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Posted On:  23/07/2008 9:56:52 AM

Closing date for applications to the T15 / UKSA Windsurfing Camp on the Isle of Wight is next Friday, 1st August. Coach and Formula Windsurfing sailor Lucy Horwood will join the team to deliver the training camp taking place at UKSA, Cowes over the week of 24-29 August 2008.......( more )

CHAMPIONS CUP 2008
Posted On:  23/07/2008 9:52:39 AM

Some of the inter-club series are nearing their end for 2008, which means very soon there will be some zone winners crowned. With this win comes the invitation to attend the T15 Champions Cup. This event will take place at Rutland Watersports, Whitwell on 4/5 October 2008. We will post again when registration is open for this event.

Posted On:  23/07/2008 9:48:51 AM

T15 Coach-Red courses have had a name change - they will now be known as Racing Instructor courses. These courses are as relevant to introducing adults to grassroots racing skills as they are children. ......( more )

Posted On:  23/07/2008 9:07:18 AM

Do you want to support our sailors who've qualified for the 2008 Olympics? Then why not join the Skandia Team GBR Supporters Club? You can do so by clicking here......( more )

Posted On:  02/07/2008 12:58:15 PM

Have you taken your Start Racing Award yet? If you are participating in T15 inter-club events then you are up to the standard, and this is one of the questions we are now asking on the entry forms for inter-club events. Start Racing can be delivered as part of your T15 club sessions, ......( more )

FUNDING AVAILABLE FOR T15 CLUBS
Posted On:  02/07/2008 12:25:23 PM

T15 clubs and windsurfing clubs now have the opportunity to raise their game further, with funding support available from the RYA. Any T15 club interested in working towards becoming an Volvo RYA Champion Club (whilst still retaining T15 club status) should visit the dedicated VCC website and make contact with the HPM; this is where you will find information regarding the new funding and assistance now available.

Posted On:  02/07/2008 12:03:31 PM

Entry is now open for the 2008 RYA Zone Championships with around 1,000 of England's top young sailors expected to sign up for what is considered one of the premier events in the annual Junior racing calendar. The six English Zones will stage their Championships around the country on the weekend of 27-28 September ......( more )

Posted On:  02/07/2008 12:00:24 PM

The RYA is backing 'Girls4Gold' - a new targeted recruitment drive masterminded by UK Sport and the English Institute of Sport (EIS) - to uncover hidden British female talent with the potential to rise to the podium at London 2012 and beyond. ......( more )

Posted On:  02/07/2008 11:35:02 AM

Bob Shillito, former T15 Head Coach with the Axbridge Animals has relocated to Cornwall and set up his own RYA recognised windsurfing centre, with plans to create the Polkerris Pirates T15 club in the near future.......( more )

Posted On:  02/07/2008 11:29:02 AM

Costa, the T15 Head Coach at Stithians is inviting T15 sailors and their families from across the UK to  attend the Stithians Windsurfing Rally which takes place over August bank holiday: 23-25 August 2008. ......( more )

Posted On:  20/06/2008 9:18:05 AM

Are you neck and neck with somebody at the T15 inter-club challenges at the moment and want to get ahead? Or perhaps you're further down the fleet and want to improve on your position? Well maybe you can with the help of a bit of additional training. Those very nice people on the TSG (Techno Steering Group) have given a lot of thought to the T15 level sailor this year and come up with some top level coaching days for you.......( more )

AMENDMENTS TO NoR & SAILING INSTRUCTIONS
Posted On:  30/05/2008 11:06:28 AM
If you are intending to participate in the T15 inter-club events, please note that the Notice of Race (NoR) and Sailing Instructions (SIs) have been amended. Please read the NoR and SIs.
Posted On:  21/05/2008 2:08:02 PM

Youth windsurfing & sailing in England has recently received a significant funding boost with Sport England awarding the RYA an additional grant totalling £1.1 million with the purpose of further developing sailing and windsurfing for young people. ......( more )

Posted On:  09/04/2008 9:57:21 AM

Rising windsurf star Sam Sills secured his second top class podium finish of the year as he kept his focus to take silver at a severely wind affected 2008 Bic Techno 293 European Championships in Italy.......( more )

Posted On:  08/04/2008 12:00:00 AM

If you are nearing the upper limits of T15 in terms of age, perhaps you might consider becoming an RYA Windsurfing Instructor? On a recent instructor course run at Carsington Water, that's exactly what happened. Of the seven candidates on the course, six were aged under 18 and one had only just had the 16th birthday. It transpired, during the initial course briefing that the six under 18s had all come from Team15 clubs within the Midlands Region. ......( more )

Posted On:  14/03/2008 11:36:34 AM

We are updating a lot of the T15 publicity material at the moment and it will revolve around a theme "Team15 is..."

This is where we need you help. After the "Team15 is...", we want to insert quotes from the T15 sailors.......( more )

Posted On:  22/05/2007 1:24:05 PM

Are you reaching the upper limits of T15 and wanting to know what to do next? Well one thing you could do is become a Start Windsurfing Instructor. The age for taking this course has recently been lowered to 16.......( more )

Posted On:  30/04/2007 4:18:32 PM

Are you an RYA Windsurfing Instructor looking to put something back into the sport you love? The RYA has recently launched a new campaign and is seeking windsurfing instructors who could volunteer their time as a T15 coach to their local club: 2-4-15 ......( more )

Posted On:  22/02/2007 10:16:35 AM

If you enjoyed taking part in T15 inter-club events during 2006 then you may now have set your sights on getting into the RYA Zone Squads. This, perhaps, is where the confusion and questions start - "What events do I need to attend?"; "What kit should I be sailing?"; "How young must I be?"......( more )

Put the date in your diary!

RYA Zone Championships
a must if you want to
try for a place in your Zone Squad
27/28 September 2008.
Register online now!

Win a board!

Help your T15 club
to win a Techno board & rig
by taking part in
T15 inter-club events.

Every time your club enters
a team of 15 sailors,
(with at least two people
sailing on Technos)
into your zone 
T15 inter-club events,
then your club goes
into a prize draw.

Each T15 club therefore
has up to 4 chances
of winning the prize.

The draw will take place
at the Champions Cup
in October.

Tell your mates & all
sign up to the team.
The events are great fun
& your windsurfing
will really inprove.

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Team15
Coach Courses


T15 Coach-Red courses
will now be known as
Racing Instructor Courses
 T15 Coach-Freestyle courses
will change to T15 Freestyle Coach!  


Check below for course dates.
Have you registered yet?
Click here for pre-requisites.

Gwent Adventures - Wales
Course type: Racing Instructor
Weekend course: 9/10 August 2008
Closing date: 25 July
Spaces available

Lakes Leisure - Windermere
Course type: Racing Instructor
Weekend course: 30/31 August 2008
Closing date: 15 August
Spaces available



James Hamilton Heritage Park - Glasgow
Course type: Racing Instructor
Weekend course: 30/31 August 2008
Closing date: 15 August
Spaces available


Mount Batten Centre - Plymouth
Course type: Racing Instructor
Weekend course: 27/28 September 2008
Closing date: 5 September
Spaces available


If your T15 club
can get together 4 instructors

we can run a 
course at your club!
Contact:
gina.lindholm@rya.org.uk




(scroll down for other courses you have missed)


For information
(previous courses in 2008)

Grafham Water Centre - Cambridgeshire
Course type: Racing Instructor
Weekend course: 5/6 July 2008
Closing date: 30 June
Spaces available
6 candidates on course

Wimbleball Lake - Somerset
Course type: Racing Instructor
Midweek course: 3/4 July 2008
Closing date: 30 June
4 candidates on course


Roadford Lake - Okehampton
Course type: Racing Instructor
Midweek Course: 4/5 June 2008
Organised by South West Lakes Trust
Fully booked


Carsington Watersports - Derbyshire
Course type: Freestyle
Weekend Course: 3/4 May 2008
Fully booked


Carsington Watersports - Derbyshire
Course type: Racing Instructor
Midweek Course: 1/2 May 2008
6 candidates on course


Mountbatten Centre - Plymouth
Course type: Racing Instructor
Weekend Course: 12/13 April 2008
Cancelled: lack of candidates

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ADOPT-A-BEACH

The Green Blue is an environmental awareness initiative by the British Marine Federation and the Royal Yachting Association. One of its aims is to educate and promote the sustainable use of coastal and inland waters by watersports participants.

Some of the initiatives have a relevance to windsurfers - especially in achieving cleaner seas and beaches.

Adopt-a-Beach is definitely relevant to T15ers, which is a Marine Conservation Society project supported by the Green Blue.

Check out what parts of the Green Blue are relevant to you