by zvyc | Jun 28, 2018 | General
Dear Members and Friends, We wish our ZVYC Team Tiletoria safe travels to Durban. The team will be leaving early next week to partake in the 65th Lipton Cup Challenge to be held at Point Yacht Club. You can follow them on their Facebook page and read more information on the Lipton Website. YOUTH SAILING Kai Leslie is off to Poland to represent South Africa at the 2018 ILCA Laser Under-21 World Championships 1-8 July. Training with Sonja Stock, Cullen & Sara-Jane, it’s been loads of dedication and an incredible journey to get this far. Sara-Jane Deary & Cullen Keytel with coach Stefano Marcia – are off to sail for South Africa at the Youth Worlds in Corpus Christi, Texas, USA, 14th-21st July. 65 countries & over 400 sailors are taking part in the 48th version of the Youth Sailing World Championships, as the stars of the future are born once again. But before they do that, they’re warming up at the US Laser Nationals in Houston, Texas 29 June – 03 July. Cullen & Sara-Jane, being the top ceded Laser Radial sailors in SA have been on an incredible journey to get this far… Go grab the dream guys … we’re right behind you and so proud of you! From left: Cullen Keytel, Stefano Marcia (coach), Craig Leslie, Kai Leslie and Sarah Jane Deary FOR YOUR DIARY July 6th – 13th: Lipton Cup, PYC, Durban, KZN Sunday, 22nd July: Frostbite Series 1 – 11h00 Saturday, 28th July: Clubhouse booked for a wedding at 16h00 Sunday, 29th July: Frostbite Series 2 – 11h00 Thursday, 9th August: Open Day & Class Potjiekos Competition OTHER NEWS 2018/2019 Annual Subs are due now. Thank you to our members... read more
by zvyc | Jun 21, 2018 | General
Dear Members and Friends, Happy Winter Solstice! The club is proud to announce that we have finally been awarded Non Profit Organisation status as of Monday 18th June 2018! Thank you to Anna Keytel, Clair Gardner, Craig Leslie, Kathryn Hartley and Pearl Witbooi (Professional Business Services) for all your dedicated hours. RCYC Youth Regatta was held last weekend in Table Bay. ZVYC and ZVSC were shining throughout! Well Done to first in Class A – ZVYC Naledi with Felix Scheder-Bieschin on helm and crew Theo Scheder-Bieschin; Karen, Hamilton & Thomas Slater; Gavin, Matt & Oliver Ashwell; Alex Falcon and Ross MacKinnon. For ZV Sailing Center we had Luke Topass; Lance Curtis and Amir Yoghur joined by HBYC Rushin, Jeanne, Complex and Renton all sailing on Corum. FOR YOUR DIARY Saturday, 23rd June: Club house hired for a wedding, 18h30 July 6th – 13th: Lipton Cup, PYC, Durban, KZN Sunday, 22nd July: Frostbite Series 1 – 11h00 Sunday, 29th July: Frostbite Series 2 – 11h00 Thursday, 9th August: Open Day & Class Potjiekos Competition OTHER NEWS FBYC are hosting a talk tonight by Matthew on the Trans-Atlantic Rowing Expedition at 18h30 called “Mad 4 Waves”. For more info click HERE… Please join the Friends of Zeekoevlei & Rondevlei for a Clean Up of Zeekoevlei and surrounding areas on this Saturday 23rd June from 10:00am. We will be meeting at the bottom of Victoria Road, where it becomes a cul-de-sac. We all love the Vlei and the more helpers the merrier! Read more on how you can help HERE… School holidays start tomorrow, parents, remember the club is open 09h00 to 17h00 Monday to Friday, bring the kids down for a sail/row 🙂 Best wishes,... read more
by zvyc | Jun 14, 2018 | General
Dear Members and Friends, Alfred’s Rowing Club have taken delivery of their new Quad from Rob van der Merwe of John Waugh Racing. This is to replace “Rock Girl” that sadly had been written off. “I think that you will all agree that the finish which Rob has provided is superb in my opinion, extremely well made and at close to the minimum weight at 52,45 kg in quad rig.” Richard Moolenschot, Boat Master for Alfred’s More news from Alfred’s is the “Bergriver Long Row” which is situated 27km from Doornfontein Farm and a down-river row happening this weekend! A young ladies quad and a masters mixed double will be partaking. Results will follow 😉 ZVYC has Team Tiletoria entered into the Lipton Cup this year to be held at Point Yacht Club in Durban from 6th to 13th July. They are Heidi & Nicola Burger, Nina Pienaar, Gail Wheeler, Tia Makohliso and Robyn Patrick with Taariq Jacobs as their coach. On to the Juniors and we are proud to say congratulations to our Optimist sailors invited to the team going to the Qingdao International Training Camp and Regatta, China, in August (8th to 16th)!! They are: Oscar Duys, Dean Carstens, Hayden Philander and Joe Groenhof. Safe Travels. On Sunday, a rowing clubs sub-committee will be formed for the upcoming season. All rowers from all the Zeekoevlei clubs are welcome to join. See the agenda HERE… FOR YOUR DIARY Saturday, 16th June: Youth Day Sunday, 17th June: Rowing Clubs Sub-Committee Meeting, 10h00, Upper Deck Saturday, 23rd June: Club house hired for a wedding, 18h30 Sunday, 22nd July: Frostbite Series 1 – 11h00 OTHER NEWS Olympic Rower, Ursula... read more
