Youth Sailing

Hollowell Sailing Club Founded 1966

YOUTH SAILING

Hollowell Sailing Club places a strong emphasis on Youth Sailing, recognised by the early appointment by the RYA as a

VOLVO RYA Champion Club.

AWA Junior open 1 June 2008

Results overall fleet

Topper/Optimist Open - 26 April 2008

Topper Results

Optimist Results

Photos

Note - copies of any image can be obtained by emailing dutyman@hollowellsc.org.uk

Topper Inlands - 3/4 May - Grafham

We had 6 boats at the Topper National Inland Championships this weekend, most had their first taste at such a large event - 240 boats in the main fleet!

Arran Holman competed well on the first day in the 4.2 National Championships held for the first time this year and came 17th. It could have been so much better had he been able to make it for the second day.

Jason Robbins, on the other hand, only managed the second day as he was recovering from food poisoning but got great results in the main fleet in his two races, including a 20th.

Sarah Small was the best of the two girls, finishing in the top half of the main fleet. Natasha de la Fuente and James Walker found themselves being swallowed by so many boats and didn't do quite as well.

Top performance was from Hugh Brayshaw who sailed brilliantly to come 5th overall.

Russell

YOUTH SQUAD NEWS

Young sailors are positively encouraged and welcome to join in with all Club activities.

Sailors without boats of their own can use the club's fleet of 6 race rigged Toppers, Optimists, Feva, or the Club's Laser Radial.

There is a very friendly and active youth section, with high quality coaching for the beginner and improver throughout the season.

The Club is a leading member of the Northamptonshire Junior Circuit and regularly sends representatives to major national youth events such as the Eric Twiname National Junior Finals and National Schools Regatta. The club has several members in RYA Zone Squads, and the National Youth Squads.

2008 Youth and Junior Activities

We are planning an even more active season following a very successful 2007. We managed to combine successful race training with some fun-packed weekends culminating in the much-enjoyed Junior Regatta.

The major change for this year is the main junior sessions will now take place on a Sunday morning running from 9.30 – 12.30 and have been set so that there will be some activity for juniors at the club every fortnight from 6 April.

The Sunday morning sessions will be in two groups Racing Squad and Inters. Our aim is for everybody to get into the Racing Squad eventually, but the Inters’ sessions will be made up of some guided, fun-filled sessions to develop the sailing skills of the less experienced sailors and those who have just done their RYA Start Sailing courses. Youngsters can use their own boats or club boats will be available. There is no charge for these sessions, but parents are expected to stay at the Club and be available to assist on or off the water.

A programme of specific activities will be published in due course, but dates for the diary are as follows:

SQUAD AND INTERS

– Sunday Mornings 9.30-12.30

6^th April

20^th April

4^th May

18^th May

15^th June

29^th June

14^th September

5^th October

JUNIOR WEEKENDS WITH CAMPING

– 1.00 Saturday - 1.00 Sunday

24^th & 25^th May

12^th & 13^th July

23^rd & 24^th August

The Junior Regatta and Fun Day is set for 31 August for all the kids, not just those who can sail.

Big events at Hollowell when we expect juniors to visit us from other clubs and when parents will be asked to help with some of the organising and hosting:

Topper and Optimist Open Meeting	Saturday 26^th April
Anglian Water Series – Northamptonshire Juniors	Sunday 1^st June
Iced Tankard – separate junior starts	Sunday 26^th October

Don’t forget the Junior Week in the School Holidays when youngsters can have three days mucking about in boats (Mon. 28^th –Wed. 30^th July) and three days mucking about on boards (Thu. 31^st July- Sat. 2^nd August). A superb week and fantastic value. (See the training calendar for booking details.)