General Club News

AGM and Prize Giving

These have now taken place and were well attended with  lively discussions on all matters sailing.  Prize winners for both Adult and Junior and Youth Prize Givings can be seen by clicking the relevant links on the Results page. 

Open Meetings

The first Open Meeting for 2026 is for Phantoms and takes place on April 11, further details will be available soon. There are also  meetings for GP14s and Solos in April and May respectively. For Juniors South Wales Dragons is in May. See the Race Programme for dates.

Youth Training 

See the Youth Sailing and Youth Training pages. Club Members can book in via WebCollect. 

Adult Coaching

We have set a number of Sunday mornings aside for Adult Coaching. These align to the junior squad days so that parents can come and sail at the same time and have some support and coaching. The sessions will include a "Relaxed Introduction to Racing" so that they can enter the odd race and not be worried about being in the way or being too incompetent. See the Adult Sailing and improving pages. 

Club Racing and Training

The club holds regular racing and training events and the 2026 Programme is in the Racing section of the website with the first club races on the 1st March as listed below.

Volunteering

Volunteers run club racing.  See who's helping next.

Weather at Llandegfedd Reservoir

Forecast Weather from Windguru

Forecast Weather from Big Salty

Click for Big Salty's Llandegfedd Forecast

XC Weather is also useful -  Look at the forecast for Cwmbran. 

XC Weather for Cwmbran

Sailing and not Racing. 

Club members are allowed to sail when the club is not racing. However, the safety cover is through Llandegfedd Activities, not the club. 

From 2025 onwards, Llandegfedd Activities have decided that the best way for us to sail when not racing, is to sign on through their booking system as explained in the Membership Guide notes (in the Members area of the website)  or at the booking office on site before you go on the water. 

Before you rig a boat, either your own, or a club one, check that that Watersports is able to support your sailing. There is always someone in their office and they have a list of their activities and the lead Instructor for the day.  They may impose restrictions, such as keeping to one end of the reservoir so they can rescue you if you have difficulties.  You need to say you are a Sailing Club member, and have a berth or are using a club boat. 

They are helpful, just bear in mind that they can be very busy with multiple activities there. There may be a break at lunch time, and the opening hours vary through the year as displayed by the office.