Leigh & Lowton Sailing Club

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Club receives grant for new additional training rib

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,...

World RS Feva Champions!!

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World RS Feva Champions!!

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...

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Incidents of theft from boats and items on trailers

It has been bought to the committees attention that recently there have been several incidents of theft from boats and items on trailers while unattended in the dinghy park.  All incidents have been reported to the police. This is a reminder to all members and visitors that all equipment left in/on boats and in/on trailers may not be covered by your respective insurance policy. The club grounds and premises are used by several different organisations at different times of the...

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Wayne Atherton wins Miracle Northern Championship

The two day Miracle Northern Championships held at Delph Sailing Club near Bolton saw a return to form of Wayne Atherton sailing in a new partnership with experienced Miracle crew Angela Sweeney. The pair managed to win the event by sailing just the three races on the Sunday of the two-day event. Read the full article on Y&Y http://www.yachtsandyachting.com/news/169439/Miracle-Northerns-at-Delph

NWJTT – 18th May 2013 – a good days sailing

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NWJTT – 18th May 2013 – a good days sailing

There were 28 boats in total in the three fleets which sailed at Pennington Flash on Saturday. The sailing was close across all fleets with the results of the Handicap fleet being decided on discards. In the end it was Sam Platt from Bolton in his Topper who took the top spot with the Feva of Hannah Bristow and Bobby Hewitt from LLSC a close second place. Dan Budden from LLSC was third, also in a Topper. In the Oppies,...

North West Junior Traveller Trophy – 18th May 2013 – Notice of Race and entry details

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North West Junior Traveller Trophy – 18th May 2013 – Notice of Race and entry details

ENTER ONLINE HERE > Saturday 18th May is the date for the Leigh and Lowton event for the North West Junior Traveller Trophy. Open to all helms and crews under 19 on the 31st August 2013, full details of the Notice of Race can be found on the attachment. We are trialling our new on-line entry system for this event and you can access this by following the link below. Entries made before the 16th May using this system will be...

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MSDS RS200 Open & RS400 Winter Championships

Paul Plested’s RS400 Pics & RS200 Pics. Mike Baldwins Pics.  Results What a great weekend we have all had at the open meetings. Light and testing winds both Saturday and Sunday. 16 RS200’s and 15 RS400’s competed, from all over the country. Furthest travelled was Russell and June Collister from the Isle of Man and James and Anne Gardner form Hayling Island. Entries also from Notts County and Scaling Dam. Thanks to everyone for making the effort to come along. The sailing finished after the...

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Leigh and Lowton Topper sailors return great results in the VR Virtual Rigger Topper Winter Regatta

Most of the Topper fleet sailing in the Winter series braved the weather and the journey to Weymouth last weekend. With 7 sailors finishing in the top 31 in a fleet of 153. Lucy Mearns and Steph Wingeatte put up a good fight finishing 31 st and 51st respective. Daniel Budden and James Grummit finishing in the top 30 . Oliver Blackburn took the prize for first under 14 boy and 18th overall. Nick Deveraux a well deserved 10 th...