Regional Contacts 

There are RYA staff members and volunteers in each English Region and Home Country to support you and your club or training centre.

Contacts

• East Midlands
• Eastern
• North East
• North West
• Northern Ireland
• Scotland
• South East
• South West
• Southern
• Thames Valley and London
• Wales
• West Midlands
• Yorkshire Humberside

English Regional Development Officers

The RDO's are there to develop regular participation in sailing and windsurfing, and to further improve standards of safety, training and volunteer management at RYA affiliated clubs and recognised training centres.

Region	Name	Email Address
North West	Sally Kilpatrick	sally.kilpatrick@rya.org.uk
North East/ Yorkshire	Adam McGovern	adam.mcgovern@rya.org.uk
East	Robbie Bell	robbie.bell@rya.org.uk
East/ West Midlands	Gareth Brookes	gareth.brookes@rya.org.uk
South/ South East	Andy Hooper	andy.hooper@rya.org.uk
London	Steve Mitchell	steve.mitchell@rya.org.uk
Thames Valley	Tim Anderton	tim.anderton@rya.org.uk
South West	Tony Wood	tony.wood@rya.org.uk
RDO Manager	Graham Manchester	graham.manchester@rya.org.uk

High Performance Managers

The HPM's will be able to give advice on developing talented youth sailors 

Region	Name	Telephone	Email Address
North/ West	Chris Blackburn	07909994637	chris.blackburn@rya.org.uk
East/ South East	Paul Wren	07909994642	paul.wren@rya.org.uk
South/ South West	Chris Atherton	07909994641	chris.atherton@rya.org.uk

There are also High Performance Managers and Regional Development Officers in:

Home Country	Website
Wales	www.welshsailing.org
Scotland	www.ryascotland.org.uk
Northern Ireland	www.ryani.org.uk

Further RYA support for your region

OnBoard Development Officers are spread through out the country working with a partnership of clubs and centres, creating strong school-club links and encouraging regular participation opportunities for young children.

Sailability Regional Organisers are based within the regions to encourage clubs and centres to become a Sailability Foundation site.

Team15 Co-ordinators are key volunteers who work hard to organise and run the Team15 inter club competitions.