RYA Northern Ireland Chat June 2023
This news is for club committee members and club members – anyone who is interested in what work the RYANI is doing - please share.
Hi everyone,
May was a busy month for sailing in NI! It also has a slight female focus with Young Sailor, Ellen Barbour was Female Sports Forum role model and our Women on the Water Festival. (Thanks Donaghadee SC & partners) We’ve also had the finding s to our women in sailing research which we’re formatting an initial findings document to share.
Also Thank you, from us to you, for making the sport happen. The volunteers in our sport make it all happen and we are so grateful!
RTC Inspections
Centre Principals! Your inspection information should have come your way. If you have any questions or queries, please get in touch with mary.martin@rya.org.uk
Looking for instructors? RYA are now holding a list of instructors looking for work. If you contact training@rya.org.uk for a list of instructors local to you.
Last note, RYA will be contacting you about our Census. We can’t stress enough how important the Census is for us as a sport, so thank you in advance for completing. The deadline is 13th August 2023.
Keep in touch,
Mary Martin
DEVELOPMENT & PARTICIPATION
Congratulations Kate
Kate has now joined our team permanently as 6th member. Her new role will be Pathways officer, with all the office roles reflecting sections of the new strategy. e. Kates current focus is also developing work programs for our new temporary posts “Club and Event Coordinators”.
Instructor Course dates
We’re starting to look for dates in the autumn winter for the next courses. To be among the first to know when booking opens, please sign up for our newsletter and select the instructor newsletter!
You can check out short reports and photos from all the Discover Sailing events in May & June so far on our socials!
PERFORMANCE
You can find short reports on NI sailors at the RS Feva UK National Championships and Topper Traveller in Skerries on our Facebook page.
Kingspan Kickstart Sports Fund
Amateur athletes and sports clubs across the island of Ireland are invited to apply for the Kingspan Kickstart Sports Fund, a fund created to help budding athletes get a financial boost to achieve their goals. The fund will run on a quarterly basis, and offer up to € 1,000/£850 sterling, per applicant, per year to help provide financial support for equipment, training, and other necessary resources. Next deadline 1 July 2023.
Open Training Dates – Provisional
Final details and booking will be available soon for our open training series:
19th August SLYC Topper TBC
Would your club be interested in hosting an Open Training event? What classes would you want coached class must be one-design, but we are open to getting involved in a wider range of classes. Get in touch, mary.martin@rya.org.uk.
RACE MANAGEMENT & RULES
Did you know; we have very knowledgeable volunteers in Northern Ireland who can run club training – specifically for you club, on a variety of race management courses, from Race officer training for your club racing, to mark laying and rules refreshers, or even a club rules advisor course. If any of these would be of interest, please get in touch with me.
Protest Committee – Developing your skills
Denis Todd- Regional Rules Advisor put together a session on running a protest committee. All clubs with racing were invited to attend. We’ve had some great feedback from the session, it’s a very useful one, particularly if you are hosting open events.
Looking for courses or information on Race Management or Rules? Get some talks and workshops booked in with our regional volunteers now, their diaries book up fast!
Get in touch – Robin Gray, robin@robingray.co.uk – for Race Management, club race officer training and talks
Denis Todd, denistodd15@gmail.com – for rules talks, information about qualifying as a jury or to help with protest hearings
or mary.martin@rya.org.uk – for general enquiries!
RYA Race Management Courses;
Find out more and sign up here:
https://www.rya.org.uk/racing/running-racing/upcoming-race-official-courses
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REMOTE! Regional Race Officer Course
Various, September
Online
NB: RYA also have a Race Officials Bursary Scheme.
We recognise that becoming an RYA qualified race official can be costly, but this should not be a barrier to achieving qualified status.
If your club has an aspiring race official, you can recommend them for a bursary, this will cover the cost of an RYA race officials course including; race officer, judge, umpire, mark layer and measurer.
Let us know which course you would like them to attend by completing an application form and we hope to see them soon.
REPRESENTATION
The North Channel Wind Project
RYA Northern Ireland has been engaging with North Channel Wind on the North Channel Wind project, which is located off the East coast of Northern Ireland. Find out more here.
Water Quality
RYANI now sit on a couple of committees looking into waste water and mitigations. Nothing new to report as yet!
CLUBS & CENTRES
Let us know if there is anything you want to shout about to other clubs... this newsletter doesn’t reach the general public!
Lough Erne Yacht Club
Marty Ansfield, a club member with amazing energy is completing a 24hr sponsored sail on the 30thJune – 1st July the Event is to raise money for Sailability and Pulmonary Fibrosis NI is as follows:
Set sail @1800hrs on Friday, Sail all club class of boats for a 2hr period classes are (Hansa, J24, Yeoman and the fairy class boat), Finish sailing @ 1800 Sat 1st July
Good Luck Marty and all involved.
Lough Foyle Yacht Club
Seeking Sailing Instructor for 2 weeks work in July. Contact daniel@sailingnorth.co.uk for more information.
Instructors of all kinds! RYA Training Centres too!
RYA have started a new method of assisting centres find instructors and instructors find work.
Instructors!
Why not join the RYA available work list and find the perfect job or opportunity for you! Whether you're looking for something full-time, part-time, or something just for the summer, RYA Training centres will have a job or opportunity to fit your needs.
Get started now and make this summer the most exciting and rewarding yet. Sign up here http://rya.org/ZXac50NObyg
Centres!
All a centre has to do is email training@rya.org.uk to ask for the list, specify their ‘region’ and qualifications they are looking for!
DATES… DATES… DATES…
Belfast Lough Conference – Regatta dates
Strangford Lough Conference – Regatta Dates
JULY
ILCA Youth World Championships
1-9th July
Dziwnow, Poland
Irish National Topper Championships
7-9th July
Ballyholme Yacht Club
Topper World Championships
24th – 28th July
Royal Cork Yacht Club
AUGUST
Irish ILCA Nationals
18-20th
Howth Yacht Club
SEPTEMBER
RYANI Youth Championships – SAVE THE DATE!
9-10th September
Ballyholme YC
Entry and information to follow soon.
REMOTE! Regional Race Officer Course
Various, September
Online
DECEMBER
National Race Officer Conference
2-3 December
Birmingham
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
RYA FUNDING PORTAL
Get yourself set up on the RYA funding portal. Its new and its free to RYA affiliated clubs.
https://www.rya.org.uk/club-centre-support/affiliates/funding-opportunities
Belfast Harbour Fund
https://www.belfast-harbour.co.uk/corporate/community-awards-fund
Power NI Brighter Communities
Up to £1000
https://powerni.co.uk/brightercommunities/
Kingspan Kickstart Sports Fund
Amateur athletes and sports clubs across the island of Ireland are invited to apply for the Kingspan Kickstart Sports Fund, a fund created to help budding athletes get a financial boost to achieve their goals. The fund will run on a quarterly basis, and offer up to € 1,000/£850 sterling, per applicant, per year to help provide financial support for equipment, training, and other necessary resources. Next deadline 1 July 2023.
OLDER NEWS
Board Recruitment
With the launch of our new ‘Navigating the Future’ strategy in March 2023 it is an exciting time for sailing, boating and windsurfing in Northern Ireland. The sport has seen increasing levels of club membership and participation in recent years and have several Irish Youth Champions coming through. With the appreciation of being outdoors growing, we want to ensure the sport is well positioned to appeal to a wider range of audiences, enabling more people to enjoy being on or around the water.
We are looking to strengthen the RYA NI Board with the recruitment of three new Independent Directors that can support the delivery of the Navigating the Future strategy.
We are interested to hear from people with or without sailing or boating experience.
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