The Club\u00a0 has received good news that its application for a Sport England Small Grant, funded by the Lottery, has been approved. The grant of \u00a310,000 will enable the club to proceed with its plan to purchase 6\u00a0 club boats for training very soon.<\/p>\n
“We have been functioning with old club and borrowed members boats up to now; so running a regular proper training \u00a0programme has become a reality,” said the Commodore.\u00a0 The club secretary advised the RYA recently that she has so many applicants who wanted to\u00a0 undertake a sailing course. “We were\u00a0hoping that\u00a0 the Club’s bid would be positively received, so that the club can eventually become an RYA training Centre to fulfil the increasing demand,” she explained.<\/p>\n
The fantastic news was\u00a0announced yesterday at the Regatta to the group of families and regular racers who attended a social BBQ\u00a0 and races. \u00a0”\u00a0We have\u00a0have 26 new members who have joined to undertake some form of training to get into sailing at the lake here at South Norwood and with this new funding we can extend the\u00a0 range of club boats\u00a0 available for this purpose and\u00a0for subsequent use\u00a0 by members\u00a0who want to sail\u00a0 on the water with their friends and families”, commented the Secretary.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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