Club: Aqua Sports Aquanauts RYA zone: SE Zone T15 head coach: Duncan Adams How long have you been a T15 club? Since May 2001 Where is your club? The Aqua Sports Company is based at Mercers Country Park, a 50 acre lake near Redhill in Surrey When does your T15 club meet? We have two types of sessions: • For beginners we have team 15 training on Saturday mornings between 9.30 –11.30 • We also have team 15 Race Training on Wednesday evenings for more advanced / slightly older windsurfers How much does a session cost? • It is £10 to join Saturday Club each year (age 8 –13) and £7 for each Saturday that you come along • The cost of the Wednesday evening training is £35 membership per year and £10 for the session, or just £5 if you have your own equipment Do you have equipment if clubbers don't yet have their own? Yes, it is included in the cost of the T15 sessions How would you describe your T15 club? Friendly Fun. What's really cool about your T15 club? We have regular training sessions with our white badge T15 coach; there's also a barbecue on Wednesdays and there's always plenty of equipment available. Have you taken part in any T15 inter-club competitions yet? Yes, we attended every South East Zone T15 event this year and won the team trophy for the series. Which club members are currently in your racing team15? Aaron Curtis  Chris Fey   Pete Fey   Mike Ford   Anthony Gillan   James Hopkins  Richard Maskey   Anthony Scales   Redmond Scales What has been your best team result? 1st Club for every event in the 2002 T15 inter-club series and winner of best overall team. Do you have a website with T15 details on it? Currently under construction - will be up and running by next year. team 15 event info can be found in the members news section of our website. What are your plans for the club? To compete at every event and develop a large team 15 club. What would you say to people considering joining T15? It is about having lots of fun windsurfing; we have sessions for all ability levels whether you have just started to windsurf or if you are already quite experienced. You don’t need to have your own equipment we provide it all during training sessions and for events if necessary. Finally, any top tips for T15 clubbers? It’s a great way to develop your windsurfing, meet other windsurfers and sail at different locations.

We are the Champions!
West Kirby Warriors
T15 Champions 2008

Congratulations!

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T15 Coach-Red courses
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 T15 Coach-Freestyle courses
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For information
(previous courses in 2008)

Mount Batten Centre - Plymouth
Course type: Racing Instructor
Weekend course: 27/28 September 2008
Closing date: 5 September
Cancelled: lack of candidates

Lakes Leisure - Windermere
Course type: Racing Instructor
Weekend course: 30/31 August 2008
Closing date: 15 August
Fully booked

James Hamilton Heritage Park - Glasgow
Course type: Racing Instructor
Weekend course: 30/31 August 2008
Closing date: 15 August
Cancelled: lack of candidates

Gwent Adventures - Wales
Course type: Racing Instructor
Weekend course: 9/10 August 2008
Closing date: 25 July
5 candidates on course


Grafham Water Centre - Cambridgeshire
Course type: Racing Instructor
Weekend course: 5/6 July 2008
Closing date: 30 June
Spaces available
6 candidates on course

Wimbleball Lake - Somerset
Course type: Racing Instructor
Midweek course: 3/4 July 2008
Closing date: 30 June
4 candidates on course


Roadford Lake - Okehampton
Course type: Racing Instructor
Midweek Course: 4/5 June 2008
Organised by South West Lakes Trust
Fully booked


Carsington Watersports - Derbyshire
Course type: Freestyle
Weekend Course: 3/4 May 2008
Fully booked


Carsington Watersports - Derbyshire
Course type: Racing Instructor
Midweek Course: 1/2 May 2008
6 candidates on course


Mountbatten Centre - Plymouth
Course type: Racing Instructor
Weekend Course: 12/13 April 2008
Cancelled: lack of candidates

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