not
to be missed evening, let's support our Commodore and Barbara
by booking early.
Can anyone who would like a meal advise Chris / Barbara Pack
by next Monday evening 3rd September. Tel no 0121 445 5023.
Email c.pack@btopenworld.com
Mandy's
(Ladies) Mondays ended on 3rd Sept. with a race. report to
follow which will appear
HERE
Boats
for sale update, Laser trailer WANTED
. more...
A Solo for £1950 added August 2012, this
boat has been SOLD
Ex
Barnt Green SC member Martin Wrigley is Optimist British National
Champion. Read the report via this
link. Congratulations Martin (and parents!)
Click
THE
"BOATHOUSE" VENUE. Seminar
and Training Location, to view our dedicated website
on letting opportunities. New contact details for 2012 now
inserted. Members, please note that the contact details in
the 2012 handbook are incorrect, visit this
site for the correct details.
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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.
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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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