Leigh & Lowton Sailing Club

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Open Meeting Reports / Winter Series

Revett Week 2 – At 1.30pm a light SE breeze began to fill in and 48 boats took to the water

The second weekend of the 2013 Leigh & Lowton sailing club winter revett series at Pennington Flash on Sunday 17th November proved that the weather centre occasionally get it right as, for the second Sunday running, the competitors arrived to find the Flash was a millpond. At the scheduled start time of midday this was still the case and the OOD Gareth Williams hoisted the postponement flag and advised everybody to have an early lunch because if the wind did...

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Christmas Dinner Dance 2013

Once again the Annual Christmas Dinner Dance is being held at the LLSC Clubhouse on Saturday December 14th 2013. Reception is 7.00pm for 7.30pm seating. The bar will be open until 1.00am with music until the same time. 

Juniors

Optimist Winter Training 2013/2014

Training & development for all oppy sailors  (able to sail a triangular course). An ioca winter training initiative to support and develop our young sailors in the north west. Rya coach at every session * fun training * fun sailing Sat 16th November 2013 Sat 14th December 2013 Sat 18th January 2014 Sat 22nd February 2014 Sat 22nd March 2014 Sat 12th April 2014 DETAILS FOR ALL EVENTS: VENUE: Leigh and Lowton Sailing Club. TIME: Rigged and ready for 10am...

Winter Series

Revett Week 1 – a sunny north westerly kicks off the series. Results & gallery now online.

Results >> The 2013 Leigh & Lowton sailing club winter revett series kicked off on Sunday 10th November. The forecast was for very light winds which, along with junior race training elsewhere and a few helms that did attend deciding to sit out the races, accounts for the lower than expected turnout.  On arrival the sky was blue and the Flash was a millpond but shortly before racing was due to start with a light north west breeze filled in which allowed...

Open Meeting Reports

Guy Fawkes Pursuit – Juniors take top three positions. Results, pics and race report

Steph Wingeatt (Topper LLSC) wins the Guy Fawkes Pursuit. Leigh & Lowton sailing club launched its 2013/2014 winter series in grand style on Sunday 3rd November with the Guy Fawkes pursuit race run by  OOD Howard Green and his able assistants who, by using the full length of the water, gave the competitors 3 beats per punishing lap and had the results posted before the last boat came ashore. Among those who entered were the current Solo inland champion Michael...

Open Events Info / Winter Series

2013/4 Winter Series. 60% discount available.

Click here to enter now >> 1. LLSC Members Free of charge. 🙂 2. Non-members. Ever considered joining?  No joining fee.  Click here to take a look.  LLSC Subscriptions 3. Pay and sail. a) Revett and/or Icicle series entry only available online. Up to 50% discount below daily entry price. b) All 4 series events ‘Winter Racing Package’ only available online. 60% discount below daily entry price. Click here to enter now >> Events 1. Guy Fawkes Pursuit Race – Overall prizes plus new this year fleet prize, where 6+ starters in a...

Visitor Information

LLSC get Fibre Optic Internet Connection

Leigh and Lowton Sailing Club took have just made a techy improvement for members and visitors by installing a fibre optic broadband. The new connection is more than 30 times quicker, considerably more reliable and costs less money. New wireless equipment allows over 20 users to connect simultaneously. Some members are reporting they can now access the signal from the OOD box. The network name is LLSC and there is no password at the time of writing.