RYA JUNIOR SAILING COURSES

RYA Youth Sailing Scheme Stages 1&2

Five day courses commence this year on Monday 30th June to Friday 4th July.

This is a fun, safe way of introducing your kids to sailing in small dinghies. Courses are run by qualified RYA Dinghy and Senior instructors and will take place mainly in the safe waters of Carrickfergus Harbour.

Starting from the age of 8 years to 16 years this is open to all, as the membership fee is included in the price

BEGINNER COACHING

Starts on Saturday 5th of April for 6 weeks

For all junior members who have attended the RYA courses in the club over the last couple of years but are still a little wary of joining in the dinghy racing.

Have fun and build confidence in the safety of the harbour in Toppers and Oppies.

RYA HONDA YOUTH RIB CHALLENGE

The Northern Ireland heat for the youth rib challenge this year is Saturday May 3rd and will be held at Bangor Harbour. This is open to 8-16 year olds. We will shortly commence some practice sessions (dates to be confirmed), and the 2 fastest times round the course will represent CSC in May.

For booking and information on any activities contact training@carrickfergussc.org

Dear Member,

Work is progressing well regarding the organisation of this years Boat Jumble on Sunday 13 April.

Applications for pitches are now starting to come in from the traders.

The dedicated website www.irishboatjumble.org is now up & running and is being regularly updated.

The organising team, on advice have decided to increase the gate entry fee to £4 /€5 for the event as charged last year. It follows that fully paid up Members will receive a bar voucher to the value of the entry fee i.e. £4. Members wishing to avail of this will be required to purchase their gate pass and voucher from the bar before the event. Further details will be available closer to 13 April.

CSC will as usual have a club stall where Members are invited to submit goods for sale. The Club will take a commission on all sales – or better still if the items can be donated!! This made the Club a fantastic amount of money last year – all due to the generosity of the Members – and don’t forget, all profits from the Jumble are going to the building fund.

There may be some space at the event and it has been suggested that this could be made available to Members as a car boot sale area. Members would be charged £10 per car and could sell all sorts of goods (toys, games, books, dvd/cd’s, clothing, household goods etc. etc. – a really good chance of a clearout!). This may help to attract more local people to the Jumble and will be advertised locally. For any Members wishing to participate, please let the organising team know asap (via the contact us section on the Jumble website) as it is likely that the available space will be limited and will be allocated on a first paid, first served basis. We hope to have well over a thousand people through the gate – so the chances of a sale are high! Please bear in mind however that vehicle movement will not be possible from 0900 until the close of the event at around 1500. You may therefore wish to use your own display table without a car.

The organising team will keep you informed of all developments – or check out the website..