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Weekly News - 19/05/26
Solo Open Meeting Report Saturday saw our annul Solo Open Meeting taking the lake, with a fantastic 28 boats entered, more than we have seen for several years. After 4 hard fought races our very own Ian Matthews came out on top, wit Keith McQuillin hot on his heels in second place. Look out for a full report soon! Our next class specific open meeting is the ever popular Firefly Weekend
Published 13:04 on 19 May 2026
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Weekly News - 12/05/26
Solo Open This Saturday - Lake Closed This Saturday is our annual Solo Open Meeting, a day of high quality racing for one of our most popular classes. Find out more about the day, and enter here! Please note that due to the scale and nature of this event the lake will be closed to general access during this event. Spinnaker Youth Training Update
Published 10:41 on 12 May 2026
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Weekly News - 05/05/2026
Cuckoo Fair and Open Day 2026! A huge thank you to everyone who supported the Club's stand at the Cuckoo Fair on Saturday and our Open Day yesterday. Fortunately we were blessed with great weather for both days, resulting in our best Open Day in recent years with well over a hundred visitors heading out onto the lake! Without the support of the volunteers across both days we would not have
Published 15:47 on 8 May 2026
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Weekly News - 28/04/2026
2026 Open Day Our annual Open Day is on Monday 4th May. Throughout the day we will be opening our club to members of the public so they can come along, see what we offer, try out dinghy sailing and kayaking, and find out how they can get involved! Please spread the word amongst your friends and family, and invite them along. Find out more about the day here!
Published 17:28 on 28 Apr 2026
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Weekly News - 21/04/2026
2026 Open Day Our annual Open Day is on Monday 4th May. Throughout the day we will be opening our club to members of the public so they can come along, see what we offer, try out dinghy sailing and kayaking, and find out how they can get involved! Please spread the word amongst your friends and family, and invite them along. Find out more about the day here!
Published 08:17 on 22 Apr 2026
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Weekly Club News - 14/04/2026
2026 Open Day Our annual Open Day is on Monday 4th March. Throughout the day we will be opening our club to members of the public so they can come along, see what we offer, try out dinghy sailing and kayaking, and find out how they can get involved! Please spread the word amongst your friends and family, and invite them along. Find out more about the day here!
Published 12:13 on 20 Apr 2026
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Weekly Club News - 07/04/2026
Wednesday Evening Racing is Back for 2026! With lighter evenings we are very excited that Wednesday Evening Racing restarts tomorrow! A couple of small tweaks have been made to Wednesday evenings for this year based on feedback from 2025. The key change is that the pursuit races will now start at 1845, minimising hanging around and waiting between races! Full details about our racing programme and how you can
Published 08:17 on 7 Apr 2026
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Weekly Club News - 31/03/2026
New Model Yachting Session Following our successful day time model yachting sessions we are delighted to announce we will be offering a Monday evening Model Yachting Session every week from Monday 13th April until September (when the evenings become a bit too dark). You can read more about Model Yachting here! 2026 Spinnaker Youth Training Spinnaker Youth Training returns for 2026 with the first
Published 08:51 on 31 Mar 2026
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Weekly News - 24/03/2026
Rock Up And Race We are vey excited to be part of an RYA pilot project this year called "Rock Up and Race"! This is all about fun, friendly, easily accessible dinghy racing. Last Thursday we ran our first session as a bit of an experiment to learn how to make these sessions as fun and accessible as possible. We've had some great feedback and thoughts about how to develop these sessions
Published 10:51 on 24 Mar 2026
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Weekly News - 10/03/2026
Save The Date - Pre-Summer Social and Member's Information Evening On Wednesday 18th March we will be having our annual early season social. Join our Sailing Committee from 6.30pm for fish & chips, drinks and some great information to enable you to get the most out of your membership this year! You can see more information here! Spring Work Party Our Rear Commodore House
Published 11:57 on 10 Mar 2026
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Weekly News - 03/03/2026
Topper Weekend This weekend saw a great two days of Topper sailing out on the lake with Open Coaching on the Saturday and then an epic Traveller Event on the Sunday. We saw some great sailing across the two days, look out for a longer write up soon! Save The Date - Pre-Summer Social and Member's Information Evening On Wednesday 18th March we will be
Published 10:02 on 3 Mar 2026
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Nigel Barrow Evening Talk
Both experienced and novice model yacht racers got some excellent advice from top model yacht racer Nigel Barrow on the evening of Wednesday 18th February. 18 sailors braved a biblical downpouring of rain to listen to Nigel's talk which started with his sailing c/v from cadet National Champion to Olympic 470 contender and then onto big boats. Nigel then talked about his journey into model yacht racing and shared many of his top tips
Published 19:33 on 23 Feb 2026
