Six members of Team Etech shown on the photo at the Optimist Inlands were recognisable as LLSC juniors. Cool pose Archie. Not quite as cool as the subsequent bullet he claimed in the 200+ fleet though. Just to prove that our lake trained sailors can ‘do it on the sea’ we took a record number of boats including 10 Optimists to West Kirby in the 3 fleets of the junior travellers. Great course set on the Dee estuary in a North...
After several weeks of no sailing due to the winter break, and high winds causing the cancellation of the New Years day pursuit race, the first sail of the New Year at Leigh & Lowton sailing club kicked off in some style with the first weekend of the ‘Crewsaver’ sponsored Tipsy Icicle series. On arrival there was a 6 knot breeze from the south east which picked up as the day went on and so it was that 88 boats...
The club recently installed a new electronic noticeboard which displays :- Windguru forecast – The latest live forecast for Pennington Flash. Duties !!! – Please check your duties. Live photos – Snap a photo with your phone and email it straight onto the noticeboard. Results – Live results and series points. Weather station data – See below Events – Details of upcoming events Our weather station is mounted on the clubhouse roof near the OOD box. The system was installed...
Enter online now. Registration from 09:00. Briefing 10.20. Warning signal for the first fleet for race 1: 1055, races 2 & 3 to follow. Food available from 09.00. Sailing Instructions are below. 1. Rules The regatta will be governed by the rules as defined in the Racing Rules of Sailing 2. Advertising Advertising will be Category C in accordance ISAF regulation 20 3. Fees Entry fees online before 4th January are: Single-handers – £8 online entry, £12 on the day...
With average weekly turnouts in the 70’s the ‘Crewsaver Tipsy Icicle Series’ provides top class racing with Asymmetric and Laser fleets plus a handicap fleet from which Solo’s and junior results are separated. The series runs every Sunday commencing on the 5th January until the 16th March with two races scheduled each day commencing at midday. Professional race officer Peter Baldwin will lead the race team once again to provide consistent high quality racing across the series. Club commodore Paul Heath...
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.
Where the calendar says ‘help needed’ then the event cannot go ahead until more volunteers are found. If you can help please email Terry or Cathy. If your name is on the list and you cant attend SWAP it ——- DON’T LEAVE it.
How to keep your berth in 2 easy steps. 1. Please display a current berthing sticker on your boat, either on the transom or on the front of the mast. (This may seem trivial or unimportant to some, but trust me, it helps enormously) 2. Please fill out the details of your boat on the berthing list located in the corridor to the changing rooms together with a map of the dinghy park Information required:- Your Name, Boat class, Sail...
We received fantastic news last month that we have been awarded a grant for an additional training rib to support our increased level of training for adult improver sessions and to facilitate moving the club forward in its quest to provide the best training in the region to introduce youngster and adults to the sport. This will be fully funded by the Sport England Grant that was compiled, submitted and chased by our commodore Cathy Partington with help from Ollie Shaw,...
Huge congratulations to Hannah Bristow and Bobby Hewitt who today were crowned RS Feva World Champions. In the 8 race series they took three bullets and posted a net score of 34, 21 points clear of Elliott Wells and Jake Todd of Hayling Island in second place and 22 points clear of Arthur Brown and Niamh Davies from Royal Burnham in third place. Going into the last day they led the fleet of 171 boats and after a 7th in...