RYA OnBoard - Cornish Club of the Year

At a surprise presentation, Katherine Sharp (chairperson of the Youth Sailing Committee) accepted, on behalf of Penzance Sailing Club, the RYA OnBoard - Cornish Club of the Year Award.

The award was presented by Mark Belshaw from the RYA.

Mark highlighted our work with our School Sailing Clubs and our School Sailing Week - one of the largest event of its kind which saw 100 Year 9 students sailing during one week in July.

In particular he praised the Youth Sailing Committee - the only sailing committee made up solely of under 18s within a club in Cornwall.

Many thanks must go to all the volunteers that helped to run all the events this year.

The award will be on show behind the bar from this weekend for everyone to admire.

For more information about Youth Sailing see their webpage [Youth Sailing...]

For more information about the 2008 School Sailing Week see the RYA article [news...]

20 November 2008