New Racing Opportunity for Young Sailors
Three brand-new racing dinghies will be launched this Saturday at the Hickling Broad Sailing Club. A grant of £9,445 from the Broads Authority’s Sustainable Development Fund has been awarded to the sailing club to help encourage young people to take up competitive dinghy sailing.
Broads Authority Chief Executive, Dr John Packman, has been invited to formally hand over the race specification RS Fevas and Topper dinghies to the junior members of the sailing club who will immediately get sailing out on the broad.
Commodore of the club, Tony Aldous, said: “We are extremely grateful to the Sustainable Development Fund. A lot of energy goes into organising our Junior Training Programme and with these new dinghies we will be able to introduce more youngsters to club racing. Junior members are the lifeblood of our club and this is born out by the number of adult members that have risen through the junior ranks.”
John Packman said: “This project was inspired by the prospect of the 2012 Olympics and will introduce young people without their own boats to competitive racing.”
21.04.09
