Welcome to team15. A nationwide network of clubs where the coolest windsurfers aged 15 and under get together every week to have a great time and learn new skills.

 
 
 
 
- East Zone
- Midlands Zone
- North Zone
- South Zone
- South East Zone
- South West(n) Zone
- South West(s) Zone
- West Zone
- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
- Wales
 
 
 
 
 
 
Oxford Sailing Club
Venue Farmoor Reservoir
Location Oxford
Team 15 Contact Richard Beardsley
Telephone 07879 040222 /01865 863201
Website www.oxfordsailingclub.com
Email sailtraining@oxfordsailingclub.com

Is your team15 club sponsored / supported by any companies?
Tushingham sails

What ages do you cater for at your team15 club?
8 up we try to encourage the kids that have finished to become assistants or instructors

What is the maximum number of children you can cater for?
25

When does your T15 club session run?
Thursday evenings and Sundays into the winter

How much do weekly T15 club sessions cost?
£5 own kit £7.50 club kit

Is there an annual membership on top of this?
Yes

If so, how much does this cost?
Youth membership to club £52 half if they have no kit as they pay hire fees

Can I join today or is there a waiting list?
You can join today.

Is it necessary to book a T15 club session in advance?
No.

If I don’t have my own equipment yet, can I hire this from the club?
Yes

How much does equipment cost per session?
Session plus equipment £7.50  Hire of equipment outside T15 session for youth £7.50

Does your club have second-hand windsurfing kit for sale?
Yes.

Does your centre have a shop where I can buy new windsurfing equipment?
Can order Tushingham.starboard equipment throught the club

If not, where is the nearest windsurfing shop?
South coast or Bray lake 1- 1.5 hrs drive

Can my family go windsurfing whilst I am at a T15 club session?
Yes if they have their own kit as all club kit is usually being used by T15.

Does your T15 club currently take part in the inter-club events?
Yes.

If I wanted to have a go at the inter-club events, can I join the team?
Yes however this year we did have a full team

How good do I need to be?
Level 1 skills

If I don’t have my own equipment yet, can I hire equipment for inter-club events?
Yes

How much does this cost?
FOC.

Have any or your T15 club members joined the RYA Zone Squads?
Yes

When I reach 16 years old, can I still windsurf at your venue?
Yes and encouraged to help with T15 and become an instructor

I am an intermediate windsurfer, can I take an Assistant Instructor Qualification at your club?
Yes.

What’s the best thing about your T15 club?
The kids improving and enjoying it

Who is your T15 head Coach?
Richard Beardsley

Who are your other T15 Coaches?
Edd Thorne, Paul Kearns, Daniel Simpson, Paul Cross, Gavin Crowther, James Mugridge

Are there any other volunteers who help your club?
Yes

What are their names?
About quarter of the parents from T15

Are they children / parents / assistant instructors / instructors?

Are you seeking more volunteers to help with the club?
We are always looking to encourage people to help as numbers vary from week to week as to who can make it.

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


Need a sail number?
Then please email
tzaneen.mears@rya.org.uk
to be allocated your unique  number.
Once you have the number
you need to purchase the
sticky-back digits from a
local chandler.


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.

Courses are currenlty being
organised by RDOs.
More dates soon.



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)

Mount Batten Centre - Plymouth
Course type: Racing Instructor
Weekend course: 27/28 September 2008
Closing date: 5 September
Cancelled: lack of candidates

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

James Hamilton Heritage Park - Glasgow
Course type: Racing Instructor
Weekend course: 30/31 August 2008
Closing date: 15 August
Cancelled: lack of candidates


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


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