Sailing Club
Clubhouse (01636) 830065
NG14 7JX
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County Sailing Club Clubhouse (01636) 830065 NG14 7JX |
Club History
The Notts County Officers Sailing Club was formed
in 1955. The membership was restricted to employees of the Notts County Council.
Originally the club sailed on the river Trent at West Bridgford.
In February 1961 the present club was founded, now named Nottinghamshire County Sailing Club, and it moved to limited facilities at Stoke Bardolph. Four nights a week were allocated to instruction and the remainder was for pleasure sailing. The fleet consisted of a dozen boats, three belonging to the club.
In June 1962 the club sought recognition from the RYA, and was approached by various schools to be affiliated to the club. In December racing was introduced for Heron, GP14, Graduate and Enterprise. Later other classes including Fireball, Merlin, Laser & Scorpion were adopted.
The
club's next major change was the move to Hoveringham Water in April 1986 when
many Windsurfers joined. In 1989 the clubhouse was opened after a good deal
of hard work from many club members. In 1993/4 the lake was emptied and Tarmac
removed the remainder of the gravel, enlarging the Lake to the present size.
1996 saw one of the most ambitious projects to date when the new £160,000
extension with full disabled facilities, enlarged clubroom, changing rooms and
race control/ meeting room was built. The Sports Council Lottery fund contributed
well over half the funds, the rest being raised from club funds & savings.
Sir Michael Attiyah, the master of Trinity College opened the clubroom 29th
June 1996.
The club has been recognised as a RYA approved training establishment since 1975. The club achieved Volvo Champion Club status in 1999 in recognition of its commitment to training of junior members. This status is awarded to clubs that have consistently high standards of coaching, competition, social activities and environmental awareness, for youth sailors. Its ability to provide courses and training was enhanced by a lottery grant, which enabled it to replace its training fleet with 6 Toppers, 6 Laser Stratos and a 405 in 2000.
Philosophy
The club's objective is to promote sailing, in the form of racing,
training and cruising. The 180 acre lake situated in the Trent Valley provides
superb sailing in many wind directions. Racing is organised from 1st March to
30th September on Saturdays, Sundays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays & Thursdays.
The RYA school runs training on Tuesdays & Saturdays. There is also Sunday
only sailing from October to December. Cruising is permitted at any time March
to September. The traditional First Of The Year race is held on New Years Day.
Racing and Safety is run by all members on a rota basis, it is a condition of membership that duties should be carried out. The PRO (Principal Race Officer) is responsible for running the races & organising safety with help from the rest of the duty crew.
The Executive Committee meets once a month and welcome any ideas or comments.
The club newsletter "Hovercraft" accepts adverts.
We have a Sports Development Plan which outlines our future intentions.
Visitors
Visitors must sign the visitor's book behind the bar. Sailing
visitors must be signed in at Race Control , they must have third party insurance,
and the member signing in a guest is to be present whilst their visitor is on
the premises. A guest or visitor can sail three times only before they have
to apply for membership.
Dogs
It is a condition of our lease that dogs are kept under control
at all times. All dogs to be kept on a leash in club grounds. Any fouling is
to be cleared up by the person responsible for the dog, remember there are children
around. Dogs are not permitted in the clubhouse.
Day Sailing: This is not permitted, except as a guest of a club member (see note on visitors earlier). Text
