Sailing
Did you know there are up to 10 different ways to enjoy the open water, from dinghy sailing to powerboats or windsurfing to Jet Ski's, the sport of Sailing offers a massive range of outdoor activities for all ages, abilities and backgrounds.
Whether you want to compete or take it up for a recreational activity to find out how you can stay afloat click on the links below.
Olympic Sport
Venue: Weymouth and Portland
Dates: Saturday 28 July - Saturday 11 August
Gold medals up for grabs: 10
Athletes: 380
http://www.london2012.com/games/olympic-sports/index.php
Paralympic Sport
Venue: Weymouth and Portland
Dates: Saturday 1 September -Thursday 6 September
Gold medals up for grabs: 3
Athletes: 80
http://www.london2012.com/games/paralympic/index.php
Get Involved
There are numerous Sailing clubs that are affiliated with Royal Yachting Association in the Cheshire and Warrington area.
To find Accredited Sports clubs (or Clubs actively working toward Accreditation) in your area click here.
Information on all Cheshire & Warrington Sailing clubs can be found here at the Royal Yachting Association website.
National Governing Body
ROYAL YACHTING ASSOCIATION
The RYA is the national body for all forms of boating, including dinghy and yacht racing, motor and sail cruising, RIBs and sports boats, powerboat racing, windsurfing, inland cruising and narrow boats, and personal watercraft.
NGB Website:www.rya.org.uk
NGB Resource (PDF):Sailing and Windsurfing
Contacts
Sally Kilpatrick
Regional Development Officer - North
sally.kilpatrick@rya.org.uk
07747534527
Additional Websites
International Sailing Federation has all the latest sailing news, world event information as well as information on sailing equipment.
Whole Sport Plan
Sport England funds national governing bodies to deliver our three outcomes - grow, sustain and excel and provides additional support to help them achieve this. Each sport has developed a WHOLE SPORT PLAN that explains how it plans to achieve these targets. This summary also helps partners identify possible opportunities to work together
What is Sailing's Whole Sport Plan?
Currently not available but will appear here soon.
How are Sailing progressing against their 2009-13 Targets?
Click here to view a summary of how the sport are progressing against their Whole Sport Plan (progress to February 2010)
Sport Factsheets
In June 2008, Sport England published detailed sport evidence packs, which bring together data from the first year of the Active People Survey, (APS 1) the Taking Part Survey, and Sport England's market segmentation.
These packs were prepared to help sport's national governing bodies develop their 2009-2013 plans but they also provide a detailed overview of sports facts relevant to all in the sports sector. Click here to view
Following the detailed sport evidence packs, further sport specific information has been compiled in a series of sport factsheets. The factsheets provide information on weekly participation rates by key demographic groups.
Sport Facts 2008-09 (Detailed results from Active People Survey 3) - Click here to view
Sport Facts 2007-08 (Detailed results from Active People Survey 2) - Click here to view
Latest News or Events
For up to date news about Sailing please visit the Royal Yachting Associations news section.
Coaching (Including Courses & Awards)
The Cheshire & Warrington Sports Partnership hopes to develop Coaching CW into a 'one stop shop' information and management tool, for coaches and employers of coaches in Cheshire & Warrington.
If you are looking for information in relation to coaching in your sport or advice, guidance and possibly funding then please visit http://www.coachingcw.org/
