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13 year old Emma
Labourne from Barrow upon Humber was presented with the
prestigious RYA Yorkshire and Humberside Young Sailor of the
Year Award 2009 at the Tullet Prebon London International Boat
Show on Saturday 9th January. |
No sailing today then !
10/1/10.
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Rodney
Clapson, the President of North Lincolnshire and Humberside Sailing Club
is seen here holding the T15 2009 Champions Cup trophy which was
presented to the Club’s T15 section at the Annual Prizegiving and
Christmas Party on December 13th.
The actual cup, which has to be returned to the RYA, is on the shelf in
the trophy cabinet with the Club’s impressive display of other
windsurfing and dinghy trophies.
Well done, the T15 team. Let’s hope that we can win the cup again in
2010 !
A short history of our
Sailing Club
The marshland alongside the River Humber was flat, covered with lush grazing grass, and with many fresh water springs forming small streams across the surface. The last spring on Club property was not “tamed” until the steel piling was driven in recently.
The site of our club was originally one of the many small dairy farms that were established on the marsh. One by one these farms were converted into brickyards which left a series of water filled pits along the Humber bank. Marsh Farm was the last one to be worked as a dairy farm belonging to the Uppleby family, rectors of Barton, and the last remnants of the old farm are still in existence. The farmhouse has been demolished, but the substantial barn is now our clubhouse, and the milking parlour now houses the toilets and training store. An extension to the East of the barn, formerly cart sheds and sleeping quarters for farm labourers is now used as a changing room and showers and a classroom and committee room.
The land was not used as a source of clay for bricks and tiles, but instead, after the farm was bought by G & T Earle Ltd., cement manufacturers of Hull, the clay was dug out and loaded into barges at the old wharf to the east of the club and taken across to the Wilmington cement works alongside the River Hull.
In 1953 when the supply of clay was exhausted the pit was allowed to flood and Ken Brodie, the works manager sailed an International Sharpie on the water.
In October 1953 Ken was joined by 6 other enthusiasts and the North Lincolnshire Sailing Club was formed. Basic rules were adopted which still form the basis for our present rules and a small committee formed. A letter was written to Earles asking for formal permission to sail on the water and a rent of One Guinea (£1.10) per year agreed.
The Lincoln Imp (a representation of the famous carving in the Lady Chapel of Lincoln Cathedral) was adopted for the Club burgee. (The word Humberside was not included in the name of the Club for many years until grant aid was received from the then Humberside County Council).
In May 1954 the first open meeting was held at the Club for National 12 dinghies. The Minute Book records that a calor gas ring and a boiler were specially hired for the occasion, and a wooden clubhouse with changing rooms was built in front of the farm buildings The first Annual Dinner was held in January 1955 at the Wortley Hotel, Scunthorpe.
The Club’s sailing water was named “Barrow Mere” by the first members. Unfortunately this was a misnomer. A “mere” in the north west of England is a large open stretch of enclosed water, but in Lincolnshire the word has a different meaning and is derived from Old English “Merefur” a boundary furrow or ditch. So Barrow Mere is a boundary ditch on the edge of Barrow parish. Unfortunately the Barrow boundary is about a quarter of a mile to the east of the Club. Maybe we should have stuck with the farm name, Marsh Farm, or with the name given to the water by the Cement Company - Pelican Pond - after their trademark. This is the name still used by the Drainage Board and the Environment Agency.
So the Club went from strength to strength, eventually being able to buy the property. The Club now incorporates a thriving dinghy training section and a successful Team 15 sailboard section.
Champions
cup photos, thanks John
And the
winners of the 2009 T15 Champions cup are................
Please return all trophies as soon
as possible to Glenn - the club has
a number of trophies that have gone missing, so if you have one of those
that hasnt been presented for several years please return it.
Max Bushell and
Emma Labourne selected for National Junior Squad
Congratulations to both Max and Emma of North Lincolnshire and
Humberside Sailing Club for successfully gaining places in the RYA's
Techno National Junior Windsurfing Squad for 2009/10. They are part of
an elite squad which recognises their past success and windsurfing
potential. The purpose of the National Squad Programme is to feed
talented sailors into the Youth and Olympic Programmes.
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