General Club News
Annual General Meeting and Adult Prize Giving
The AGM and Adult Prize Giving took place on Saturday 11th January in the Water Sports Centre. The main business of the AGM was agreeing the new years membership and berth fees and voting in the General Committe. The minutes will be posted in the members' area at a later date.
The prize winners can be found here
Youth and Junior Prize Giving
This was held on the 12 January in the Water Sports Centre and the winners can be found here with some additional pictures in the gallery here.
Open Meetings
This year we are holding three Open Meetings for Phantoms, 2000s and GP14s. Details are available here
Youth Training
See the Youth Sailing and Youth Training pages. Club Members can book in via WebCollect.
Adult Coaching
We have set a number of Sunday mornings aside for Adult Coaching. These align to the junior squad days so that parents can come and sail at the same time and have some support and coaching. The sessions will include a “Relaxed Introduction to Racing” so that they can enter the odd race and not be worried about being in the way or being too incompetent. See the Adult Sailing and improving pages.
Club Racing
The club holds regular racing. See what's coming up next.
Volunteering
Volunteers run club racing. See who's helping next.
Weather at Llandegfedd Reservoir
Forecast Weather from Windguru
Forecast Weather from Big Salty
Click for Big Salty's Llandegfedd Forecast
XC Weather is also useful - Look at the forecast for Cwmbran.
Sailing and not Racing.
Club members are allowed to sail when the club is not racing. However, the safety cover is through Llandegfedd Activities, not the club.
For 2024, Hannah at Llandegfedd Activities has decided that the best way for us to sail when not racing, is just to talk to the Watersports Team.
Before you rig a boat, either your own, or a club one, check that that Watersports is able to support your sailing. There is always someone in their office and they have a list of their activities and the lead Instructor for the day. They may impose restrictions, such as keeping to one end of the reservoir so they can rescue you if you have difficulties. You need to say you are a Sailing Club member, and have a berth or are using a club boat.
They are helpful, just bear in mind that they can be very busy with multiple activities there. There may be a break at lunch time, and they are closing up by 1700 most days.
Other Interesting stuff
Plans for 2024 training and coaching are being developed.
Need a Helm or Crew?
Robert Cone is re-introducing the Crewfinder service. If you want a crew for your boat, or want a helm, contact Robert at crewfinder@llandegfedd.org.uk. He will put you in touch as appropriate so we can have more boats on the water.
