Budworth Sailing Club is re-introducing its two-boat team-racing competition and has invited LLSC to send a team to the event which will take place over the last weekend of November. The event will be open to 12 teams of four sailors with experienced on-water umpires. The entry fee is £180 per team which includes lunches and dinner on the Saturday evening. For full details see attached documents BudPairs invite 160111 Budworth Pairs 2016 NoR PDF
Nine optimist sailors braved the rain and cold at Leigh and Lowton sailing club for the second IOCA winter training session. Chris Barnes was the RYA qualified instructor. The North West IOCA training is both at West Kirby and Leigh and Lowton giving a combination of sea and lake sailing . Future Optimist Courses Next Session is on 23rd January. In terms of required standard to need to be able to launch and recover your boat, sail a triangular course. Near beginners through to...
The LLSC prizegiving was no ordinary affair this year with 2 new trophies on display commemorating two of the founders of the combined Leigh & Lowton Sailing Club. Harry Budd and Roger Taylor were the main driving forces behind the merger of the separate clubs of Leigh Sailing Club and Lowton Sailing Club. It seems unbelievable now that these 2 clubs shared the same stretch of water with their clubhouses only a couple of hundred yards apart (with Manchester University playing...
20 Sailors battled snow, ice, 40 knot winds and freezing temperatures at Yorkshire Dales sailing club at Grimwith Reservoir for the 1st Northern feva training weekend. The weekend started with great excitement and a briefing on teamwork and fitness from Head coach Dave Hivey. The sailors,including 4 youth sailors from Leigh and Lowton, were then put through the paces with a 5 mile run around the reservoir to warm up. After a hearty lunch, extra layers were put on and the...
2015 Revett Open series at Leigh & Lowton Sailing Club – Week 2 – Races 3 & 4 Another weekend and another ‘fresh to frightening’ forecast that kept the numbers down as this week only 26 boats dared to venture out for a blast (and a swim) around Pennington Flash. After the usual pre-sail chatter about the expected wind strength, and while watching the dark wind gusts from the south west fly out across the water at increasingly more regular...
Organising Authority – UK RS Feva Class Association in conjunction with host yacht and sailing clubs has organized the following Northern open meeting during 2016:- 26, 27 & 28 March – Ullswater yacht club 11 June – Yorkshire Dales sailing club 9 & 10 July – Isle of Man yacht club 16 & 17 July – Filey sailing club The events are open to all RS Feva sailors and there will be prizes at each event depending on the...
Dear Member(s), The 2015 A.G.M. of the Leigh and Lowton Sailing Club is to be held on the evening of the 26th of November and any resolutions that you wish to put to the meeting are required to be received by the Hon. Secretary or member of the management committee by the morning of the 15th of October. Yours sincerely Mr. K. W. Summersgill. Hon. Secretary. LEIGH AND LOWTON S.C. Green Lane,
The Guy Fawkes Pursuit, Revett Series (Pre-Xmas), New Year’s Day Pursuit and the famous Tipsy Icicle Series (post Xmas) constitute some of the best winter racing you can find in the UK. Hosted by Leigh & Lowton SC, you can enter for all 4 events and qualify to be in the running for the title of Winter Champion 2015/16, or you can pick one or two events to enter to keep you active in the winter. With professional OOD team Peter & Judith...
The sun was out but the wind was nowhere to be seen as sailors and spectators turned up for the annual ‘Barts Bash’ race. PRO Alex Morrison signalled a postponement and advised an early dinner and an hour later the flags began to flutter into life as a light southerly breeze filled in, was allowed to steady and then 42 boats went afloat to contest the event. It was one of those frustrating days when you just had to be...
The Solo Northern Travellers series resumed after the summer break with 35 helms arriving at Leigh & Lowton sailing club to be greeted by bright sunshine, an unseasonably high air temperature and absolutely no breeze whatsoever. When what little wind there was occasionally filled in it was not across the whole course and came with big wind shifts of up to 90 degrees and throughout the day, when it was there, averaged 4 to 5 knots over the day....