Sailing
Local contact
Suzie Blair
Royal Yachting Association
Tel: 02380 604100
Mobile: 07771 642 933
Email: suzie.blair@rya.org.uk
National contact
Website: www.rya.org.uk
Find a club
To find a sailing club near you, use the North East Club Finder
Find a course
To find sailing courses in the region, please seach on North East Course Finder
Olympic sport
Sailing will feature in the London 2012 Olympics. For further details please visit www.london2012.com/games/olympic-sports/index.php
Whole Sport Plan
Sport England funds national governing bodies to deliver their 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.
The Sailing Whole Sport Plan will be available soon.
Sport factsheets
In June 2008, Sport England published sport factsheets which highlight detailed results from Active People Survey 4 for each of Sport England's NGB 09-13 funded sports and include demographic breakdowns, regional breakdowns and frequency of participation data, providing insight into the profile of sports participants.
Click here to see the Sailing Sport Factsheet 2009-2010
General information
Click here for a case study produced by the RYA, looking at Adult evening sailing sessions which is an example from Wimbledon Park Watersports Centre. This gives you an insight into one of the four key products available to engage their key market segments:
- Over 50s Sailing Club/Course
- Women's mid-week sessions
- Adult evening sessions
- Sportivate
The RYA is focusing on these to increase adult participation and this was outlined in the recently circulated RYA - CSP priorities sheet. The RYA website contains some very useful information.
