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RYA Midlands Regional Team

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RYA Midlands Regional Team

The RYA Midlands Regional team are here to support you, your club or centre. We are a team of volunteers, staff, and contractors who work closely together to provide a network of support to grow activity and membership across the region. Together, the team provides:

  • Liaison between the Region's Clubs and the RYA;
  • Co-ordination and encouragement of RYA National Training Schemes;
  • Representation of the wider interests of all forms of sailing, windsurfing, cruising, inland waterways and powerboating within the Region.

Ben Hodgson – REGIONAL MANAGER
Email: Ben.Hodgson@rya.org.uk Mobile: 07387 026731
 
Judy Lambourne – CHAIR
Email: chair.mi@rya.org.uk Mobile: 07985 957733
 
Steven Tinsley – DEPUTY CHAIR
Email: steventinsley@msn.com Mobile: 07966 126815

Peter Smerdon – SECRETARY
Email: peter.smerdon50@gmail.com Mobile: 07747 760404

Ashleigh Hemming – TREASURER
Email: ashleigh.hemming@btopenworld.com 

Stephen Watson – RACING RULES ADVISOR
Email: swatson3680@gmail.com 

Paula Irish – REGIONAL PRESS AND COMMUNICATIONS
Email: comms.ne-mids@rya.org.uk Mobile: 07910 837077

Other ways to keep in touch:

X - @RYAMidlands

RYA Midlands Facebook - www.facebook.com/RYAMidlands

RYA Midlands Instructor Facebook Group - www.facebook.com/groups/RYAmidlandsinstructors

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