Oxford Sailing Club positively encourages youth and junior sailing. While our sister organistion, Oxford Youth Sail Training Centre, organises courses for young sailors, the club provides race training through our new group, the Puddle Pirates, which meets and sails on Tuesday evenings from 6pm. This will move to the weekend as the nights draw in.
Don’t worry if you don’t have a boat. You can use club boats (Hobie 405s, Lasers and Picos as well as Toppers) until you get your own. You can come three times but then have to join the club, but don’t worry, Youth membership is not expensive. Youth sailors are also welcome to join in with club racing on Wednesdays and Sundays (the Novice start) and Novice Race Days throughout the summer.
The club also offers financial help, with grants of up to £500 available to those pursuing national and international success. Email me for an application form if you are interested.
We are also looking at visiting other local clubs to show them how good we are – more to come during the summer.
Chris Burrows
Youth Coordinator
