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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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Dear Members,
Here’s the weekly roundup from your club 
Youth Sailing World Championships – Poland 2019 
Congratulations to our member Will Cooley and Bec Hancock (RSYS) for becoming the 2019 World Champions – Nacra 15. Will and Bec delivered an outstanding performance winning the title with one day to spare at the Youth Sailing World Championships in Gdynia.
Good luck to Ryan Littlechild, Jack Ferguson and all Australian sailors for their last day of racing.
More details regarding the world Championships can be found here: https://bit.ly/2xSPYrT
2019 Optimist World Championships – Antigua
Continuing in a well-established tradition of WSC Optimist sailors competing internationally.
Well done to WSC member Ethan Lozevski for his 89th place out of 255 competitors.
More details regarding the world Championships can be found here:
http://2019worlds.optiworld.org/en/default/races/race
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

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Dear Members,
Important reminder, Club racing will be on this Sunday.
Winter Series
The next race day in the 2019 winter series will be Sunday 7 July. All winter racing details are available on the following links:
NOR – Winter series
SI – Winter series
2019 Winter Series Calendar
July, 7th – Point score races 7,8,9
August, 4th – Point score races 10,11,12
August, 18th – Point score races 13,14,15
WSC Hose rack
The hose rack is there for all members to use. If the hose is not coiled after use it encroaches on the yard, creates an obstacle and becomes hard to use. Ensure the hose is coiled after use and the water is turned off at the tap – don’t rely on the trigger of the hose gun.
Woollahra members competing overseas
Good luck to our Woollahra members that are competing overseas at the 420 world championships in Vilamoura Portugal, the ISAF youth world championship in Poland, and the Laser world

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Dear Members,
Here’s the weekly roundup from your club.
WSC Hose rack
The hose rack is there for all members to use.  If the hose is not coiled after use it encroaches on the yard, creates an obstacle and becomes hard to use.  Ensure the hose is coiled after use and the water is turned off at the tap – don’t rely on the trigger of the hose gun.
Good luck to all Woollahra members competing overseas
Over the next few weeks a number of Woollahra members are competing overseas at Kiel week, the 420 world championships in Vilamoura Portugal, the ISAF youth world championship in Poland, and the Laser world championships in Japan.   We wish them good luck and fair breeze.
Kiel Week – Germany:
From 22 to 30 June, more than three million visitors from all over the world will be diving into the colourful  life of Kiel in Germany. Around 2.000 events in areas of culture, sailing, summer festival,

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Woollahra Sailing Club is very pleased to announce that Alex Zimmerman has been appointed as Manager and Coach of the Club’s new Junior Sailing Programme.  Alex will join Dan Smith (our Club Sailing Manager and 5 x Olympic 470 Coach, and World Youth Championship Coach) in developing our Junior and Youth programmes.   

 

Alex is well known across the Australian and International Optimist Dinghy community and is a three times Sailing World Champion. He is widely regarded in all states of Australia as having a unique ability to help talented children progress from absolute beginner to a highly competitive level. He regularly coaches at international events with the Australian Optimist Sailing Team. This includes: World Championships, European Champs, Asian & Oceania’s Champs, South American Champs and North American Champs.  Alex joins us having just completed a 3 year period as State Head Coach in South Australia. In that role he developed some

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Dear Members,
Here’s the weekly roundup from your club.
School holiday camps – July ’19
WSC holiday camps are available online for another holiday full of fun, sun, and great memories.
Tuesday 2nd – Friday 5th
Tuesday 9th – Friday 12th
Tuesday 16th – Friday 19th
Price: $515.00 (4 days) from 9AM to 3PM each day
Book here: https://www.woollahrasailingclub.org.au/course-calendar/
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: https://bit.ly/2IZnUrZ
2019 NSW & ACT Sailing Awards Finalists Released
With a record year of nominations across all categories, Australian Sailing announced the finalists of the 2019 New South Wales &

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Dear Members,
Here’s the weekly round up from your club.
Weather forecasts: 
WindFinder: https://bit.ly/2p667Wp
SeaBreeze: https://bit/.ly/2OmZolV
The long wait is almost over, we remind all members that Club racing will be on this weekend on June 16th.  All winter details are available on the following links:
NOR – Winter series
SI – Winter series
Sunday, June 16th
Moths: 7.15AM briefing – 8AM start
Open Classes: 9AM briefing – 10AM start
Volunteers duty: MIRROR CLASS https://bit.ly/2wRYM0z
2019 Winter Series Calendar
June, 16th – Point score races 4,5,6
July, 7th – Point score races 7,8,9
August, 4th – Point score races 10,11,12
August, 11th – Point score races 13,14,15
August, 18th – Point score races 16,17,18
Sailing programs
Saturday, June 15th
Tackers: 12PM – 3PM
Opti Performance: 1PM -3.30PM
Sunday, June 16th
Tackers: 9AM – 12 PM
Green Fleet: 12.30PM – 3.30PM
Youth pathway: 1PM-3.30PM
School holiday camps – July’19
WSC holiday camps are available on line for another holiday full of fun, sun and great memories.
Tuesday 2nd – Friday 5th
Tuesday 9th – Friday 12th
Tuesday 16th – Friday 19th
Price: $515.00 (4 days) from 9AM to 3PM each day
Book

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Dear Members,
Here’s the weekly round up from your club.
Weather forecasts: 
WindFinder: https://bit.ly/2p667Wp
SeaBreeze: https://bit.ly/2OmZolV
NSW Government water restrictions – from June 1st 
The restrictions have been introduced by the NSW Government to protect Sydney’s water supply from drought conditions and will be in effect from June, 1st.
Under the Level 1 water restrictions residents and businesses are not able to:

use standard sprinklers and watering systems at any time
leave hoses running unattended
wash vehicles and buildings with a hose that isn’t fitted with a trigger nozzle or high pressure cleaning equipment
clean hard surfaces such as paths, driveways and paved areas with a hose as part of general clean.

Water restrictions are enforceable and penalties apply. Fines of $220 will apply to individuals and $550 for businesses who don’t follow the restrictions. There will be a three-month grace period before fines apply. More info on https://bit.ly/1MfkauC
Learn to sail a 29er at WSC
When: Sundays from July 28 to Sept 19th – 9.30AM/2.30PM
Registration: https://www.trybooking.com/BARBG
nsw9ers@gmail.com

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Dear Club Members,
We look forward to seeing you for Club racing on Easter Sunday, 1 April 2018.  On Sunday there will be an Easter Egg hunt at 11:00 am followed by club racing at 1:30 pm.  This is the final  club racing for the 2017/18 summer series.  We hope you can make it.  The cafe will be operating on Saturday and Sunday.
The official end of daylight saving time is at 3am on Sunday, with clocks being wound back an hour.
Happy sailing.
Dates to note:
Sunday, 1 April 2018 Club racing on Easter Sunday.
Tuesday, 10th April 2018  WSC Member’s meeting at the club from 6.30pm.   RSVP sail@woollahrasailingclub.org.au.
Weekend of, 5th and 6th May 2018 Winter series is scheduled to start
Sunday, 13th May, 2018 WSC 65th Celebration and end of season presentation from 4pm. RSVP sail@woollahrasailingclub.org.au

2 Vickery Avenue, Rose Bay, NSW 2029, Australia
Telephone: (02) 9371-9805

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Dear Club Members,
There are two special member events coming up and we would love all members to be involved.  These events are great opportunities to hear what is happening at the club and mix with your club community.
We always welcome your thoughts and feedback: commodore@woollahrasailingclub.org.au

Woollahra Sailing Club Member’s meeting at the club, 10th April 2018 (Tuesday) at 6.30pm. This is a great opportunity to provide ideas and comments on the proposed plans for the Club.
Woollahra Sailing Club 65th year anniversary celebrations and Club Racing Presentation, 13th May 2018 (Sunday) from 4pm.

Woollahra Sailing Club Member’s Meeting
You are warmly invited to a WSC Member’s meeting at the club on Tuesday 10th April, 2018 from 6.30pm. This is an opportunity for all members to get an update from the WSC Board which will include information on the Club’s imminent ramp and pontoon development and progress on the draft of a strategic vision and development plan. Most importantly, this is an

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