Banbury Sailing Club 

Our Sponsors

Glass-fibre and Carbon-fibre repairs


A division of Hunter Douglas Construction


A division of Hunter Douglas Construction


Topper sailboats


Pinnell & Bax Chandlers


The Duffy Group


Allgood Architectural Ironmongers

Richardson Roofing Company

Junior Section

Children as young as 7 can participate in the Junior Club on Saturday mornings from the beginning of May.  We operate four groups:

• Beginners - first time sailors learning the basics.
• Improvers - sailors who are improving their skills.
• Racers - more experienced sailors who are preparing for race training.
• Race team - experienced racers who we expect to represent Banbury Sailing Club at: Open Meetings; training for zone squads; team racing; and national schools competitions.

Parental assistance is required on all Saturdays. Prospective new members are advised that there is a waiting list for children wishing to participate in Junior Club.

Club Boats
The Club owns ten Toppers,three Optimists, two 405s, two Mirrors and six Laser Funs.

In 2005 we received funding from Sport England towards the purchase of race boats for Junior Sailors. We would like to thank our Sponsors (see on left) for their financial support - follow this link to an article in The Banbury Guardian.

Junior Social Events
Events are held throughout the year including:

• BBQs
• Discos
• Barn Dances
• Family fun day involving water, children and parents
• Junior Christmas party

See the Social page for full details.

Club Race Series
Junior racers are encouraged to participate in the Club race series. Events for Junior racers are:

• Novice races - for those new to racing.
• Junior Races.

Open Meetings
Junior racers have their own  open meeting  when they compete with junior sailors from other clubs. This is one of the 'Anglia Water' Series of races held at sailing clubs throughout Northamptonshire. The more competent sailors compete in the National School Sailing Association events. 2007 Results

James Briggs and John Whelton 405 Champions

John's report of the Inland Championship

Report of the  National Championship

Saturday morning briefing

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