Lymington Optimist Flotilla


If you live in the Lymington area and want to race Optimist Dinghies come and join our Flotilla. Operating under the umbrella of the Royal Lymington Yacht Club and associated to IOCA (International Optimist Class Association), the Flotilla organises regular training and coaching sessions throughout the year for children, ages between 8 and fifteen, who can already sail an Optimist and want to learn to race or improve existing racing skills. Our sailing sessions are usually wet, often cold but always fun!


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Competing at the Selections 2006

Competing for a place in the National Squad at the 2006 Selections



Latest News (last updated 13/01/08)

2 Club Winter Training for Gold Fleet Sailors
For more information about 2 Club Winter Training and to apply for a place. Any problems contact either Kay Batten or Liz Jarman.


Congratulations to the following sailors:
16 sailors have been offered places in the IOCA national training squads and RYA South zone squad. Many co9ngratulations to those sailors from Gold and Silver fleet, who have worked very hard all season to gain a place.
NATIONAL SQUAD:
Tom Britz - who also finished ranked 2nd nationally.
Josh Sparks
Calum Murdock who has decided to move onto Laser from the optimists,

INTERMEDIATE SQUAD:
Charlie Cox
Zoe Parkinson
Sasha Bruml
Ben Batten
Misha Bruml

DEVELOPMENT SQUAD:
Kirstie Urwin
Josh Potts
Stephen Jarman

SOUTH ZONE SQUAD:
Amy Brown
Danilelle Thomas
Olivia Burt
Guy Wilkinson
Alex Lamont


Booking form is now available for the Prize Giving and Christmas Dinner. Download it now!

Winter coaching arrangements
The dates for winter coaching have now been confirmed but the venues are still to be finalised.
For Bronze Fleet sailors/Silver Fleet sailors not in squads and those who have just moved up to main fleet IOCA:
6 coached sessions (now fully subscribed) at Burghfield Sailing Club (for more info) and
Southern Area Training at Spinnaker (will be notified on IOCA website) on the Saturdays of the squad weekends.
For National, Intermediate, Development and Zone Squad Sailors:
2 club coaching with Spinnaker. A total of five coached sessions over the winter with Ally Martin, Will Burdell and Robyn Stock. These sessions will be on the Sunday immediately following each squad w/e so sailors can practice what was learnt at the squad w/es! More information on these sessions and registration process to follow shortly.
For Gold Fleet Sailors:
The 4 Inter Club Race Series with Warsash, Spinnaker, Burghfield and Lymington. The notification and registration has been emailed out.


Changes to Who's Who in the Flotilla
Flotilla Leader - Jon Cox (from December)
R Lym YC Head of Optimists - Ros Urwin
Gold Fleet Coordinator - Lionel Wolovitz
Silver Fleet - Ian Jarman
Bronze Fleet - Stuart Bruseth
Bronze Fleet Salterns SC link - Ian Thomas
Treasurer - Kay Batten
Publicity - Nigel Burt
Flotilla Admin (sailors' contacts) - Nicola Brown
Website Coordinator - Eliza Bruml

Thanks to all the above parents for volunteering for these roles but please remember that they need the support and help of all parents to make things happen. If any parents would like to lend a hand, please let Jon Cox or Ros know. There is plenty to do and all talents can be accommodated!
Thank you very much to Pete Bell who is finishing as Gold Fleet Coach. We hope to keep in touch via the Cadets, where Elaine is now sailing and we wish her well.


Thanks to Lionel the calendar now has a whizzy technical bit
Go and look at it and place your mouse over the various dates.......no more "when am I on duty?" please!!

Interesting Optimist website
Sailors may want to check out this site

RYA News
The RYA has been successful in obtaining £1.1 million of funding to help sailing clubs within England. This is specifically to help sailing clubs develop or existing Onboard or a Volvo RYA Champion clubs. If you are interested in accessing funding for volunteers training and support or the regional coaches that we are looking at contracting, you or someone from your club must attend the regional conferences: South West Club Conference at Roadford 3rd November 2007 or South Conference at RYA House 4th November 2007. The Regional Development Officers and I intend to tell clubs, how they can access this support at these conferences only.

Download the latest South Zone Newsletter

Forthcoming Events (last updated 13/01/08)


Flotilla Meeting - All Welcome
The next meeting for parents of the Lymington Optimist Flotilla is on Tuesday 15th January at the Cox's house. Start time is 7.30pm

Swim Training
Swim training have now started on Thursdays at Lymington Recreation Centre from 7.00pm to 7.45pm. It is a specific session for the sailors separate from public swimming and before the main swim training sessions. There is also public swimming so parents can swim too! Please note that Gaile is away the last week of November.


 

 


Children in Need
Would all children please collect and send in their sponsorship money asap. Thank you

 

 

 

 

Courses at Royal Lymington Yacht Club
Royal Lymington Yacht Club are planning to run training over the winter in the following subjects - Powerboat Level 2, Safety Boat, Intermediate/Advanced Power Boat, 1st Aid, Club Race Officer, Race Training for Keelboats, and Dinghy Instructors Course. Please check the website for more details.

Subject to demand RLymYC plan to run a CRC course this autumn. For more details.


The Poly Oppie Open Winners attack the parents!