Access Nationals 1 - 3 September 2006

Venue

The 2006 Access National Championships will be held at Frensham Pond Sailing Club, Pond Lane, Churt, Farnham, Surrey, GU10 2QA. Frensham Pond, a 75 acre lake, is set in the beautiful surroundings of Frensham Heath, midway between Farnham and Hindhead, Surrey.

Telephone 01252 792859 (unmanned on weekdays)

Friday 1st September – Training Day
Saturday 2nd & Sunday 3rd September – Championship days

Directions

For directions and a map please click here

Facilities

The Sailing Club site is flat and fully wheelchair accessible. Concrete paths link the sailing area and all site buildings. The Clubhouse is on one level only. It has a dedicated fully accessible changing room/toilet/shower-room. The main male and female changing rooms are also roomy and wheelchair accessible.

The accessible shower and toilet facility in the Clubhouse will be supplemented, for the Championships, by a disabled ‘portaloo’ located close to the main Access launching area.

Boat launching and access to the water is good and designed for Sailability requirements.

There will be three Oxford Dipper Hoists in use during the Championships. Two will be located on the principal Sailability jetty. A third hoist will be shore located for direct sailor entry/exit into/from boats on land where appropriate Access dinghy launching trolleys are available.

Catering

The Clubhouse galley will be open throughout the three days of the Championships, providing food and refreshments from breakfast-time to bed-time!

There will be a BBQ on the Friday evening and an informal Championship dinner on the Saturday evening (see ‘Social’ for more details). The Championship Meeting will conclude with a free ‘Frensham Pond Sailing Club tea’ after prize-giving on Sunday afternoon

Accommodation

FREE OVERNIGHT ACCOMMODATION STILL AVAILABLE

To encourage maximum sailor participation, some free or subsidized accommodation is available for the two nights 1/2 and 2/3 September.

The accommodation will be at Treloar School, www.treloar.org.uk (about 20 minutes from the Sailing Club), which has specialist wheelchair-friendly twin-bedded rooms with en-suite facilities and hoists if needed. There are also a small number of 4-bedded rooms. Some additional free accommodation will be available with FPS members, but this is unlikely to be wheelchair-accessible or to have hoists.

The Treloar School accommodation will have kitchen facilities for hot drinks etc., with main meals being available at the Sailing Club at reasonable cost. It is hoped to allocate one large twin-bedded room per competitor so that a relative or helper can share the room. The rooms are sufficiently large to accommodate one or two additional helpers/family members who bring their own temporary bedding.

The free accommodation will be allocated on a first come first served basis on the principle of one helper per sailor. Any Access sailors expecting to attend the Championships, and wishing to take advantage of it, should e-mail the following information to Ted Bonner, at: rbonner@toucansurf.com

Subject: Request for Free Accommodation/Camping at the Access Nationals

Please state whether free accommodation or camping is required. If the former, please state:

Your request will be acknowledged and we will provisionally reserve you free accommodation on the first come, first served basis. You will be asked to confirm your requirement on the Entry Form when you send it in.

Information on other local B & B accommodation and camp sites can be obtained from www.waverley.gov.uk/tourism or from the accommodation page on this site

Championship Training & Racing Programme

The provisional programme (as at 12 June 2006) is as below

Friday 1st September – Training Day

Saturday 2nd September

Sunday 3rd September

It is hoped there will be ‘non-Championship’ prizes for results on the Saturday and the Sunday for those who are unable to participate on both days.

Entry Forms & Documents

We are delighted that RYA Sailability have announced that they will subsidise the entry fees as quoted on the Booking form by £5 per sailor per day.

The following documents can be accessed and downloaded:

Please send the appropriate entry form and booking form to Ted Bonner, Newlands, 9 Clifton Close, Farnham, Surrey, GU10 5AW. On receipt of the completed entry and booking forms, you will be sent details of accommodation, directions to Treloar School, meal tickets etc.

Please note that there is an entry price discount for all entry forms and payments received before 1 August 2006

Social Programme

On the Friday night, there will be a BBQ at a cost of £4 per head, including pudding! The bar will of course, be in full flow! Musical entertainment will also be provided.

On Saturday night, there will be an informal two-course Championship supper. After supper, entertainment will be provided by the Free Radicals folk group (providing a mixture of Irish, Ukrainian(!) and British folk music). This is open to all sailors and their helpers for the incredibly reasonable price of £4 per head - thanks to our wonderful group of Championship sponsors.

An ADA sailors meeting has been scheduled for 6pm prior to the supper

For those not sailing during the day, there are some delightful walks in the immediate area of Frensham Pond, plus the attractions of the historic town of Farnham, only 4 miles away.

Contact

Frensham Pond Sailability Sailing Master:
Ted Bonner, 01252 793135, rbonner at toucansurf dot com

Frensham Pond Sailability Access Class Captain:
Simon Jackson, 01252 793530, simon42jackson at aol dot com