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RYA Dinghy Senior Instructor Course

The next RYA Dinghy Senior Instructor Course taking place in the North West region which runs over the first 2 weekends in November. Booking can be made at the following link: http://www.rya.org.uk/newsevents/events/instructor-events/Pages/rya-instructor-courses.aspx Please note the minimum standard is: RYA Dinghy Instructor, RYA Safety Boat, Valid First Aid Qualification, RYA Safe & Fun Safeguarding Certificate, Signed recommendation from the Principal of an RYA recognized Training Centre, Age 18+

Annual General Meeting 2016

LEIGH AND LOWTON SAILING CLUB Green Lane, Off Sandy Lane, Lowton, WA3 1BJ. Dear Member(s). The 2016 A.G.M. of Leigh and Lowton Sailing Club is to be held from 9:30am on the morning of November 20th and any resolutions you may wish to put to the meeting are required to be received in writing by the Honorary Secretary or member of the Management Committee by the morning of October 20th 2016. Yours Sincerely, Keith Summersgill. Honorary Secretary.

RS Feva Summer Training at LLSC

Fevas at the LLSC Summer Camp Leigh and Lowton Sailing Club put on a two day Feva training session as part of the summer training camp. Eight sailors attended the boat speed clinic at Pennington Flash making for the perfect coach to sailor ratio. The course was organised by camp senior instructor Laura Barnes with ex World Feva champion Bobby Hewitt leading the coaching on the water.   The Training The conditions where F1 to F3 across the lake on the...

Hadron H2 Demo Days 3rd & 4th September

The new Hadron H2 will be at Leigh and Lowton on 3rd and 4th September and available for trial sails. Signup via  WebCollect  or contact Steve Dawson for more information.   Q&A with the boat’s designer: Q: you don’t have to kneel in the middle of the boat downwind do you?  We’re all suffering with knackered knees you see! Can you comment on technique for sailing it downwind FAST ? A: the avoidance of kneeling was one of the ergonomic...

Archie Leckie and Harvey Leigh complete charity circumnavigation of Holy Island

Junior sailors Archie Leckie and Harvey Leigh aim to raise £2500 for charity after successfully completing a circumnavigation of Holy Island in an RS Feva.   It was third time lucky for the friends from Leigh & Lowton SC near Manchester after their first attempt was aborted due to a lack of wind and their second proposed date for the challenge had to be postponed when an Atlantic storm blew in. They were finally able to complete their ’round the...

LLSC win Southport Junior 12 hour race

The team from Leigh and Lowton sailing club won the 2016 Southport 12 hour race on 25th June! Well done to Matt Leckie, Harvey Leigh, Bobby Hewitt, Steph Wingeatt, Izzi Bristow,  Hannah Bristow, Haydn Griffiths and Ollie

2016 Solo Northern Championships

Over the weekend of the 25/26th June Leigh & Lowton Sailing Club hosted the Solo Northern Championships which incorporated, using the Sunday results only, the Northern Travellers series. Saturday was a glorious day with bright sunshine and a stiff westerly Force 5 breeze which allowed the race team to set a long beat and exciting downwind legs for the 25 entries. Race 1 – After a general recall and a black flag start it was Steve Dennison (HLSC) who rounded...

Lorcan defends Topper 4.2 National Championship

While Leigh and Lowton were hosting the Solo Northerns on 25th and 26th June, Lorcan Knowles was at Northampton sailing club successfully defending his Topper 4.2 National Championship which he won last year at Leigh and Lowton. A big congratulations to Lorcan, seen here collecting his prize. Lorcan is now at the Royal Cork Yacht Club with the GBR Topper 5.3 junior team to compete in the Topper Irish National Championships. The team consists of 5 boys and 5 girls...