November Newsletter
It was with regret that, on publication of the latest Covid-19 legislation, we had to take the decision to close the Club site to members from Thursday 5th November. This action has since been confirmed by the RYA Guidance.While as part of the government’s recreation guidelines, people are allowed to sail on their own or […]
Commodore’s Cup
Each year at the AGM, our Committee awards The Commodore’s Cup to a member who they feel has significantly contributed to the Club. This year, Jeremy Atkins announced the deserved winner: It’s been a difficult year for all of us, but certainly for helping and volunteering as there hasn’t been that much opportunity. I spoke […]
Draycote Dash Pre-registration
Pre-registration for the Selden SailJuice Winter Series is now open – click HERE ‘Making the Seldén SailJuice Winter Series work in such unpredictable times means there is a new pre-entry process in place. The pre-entry opened on 1 October, even though the first even is some weeks away – the Fernhurst Books Draycote Dash on the […]
Mid-October News
The AGM & Committee Don’t forget that 4th November sees our AGM and Committee elections. Committee nominations close tomorrow (Wednesday 21st October) so, if you would like to contribute to the Club in this way, get your nomination form in. As you will have read, we need the new team to run the Club to stand up […]
Club Racing Winter Series
Well summer is now officially over (at least for those who race)! Sunday 18th October was the last day of the Summer series (with sadly no racing) and Sunday 25th October will be the first day of the Winter series. Back to Fleet Racing To get racing back in the summer and to allow for the slowly […]
Phase 4e
Dear Member, It has been fantastic to see good use of the Club and great turnouts over recent weeks and great to see so many members and visitors enjoying our fantastic water and club facilities. However, this communication is, I’m afraid, a bit of a dose of reality. With the latest government announcements, we have […]
Phase 4d
Following the introduction of the new regulations concerning gatherings we have reviewed what we, as a Club need to do. The fact is not a lot because it is down to how our members and visitors behave. We remind everyone that they must keep social distancing (2 metres apart except with mitigation) and not gather […]
Special General Meeting
Dear Member, One of the many consequences of the current Covid-19 crisis has been to make General Meetings of an organisation like ours difficult or impossible to hold while abiding by restrictions on gatherings. While our Articles allow for Directors’ (GC) Meetings to be held online, they currently only allow for our General Meetings to be […]
Draycote Academy Launch
Draycote Academy dates for 2020/2021 winter training season for the first set of optimist, topper, laser (4.7 & radial) are live. Book a winter season of training with Steve Irish, use the link below for booking and more details. https://webcollect.org.uk/mydwsc/event/draycote-academy-winter-squads
New date for Pursuit race
A date has now been set for the Sir C Barratt Pursuit race which was originally in April but had to be delyed due to Covid-19. The new date is 27th September, and datum is 1.30pm. There will be Club Racing in the morning as usual. This will only be open to Draycote members unfortunately.