A very big thank you to Peter & Bridget Crutchfield for researching, preparing and running their very successful Lockdown Quiz… Thank you to everybody who participated and particularly the winners, Mike & Lindsey Waldron, it’s really encouraging that club events are well supported. Hopefully our next club event will be on the water but in […]
Blow by Blow productions
BWBC are now Bronze Sponsors of Blow by Blow Productions and as such we get these updates from Andy Blow. We have added a page to our website to promote such a good cause and great videos We all recently enjoyed a presentation by them at one of our last meetings prior to the lockdown. […]
CRT – Coronavirus & boating update, 11 May 2020
Coronavirus & boating update, 11 May 2020 Hello Barry, With the Government announcing a first step in lifting restrictions on outdoor activities, and allowing people to drive to spend time outdoors with members of the same household, from Wednesday, the Trust is lifting any remaining restrictions on boat owners visiting their boats though the Trust advises against travelling long […]
The Winner and the Answers to the lock down quiz are……
Thank you to all who took part in the quiz I hope you enjoyed it. The winner of a Club Burgee are… Mike and Linsey Waldron of Friendly Spirit with a score of 48 out of 60. The answers to the questions are below as are some links related to the answers, I highly recommend […]
CRT – Update
Coronavirus & boating update, 7 May 2020 Hello Barry, I’m getting in touch to give you an update on the Boat Safety Scheme – you’ll find this below. With a long weekend ahead, and fine weather forecasted, please remember that the Government’s instruction to stay at home is still in force. The Prime Minister is expected to make an announcement […]
Boating First Friday Lock-Down Quiz
To go some way to replace our May 1st Friday meeting we present the Boating First Friday Lock-Down Quiz. Send your completed answers to quiz@burtonwatersboatclub.co.uk to arrive by midnight on Friday 8th May. Either enter your answers in the email text or attach a Word or PDF document, don’t forget to include your name. Top […]
1st May First Friday Lock Down Quiz – Watch This Space
This Friday 1st May would have been our 1st Friday meeting, so we thought what can we do instead? On Friday you will find on the Website our lockdown quiz – email your answers (we trust you not to Google!) by the 8th May. Top score wins a new Club Burgee (if we have a […]
CRT Extends Licences by one month.
CRT has made the following statement ‘as an interim measure we are extending all licences that are due to expire at the end of April by one month to run until the end of May. All other current boat licences will be similarly extended by a month from their current expiry date.’ So it appears […]
Membership Reminder Deal 2020/21
Thank you to all our members that have renewed their membership for 2020 and particularly to all our new members, welcome to the BWBC. Unfortunately, Coronavirus has scuppered all our plans for club nights, cruises and other events for the foreseeable future, however, not to be defeated, we have a deal for those who are […]
New Burgees have arrived – you are going to want to be flying one of these
As soon as we are allowed to use our boats again you are going to want to be flying one of the new burgees. At only £20 they are also considerably cheaper than the old ones, and being lighter they should fly well. You can reserve yours by emailing burgee@burtonwatersboatclub.co.uk and we will be in […]