Gala Day - come along and have a taster sail

Our 2013 gala day is Sunday 23rd June between 10:00 and 13:00 when we are open to the public

The gala day is a great opportunity for you to come along and have a taste of sailing in one of our training boats helmed by one of our experienced sailors. If you have been inspired by the Olympics or just fancy trying a new hobby then come along and speak to our members who will delighted to answer your questions about the club, learning to sail, and sailing in general. We have regular sailors from 7 to 70+ and it is something that individuals, couples, or all the family can take part in.

If you decide you want to take it further we run RYA approved sailing courses where no previous experience is necessary. Speak to us on the day to find out when the next courses are available.

What to bring? This does depend on the weather on the day but generally several layers protected by a wind / water proof top are ideal along with sensible footwear such as trainers or canvas shoes. Buoyancy aids are provided by the club.

Tamworth Sailing Club gets OnBoard with the RYA

Run by sailing’s National Governing Body, the RYA, OnBoard is a highly successful industry supported grass roots programme which seeks to make sailing easier to get into for young people. Over a ten year period the programme aims to introduce a minimum of 500,000 children to sailing in the UK, converting over 10% of them into regular participants. So far it’s nicely on track.

Cat Ferguson, OnBoard Operations Officer, comments; “it’s great to welcome Tamworth Sailing Club to the OnBoard programme. Sailing is a fantastic sport no matter your age, background or ability. We look forward to working with them and the local community to get as many people as possible enjoying our great sport.”

Places People Play legacy programme grant award

We are delighted that Tamworth Sailing Club has been successful in obtaining a grant of £35,280 from Sport England under its Places People Play legacy programme. This much needed money will allow us to build a new training room facility as well as improved storage for our training equipment and a workshop area. The new build will total about 100 square metres and is designed to withstand flooding which the park is prone to from time to time.

Once the new facility is in place in the not too distant future, the club plans to increase the number of training courses if offers each year and also to invite more community involvement, from local groups, schools etc. In the meantime, ‘Learn to Sail’ courses for both adults and children start again in the Spring.

The club runs RYA approved training courses each year and is keen to encourage participation in the sport of sailing. Although a members’ club, membership is open to anyone and is not as expensive as might be thought at just over £3 per week for a family. The new build will provide an improved training room which will also be used by the club’s very active juniors club, which might just produce a future Ben Ainslie.

Thanks to the Sport England grant, training opportunities will increase and improve and that can only help to increase the take-up in the sport.

If you are interested in learning to sail you are welcome to call in whenever the club is open, or speak to the club’s PR officer whose details are on the contacts page, or come along to our public open day on 20th April.

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