Yachts & Yachting and the RYA have joined forces to recognise and promote the outstanding achievements of RYA affiliated clubs across the UK with the all-new Club of the Year Award.
Now it’s your chance to vote for the winner!
Nominations were received from sailing clubs up and down the country in five categories. The categories – which throw the spotlight firmly onto the core values for any successful sailing club – included innovation; inclusivity; facility development; increasing participation; and communication.
Category winners have now been selected by a panel of judges including double Olympic medallist and Award ambassador, Saskia Clark; CEO of the RYA, Sarah Treseder; and Y&Y Editor, Georgie Corlett-Pitt. Now we’re asking Y&Y readers and RYA members to vote for the overall winner.
All five finalists will be presented on stage at the RYA Dinghy Show, on 3-4 March at Alexandra Palace, London, where the overall winner will also be revealed.
Special thanks go to Arthur J. Gallagher who continue to support the Club of the Year Award.
NOMINEES
Dartmouth Yacht Club
Location: Devon
Winner in the Communications category
London Corinthian Sailing Club
Location: London
Winner in Increasing Participation category
Nottinghamshire County
Sailing Club
Location: Hoveringham Water
Winners in the Facility Development category
Marconi
Sailing Club
Location: Blackwater Estuary in Essex
Winner in the Innovation category
Whitefriars Sailing Club
Location: Gloucestershire
Winner of the Inclusivity category