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FREE Race Officer Training and Mentoring
We are delighted to offer FREE race officer training and mentoring for club members. The course will be informal and fun and is open to all members of any age. The course will be held in the club house and will be interactive. As well as the training course FREE mentoring will also be available on Sunday 5 th , 12 th January as part of the Chilli Dog series.
Published 14:01 on 18 Nov 2024
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South Cerney Sailing Club at the West Lancashire Yacht Club 24-Hour Race
Over the weekend of Saturday 21 st September, the South Cerney Sailing Club team took to the waters of the Southport Marine Lake for West Lancashire Yacht Club's much-anticipated return of 24-hour race. Competing in a GP14 dinghy, the team faced not only the challenge of endurance but also the spirited competition from teams sailing both GP14s and Enterprise dinghies. The team included Ali Wallace, Ava Roberts, Richard Burton (Burt), Charles & Nicola Barrett,
Published 11:53 on 1 Nov 2024
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Laying Up Supper and Prize Giving at SCSC - 7 December 2024
Our laying-up supper and prize giving will be on 7 December 2025, starting at 1900hrs. Please visit this page for more details: https://www.southcerneysailingclub.org.uk/event/laying-up-supper-awards-evening
Published 14:59 on 30 Oct 2024
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South Cerney Sailing Club Annual General Meeting 2024
You are invited to attend the Club's AGM to be held at the Clubhouse and via Microsoft Teams on SUNDAY 8th DECEMBER 2024 AT 2.00 pm The AGM will take place on 8th December 2024 and all voting members are invited to submit items for the agenda and stand for election by 9th November 2024. The Executive Committee will consider items and publish an agenda by 16th November 2024.
Published 20:41 on 16 Oct 2024
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SCSC Solo Open Report
The South Cerney SC Solo open meeting took place on Saturday the 5 th October. This was a combined NSCA Midlands Series, sponsored by Allen and CB Coverstore, and NSCA Western Series, Sponsored by GOAT and Dinghy Shac event. The event saw 18 competitors from as far afield as Cornwall and Birmingham have a fantastic day in glorious sunshine and more importantly a good breeze (with some gusts to spice things up a bit).
Published 20:09 on 16 Oct 2024
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Swifty Pursuit
This is a reminder that we are just one week from the start of the new Sunday Swift Pursuit! This will be a friendly not too serious sail for everybody to enjoy, similar in spirit to The Hotdogs, a good race for less confident sailors and the bar will be open afterwards for a sociable drink after the race. With thanks to Paul Kimmens, the 45 min pursuit timer has been set up
Published 07:26 on 14 Oct 2024
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New club boat for hire
We are delighted to announce that we have a new boat added to our hire fleet. Mike Rees, a member of the club, has very generously donated a superb example of a Gul Calypso dinghy. The boat is free to hire to members and as like all of our club boats you are required to complete an induction prior to hiring. This new boat will replace our existing Gul.
Published 13:05 on 25 Sep 2024
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We have a Solo demonstrator available to Club Members!
Vernon P has facilitated the loan of a Solo dinghy to the Club as a demonstrator for anyone wishing to try one of these great sailing dinghies out. Why get one? They keep their value. There is great Solo class racing at the Club with a decent number turning out for each series. There is a wide variety of skill amongst the helms, so there will always be someone to
Published 15:44 on 15 Sep 2024
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Got a SUP or Kayak? Your life just got easier!!
Thanks to Andy and Rochelle H, South Cerney Sailing Club are the proud owners of an automatic pump for inflatable watercraft. This will take away the effort in hand-pumping watercraft an is a great asset to our members. More details on operation etc can be found here: https://www.southcerneysailingclub.org.uk/fleets/paddling-kayak-or-sup
Published 15:28 on 17 Aug 2024
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Improving and Maintaining our lovely Club
As a direct result of listening to members feedback, our SCSC Executive Committee requested the outstanding goodwill of some members to undertake focused maintenance and improvement work at our Club over early-August. This includes: Re-grading the beach to make it easier to haul dinghies from the water and into the dinghy park. Pulling at an angle also helps a lot, as you'll see: Repairing and adding to
Published 14:00 on 10 Aug 2024
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New mooring bouys
By popular demand we now have two new mooring bouys in the lake. The bouys have reasonably large anchor weights attached making them sufficient for mooring a sailing dinghy, paddle board, or RIB. The photo below shows the approximate positions. The video below explains how to use them.
Published 18:09 on 27 Jun 2024