We had a fantastic two days sailing in good winds for the Optimist sailors racing for the first time. The weekend began with camping on the Friday evening and bring your own BBQ. An early start on the Saturday with lots of excited optimist sailors as they received their briefing with the other fleets, asymmetric, handicap and lasers, not to mention the Miracle fleet ! Saturday was also the LLSC Optimist Open, which was won by Archie Leckie, being closely...
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...
Download the spring newsletter here. LLSC Spring Newsletter 2013
The 2013 Rota can be viewed here. It is a condition of membership that members carry out a number of duties (usually not more than 3 per year) as either OOD, or rescue assistant on the appointed day(s) as set out in the duty rota (bylaw viii). Students will be listed for OD and assistant rescue duties but no juniors under the age of 14. Any member can receive help and guidance with their duties if required. Kindly note that it...
5 brave Topper sailors put the adults to shame in the RNLI trophy day at Leigh & Lowton. As 25-35 knot winds came down the flash with real feel of -5C in the air the toppers were held down by parents as they rigged! Only 2 were to survive the full course with racing shortened down to one 30 minute race. With Emma knocked down as she left the shore and Haydn and James succumbing to the conditions, it was...
This year’s Noble Marine 29er Winter Championships saw 40 29ers at Draycote Water Sailing Club for a weekend of light and shifty, but also sunny conditions. Leigh & Lowton’s Curtis Means and Jamie Catchpole finished 8th, Abigail Croft and Jenny Cant 9th and James Grummett and Daniel Budden finished 30th. The full report can be viewed on Y&Y http://www.yachtsandyachting.com/news/168024/Noble-Marine-29er-Winter-Championships
Junior/Youth Events Calendar – 2013 April Friday 19th April – 7.00pm start – Start up session for Intermediates and Advanced Group May Wednesday 1st May – 7.00pm start – Introduction to beginners Friday nights and camps – “parents training”, followed by dinner at the club (approx. £4 per person) Friday 3rd May – 7.00pm start – Friday nights beginners start – RYA 1 & 2 training; sign up with Fiona White [email protected]. Sunday 12th May – 12.00 start – Junior Race Series...
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...
What is the North West Optimist Development Squad? The North West Optimist Development Squad is a regional initiative to offer quality winter training to optimist sailors in the North West. It recognises that there is plenty of optimist sailing going on in different clubs and aims to support this by helping sailors to improve their racing skills, meet other optimist sailors and take the next step. What level of sailing do I need before I attend? You should be able to launch...
What is the North West Optimist Development Squad? The North West Optimist Development Squad is a regional initiative to offer quality training to optimist sailors in the North West. It recognises that there is plenty of optimist sailing going on in different clubs and aims to support this by helping sailors to improve their racing skills, meet other optimist sailors and take the next step. Who are the coaches?The training will be led by Luke Shaw (RYA Race Coach Level 3...