The YOBs are our Youth On Board... so watch out!
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YOB's (Youths on Boats) Prizegiving Party |
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 A record number of YOBs with their families and friends gathered at the club for the annual YOBs prizegiving and disco on Friday 2nd Jan. Despite cold winter weather and the post Xmas blues the turnout was impressive. Although the poor weather during the summer prevented completion of the planned YOBs series of races, and accordingly the winning of the prizes for that, trophies were still awarded,.
Memorial Cup Cadet of the Year Tom Rees
Digby Cup Most Prominent Racer Sophie Atkins
Peter Rose Cup Most Impoved Thomas Williams
Yates Challenge Cup Highest Achiever Cory Ronayne
WSC Cadet Cup Most Enthusiastic Alice Perrett
The If Only…! Most Enteraining Alice Perrett
Autumn Dinghy Cup Autumn Series Ross & Craig Groves
Thomas Williams {TH as he is known by his friends} joined the party over the internet as he now lives in the Caribbean.
Posted by She Taylor
Last Updated on Sunday, 04 January 2009
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YOBs at Sutton Bingham Sailing Club |
 On Sunday 29th November, you may remember that it was cold and windy and not a day for dinghy sailing.
Unless you have been invited to an RYA Onboard race training day as Sophie Atkins and Tom Lewis were. WSC YOBs were offered two places on the course so we sent Sophie and Tom to give it a try. The training was held at Sutton Bingham Sailing Club with youngsters from all the local clubs sailing single and double handed boats.
An RYA race instructor was bought in to coach them and hopefully lots was learned. The wind was lighter in Sutton Bingham than Weymouth but as our two hardy sailors soon found, the water on a lake is much colder than the sea.
Well done to both of them for taking out the dinghies in the coldest days of the year.
Posted by She Taylor
Last Updated on Wednesday, 10 December 2008
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 Weymouth Sailing Club YOBs (Youth On Boats) sank to new depths last week with the help of volunteers from the Dorset Sub Aqua Club and O'Three.
After an intense safety talk by Ian Parry 17 youngsters aged between 8 and 15 years joined Dorset Sub Aqua Club for an evening "Try Dive" and experienced scuba diving for the first time.
The evening was organised by the owners of O'Three, who are members of the WSC, and they also supplied very generous prizes for a snorkelling competition. The Sub Aqua Club supplied all the equipment for the evening and gave the youngsters one-to-one tuition.
Posted by She Taylor
Last Updated on Friday, 31 October 2008
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RS Feva Project for Youth on Boats (YOBs) |
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As a result of identifying the need to provide better facilities for the Youth Section of the Club, a number of local industries were approached by Phil Samways, Youth Section Coordinator, to sound out their interest of sponsoring new craft for proposed use by the expanding youth section.
Portwey Letting, Universal Engineering (Charlestown) and Kitchen Craft were the first three of several local companies who have offered to become sponsors and make available funds to put towards the purchase of a fleet of RS Feva dinghies for the YoBs as part of the Club drive to improve facilities for those younger members.
Posted by She Taylor
Last Updated on Friday, 31 October 2008
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RS Feva project for WSC Cadets (YOBs - Youth on Boats) |
Photograph shows WSC Cadet Organser, Phil Samways receiving a cheque from Brian Cookson of Kitchen Craft, one of the initial three local industry sponsors who have made available the funds to purchase RS Feva dinghies for the YoBs, as part of the Club drive to improve facilities for our Youth Section.
The YoBs have also been pleased to hear that their application for a grant towards the acquisition of that fleet of brand new training dinghies has been approved by Sportsmatch, the national agency responsible for allocation of funds to youth groups seeking to improve their capabilities. The commercial support offered by Sportsmatch is given as a result of them matching, pound for pound, the support of the three local businesses who have each committed to purchasing one dinghy each, Kitchen Craft (above), Portwey Letting and Universal Engineering. The fleet is now on order and will be delivered to allow use in the forthcoming season. More information on Sportsmatch, more local companies and groups supporting the initiative and the activities arranged by YoBs when we see the boats on and of the water at the Club Open Day in May.
Posted by She Taylor
Last Updated on Friday, 31 October 2008
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