by zvyc | Dec 20, 2015 | General
Dear Members and Friends, Exciting Breaking News! Congratulations to our Junior sailors for their fantastic results and placings in the 2015 SAS Youth Championships! Podium positions are: Matt Ashwell 1st place Optimists Zander Brooks 2nd place Optimists (tied 1st place, and tie break placed him second) Kai Leslie 1st place 4.7’s Elsje Djikstra 3rd place 4.7’s Sonja Stock 3rd place Dabchicks also 1st girl Nick Faraday & Wade Ashton 3rd place 420’s Kai Leslie Matt Ashwell Elsje Dijkstra Zander Brooks Sonja Stock Nick Faraday & Wade Ashton Well Done!!!! On behalf of ZVYC, Anna, Kathryn and...
by zvyc | Dec 18, 2015 | General
Dear Sailors and Friends, The Club Office will be closing on Thursday 24th December 2015 and re-open on Monday the 4th January 2016. Joe and Anne will be on the premises during the week when the office is closed. Should you need anything from the office, please contact us before then. Swimming Pool We will be locking the swimming pool gate when the Club is closed and when there is a function on at the club. Members can please call the office to get the code for the combination lock for access to the pool. FOR YOUR DIARY December, 18th, Friday: The Committee and Staff are having their Year End Function, 13h00 December 19th, Saturday: Club house hired for a private wedding from 13h00 using the East Lawn January 4th, Monday: The office will re-open January 15th, Friday: TGIF series 18h00 – Come down and Sail, and join us for a Bring & Braai! January 17th, Sunday: Open Day and Dinghy Boat Show. All Welcome! January 24th, Sunday: Summer Series, Round 1 January 30th, Saturday: Club house hired for a private wedding from 17h00 January 31st, Sunday: Summer Series, Round 2 OTHER NEWS Youth Nationals – Wriggleswade Dam, Eastern Cape To check the results daily, follow the link to the website: sas-yn-2015-results We have over 17 sailors sailing in this event and we are very proud of our Optimist and 4.7 Radial Fleets. Sail well today (the final day) guys! Year End Get Together (Friday, 4th December 2015) As previously reported, it was a well attended event during which we sent around a donation box and we are pleased to announce that over...
by zvyc | Dec 10, 2015 | General
Dear Sailors and Friends, In the event that you could not open our previous newsletter, please follow this link to read about the great news for Zeekoevlei Sailing Centre: NEWSFLASH ZVSC Saturday Office Hours The office will be open on Saturday’s from 08h30 to 15h00 (excluding the Public Holiday’s over the festive season). We would like to introduce you to Marina Favit and John Salway who will be sharing shifts at the club on Saturday’s. THIS WEEKEND In view of Youth Nationals and other sailing events, there is no organised sailing at the club this weekend. However, The Tuck Shop will be open from 09h00 to 13h00. Rochelle will be catering for a private function here later in the afternoon so the galley will not be open. LAST WEEKEND Southern Charter Grand Slam 2 – Theewaters Sports Club We’d like to congratulate our members who have done extremely well in the difficult conditions last weekend who sailed at TSC particularly the Optimist Class where the first 5 places were taken by our Optimist A Fleeters. Other results are: 29er’s: 1st Place Taariq Jacobs 420’s: 2nd place David Jacobs & Daniel Agulhas, 3rd place Nick Faraday & Wade Ashton Laser 4.7: 1st place Cullen Keytel, 2nd place Kai Leslie Laser Radial: 1st place Sarah Jane Deary Dabchicks: 2nd place Sonja Stock Optimist A’s: 1st Matt Ashwell, 2nd Xander Brooks, 3rd Alex Falcon, 4th Tristan Tomlinson, 5th Sebastian Lanz Sonnets: 1st Mornay Harding & Luke Topass, 2nd Philp & Oscar Baum, 3rd Shannon Dicks & Abdul Donovan Terra’s: 1st Ashley Rudolf FOR YOUR DIARY December 11th, Friday: Kiln Contracts are having a...
by zvyc | Dec 8, 2015 | General
“Well done to the ZVSC team” – Craig Leslie, ZVYC “Congratulations to all involved”- Joanne Jackson, City of Cape Town “Congrats on all the hard work.. the Centre deserves this award” – Mark Sher, IYC “A big Mazeltov to you all on a well deserved recognition”- Howard Richman, RCYC “Congratulations! I am immensely proud as a Rotarian to be associated with your club”- Stephen Bredenkamp, President:- Rotary Club of Wynberg “Wow!! That’s fantastically good news… Congratulations to all involved in winning this.” Gordon Knight, former Wynberg Rotary liaison with ZVSC “Brilliant achievement- well done to the entire team. You are an inspiration to others. This is richly deserved. All the best, Philip Baum, SAS WCape,...
by zvyc | Dec 3, 2015 | General
Dear Sailors and Friends, THIS WEEKEND Year End Social Get Together of Members and Sailing Friends – Friday Evening (4th December 2015) Upper Deck will be open from 18h30, remember to bring your plate of substantial snacks to share (Rochelle has offered to make a snack tray for you at R50 per tray, please contact her on 0723487223 to place an order ASAP). Weekend Sailing Southern Charter Grand Slam Round 2 Theewaters Sports Club. We hear many of our members are attending. Full details on the Southern Charter Grand Slam website: grandslam.co.za For members not going to Theewaters, we will be having club racing on Sunday morning starting at 10h30. Tuckshop open from 09h00 and galley from 12h00. LAST WEEKEND North Sails Sponsored Regatta – Sunday 29th November 2015 A very pleasant day was had by all who participated. The Upper Deck was busy afterwards with prize giving and the members enjoyed their boerie rolls and free drinks supplied by North Sails. Thank you to North Sails and their management team for attending the event and assisting on the water! Results: North-Sails-Regatta-RESULTS For images take a look at our facebook page: zeekoevleiyachtclub/photos FOR YOUR DIARY December 4th, Friday: Members Festive Get Together, upper deck, 18h30 December 5th, Saturday: Club House hired for a private wedding 14h00 using the East Lawn and Front lawn (members have access to the outside change rooms, boat parking, sailing and pool area) December 11th, Friday: Kiln Contracts are having a year end function at the braai area from 11h00 to 15h00 December 12th, Saturday: from 10h00 to 13h00 Club Member Kids Sailing Party at the braai & pool area. Club House hired for...
