Training Centre News
It has been an outstanding year for all those involved
in the training school.The coaches and
instructors should feel very proud, not only for the number of Children and
Adults that happily passed through the school, but also for the very high
standards achieved at Junior level, with many of CBYC’s youth winning or doing
extremely well at the Area and National Regattas.
My own personal highlight of this year has been in
seeing many youngsters now owning their own oppies and toppers and becoming
part of the Club.You had better watch
out you older dinghy sailors. There’s
some top talent coming up!!
WEDNESDAY NIGHT RACE COACHING
Helen Phillips, Simon Thomas and Paul Simes have
achieved outstanding results with the Wednesday night class. Simon in particular seems to have lived at
the Club this summer and his expert skills and fantastic way with the youth has
seen our Youth Race Training become the envy of many local Clubs.
Well done to the race training team.
MONDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT CREWS
For those members of the Club who enjoy a beer on
Monday and Thursday nights watching children play dodgems, believe it or not
those youngsters have now all become competent young sailors with 30 of them in
total gaining Level 1 or Level 2 RYA Start Sailing Certificates.
One class worthy of a special mention are the Thursday
night under 7 class.This brave bunch
never failed to get on the water in the oppies, even when the adult class were
held back due to high winds.This class
finished their year by entering the Llangorse PGL Regatta.
ADULT CLASS
Teaching children is easy because they tend to do as
they are told.However, adults always
know better , so my heart goes out to Idris Dibble and his team for the
teaching of the Thursday night adult course.They managed to put 40 adults through the system.
The success of this team is demonstrated by the demand
already booked for next years courses.Well
done guys.
VOLVO CHAMPIONSHIP CLUBS
Cardiff Bay Yacht Club has been awarded Volvo Championship Club Status<, one of
only three Clubs in Wales to achieve this remarkable
standard.We are now up amongst the top
Dinghy Clubs for race training in Wales having achieved this in only 2
years.
A big THANK YOU to the coaches in making this happen,
with one Club member more than any other deserving a big slap on the back.For this well done, Simon Thomas.
REGIONAL YOUTH TRAINING WEEKEND
The WYA will be holding youth racing weekends over the
winter at Cardiff Bay Yacht Club. Please
make sure you book yourself in with Iwan Basten.
Anyone who took part in our regatta or PGL is up to
this standard, so get on his list.Remember if you need a club boat contact me.
However the most important thing is to contact the
office and book yourself in NOW
Nick Sawyer
Sailing School Principal
Tel: 029 2051 4966