NEWS & EVENTS
Race Coaching & BBQ
Friday Night Sailing and BBQ with Race Coaching available - Friday, 18th May
from 7pm, Bar Open.
Race Coaching, on the water with Graeme Castle: Topic 'Starting' The session
will focus on Race Starts but is flexible to cover any other burning topics
you have on racing. Aimed at new to intermediates racers the session should
be relaxed and informative. Please be rigged/launched for 7pm.
General Sailing - rescue cover will be provided for those wishing to casual
sail.
BBQ - Burgers and Hot Dogs for sale from 8pm.
Bar Open from 7pm - even if you do not want to sail why not come down for a
drink!
Hope you can join in!
NB Repeated on Fridays 15th and 22nd June.
Spring Regatta Sunday 15th April
With
the cancellation of the Merlin Rocket Open, the club is running a Spring
Regatta in its place. Four races at 11.00am, 12 noon, 2pm and 3pm and
run using Portsmouth Yardstick. 3 races to count. All boats welcome.
Robin Foster Race
Coming up on Sunday, 8th April is the Robin Foster Race, the origins of
which are lost in the mists of time - all that we know is that he was a GP14
sailor who presented a nice trophy to the club. Start time is 2pm
and
the winner has to either complete 10 laps or sail for 3 hours - whichever is
the shortest.
Merlin Rocket
Open Meeting 15th April - CANCELLED
As a result of the low water (currently some 1.4metres below weir level),
the Merlin Rocket Open meeting scheduled for 15th April has been cancelled.
It may be replaced by some kind of regatta for club members - watch the
website for details.
BSC Facebook Page
The
club want to actively use facebook as part or its future communications,
arranging get togethers, chatting about the club and listening to ideas, see
who is going down the club, please feel free to join the Banbury Sailing
Club facebook page and take part.
http://www.facebook.com/groups/banburysc/members/#!/groups/banburysc/
The facebook group is limited to Banbury Sailing Club members, the group
name and members are visible to the facebook community. Currently all posts
can only be seen members of the group.
Want to know about facebook: www.facebook to learn more
New Chunky Dory
The
General Committee decided in autumn 2011 that chunky dory was beyond
economic repair as the plastic of the hull was becoming brittle. As
the club ended up with some funds left over from the grant to purchase the
Laser2000s, these funds were used to purchase a new chunky dory for the
club. It is slightly wider than the previous dory which we bought back
in the mid 1990s but does have a better seating arrangement which keeps the
crews bottom's dry!
Badgers in Boddington Feeder
BW have discovered that a badger sett has been extended into the feeder that
collects water up the valley to the north of the reservoir and which comes
in under the road bridge in the north east corner. Presumably, the
badgers have extended (without planning permission) as the feeder has not
had any water in it for at least 8 months. Currently, the reservoir
level is having to be held at one metre below the weir level so that the
poor dears are not flooded out of their new home! BW plan to carry out
work to divert the feeder around the new 'des res' so
that when (or perhaps if) it rains, the reservoir can fill up - BW want the
water as much as we do!
Planning Application for Wind Farm at Boddington
The
planning application for the erection of
a single wind turbine on land to the north of Boddington
reservoir has been approved by Daventry DC and construction is expected to
start later this year.
More details
of this proposal can be found at www.pfr.co.uk/boddington
as well as on the Daventry DC site.
British Waterways to become a charity
14th October 2010
The Government has announced the biggest shake
up of England and Wales' canals and rivers since nationalisation in 1948.
The plan is to move the waterways out of state control and into a new
independent national charity by April 2012.
Details.
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