SAILING NEWS
Charity 7
Help keep centre afloat
LONGRIDGE is a BCU and RYA training centre and has provided
training opportunities to young people for 50 years from a 12-acre
Thames side location. 27,000 young people visited this year coming
from all over the UK and a variety of backgrounds.
The site is currently facing closure.
Longridge need your help to save this world class water sports and
activity centre for young people of all backgrounds and abilities as
we have to raise £1.5m to purchase the site freehold, without that the
site will close and be re-developed.
To purchase a freehold there are few avenues open to the organis-
ers – Lottery, Public or Sports funding is not available for freehold
purchases. It is only from the public’s generosity that this site will
be saved.
To date they have raised over £1m and have until the 31st
December 2007 to raise the remainding £50,000.
Visit www.friendsoflongridge.co.uk to find out how you can make
CHILD’S PLAY: Youngsters have been visiting Longridge for 50 years a help keep Longridge afloat.
Genes triumph
OVER the weekend of the 16th/17th MARATHON
September, in support of the fantastic EFFORT:
charity ‘Jeans for Genes’, Bolton Sailing Bolton
Club assembled a team to compete in the
Sailing Club
41st 24hr race at West Lancashire Yacht
came out
Club.
eventual
As ‘Jeans for Genes’ tirelessly raises
winners in
funds for research into serious and often
the 41st
life-threatening genetic disorders that
GP14 24
affect thousands of children, not least in
hour race at
the UK where one baby in every 33 is
the West
born with such a disorder or birth defect,
Lancashire
it seemed a small effort for the team to
Yact club
endeavour to race a GP14 sailing dinghy
for 24hrs to raise funds to help the pioneer-
ing research into developing treatments
and bring great hope to many families.
The event, as always, was hosted by
West Lancashire Yacht club with the gen-
erous sponsorship of Mailspeed Marine
and was taking place on the Southport
Marine Lake. ‘Jeans for Genes’ uses the
slogan ‘Denimise the Nation’ and encour-
ages the wearing of jeans in exchange for
a small donation, particularly on their As the Bolton ‘Jeans for Genes’ team
‘Jeans for Genes’ day on the 5th of made several changes with Ian Platt and
October (see www.jeansforgenes.com for Chris Jolly replacing Mike and Dale and
more details). However shorts would have then subsequently Mark Platt and Graham
been more appropriate as the sun began to Hutchinson replacing them, Adam and
make an uncharacteristic appearance over Chris continued to compete alone and
Southport with the midday start gun more incredibly lead the race.
approaching. At the 22-hour stage, with the Bolton
Speed Sails also generously sponsored team now in the lead, the wind picked up
the Bolton boat and their new Speed and spectators were blessed with a show
mainsail was easily recognised by the of wild capsizes and rapid sailing as gusts
large yellow badge of ‘Jeans for Genes’. raced across the lake causing chaos for
As the start gun echoed around Southport already tired sailors. The Bolton ‘Jeans
Mike Senior and Dale Knowles got the for Genes’ team returned to the pits
team off to a good clean start in the first almost immediately after their last change
flight. indicating a problem with the rudder and
Competition was fast and furious and there were those ashore that hoped, per-
there was a sterling effort fromEnterprise haps, that this would delay them enough
of Hallamshire SC making good speed to allow a fairy tale end with Adam and
and incredibly Hollinworth B who set out Chris regaining the lead.
to complete the entire race with only This wasn’t to be the case and Bolton
Adam McGovern and Chris Robinson as took the honours - but there were plenty
the sole team members raising money for of cheers for the incredible effort made by
the sail4cancer charity. Adam and Chris.
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