Don't forget to buy your tickets for the Laying Up Supper Sunday 18th January 2015

Yeadon Laying Up Supper - Sunday 18 January 2015

The Laying Up Supper is Yeadon Sailing Clubs annual prize giving event. Although held in 2015, it will be a time to reflect on 2014 and award the great achievements by all members young and old. We have started holding it on Sunday afternoon to make it easier for families to come along.

Come and join us for:

• Prize giving
• Entertainment
• Buffet

The will also be a raffle, if you have any prizes you wish to donate, then please bring them with you.

Otley Courthouse, Otley, LS21 3AN
Time: 3pm - 7pm
Tickets £10/£5 juniors (under 16 yrs)



Adult Tickets £10

Junior Tickets £5

The Venue
There is free parking at side and rear of Courthouse (please double check this on arrival. 
http://www.otleycourthouse.org.uk/

Notification: New Years Day Fuddle, Race and Social @ Thu 1 Jan 2015 12:00 - 15:00 (Yeadon Sailing Club)

Please see the Yeadon Sailing Club Calender for more information, http://www.yeadonsailingclub.co.uk

Notification: Last Frostbite Series Race @ Sun 21 Dec 2014 12:00 - 17:30 (Yeadon Sailing Club)

Please see the Yeadon Sailing Club Calender for more information, http://ift.tt/1eABFEO

The Tuesday Register - Update

Some people who come on Tuesdays have asked why we have the Tuesday Register, and what happens to the information you give us.

There are a couple of reasons we ask for this information—some to do with the Club and some to do with the Royal Yachting Assn of which the Club is an affiliated member.

Junior Training, the other way up.

Obviously the Club needs the name of everyone who comes to the training sessions; your email address helps us keep in touch with you if and when necessary; the Medical/Consent form let’s us know if there are any existing medical conditions which we need to be aware of before you sail with us; this also asks for permission to use any photos/videos we may take, in our website, marketing etc, and for a contact number which we can use in case of an emergency affecting you.

The RYA asks for monitoring information from all clubs affiliated to them— numbers of adults/juniors; sailing or accompanying people who are sailing— usually parents bringing children. 
This feeds into a regional picture of sailing, and then into a national picture. From this information, and from discussions they have with us throughout the year, the RYA aims to raise funding which then filters back down to regions and clubs like ours. Such funding also supports RYA staff, who meet us, represent us, run training courses and for YSC, will be advising on our lease negotiations (currently underway with Leeds City Council). So, every week when people have signed in, we enter numbers in a spreadsheet and from this spreadsheet, we complete the monitoring forms the RYA needs— we only send them numbers—they don’t require names, email addresses or medical information. We also use this information in grant applications we make ourselves—eg for the Sports Lottery grant we got for the new Herons. We keep the registers and consent forms in a locked cupboard, and at the end of the season we burn or shred them.

We regularly review the information we need to ask for— 2 examples :

• perhaps we should have medical information/consent to use photos emergency contacts for all club members, not just people coming on Tuesdays;
• now people are signing up online for the Tuesdays, this includes their email address, so perhaps we don’t need to ask you to write it out when you first come.

Over the winter we look at things like this, as well as how we might tweak or revise training programmes and other Club procedures. If you want to know more about any of the above, you can talk to Neil McInnes (Training Coach), Andrew Cowling (Club Secretary and trainer); Louise Harding (who fills in all the RYA forms—thank you, Louise!!)

Don't forget to buy your Laying Up Supper Tickets for Sunday 18 January 2015

Yeadon Laying Up Supper - Sunday 18 January 2015

The Laying Up Supper is Yeadon Sailing Clubs annual prize giving event. Although held in 2015, it will be a time to reflect on 2014 and award the great achievements by all members young and old. We have started holding it on Sunday afternoon to make it easier for families to come along.

Come and join us for:

• Prize giving
• Entertainment
• Buffet

The will also be a raffle, if you have any prizes you wish to donate, then please bring them with you.

Otley Courthouse, Otley, LS21 3AN
Time: 3pm - 7pm
Tickets £10/£5 juniors (under 16 yrs)



Adult Tickets £10

Junior Tickets £5

The Venue
There is free parking at side and rear of Courthouse (please double check this on arrival. 
http://www.otleycourthouse.org.uk/

Autumn message from the YSC Rear Commodore

Tony Sailing during the N12 Open

Well, what a year! I can’t believe it is nearly over. At last the gods granted us a summer - a little blustery at the start of the season, but once May and June arrived the sun popped out and the rain stayed away. Whilst writing this after the first races of October, summer has finally left, and with a nip in the air, I think autumn has landed.

So what’s happened this year then? I guess it started on New Year’s Day which feels like ages ago. I understand it was a little windy and cold. Unfortunately I couldn’t make it as I was on holiday but understand the whisky went down well and fun was had by all.

Hardly a minute after that there were social evenings, Dennis’ walk and the Laying Up Supper, which I covered in the last edition of Ahoy. Don’t forget to book for the Laying Up Supper on 18 January 2015 - places limited, so hurry, hurry, hurry!

The YSC Fleet on exercise in the Lakes

The sailing season got underway without too much trouble. The Saturday and Sunday race series started well, shortly followed by the Wednesday evening race series.

Training also started with an even longer calendar than last year, the More Sailing More Often training programme, designed to encourage new members to bridge the gap between starting sailing and racing is still running as I write. The sessions have been just as popular as ever. Well done to Neil and his team. Thanks to Bob Dootson, and all who helped, for starting the social sailing on those summery Saturday evenings. The idea was to give members a chance to sail safely outside of the pressured race and training environment. I for one think these sessions are a brilliant idea. Hard work from Bob also managed to land the Club a grant of £10,000 from Sport England, which we quickly changed into two brand new Herons. These are fantastic and are for all to use. Another initiative this year was a trip away organised by yours truly. After much deliberation 24 members, 1 dog, 9 boats, 2 windsurfers and 1 canoe made it to Lake Coniston. After a stormy start to the weekend, which was good for the windsurfers, a small armada of dinghies made it down to the bottom end of the lake. Later at the BBQ we were all treated to a star-filled sky and the odd shooting star. The next day, with tired eyes after the never ending parting from other campers, we ventured to the top of the lake for an ice cream, and how not to anchor your boat. I understand there maybe another trip in May. Watch this space.

On top of this for the first time the club joined most other clubs in the UK and beyond to enter a world record attempt – Bart’s Bash, the world’s biggest ever Barts Bash in memory of Olympian 

Andrew Simpson who sadly died in a sailing accident whilst training for the Americas Cup back in 2013. It was some task for YSC to put this together, but thanks largely to Andrew Cowling we pulled it off with 28 entries in all. By the time this goes to print the full results should be completed.

Commodore’s Weekend was blessed once again with fine weather. Due to the Tour de France, I decided to bring the weekend forward to avoid a clash. I think this impacted on numbers a little and numbers were down a little. However all those who attended had a great time and if mast climbing becomes an Olympic sport there will be a gold post box on Yeadon High Street.

Tony Dufton

There is loads more to write about Open Days etc but I think I will leave it at that. Thank you for putting up with me; it has been a privilege to be the Club’s Commodore in 2014. I’m sure over the months I have missed thanking some of the great people who work so hard to make the Club the special place it is – my apologies to you. 

Please have a good Christmas and a New Year.

Tony Dufton
Rear Commodore 

New Notice: Wanted: Heron Sails

Dear members, the Yeadon Sailing Club training team are looking for donations of Heron sails in good condition. If you have a set you would be willing to donate. Please email info@yeadonsailingclub.co.uk

from YSC Notice Board by tim burnett

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