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North of Scotland
Sailing Squad
Junior/
Youth Race Training Opportunities
in the Highlands
In this tab you will find information on NoSSS whose aim
is to develop racing skills for young sailors from the North of
Scotland.
Recent years have seen 6 coaching
events per year, 3 in the spring and 3 in the autumn. The preferred boat classes are:
Optimist, Topper and Laser (Radial).
As
you may know, RYA Scotland (RYAS) organises a series of National Junior
and Youth Race Training Squads. But you may not know that RYAS also
organises a group of Area Squads, with a training level lower than the
National squads. These Area squads are designed to offer an opportunity
for progression - to young sailors who aspire to improve their sailing
and racing skills either for club racing or national squad.
RYA
Scotland Council reorganised the Area Squad structure in 2002, and we
currently have RYAS approved Area squads in the west and east of
Scotland, but of more interest to clubs in the north of Scotland, there
is also a North of Scotland Area Squad (NoSSS).
Some
of the benefits of attending NoSSS:
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Fully qualified and professional coaching provided
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Structured, safe environment
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Weekends held in different locations throughout the Highlands (we
will travel anywhere if there is sufficient demand!)
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A chance to socialise and make new friends
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Costs kept to a minimum (£35 per weekend)
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Complements club race training, not replacing it
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Can generate good local publicity for your club
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All ability levels catered for, from those that have just started
club racing to those applying for national squads
If
there are young sailors in your club who you believe might be interested
in the NoSSS opportunity, then please ask them to contact one or both of
the people below:
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RYA Scotland High Performance Manager (HPM), Roy McCubbin,
07786333541
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NoSSS Head Coach, Paul Bartlett,
Home: 01955 651745 Mob: 07989 605035
Email:
paul@thrumster.fslife.co.uk
I
look forward to the possibility we may be able to assist more young
sailors to achieve their aspirations.
Yours sincerely, Paul Bartlett (NoSSS, Head Coach)
RYAS administer event registrations and fees. They also arrange and pay for
the coach/coaches and contribute to the hosting club's running
costs.
NoSSS activities and achievements on
2007/08 are reported at the following link -
(opens in a new tab or page).
Information on Scottish sailing squads
is also provided by
RYA Scotland
and for UK squads by the
RYA.
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EMAIL GROUP
To help the squad interact we have a Yahoo! email group. The group
is open to young sailors and their parents/guardians and only group
members can see and post messages. You
are encouraged to register for the group:-
Click to join
The group moderator or the NoSSS Coach may communicate with you before approving your
membership.
If
you hear nothing or want to communicate with the group owner then send an email to :-
NoSSS-owner-at-yahoogroups.co.uk
(Replace
'-at-' with '@' in the email address before sending)
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