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The days are getting longer, the weather is getting better (ok, so it snowed in April but never mind) and more importantly the Admiral's Club 2008 season has now started!!

Download our 2008 Calendar here(pdf): AC 2008

As last year we will update all of our news below - please put this page in your favourites for up to the minute news (http://www.burghfieldsailing.org/acnews).

For those who are new to BSC in 2008 and wonder what the AC is all about please follow this link for more details. Or even better, come along to one of our events!

13th September - Battle of Burghfield!!

Bring the whole family along to the inaugural Battle of Burghfield!!

An excellent event has been organised which will involve sailing, strategy, attack, defence, cannonballs (soft ones), island raiding and general all round team based fun!

The event will use the club toppers for island raiding but please rig your own battleship for the other elements of the battle. The event will follow strict sailing rules and has been planned to ensure there is no boat to boat (or officer to officer) battling!!

Equally importantly there will be 2 prizes for Best Dressed Battleship and Best Dressed Crew so dig out the bunting and naval outfits and get into the spirit of the battle!

Battle will commence at 1.30pm in the Officers Mess (Club House).

For further details please contact

5th July - It's a Knock Out!!

On Saturday it is the 2nd Admiral's Club It's a Knock Out!

Last years event was a resounding success and saw over 30 people taking part. The emphasis is on 'family fun' so bring the whole family down for an afternoon of sailing, obstacles courses and general all round wetness!

The events use the club boats so you don't need to rig up before hand and we will start with a briefing at 1pm in the clubhouse.

Teams will be of 8 people (or so) so either come as a unit or come on your own and we will organise teams on the day.

Following the It's a Knock Out there is a club 100 minute pursuit race starting at 4.30pm - we've arranged for all AC Members/participants to have a 6 minute handicap. For those who haven't raced before this is an excellent handicap and will prove a great introduction to racing. The race is an informal way of getting everybody in the mood for...

THE SUMMER PARTY! Don't forget to buy your tickets for Saturday night - after drying off from It's a Knock Out and pursuit racing get your party gear on for an evening of dancing, eating & the odd fizzy drink! Tickets available from the bar and are £12 adult and £8 junior.

28th June - Development Day

Saturday 28th June was the next installment of the AC Development Days.

The weather was quite windy (90% of people capsized - some twice!) but good practice in use of kicker, mark rounding and race starting was had under the expert tuition of Richard, George & Jeremy.

Don't miss out on the next one.

Novice Race 1 (31/5) - Results!!

Saturday 31st saw the 1st novice race (and race training session) of 2008.

It was an excellent session run by Richard Goss, George Rowland & Jeremy Carey - our thanks to them.

The results are now available here

Looking forward to the next one on 19th July.

14th June: Try a boat

14th June was a really enjoyable 'Try a Boat' AC afternoon.

It was great to see some new faces and also to see people coming back to their 2nd/3rd AC sessions.

'Try a Boat' sessions are great for meeting new people as crews/helms and boats are being swapped all afternoon!

The next 'Try a Boat' is on the 23rd August but don't forget you can always contact the club office to book any of the club boats for most weekends!

17th May - Development Day

Saturday the 17th May was the 1st AC development day for 2008.

An excellent day was had by those who attended. Nick Martin provided a great coaching session with not very much notice so many thanks to Nick.

Treasure Hunt Report

Jay's excellent report from the AC Treasure Hunt 2008 can now be found here.

New Brochure for 2008...

Our new 2008 Admiral's Club Brochure can be downloaded here!

27th September - Admiral's Cup & End of Season Tea Party

Saturday 27th is the last event of the season for the Admiral's Club.

Please join us at 1.30pm for our Admiral's Cup - a novice handicap race designed to introduce you to racing. Perhaps to prepare you for Wednesday evenings??

Following the race we are having an end of season Tea Party so please bring an empty mug and a piece of cake and we'll provide an urn and the tea bags - very civilised!

See you Saturday.