Leigh & Lowton Sailing Club

Category: Juniors

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LLSC Success at RYA Zone Squad Championships

Podium finishes for LLSC in every class at the weekends RYA West Zone Squad champs. LLSC junior sailors continued with their recent top form with a first and third in the optimists from Archie Leckie and Harvey Leigh, a win in the RS Fevas from brother Matt Leckie and Izzy Bristow and a second in the Toppers from Lorcan Knowles. The wind was gusting to about 2mph which made for very challenging racing. Many more LLSC sailors secured the squad positions they were...

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LLSC gets 1st 1st 1st at Travellers

LLSC Juniors cleaned up again in the first open meeting after their largest training camp ever in the North West. All 3 fleets at the Redesmere North West Travellers event were claimed by LLSC sailors. Peter Baldwin, OOD on the day praised the effort of LLSC club sailors. He wasn’t prepared to add up the number LLSC sailors who travelled to the event and presented the prize (chocolates) to Lorcan Knowles . They did not last very long. Youth 1st Gareth Staples-Jones...

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Junior Camp

With 50 children on the LLSC Summer 2014 Camp it was always going to be a tough job for the instructors. The challenge was made all the more harder on day 1 with an Easterly 15 knots wind 15 gusting 25 blowing straight down the Flash. The great news is that all the children got out on the water and most enjoyed it. There were a few capsizes and the four rescue boats were pressed into service.    Emptyish dinghy park....

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Glory for Martin Harvey & Bobby Hewitt

Leigh & Lowton’s own Bobby Hewitt wins another RS Feva World Championship! http://www.yachtsandyachting.com/news/178130/Allen-RS-Feva-Worlds-overall

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LLSC Clean sweep at Junior Travellers

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...

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2014 Training Opportunities.

To all members, We are ready to announce the members training programme for 2014, run by the club members for the club members.  The following events are now ready to book on webcollect from the link below.  Most of the courses are free of charge with the membership, for others there is a nominal charge to cover log books, fuel, coaches (where external coaches are used). www.webcollect.org.uk/llsc Assistant Instructor Course – a fully certified assistant instructor course will be held...

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An early start to the season for our junior members in showing top form once again

The Brass Monkey event was posponed at Christmas time and re run at York Dales SC on Saturday. Congratulations to Oliver Blackburn who threaded his Topper through the 82 strong handicap fleet to finish a fantastic 2nd overall. A pesky 49er pipped him to the post. A two race event in medium winds was just the ticket for Olly, who is actually a Whte Rose lad but wares his Red Rose just for LLSC. Lancashire Lass Steph Wingate finish well in 19th...

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URGENT Deadline for names this Sunday – Children’s Christmas Party Sunday 15th December 3.30- 5.30pm

Deadline for names this Sunday – please contact Sue on 07745702747 or [email protected] Children’s christmas party. Sunday 15th December 3.30- 5.30pm Childrens’ entertainer, Party food, Visit from santa by boat. Please sign up on the poster at the club. Any queries contact: Sue Atherton  

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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...

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Once again Leigh & Lowton juniors show how it should be done.

National Intermediate squaddy Lucy Mearns blitzed the whole entry at weekend to take first place at the National Series event in Pwllheli this weekend. From the first race Lucy’s intentions were obvious. In  8 to 18 knotts her determination to lead the fleet was outstanding. The first day saw 4 races back to back and a further two on the Sunday; in lighter airs, resulted in Miss Mearns discarding a miniscule 4 points. The trail blazing effort left the top boys...