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Hi all,

The weather has been great and we understand a lot of you are keen to get your daily exercise fix on the water.

Given the current Coronavirus situation in NSW, we need to remind everyone that any use of the club must be done only in accordance with the current NSW public health orders.

The only reason you are to attend the club is for exercise.

If you attend the club, you MUST:

- check in using the QR code

- wear a mask while inside the club

You must NOT attend the club if:

- you are in a group of more than two

- your attendance would result in more than two people in the club at any one time.

- you reside more than 10km from the club

- you or anyone in your household are required to isolate

- your attendance would contravene any current health orders

We have a responsibility to our community to do the right thing.

We look forward to seeing everyone back at the club once the current restrictions are eased.

Until then, stay safe.

Many thanks,

VA12SC Committee

Welcome to the 21-22 Season and Welcome to the 2021-22 VA12SC Executive Committee

Welcome to a new season at VA12SC and Welcome to all of our new Committee Members. What a great team we have this year. We are ready and determined to bring you another fantastic year of sailing at VA12SC.

2021-22 VA12SC Executive Committee

Commodore - Robert Ugarte

Vice Commodore - Ashley Minnett

Rear Commodore - Alex Badger

Honorable Secretary - Richard Amland

Honorable Treasurer - Tracey Driver

Club Captain - David Mc Kelvey

Special Committee Members - Ian Manovel and Jules Hall

Class representatives - Simon Nearn for Flying 11s and Sally Badger for Sabots.

The Sydney lockdown has been extended for another four weeks and the new committee’s first challenge will be to develop a safe and compliant operational plan that can begin as soon as possible so that those who want to sail between now and 28 Aug can do so in a compliant and safe manner. Our head coach, Adele, and I have discussed how to open the club and the possibility of starting the season early in September.

We appreciate the opportunity we have to be able to get the kids out of the house and on the water during these troubled times and what a blessing it will be if we are able to do so. However, our first priority is to keep our members safe. We are working hard to reopen the club in some manner as soon as we can and we appreciate your understanding.

Stay safe and well and enjoy the Olympics from Tokyo.

Olympic sailing - how to watch

The olympic sailing regatta starts this Sunday at Enoshima Yacht Harbour - a venue built for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics where Australia won its first olympic gold medal in sailing after Bill Norham CBE, Pod O’Donell and Dick Sargeant sailed the 5.5 metre class ‘Barranjoey’ to victory.

Races take place every day from 13.00 - 19.00hrs. The medal races will be held 31 July to 4 August.

Channel 7 will have extensive coverage of the Olympics with 40 streaming channels on their 7Plus app. On your computer the best place to watch is 7plus.com/olympics.

The Australian Sailing website has further details on how to follow along on social media as well as send letters of support to the team throughout the games. #GoAusSailors

Movie night - postponed

Due to the current lockdown we will not be able to run the movie night we had planned for this Saturday. We will reschedule once we are in safer times and able to gather in the clubhouse.

AGM July 14, 2021 - Committee Nominations.

Our club is built on the small efforts made by all of our members and every club needs leaders to help focus those efforts.

Nominations have been received for the following club committee roles:

1. Commodore: Robert Ugarte

2. Vice Commodore: Vacant - to be confirmed

3. Rear Commodore: Alex Badger

4. Treasurer: Tracey Driver

5. Captain: David McKelvey

6. Secretaries: Vacant - to be confirmed

7. General Committee Members:

   1. Jules Hall

   2. Ian Manovel

8. Vacant - Cherub Class Rep

9. Simon Nearn – Flying 11 Rep

10. Sally Badger /Ashley Minnet– Sabot Rep

If you think you have what it takes to lead a team to help make the club a better place then please let us know. With the AGM only one week away, we want to hear from you. You will lead a subcommittee to coordinate the equal efforts of all members. Over the next few months, we will build teams that with a small effort can build a big result.

Contact Ian Hedges, Club Secretary at ian.hedges@hanson.com.au

Final Notice of AGM: 14th July 2021

Our Annual General Meeting will take place virtually on Wednesday 14th July 2021 at 6.30pm.
IMPORTANT: The meeting will be held over Zoom. A link will be provided to enable you to join the meeting.
NOTE: Our Annual Report containing our Financial Statements will be published in July.

Please find AGM agenda below:

NOTICE is hereby given that the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the members of the VAUCLUSE AMATEUR 12FT SAILING CLUB is to be held virtually 6.30pm, Wednesday 14th July, 2021.
 
BUSINESS

1. Adoption of the minutes of the previous General Meeting

1. Receive and consider the Commodore’s Report

1. Receive and consider the Treasurer’s Report

1. Receive and consider the Financial Statements for the year ended 31st May 2021

1. To elect Officeholders. In accordance with the Club’s Constitution all Officeholders shall retire at the Annual General Meeting. The following positions are therefore open for election:

• Commodore

• Vice Commodore

• Rear Commodore

• Club Captain

• Treasurer

• Secretary

• General Committee Members

Please assist: The Club relies on its volunteers and we welcome new Committee Members, if you are able to assist please send your expression of interest to Ian Hedges, Club Secretary at ian.hedges@hanson.com.au

Clubhouse closed until further notice

The NSW Government has announced an extension of restrictions across Greater Sydney, the Central Coast, Wollongong, Blue Mountains and Shellharbour to 11.59 pm on Friday 2nd July.

In addition, stay-at-home orders have been introduced for at least one week for those who live in, or whose usual place of work is in, Woollahra, Waverley, Randwick and City of Sydney Councils. People should only enter these four LGAs for essential purposes. More information is available here - https://www.nsw.gov.au/covid-19

Due to these COVID-19 restrictions the club house will remain closed until further notice.

Regards

VA12SC Committee

Notice of AGM: 14th July 2021

Our Annual General Meeting will take place virtually on Wednesday 14th July 2021 at 6.30pm.
IMPORTANT: The meeting will be held over Zoom. A link will be provided to enable you to join the meeting.
NOTE: Our Annual Report containing our Financial Statements will be published in July.

Please find AGM agenda below:

NOTICE is hereby given that the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the members of the VAUCLUSE AMATEUR 12FT SAILING CLUB is to be held virtually 6.30pm, Wednesday 14th July, 2021.
 
BUSINESS

1. Adoption of the minutes of the previous General Meeting

1. Receive and consider the Commodore’s Report

1. Receive and consider the Treasurer’s Report

1. Receive and consider the Financial Statements for the year ended 31st May 2021

1. To elect Officeholders. In accordance with the Club’s Constitution all Officeholders shall retire at the Annual General Meeting. The following positions are therefore open for election:

• Commodore

• Vice Commodore

• Rear Commodore

• Club Captain

• Treasurer

• Secretary

• General Committee Members

Please assist: The Club relies on its volunteers and we welcome new Committee Members, if you are able to assist please send your expression of interest to Ian Hedges, Club Secretary at ian.hedges@hanson.com.au

Save the date: Kids Movie Night

To keep the sailing dreams alive we are going to host a movie night at the club on Saturday 24th July for the kids.

We'll kick off at 5pm. BYO beanbags. Dinner will be provided with a small cover charge to offset food costs.

The proposed movie is 'Maiden' - the story of Tracey Edwards skipperint the first all female crew to compete in the gruelling 33,000 mile Whitbread round the world race, aged just 27.

You can watch the trailer here.

We'll send out a booking link in the next couple of weeks. For now, mark your diaries and save the date!

2021 Prize Winners

We had a fantastic prize giving to close the 2021 season last Sunday. Opening with a family BBQ we then got stuck into the formalities. A big thank you to our special guest, Micah Lane (1992 - 1994 VA21SC Sabot Club Champion) for handing out the prizes and sharing stories from his illustrious sailing career.

Well done to all of our winners:

Sabots

1-Up Club Champion - Max Nearn (Thunderstruck)
1-Up Club Champs Pointscore - Hugo Minnett (Its all Good)
1-Up Sprints - Zac Golovsky (Back in Action)

2-Up Club Champion - Emma Badger & Ben Nunnerly (Do or Die)
2-Up Club Champs Pointscore - Ben & Harry Richards (Unbelievable)
2-Up Sprints - Emma Badger & Ben Nunnerly (Do or Die)

Flying 11

Club Champion - Max Nearn & Zac Golovsky (Protagonist)
Club Champs Pointscore - JJ Bando & Isabelle Badger (Bandit)
Club Sprints - Max Nearn & Zac Golovsky (Protagonist)

Cherub

Club Champion - Pierre Jubien & Ombeline Even (Hooray for Boobies)
Club Champs Pointscore - Chris Dixon & Oliver Bingemann (A Salt Weapon)
Club Sprints - Neal Bromfield & Wiliam Coates (VMG)

Special Awards

John Dean Trophy (most promising sailor) - Hugo Minnett
Club people of the year - Sasha Paul, Fiona Nearn, Pierre Jubien

Prizegiving & BBQ dinner - 5pm Sunday

The VA12SC Presentation and Prizegiving evening will take place this Sunday 16th of May from 5 to 7 pm.

Certificates of Achievement will be presented to all members of the sailing school followed by a Trophy Presentation for the Racing Fleets.

We will then enjoy a BBQ dinner courtesy of the club so our parents will get a night off cooking to show our appreciation for all of their hard work and devotion over the season.

We encourage attendance from all of our sailing school kids so that they can see where their efforts can lead and so they aspire to one day be presented with a trophy just like the winners in our racing fleets.

There will be a guest appearance from an ex-member to present the awards so put it in your diary, come down and honour our kids and enjoy a Sunday evening dinner and drink on us!

Mooring available for hire

The club has a number of commercial moorings in Watsons Bay. We currently have one mooring vacant and available for hire. It is a deep water mooring and can accomodate a larger vessel.

If you are interested, or know who may be, please contact our Commodore, Robert Ugarte.

email: sailing@va12sc.org.au

phone: ‭0411 843 811‬

Rescheduled Sabot Zones

Here is the booking link and Notice of Race for the Sydney Sailmakers 2021 SNSW Zone Sabot Championships.

This is in place of the postponed Zones due to bad weather from March 2021.

Where: Drummoyne Sailing Club

When: 15-16 May 2021

Who: 1-up, 2-up and Transition Fleet

Transition fleet boats are encouraged to attend. This is a great first regatta for our junior sailors to transition from club to regatta sailing and for families to be introduced to the wider sabot community.

The entrants still registered from March are on Score-It. They DO NOT need to re-register.

If you are no longer able to attend, please let Vanessa know (vanessa.debono@hotmail.com)

In addition, we will hold the Southern NSW Sabot Sailing Association Annual General Meeting on Sunday 16th May at 9am at the Sailors Bar, Drummoyne Sailing Club. We welcome all parents/carers to attend, have a say in their association and step forward to nominate for a committee role for 2021/22 if they wish.

VA12SC 2020-2021 Presentation and Prizegiving! 16th May, 5 to 7 pm.

The VA12SC Presentation and Prizegiving evening will take place on Sunday the 16th of May from 5 to 7 pm. That is this Sunday week!

Certificates of Achievement will be presented to all members of the sailing school followed by a Trophy Presentation for the Racing Fleets.

We will then all enjoy a BBQ dinner courtesy of the club so our parents will get a night off cooking to show our appreciation for all of their hard work and devotion over the season.

We encourage attendance from all of our sailing school kids so that they can see where their efforts can lead and so they aspire to one day be presented with a trophy just like the winners in our racing fleets.

There will be a guest appearance from an ex-member to present the awards so put it in your diary, come down and honour our kids and enjoy a Sunday evening dinner and drink on us!

Kutti Cocktails - very last tickets on sale now!

It's almost here - the highlight of the season, Kutti Cocktails.

We’ve got a great turn out from this year’s families. The booze is chilling. The caterers are hard at work on the gourmet treats. The lights are being installed. The glitter curtains hung. The playlist finalised. And courtesy of Chrish Graebner, 28 Black Energy Drink has a special arrival cocktail to get the party started.

Pier One Sydney has very kindly donated a 1 night stay in a water view room with breakfast as the main raffle prize. And we will be auctioning exclusive rental of the club on the following dates:

• Christmas Day

• New Years Eve

• Australia Day

If you haven’t bought your ticket yet you need to hurry if you want to get in. Buy here. Dig out your disco delights and see you there!

If you’ve got friends that love a good party, or who you would like to introduce to the club, this a great event to bring them along to.

Ticket sales close 12pm Thursday 29th April

Prize giving & family BBQ - Sunday 16th May

We are holding the 2020/21 season prize giving at 5pm on Sunday 16th May.

Everyone will be a winner. And the race winners will get their trophies!

To encourage attendance the club will be putting on a complimentary BBQ dinner for the kids and parents. It should be a fun end to the season. Corral your crew and head on down!

VA12SC 2020-2021 Presentation and Prizegiving! 16th May, 5 to 7 pm.

The VA12SC Presentation and Prizegiving evening will take place on Sunday the 16th of May from 5 to 7 pm.

Certificates of Achievement will be presented to all members of the sailing school followed by a Trophy Presentation for the Racing Fleets.

We will then all enjoy a BBQ dinner courtesy of the club so our parents will get a night off cooking to show our appreciation for all of their hard work and devotion over the season.

We encourage attendance from all of our sailing school kids so that they can see where their efforts can lead and so they aspire to one day be presented with a trophy just like the winners in our racing fleets.

There will be a guest appearance from an ex-member to present the awards so put it in your diary, come down and honour our kids and enjoy a Sunday evening dinner and drink on us!

Winter Sailing 2021

Winter Sailing kicks off next Sunday 2nd May, if you haven’t already, book here.

The program is a fantastic opportunity for the sailors to get time on the water and one-on-one coaching through the off-season. The course tailors to all levels of experience with no need to own a boat to enrol.

Each Sunday session will run from 8am-12pm, giving the sailors an additional 2 hours of coaching compared to the Term 1 & 4 sailing school.

The program’s dates are: 2/5, 16/5, 30/5, 13/6, 27/6, (July break), 1/8, 15/8, 29/8, 12/9, 26/9.

Any further questions about the course can be directed to Adele

Sabot - Nationals Training

Five training sessions are being provided by SNSWSSA for those sailors attending Townsville in July for the 57th Sabot Nationals and Darrly Beattie Sabot Week.

The days are planned as follows:

10am - arrival
11am - dressed & rigged
Lunch - break
4pm - conclusion

BYO food & drinks

The training sessions are:
Sunday 25 April - Lane Cove LC12’SC
Sunday 2 May - Drummoyne DSC
Sunday 9 May - Drummoyne DSC
Sunday 23 May - Drummoyne DSC
Sunday 6 June - Vaucluse VA12SC

Book here

Any questions, please Vanessa, President SNSWSSA
e: vanessa.debone@hotmail.com
m: +61428 072 505

Kutti Cocktails - final tickets on sale!

It’s only 10 days until the best party of the sailing season! Final tickets are on sale now.

Theme: Ibiza Disco (dress up encouraged!)

Date: 1st May 2021

Time: 7pm - 11pm

Tickets: $100 per person includes dinner and drinks - pay here

(As we still have COVID capacity restrictions, tickets will be sold on a first come, first served basis)

Fundraising: There will be a raffle and auction on the night. If you would like to make a seperate donation to the club, please click here.