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The Sport England Fireflies are now at Rutland SC. They were funded entirely from a Sport England Grant and are available to increase participation in sailing at Rutland Sailing Club.
There are just a few tweaks being made to the rudders and then they will be available for use.
Read more: The Sport England Fireflies are now at Rutland SC
Congratulations to the Rutland Raiders team – the only ‘club’ team taking part in the Ladies National Team Racing Championships down at Spinnaker Club in the New Forest this weekend. The team who were, for the first time, able to practice before taking part ( thanks to the new club fireflies – courtesy of Sport England, and the generosity of some of our corporate members) put on a fine show finishing 5th overall.
The team were a mix of age and beauty. The 3 helms had the dubious honour of being double the age of any other team and the fantastic crews were the youngest at the event and certainly amongst the best there. The team, made up of Hannah Stowe, Elysia Dooley, Lori Hodson, Kit Stenhouse, Sarah Kemp and Fiona Tylecote were not easily missed as they sported their ‘Where’s Wally ?’ like ‘Little Miss Giggle’ T shirts ( see the photo!).
Read more: Rutland Raiders finish 5th at Ladies Team Racing Champtionships.
This might seem like a funny story but it does go to show how careful you need to be these days….
The manager was in the upstairs training room catching up with some work when he happened to look out of the window to see a trailer being towed out of the gate. It looked remarkably like one owned by some friends of his. The Waterfront Manager also saw what happened and the two chaps quickly ascertained that the trailer that had left the site was indeed the one they suspected it was.
A quick look at the gate system showed that just one member had entered the site that day and we were not aware of having admitted any visitors except for delivery vans.
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