| News and Events at Aqua Sports |
Hello to our friends and watersports enthusiasts in the 2009 season...
There have been big changes at Aqua Sports with the renovation of our centre over the last winter period. Aqua Sports looks forward to offering much improved facilities throughout the centre. We still have a few things to tweek and bend into shape and a dab of paint here and there but overall we are now proud to be able to offer a sailing club house, centre and shop that our customers can relax in and enjoy - from the Aqua Sports team!
We are now taking phone booking Monday to Sunday 9.30am to 6.30pm.
Our watersports shop is now open with all the new, shiney 2009 kit for your WATERSPORTS EQUIPMENT and ACCESSORIES.
Our new 2009 Brochure is now available for download with a full list of courses and prices for the new season 2009 Brochure - Download file pdf pdf file approx 2.9 MB.
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Aqua Sports Aquanauts Bring Home a 1st Place At Hove On Sunday...
T15 Aquanauts, under the excellent and tireless coaching of Matt 'Dude' Cude, achieved wins across their classes. With great results from whole team comprising Jasmine Clarke, Zoe Fossett, Annie Searle, Marnie Burroughs, Tom Chocqueel-Mangan, Emma Fossett, Robert Stevens, David Wright, Crissi Jones, Simon Pickett, Sam Rowlinson, Harry Dickens etal! [Go for pics of the events]
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Rafting Romp at Aqua Sports Sizzling Summer Solstice Members Party Night on Saturday 20th June ...
Rock along to the summer solstice party this coming Saturday and don't forget to sign up for the raft building and race challenge. We will be organising teams of six to participate in the build and paddle challenge for the ultimate race.
The BBQ will be running all evening with food on sale or if you'd rather bring some shrimps of your own to chuck on then please do. Also if you wish to bring a cold tinnie or bottle of wine for after the water activities to celebrate the great sunset at Aqua Sports then mines a Bud!!!! (only joking).
Please call the team on 01737 644 288 to book yourselves and friends into a team (or organise your own team of 6 is fine). So book Saturday in your diary and come celebrate Summer Solstice with us at Aqua Sports. All the fun kicks off at 7pm.
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Aqua Sports Aquanauts come a great second in the second of a series of four T15 races...
Girl Power" was the exultant cry from Hythe Hotshots all-girl team when they were awarded the T15 team winners trophy at Aquasports Aquadrome, near Redhill, on Sunday (May 31st). Fielding a larger mixed team, Hythe Hotshots won the first event of the SE T15 championship at Bewl Water last month, but this is the first time ever that a demanding T15 event has been won by an all-girl team in a previously male-dominated sport... [Go to T15 News and Articles for full story and results]
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Inter Club Team 15 Events fully Programmed for 2009...
Four T15 inter-club challenges are scheduled for 2009 in the South East Zone, these are: Sun 26 April: Bewl, Sun 31 May: Aqua Sports, Sun 5 July: Spray Watersports.
Final event still to be confirmed ..... [Go to T15 News and Articles]
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| The New 2009 Hire Fleet and Windsurfing Demo Equipment
This year's windsurfing demo and hire kit includes: Tushingham T'Birds, Storms and Dinos, North Naturals, Naish Sprints and Neil Prydes all creating a range from 3.5m - 8.0m. We have boards from Fanatic, F2, Naish and Starboard with RRD in the pipeline. All kit is to hire, try or buy.
We still have our fleet of single hander Picos and RS Feva's for the dinghy sailor as well as the RS Vision and the Laser Stratos for crewboats.
Canoeists can also hire a range of kayaks or sit-on-tops.
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| Dates for our Dahab trip are 10-17 May 2009. Sweeeeeeeeeeeet!! Bookings are now being taken. Check out the fun and activities on this years trip...
This years' trip is £499 based on two sharing. There is the option to book two weeks. We now have eight confirmed bookings leaving two places left... so get your skates on for a fun week in the sun!! Dahab is always a fantastic trip that never disappoints in either sailing conditions or activities. Highly recommended FUN!!
This is the fourth year that Aqua Sports have run its trip to the fantastic windsurfing location of Dahab, again with Club Dahab. This year certainly produced the goods in terms of wind, but with still enough time to squeeze in some fun, alternative activities... So what happened this year..... [Read Article]
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Inter Club Team 15 Event At Aqua Sports was greeted with good winds and sunshine...
Strong winds and brilliant sunshine greeted 34 young windsurfers for a weekend of wild racing in the RYA’s Regional Team15 (T15) Youth Windsurfing Championship on Mercers Lake, Redhill on Sunday June 22nd. The four South East teams, racing in 4 classes, included hosts Aqua Sports Aquanauts, Hythe Hotshots, Spray Sprites from Eastbourne and Bewl Blasters from Tonbridge, all competing for this 3rd leg of the South East T15 trophy..... [Go to T15 News and Articles]
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| New Royal Yachting Association (RYA) initiative for getting youngsters on the water with Aqua Sports...
OnBoard is a new programme to introduce sailing and windsurfing as a sport for young people. In the next ten years, OB wants to introduce half a million children into sailing and windsurfing.
Sailing and windsurfing have everything, from a relaxing leisure experience to high adrenaline, high-performance sport. OB gets you out on the water, teaches you new skills and lets you have great fun too! Contact the Centre for more details on 01737 644 288.
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The Aqua Sports Trip to Weymouth 2008 was another success...
Aqua Sports members yet again packed their cars and vans for an action filled windsurfing weekend on the 6/7 October this year. Scheduled to coincide with the end of the internationally famous Speed Week, there was doubt and trepidation in the minds of many that this year the wind would not be blowing.
Sam and a few of the members arrived early on the Friday afternoon - the winds were blowing cross on shore and around a force three. This was enough incentive for Chris to rig up and go out practicing all the freestyle tricks that he had picked up on the Dahab...[Read Article]
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| Aqua Sports is now affiliated to Sail4Cancer.
Aqua Sports is proud to announce that we are now an affiliated centre to Sail4Cancer a charity that offers sailing opportunities for individuals and families affected by cancer. Please Contact us for more information.
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Aqua Sports Newsflash - Hybrid wind power!
Following a hectic taster day for a school, the Aqua Sports Research and Development team were spotted on the lake, testing the new windsurf / dinghy hybrid! Big things were expected..... .... [Read Article]
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| K007 takes Aqua Sports 'Around the World'
Summer Solstice late night was a great success with John Hibbard's presentation a fantastic climax to the evening. The stronger wind from earlier in the day had tailed off to a gentle breeze, still plenty for everyone to go out for a play with. By 7.30 p.m. the water was looking pretty busy. Whilst our windsurfers worked hard on their skills, we fired up the barbie and John Hibbard prepared for his evening presentation. As hungry folk derigged and got changed, Stewart got the barbie underway. Soon, there was sausages and burgers for all to consume.
Just before the presentation Andy got the cocktail shaker out and concocted a fantastic 'K007' Martini, fully shaken and definitely not stirred. The 'secret' recipe cannot be revealed and although it was deliciously moreish, we drank sensibly and were soon all seated for the presentation to begin.
John Hibbard is a fantastic narrator and he had us all under his spell as he took us around some of the world's famous and less famous windsurfing spots... each with its own John Hibbard experience story. The evening rounded off with a windsurfing quiz for which we divided into teams. The winning team all received Tushingham t-shirts.
We'd like to thank John Hibbard and Tushingham Sails for a great evening...
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