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YSS15 11th-13th August
Stage 4 spaces are available (must have passed their Stage 3). If interested please email training@suttonbinghamsc.net
Onboard youth group
Pre booking will now be available.
Saturday 7th August is our next youth group. I will be taking bookings if you wish to secure a place – Beginners, intermediate and advanced. You will still be charged if you don’t cancel at least 24hrs before, so if unsure please just turn up on the day to not take a place away from someone else. This is a trial to see how well it works.
Please email me through training@suttonbinghamsc.net or message. I will keep our Facebook Onbiard youth group page updated
We look forward to seeing you
Covid Review Update
The club’s review on the precautions and restrictions for post stage 4 of the Governments advice has been completed. You can read it on the covid page in detail.
RYA Youth Course update
Dear parents,
We need to keep your children and our young instructors safe at this time with likely increases in Covid amongst the unvaccinated over the summer months. Therefore, I’m asking all parents to carry out a lateral flow test on each child before they attend Sutton Bingham Sailing Club courses (either the day before, Tuesday or the morning of the first day) whether they have any symptoms or not.
These can be ordered online from: https://www.gov.uk/order-coronavirus-rapid-lateral-flow-tests and take approx. 24hrs to arrive
If positive or your child is having to self isolate please do not attend.
We are a small club but safety to our young people is paramount, therefore, if your child has any illness we are offering a full refund. Please give us as much notice as possible so we have an opportunity to contact others on our waiting list. We hope to run a full series of courses over the summer months for your child/ren and the many others who benefit so much from the whole experience.
We shall be operating in sailing stage bubbles and would value your support in maintaining safe Covid practice
Thank you for your co-operation
Chris Hutton
(Principal SBSC Training Centre)
Triangle Results
It was a well done to Lyme Regis who took the CCSC leg of the triangle. The results can be seen here – note these are as if it were an open event so you’ve got the overall finsihing positions. The actual triangle results were extracted from these.
Message from the commodore
Dear Member
The Government’s deferral of ‘Freedom Day’ was disappointing, but not entirely unexpected. Let us hope that the acceleration of the vaccination programme means it will be the last postponement. Meanwhile, we must all keep up the long-established disciplines of sanitising, social distancing and the wearing of masks.
At the Club, we have all got accustomed to arriving ready to sail, signing in (and out if leaving early), not using the clubhouse, no galley and generally being aware of the proximity of those around us; thankfully, the warmer weather makes such restrictions considerably more tolerable. Accordingly, and in view of the relatively short extension to 19 July, it is not proposed to change the existing arrangements until we can open up fully.
Despite the constraints, the Club’s sailing programme is being well supported, with good numbers of casual sailors as well as those participating in races. Casual sailors are reminded that they have Saturdays all to themselves. Our OnBoard sessions have resumed and the first youth training course was successfully run on 2-4 June. There are six more youth courses during July and August, as well as two adult courses.
I hope that those of you who haven’t got back into the swing of sailing will come and enjoy the opportunities to get on the water, as well as the Club’s welcoming and friendly atmosphere. Can I again remind those who have not yet done so to book your duties so that each sailing day is supported with safety cover.
While I have your attention, I need to mention that the warmer weather also encourages the grass to grow and – worse still – the weeds, which we are not permitted to treat. The open grassy spaces are being mowed and strimmed by volunteer members (but more are needed please), but keeping individual boat spaces tidy is the responsibility of each owner – and the great majority of these are being neglected. It would help control the spread of weeds on site and improve the appearance of the dinghy park if owners would make an effort to clear at least their own area and keep it clear.
I really believe we are approaching the end of this long and devastating pandemic and can think in terms of resuming life as we would wish it to be.
Meanwhile, stay safe, but have fun too.
Merv Clark
Commodore
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Dorset triangle definitely ON
Hot News from CCSC.
This event is confirmed as “ON”.
Still no NoR as yet but there will be 3 races sailed ‘back to back’ with the first start scheduled for 14:00.
This will give plenty of time for you to load up your boats Sunday morning, drive to CCSC, soak up some mid-day sun and for the sea breeze to stabilise.
Please reply on the Google email group if you intend to participate in this event so we can ensure you are kept informed of any forthcoming notices.
Website Menus
The website menus have been tweaked because some of the lower levels were not displaying on mobile devices. This means there is a new section for racing that gives access to the results rather than them being in the News section. Hope this makes sense.