ITV will be filming at the club tomorrow, Tuesday 2nd October. Our very own Dan "The Man" Murdoch will be being interviewed, there is a rumour he is even washing his buoyancy aid.

We wish you good luck Dan -  you're a great ambassador for the club.

The Autumn Season is now well underway, with sailing Monday to Thursday every week.

If you have some spare time and would like to help out, volunteers are very welcome. No experience necessary as full training is given.

The sad news has reached us that David Grimshaw has passed away. David was a past Commodore of our club and one of the members behind the formation of Sailability.

Our condolences go out to David’s family and friends.

Don't forget the AGM on Wednesday 21st March @ 19.30

Proposals at this years meeting will affect the club for many years to come.

It is important that as many members as possible attend and take part in the in the discussions. It is a perfect opportunity to meet and speak with the people who run and provide all the activities at the club. Without your input the management committee can only guess what you want.

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

I hereby give notice that the Annual General Meeting of Otley Sailing Club will be held at The Sailing Club on Wednesday 1 March 2017 at 7.30pm.

Nominations are requested for the Officers listed below and should be in the possession of the Hon Secretary by 31^st December 2016. Any full member of the club [other than a junior member] is entitled to propose or be proposed for any of the positions.

Any member who would be interested in undertaking the duties of Sailing Secretary for the 2017 season should be prepared to submit a proposed racing programme to the Committee by 31^st December 2016.

Any proposals for amending the constitution should be sent to the Hon Secretary in writing, duly proposed and seconded by 31^st December 2016.

All further details for the Annual General Meeting will be placed on the sailing club website.

Gill Walton

Honorary Secretary

Nominations for Officers and Committee 2017

 Please return your nominations duly proposed and seconded  by 31 December 2016 to:

Gill Walton, Honorary Secretary

4 Lisker Avenue, Otley, LS21 1DG or by e-mail to gilliannewalton@outlook.com

We're pleased to announce that Otley Sailing Club Junior Week 2017 will run from Sunday 13th August to Friday 18th August.  Save the date!  More details to follow.

We were asked a while ago if we would host an evening for the RYA Chief Executive, Sarah Treseder to come and visit us as she would be in the area for a couple of days.  We said yes, so on Tuesday evening Sarah came for an informal chat to some of our members.  We also had along for the evening Steve Gibbon, who is the Chairman for the RYA North East region and Sam Usher, the Regional Development Officer.  They learned all about what we do and how we do it!  Sarah then very kindly started the evenings racing and finished everyone over the line.

Here's a link to some of the photos from the evening:- https://www.facebook.com/OtleySailingClub/posts/813587062104502

Stella Murdoch, 86 has recently announced she is hanging up her lifejacket and retiring from sailing.  She has been a fiercely competitive racer over many years and has turned out in all weathers – at times beating her much younger counterparts.  She has regularly taken away various trophies at our annual prize giving event held in March each year. 

Stella joined Otley Sailing Club in the late 1970’s and has served time on the committee as well as holding the office of Commodore between 2002-2004.

She has been an inspiration to anyone who knew her at the club and put a lot of the younger members to shame!

We would like to wish Stella all the very best and hope that we will still see her at our many social events throughout the year.  She will certainly be sorely missed on the start line.

Many thanks to everyone who made Barts Bash 2015 so special!

We had some fantastic racing throughout the day and a total of 26 boats on the water for the Barts race.

We raised £175 from the donations box and galley - if you missed this you can still donate to the Barts foundation on our just giving page https://www.justgiving.com/bartsbash2015-otley-sailing-club

Here are the results - well done Mr Horrocks!