The instructor team Imogen Gibb, Richard Lundie, Richard Hewitt, William Hewitt, James Hewitt, Mark Meadows and Paul Davison with the new boats SAILING instructors have been preparing for the summer working with new boats funded by a grant. Teesdale Sailing and Watersports Club, at Grassholme Reservoir, near Middleton in Teesdale, updated its fleet using funding from Teesdale Area Action Partnership. Each boat needed to be unpacked and prepared ready for the junior sailing courses the club will run from early May. Dinghy Instructor Richard Lundie said: “It is an exciting time for us at the moment. We have been unable to do any sailing instruction for over a year, and now with new boats and the prospect of a full summer of sailing we are all raring to go.
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A SAILING club has won funding to replace its fleet of junior training boats ahead of the new season. Teesdale Sailing and Watersports Club, based at Grassholme Reservoir in Lunedale, has provided opportunities for youngsters in Teesdale and the wider area to experience the sport of sailing for several years. Under the auspices of the F3 Club, children aged from eight to 12 have been taught to sail by the club’s team of Royal Yachting Association (RYA) qualified instructors. Such has been the success of the programme that some of the youngsters have gone on to gain regional and national recognition.