Salterns children’s 24 hour sail raised over £8,250 for Children in Need!

Intrepid young sailors thank local community for their support One hundred young sailors from Salterns Sailing Club showed great determination last weekend when they sailed non-stop for 24 hours to raise funds for the BBC Children in Need appeal. This is the 21st year that Salterns Sailing Club, a Lymington sailing club for children run by children, has organised a 24 hour ‘sail-a-thon' for Children in Need. The Junior Committee organises the event every year and makes sure that there are at least two boats out sailing all the time during the 24 hour period. The intrepid young sailors managed to keep at least two boats sailing between 4.30pm on Friday 15th to 4.30pm on Saturday 16th November. Many did not sleep and sailed overnight in gusty wind, drizzly rain and near to freezing conditions. So far the children have raised over £8,250 and this figure is still rising as donations come in and sponsor money is being collected. This takes the total raised by the children of Salterns over 21 years to £168,000 - not bad for a small children’s sailing club! When the rain poured down in the early hours of the morning it was tough, “ shared Freya Baddeley, Commodore of Salterns Sailing Club, aged 16. “But we kept going by thinking about children less fortunate than us and how we are helping them by raising money." The Junior Committee organised the 24 hours into a series of fun sailing sessions and amusements, encouraging the younger members of the club along to take part. Members of the Junior Committee accompany Pudsey around Lymington to raise funds “This year we are delighted that so many of our young sailors took part in the event,” said Freya. “Although conditions overnight were hard, the sunshine and gentle breeze on Saturday made perfect sailing conditions.” As well as organising events for the sailors, the Junior Committee also organised The Big Salterns Brunch, welcoming the local community to walk around the Lymington-Keyhaven sea wall path to join them for hot drinks and a bite to eat. “It was great to welcome so many supporters to the club for brunch, many also had a go on our Tombola and bid in our Silent Auction,” said Freya. A particular highlight of the day was the Lymington Lifeboat crew’s annual Optimist race, a hilarious spectacle where five grown men attempted to sail small children’s dinghies around Eight Acre Pond. Needless to say, they got rather wet and provided a great laugh for spectators! Many from the local sailing community came along to support the Salterns event, including double Olympic Gold medallist Sarah Gosling, and Laser Radial champion Hannah Snellgrove, a previous Commodore of Salterns. Saturday afternoon was buzzing with members and visitors, with many younger sailors out on the lake. The Junior Committee organised seamanship races and held the grand finale of the season’s racing in British Moth and RS Tera dinghies. Meanwhile in the clubhouse, the fundraising Tombola, Silent Auction, colouring competition and refreshments keeping everyone else busy! Salterns Sailing Club would like to thank everyone who supported their 21st Sailathon, in particular those who donated lots for the Silent Auction and prizes for the Tombola. You can help the children of Salterns Sailing Club raise funds for Children in Need by donating on their justgiving page: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/salterns-sailing-club2019 If you would like to find out about becoming a member of Salterns Sailing Club in 2020, please see their website: www.salternssailingclub.co.uk.

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ROYAL Lymington Yacht Club sailors Vita Heathcote and Ryan Orr are embarking on a campaign to make the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. The pair, who have only recently teamed up, race in the 470 class and are looking for sponsors to help them on their journey to become Olympic gold medallists. With her former teammate Milly Boyle, Vita became a 420-world champion earlier this year in Portugal while Ryan has had national, European and world success in recent years in the 470 class. After the 2020 Olympics, the 470 class will be reduced to one mixed fleet instead of a men and women’s category. EARLY SUCCESS Despite their new partnership, 21-year-old Ryan and 18-year-old Vita impressed in their first competition during the summer as they claimed silver at the junior European championships in Spain. Vita and Ryan, who need to raise £35,000 to keep their Olympic dreams alive, coach part-time to help their cause but work can be a distraction from the intensive training that is required for top-level sailing. Vita told the A&T: “It’s unfortunate, but our Olympic campaign does hinge on whether we get funding. We are looking into getting a new boat as it’s what everyone has as standard. “We have an old one at the moment, and we want to get new kit that everyone uses so we know it’s good quality and we can just focus on the racing and not worrying about the equipment or boat. ‘A CRUCIAL TIME’ “It is a crucial time for sponsorship as we are just trying to get on our feet. It is insane how many kits you rip through during a campaign, so seven sets of sails a year, and each is £2,000 – it’s crazy. “We totalled up a budget for this year coming, and that is on minimum spending and a budget price of everything, and it still costs £35,000. We can’t sustain that at all.” Ryan explained that sailing is an “equipment-based” sport and there are numerous ways that sponsors can help: “A sum amount of money would be helpful, but it’s the little things like using people’s air miles or using accommodation which can be a huge help. Even if people can’t part with money, there are other ways they can help.” The team’s schedule ramps up in the coming year as they look to take on the world’s best at world circuit events around Europe, but their first major challenge will come in March when they head to Palma for the 470 World Championships. Ryan said: “We have a few international events we’re heading to like Italy and Spain in December which will be our first chance to sail in an international fleet. But Palma in March will be the worlds so everyone is going to be there, and it will be the first thing that will put us on the world stage.” For more information on their campaign or sponsorship, email vitaryangbr11@gmail.com or visit their Facebook page.