Barnt Green, an RYA "Champion" West Midlands Sailing Club
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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

  LATEST SITE UPDATE : 27/August/2008 : SITE HITS  Hit Counter HTML Counter  DUTY ROTA

Junior Helm Event 2008 is on Saturday 30th August...  More  + Full details here

    Brittania rules the waves   here  Gallery here

The GREAT SAILABILITY CHARITY RACE of 2008   more    (Follows the last race of U 21 Champs. 7/9. 

Adult Level 2 training course...more    Junior Training August 25th to 27th. is fully subscribed.   Facebook galleries here  Updated 162 Club 2008 here  Results 2008 Early Wednesday Final   Laser     Sailboard   Optimist  Ents Top Three's results here 

Under 21 Ent. sailors please note, the lake is FULL.  (Unusual for September !)

 

Coming soon, the Enterprise Under 21 National Championship. W/E of 6th / 7th September.

 

Top Three's results here  Read the Commodore's recent letter here K8's Crew page here

A new class for BGSC in 2008 ! A modern style of asymmetric 2 man boat is to be introduced, read more about it in the Commodore's letter. One member has already ordered an RS200 which is the preferred but not exclusive model.  Non trapeze in the PY range 1059 to 1099 are the basic requirements for the new fleet.  Read the Vice Commodore's introduction article for the new class here  RS200 gallery here

 

 

A great offer from the Committee to prospective members.  Anyone joining during 2008 who does not own or wants to postpone buying a boat, can use a club LARK free of charge for the season !  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.

2008 Calendar here  Water level news 24/8/08

 

 

 

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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 : Various dinghy fleets prepare for a race on a typical summer Sunday afternoon.

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.

 

  

 
 

 

 
Handicap PY 1059 to 1099

 

 

We sail eight classes in our racing fleets. Click the images to visit their pages 
We 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

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.

Sunday afternoons - Dinghy points and handicap racing series for adults and juniors. Each class of dinghy has its own start. (No menagerie fleet)
Bank holiday Mondays - as for Sundays
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.
Saturdays afternoons - leisure sailing, training sessions and impromptu racing.
Monday evenings - periodically we run Ladies only courses, usually on Monday evenings.
WINTER SERIES 
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
 

Full details of all our events can be found in subsequent pages. We hope you enjoy our website.

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19°c  23/Jul/2008