Juniors

Swarkestone Sailing Club provides young sailors of all abilities with a safe, fun and welcoming environment in which to sail. We give them the opportunity to develop their skills and experience through the RYA Youth Sailing Scheme and progressing through to  advanced modules and Instructing Qualifications. Junior sailing is available to all members aged 5 to 18, sailors aged 5 to 9 must be accompanied by an adult. The sessions run on selected Saturdays, with 3 addition junior trophy days during the year and our very popular Junior and Squad Weeks during the Summer.  We have a very active junior section and regularly have 15-20 sailors participating.

Juniors can start sailing on any junior Saturday, no previous experience is necessary.

We are very proud of all of our sailors and the progress that they have made, especially those who have represented the club at Opens, the Derbyshire Youth Sailing Series, National Schools Sailing Association events and National and International regattas.
Please contact Joanne at swarkestonesctraining@gmail.com if you are interested. Places must be booked in advance.

The Junior dates for 2025 are:

This year’s Junior Training Programme dates are:

Saturday March 15th 09:30-4pm    Saturday May 3rd 09:30-4pm

Saturday May 17th 09:30-4pm           Saturday June 7th 09:30-4pm

Saturday June 21st 09:30-4pm         Saturday July 5th 09:30-4pm  

 Mon 11th to Fri 15th August 09:00-4pm  Junior Training Week 

 Mon 18th to Fri 22nd August 09:00-4pm  Squad Training Week Course and Race Week 

Wednesday 20st August 09:00-8pm (pizza evening and club racing)

Saturday Aug 30th 09:30-4pm         Saturday September 20th 09:30-4pm

Saturday October 25th 09:30-4pm 

DYS Race Day  Saturday TBA 09:30-4pm   

For further information please contact: swarkestonesctraining@gmail.com