2008 News Archive

Derbyshire Youth Sailing At Toddbrook 2008
Enterprise Open At Toddbrook 2008
National Junior 12 Hour Race 2008
Ocean Youth Trust 2008
Whaley Water Weekend 2008
Winter Walk 2008-9

2007 News Archive

Capsize Sequence 2007
Derbyshire Youth Sailing At Toddbrook 2007
Glossop And District Sailing Club Junior Regatta 2007
John Merricks Sailing Trust Topper
National Junior 12 Hour Race 2007
New Mills, Marple And District Rotary Club Topper
Southport 24 Hour Race 2007
Toddbrook Sailing Club Junior Regatta 2007
Whaley Water Weekend 2007

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Derbyshire Youth Sailing At Toddbrook 2008

With a strong Easterly wind, peppered by vicious gusts, and with overcast conditions combined with single figure temperatures throughout Saturday 19th April, the young sailors from Derbyshire Youth Sailing were severely tested by the conditions at Toddbrook Sailing Club, in the second event of the ten event DYS series for 2008.

See event reports and photos at Yachts And Yachting and Dinghy Sailing Magazine.

See also the DYS photos for the event and see additional pictures of the event on our Gallery Page.

Enterprise Open 2008

A training day was held on Saturday 5th April. Mike Birch supplied excellent training. Everybody had learnt plenty and a great day was had by all. Sunday 6th April saw the start of the North West Top Helm Series. The wind was coming from the north and was between force 1 – 3.

17 boats turned up for the start of race 1. Read the race review at Yachts And Yachting and see additional pictures of the event on our Gallery Page.

National Junior 12 Hour Race 2008

Toodbrook Sailing Club entered a team in the National Junior 12 Hour Race at Southport Sailing Club this year. The team came 25th overall, and won The Under 14 Trophy (well done Harry and Toby!). Not bad for our first entry in the event as an independent team.

You can find several pictures of the event in our Gallery and also some pictures taken on the day by Jo Rutherford of Southport Sailing Club here.

Ocean Youth Trust 2008

It was meant to be a trip for a dozen youngsters on "Greater Manchester Challenge" with The Ocean Youth Trust North West. However, late running works on the lock gates at Liverpool meant that "Greater Manchester Challenge" was trapped. Instead the kids were taken to Largs on the Firth Of Clyde for a week on 37" Sunsail yachts. Places visited included The Kyles Of Bute, Tarbet and Kip Marina.

Whaley Water Weekend 2008

Toddbrook Sailing Club took a stall at the Whaley Water Weekend in our traditional position next to the tent selling boat trip tickets. This year we took a Topper dinghy down to the event.

See the report of the event in the Buxton Advertiser, including a picture of 3 of our youth members with the Topper.

Our bric-a-brac stall raised over £100 on Saturday towards funding our youth programme. A big thank you to all the kids and parents who manned the stall in some terrible weather.

You can find out more about Whaley Water Weekend here.

Winter Walk 2008-9

The walk was 7.5 miles with 1297' of ascent, so it'll be a little more demanding than last year's walk (5.8 miles and 1050'), but we'll have a break at the pub about 2/3 of the way round.

Lunch was at the Rising Sun pub in Rainow.

The route: start/finish at Lamaload Carpark (GR SJ 976 752) - east towards Andrews Edge then north crossing Todd Brook to Jenkin Chapel - west via Wagonshaw Brow, Common Barn, B5470 then south to Thornsett Farm to the Rising Sun. Post lunch, SE up Berristal Rd to Snipe House, the waterworks and Lamaload reservoir.

Capsize Sequence 2007

We are grateful to Mr Bernard Jolley of Daventry for providing a composite photograph of one of our junior members recovering from a capsize on a Topper ding

Derbyshire Youth Sailing 2007

Toddbrook hosted Derbyshire Youth Sailing on 21st April 2007. Junior members from the club also attended the following local events:

April 21st Toddbrook - see the official DYS pictures and the event review at Yachts And Yachting.
19th May Combs - see the official DYS pictures, and the event review at Yachts And Yachting.

You can see the results of the 2007 DYS season here.

Glossop And District Sailing Club Junior Regatta 2007

The club sent a small team to this event at Pennine Sailing Club on 22nd September 2007. Congratulations to Ben, Josh, Harry and Marcus for taking part, and in particular to Richard who found a new career in sand castle building!

You can see some pictures of the event on our Gallery Page.

John Merricks Sailing Trust Topper

Toddbrook Sailing Club wish to thank John Merricks Sailing Trust for their kind donation in February 2006, which has enabled us to purchase Topper sail number 42209 for use within our junior scheme. The Topper is pictured below being used for youth training in summer 2007.



National Junior 12 Hour Race 2007

Toodbrook Sailing Club and Etherow Country Park Sailing Club entered a joint team in the National Junior 12 Hour Race at Southport Sailing Club this year. The team came a creditable 14th overall on a rain-soaked day where the wind was mainly SE Force 2/3, with bigger gusts and rain squalls. Well done to all those who took part in the race (and of course to the parents who got drenched watching!).

You can see some pictures of the pre-race training and of the event itself on our Gallery Page, and also read the event review at Yachts And Yachting.

New Mills, Marple And District Rotary Club Topper

Toddbrook Sailing Club are grateful to New Mills, Marple And District Rotary Club for their kind donation which has enabled us to provide additional Topper facilities for our junior members. Pictured below are the 2007 club Commodore, Kevin Law, and one of our junior members with the sponsored Topper.



Southport 24 Hour Race 2007

Toodbrook Sailing Club entered two teams in this year's 24 Hour Race at West Lancs Yacht Club. The "A" team, sailing an Enterprise, came a very creditable 40th overall, whilst the "B" team, sailing a GP14 and out for fun, came 66th overall. You can find the official resuts of the race here, read the event review at Yachts And Yachting, and also see the write -up at the Southport Reporter, including some photos of the Toddbrook team. In additon, Whitehorse Yacht Photography took photos of the event for commercial purposes; you can find images of the "A" team and the "B" team on their site.

Finally, you can also see some pictures taken by Toddbrook members at the event on our Gallery Page.

Toddbrook Sailing Club Junior Regatta 2007

The club held our annual Junior regatta on Saturday 1st September. The results of the races can be found here. Thanks to Etherow juniors for supporting our event and to the family and club members from both clubs who came along too. Special thanks to everybody who helped. Hope you all enjoyed the day! See you next year!

You can see some pictures of the event on our Gallery Page.

Whaley Water Weekend 2007

Toodbrook Sailing Club exhibited at the annual Whaley Water Weekend on 23rd June 2007. We had a stall at the Whaley Bridge canal basin selling bric-a-brac in aid of club funds, and also took a Topper to the event so that adults and children alike could try out the dinghy. We offered a number of places on a "taster" sailing session at the club that afternoon which was well attended, with Enterprise and GP14's being used for short rides round the reservoir. The club house was also open for afternoon tea and cakes. Pictured below is the stall and the hard pull back up the hill to the club!

You can find out more about Whaley Water Weekend here.