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DINGHY SAILING AND WINDSURFING ON THE 80 ACRE UPPER BITTELL RESERVOIR. A SITE OF SPECIAL SCIENTIFIC INTEREST (S.S.S.I.) SET IN BEAUTIFUL SURROUNDINGS. ESTABLISHED IN 1918. Click Union flag for random link
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Click image to enlarge. Photo. C. Pack
The 2009 Snowflake race series started on Sunday 4th January with the lake frozen over, about 80% was covered with ice so racing was abandoned.
The club will be RACING TO THE 2009 RULES ! (You can read them by clicking the link below). The 2009/2012 RRS (Racing Rules of Sailing) with changes shown in red. A PDF file of 920 kbts (which can be downloaded) Here
DUTYMAN Euphony information updated
Provisional 2009 calendar here |
This was the scene on January 4th, most of the lake iced over with just small patches clear as can be seen just left of centre |
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A new class for BGSC. A modern style of asymmetric 2 man boat was introduced during 2008, read more about it in the Commodore's letter. One new member has joined with an RS200 (which is the preferred but not exclusive model). Non trapeze in the PY range 1059 to 1099 are the basic requirements for this fleet
Read the Vice Commodore's introduction article for the new class here and a report on the days sailing here
Rob Lennox (left) report with Andrew Weedon reply here RS200 gallery here
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A great offer from the Committee to prospective members. Anyone joining during 2009 who does not own or wants to postpone buying a boat, can use a club LARK free of charge for a while to give them time to decide which fleet to join ! Vacancies currently exist in all our fleets, we would welcome your enquiry. Follow the links on this page for more information or visit the club on a Sunday to see our fleets in action.
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For 2009 membership & subscription information click here
Our superb rural situation is close to the City of Birmingham , not far from the famous Lickey Hills National Park in North Worcestershire with easy access from the M42 motorway, junction 2. We are a Royal Yachting Association (RYA) "Volvo" Champion Club and an RYA Recognised Training Establishment.
Left : A thumbs up for our 2008 sailboard "Open" meeting which took place in May this year. (Our Hon.Sec. is in the background) | |
Our emphasis is on friendly, family orientated sailing. Expert tuition is arranged for children, youths and adults and we have fleets of Optimist and Pico dinghies available for training purposes. Healthy competition is encouraged through a strong class sailing structure.
Our club is independent, run by the members for the members. We all take part in helping to run race days and events such as Open Meetings, each class sailed at the club hosts one of these each season and they attract visitors from far afield.
We sail eight classes in our racing fleets. Click the images to visit their pages
W e welcome new members, experienced or novice and membership is open for all classes plus crewing only and parental non sailing for young sailing juniors, see our membership pages for details. |
REGULAR CLUB SAILING THROUGHOUT THE YEAR
SUMMER SERIES
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Sunday mornings - Sailboard points and handicap racing series for our fleet of 7.5 Raceboard windsurfers and Sailboard Allcomers plus dinghy training opportunities for juniors and adults. |
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Sunday afternoons - Dinghy points and handicap racing series for adults and juniors. Each class of dinghy has its own start. (No menagerie fleet) |
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Bank holiday Mondays - as for Sundays |
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Wednesday evenings - in spring and summertime. A pursuit race for adults and juniors plus a class race for sailboards. Followed by a social evening in our lovely sandstone clubhouse - with hot suppers and licensed bar. |
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Saturdays afternoons - leisure sailing, training sessions and impromptu racing.
Monday evenings - periodically we run Ladies only courses, usually on Monday evenings.
WINTER SERIES |
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Into the winter with our "Frostbite" pursuit series for all classes.
Through the winter with our "Snowflake" handicap series for all classes.
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Casual sailing at other times subject to observance of the club safety policy. |
Our now famous junior training programme with early (Easter) and mid season (August)three day events and regular shorter sessions has produced many fine achievements with young sailors obtaining magnificent results at National, European and World events. We are justifiably proud of our younger members. Click here for more details. |
Optimist dinghies sailing at Barnt Green during a training session |
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Full details of all our events can be found in subsequent pages. We hope you enjoy our website.
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