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Club of the year: Leigh and Lowton SC Bills itself as the ‘North West’s premier racing club’ and successfully caters for both members and visitors, including running two of the country’s biggest open winter series – the Revett series (with more than 100 entries) and Tipsy Icicle series (186 boats). The winter season starts with the Guy Fawkes Pursuit, and racing is open to all monohulls of less than 21ft overall hull length – from an Optimist to a Flying Fifteen. Racing takes place...

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...

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. 

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,...