More success for Bolton Sailing Club Juniors
Eric Twiname Championships, an RYA event at Rutland Water during the weekend of 11/12 May Sam Platt, age 13, came 7th out of 88 Topper competitors and has been chosen to be part of the Great Britain Team for the RYA Irish National Competition on 5, 6 and 7 July at Donaghadee, Northern Ireland. 18...
RYA Courses
We have a RYA Level 1 & 2 course scheduled for four Saturdays in June (8, 15, 22 & 29th). The course runs from 9.30am to around 4pm each day. The cost to members is £120 (£240 for non members). If you would like to take part, please complete the following form. If you’d like...
Dam Update
Update from United Utilities (who will be attending the next General Committee meeting): The team met onsite the week before last to discuss our options. It was noted that Eric Wrights need to come up with a solution to possibly look at replacing the existing expansion joints and to look at the cracks. We also...
GP14 Open Results and Photos
You can view photos taken by Andrew on his Google+ account. GP14 Open Meeting Final Results Overall Sailed: 3, Discards: 1, To count: 2, Entries: 12, Scoring system: Appendix A Rank SailNo Club HelmName CrewName R1 R2 R3 Total Nett 1st 14122 WLYC/SSC Tim Harper James Bridge 1.0 (5.0) 2.0 8.0 3.0 2nd 13839 Bolton...
Coffee and Cake for Cancer Support
A HUGE thank you to everyone who came to the sailing club last Friday evening and bought food from the Galley… we raised £137.55!
Macmillan Evening this Friday @ the club
Please make time to come to the sailing club this Friday (26th April) evening and help us raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support.
Saturday 11th May… all hands on deck for a great day for all the family!
This year Bolton Sailing Club (BSC) will be holding a stall at the Belmont Village Fete and Fell Races. The fell races bring a large number of people into our small village, including the runners and their families, as well as people from in and around the village. This is an opportunity to engage with those people and...
Bolton SC GP14 Open Meeting
Saturday 27th April First Race 11am, 3 Races Entry Fee Only £10 per boat Lunch and snacks available to purchase Contact: Graham Kershaw 07754 045 271 Email: gra.kershaw@sky.com
First Aid Course
Bolton Sailing Club are running an RYA First Aid course on Saturday 20th April and have a few places left. It’s 9am to 4pm and the cost is £55 (£45 to club members), which includes the First Aid Manual and certificate. If you are interested, please contact Andrew Craig – andrew@sail.org.uk
RYA Youth National Championships 2013 Report
1-5 April 2013 333 keen young sailors in 240 boats, from as far away as New Zealand, arrived in the pretty coastal town on Largs over the Easter weekend to compete at this premier youth event. 6 categories of dinghies took part: Laser, Laser Radial, Spitfire, 29er, 420 and RSX windsurfer. Over the first 2...
God… save the Queen!
This was the sight that greeted some people taking part in a Powerboat course on Tuesday: Yep, the African Queen had sunk! This was followed by two evenings of salvage by club members: Many thanks to Warren, Geoff B, Keith, Andrew, Richard, Simon, Brian, Don, Graham, Geoff D, Mark, Rob, Gill and Lizzie for helping...