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Club News – 23 August 2019

Holiday camps
The September/October school holiday are fast approaching.  Checkout the great coaching clinics, learn to sail, intermediate and other holiday offerings.
Don’t forget to book next holiday camp, the early bird special will be available for one more week. Book online now or contact the Club sailing.school@woollahrasailingclub.org.au  / (02) 9371 9805

Learn to sail and intermediate
Woollahra Sailing Club conducts school holiday camp programs for children aged between 7 and 16 years, covering a range of water based and sailing activities, as well as fun games and team building exercises over four full days of fun on Sydney Harbour. The courses are run during all major school holiday periods throughout the year. Our courses are fully supervised by qualified Australian Sailing instructors. September – October 2019.  Children will be grouped by similar skill level and ages catering for beginners, intermediate and performance.
School holiday camps – September and October 2019 from 9AM to 3PM
Monday 23/9

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Election results 2019

Sunday 25 August 2019 – Election results
Polling closed at 5:00 pm today.  Immediately after polls closed the votes were counted.  In attendance was: Frank Shepherd (Returning Officer) and three Scrutineers – Quentan Watson, Stan Bland and Ross Barratt.
It is declared that Warren Sare and Diane Vukelic have been elected to the Board of the Woollahra Sailing Club.
Thank-you for to all participating and assisting with the process.  Congratulations to Warren and Diane.
Yours Sincerely
Frank Shepherd
WSC Returning Officer.

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2019 Father’s Day at WSC

 
We are looking forward to celebrating the 2019 Father’s Day with you at Woollahra Sailing Club.
The event will be an opti race and will be open to all dads or any Club members who has had a dad.
You don’t have a boat?! Don’t worry about it, Woollahra Sailing Club will supply one for the race and Dads just need to come with some ability to duck under a boom.
If you need help sailing persuade your kid to jump on the opti with you and that would be the best way to spend this special day together.
Arrive at 9
Race from 9-9:30
Bacon and egg rolls 9:30-10 $5 each and free for the top 3 dad winners
9:45: Opti rigging session with the WSC Opti rep Ben Tucker
 

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Club News – 9 August 2019

Annual General Meeting
Please be advised the 61th Annual General meeting for Woollahra Sailing Club will be held at 7pm on Thursday August 29th 2019 at the Function Room at Woollahra Sailing Club, 2 Vickery Ave, Rose Bay
Details of the AGM and election of directors are available on the Club’s website at: https://www.woollahrasailingclub.org.au/the-club/reports/agm-2019/
Safety first
We would like to remind all members to be aware of the risks involved when launching from Cranbrook ramp (sailors) or Rose Bay Beach (paddlers).
Weather forecast
Strong winds are forecast for the weekend.  Please check conditions and exercise caution.
City to Surf
This Sunday is the City to Surf running race.   Traffic and parking will be very difficult until about midday.  Details here: https://city2surf.com.au/key-info
Tackers programs change
Due to the Road Closures for the City to Surf marathon we will need to move the session time on Sunday 11/8/19 to 1230pm till 330pm .
If you cannot attend the session we will provide a make up lesson.
Winter Series 
There is

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AGM 2019 – Final notice

Please be advised the 61th Annual General meeting for Woollahra Sailing Club will be held at 7pm on Thursday August 29th 2019 at the Function Room at Woollahra Sailing Club, 2 Vickery Ave, Rose Bay
Details of the AGM and election of directors are available on the Club’s website at: https://www.woollahrasailingclub.org.au/the-club/reports/agm-2019/
These documents include:

Agenda for the AGM – including the motions received.
Proxy vote form for the AGM.
2019 Financial Report.
Minutes of the 2018 AGM.
Further details as provided on the nominations for Director.

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Election
With the closure of the nomination process for Directors, I can advise we have received four (4) nominations for Director of WSC. They are (alphabetically):

Irene Ellis
Warren Sare
Jeremy Spear
Diane Vukelic

As per the WSC constitution, 13.6 Transition (a) The terms of Elected Directors are to be staggered so that the term of two Elected Directors, as determined by a majority vote of the

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AGM 2019

The Board of Woollahra Sailing Club advise the Annual General Meeting for 2019 will be held at 7pm on Thursday August 29th 2019 at the Function Room at Woollahra Sailing Club, 2 Vickery Ave, Rose Bay .
Details of the AGM and election of directors are available on the Club’s website at: https://www.woollahrasailingclub.org.au/the-club/reports/agm-2019/
These documents include:
1. Election Notice
2. Nomination Form
3. Notice of Motion Form.
Members will receive financial statements, notice of motions, nominations and proxy forms on August 8th 2019. If you have any questions regarding the AGM or nominations, please do not hesitate to contact the office at elections@woollahrasailingclub.org.au
Please note: In order to participate in the election of directors or the AGM you must be a current fully paid up financial Ordinary Member of the Club. Ordinary Members are Sailing Members (including honorary Sailing Members) and Life Members.

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News July 26th

Dear Members,
Here’s the weekly roundup from your club
Xmas in July/Summer series prize giving
Sun 28 Jul 2019 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm. Come and join fellow members and friends this July at Woollahra Sailing Club for ‘Christmas in July’. A festive event including a winter feast, some Christmas tunes, and a presentation for the Summer Series of Sailing. This is also an opportunity to see the progress being made to the new ramp which will be nearing completion by then.
Price: $10 per adult, $5 per child. Book here:
Xmas in July/Summer series prize giving

AGM 2019
The Board of Woollahra Sailing Club advise the Annual General Meeting for 2019 will be held at 7pm on Thursday August 29th 2019 at the Function Room at Woollahra Sailing Club, 2 Vickery Ave, Rose Bay.
Details of the AGM and election of directors are available on the Club’s website at: https://www.woollahrasailingclub.org.au/the-club/reports/agm-2019/
Term 3 Learn to Sail &

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News 2 August 2019

Here’s the weekly roundup from your club
Winter Series:  
We remind all members that Club racing will be on this weekend on August 4th.
Be aware that there is no racing on August 11th due to the “City to Surf”.
All winter racing details are available on the following links:
NOR – Winter series
Notice Board
SI – Winter series
Moths: 7.15AM briefing – 8AM start
Open Classes: 9AM briefing – 10AM start
Sydney 2000 Olympic Sailor Visit 
Eiichiro Hamazaki was a 27 years old athlete from the Japanese Olympic Team when he first visited Woollahra Sailing Club in the year 2000.  He was training at WSC for the Sydney 2000 Olympics and for the first time, after almost twenty years, Eiichiro is back to Sydney.
This Thursday he had the courtesy to visit our Club and we were delighted to listen to his incredible story and  beautiful experience here. He mentioned that the Club was a place to meet, share, sail and overall prepare for the Olympics, with a great

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News July 12

Dear Members,
Here’s the weekly roundup from your club.
2019 NSW & ACT Sailing Awards Finalists Released
With a record year of nominations across all categories, Australian Sailing announced last Saturday at the CYCA, the winners of the 2019 New South Wales & ACT Sailing Awards
Congratulations to our special members Gaye Rosen and Martin Gill for winning the prestigious “Volunteers of the year award”.
Woollahra Sailing Club would not be the same without your incredible support and beautiful smiles.
WSC Holiday Camps #SheSails
The July holiday camps are run by our incredible instructors, all local ladies who shaped every attendee with their amazing skills.
SheSails is an Australian Sailing campaign designed to recognise all of the amazing female contributors to our sport, and to encourage women  to enjoy sailing through organised activities at your local sailing club.  SheSails aims to:

Promote and celebrate female participation in the sport of sailing
Provide new and existing female sailors with the opportunity to enjoy activities at their local sailing club with like-minded people
Provide clubs with

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