Tuesday 11 November 2014

Our New Club Is About To Start

Hi Everyone,
As Paul said a few days ago, thanks to our brilliant contact (and potential new club member ?), we have got access to a great field near Burgess Hill. This is a valuable asset for any club, a place to be able to set up our winch, or the bungee to launch thermal gliders. Also a place for electric gliders to be powered skywards before making the best of any thermals or wind conditions to complete that long glide back to earth.
I wanted to bring people up-to-date on the current status of our club - Slope Soaring Sussex (yes I know it says 'Slope Soaring' , but we do a lot of that too !).
Currently we have 8 members who are signed up and ready to go plus 2 potential members, but we would like to have more people if possible. The point being that the cost of the new field, the winch, the bungee, the battery and the charger all have to be covered, plus new padlocks for the field gates, so the more members we get, the cheaper it all becomes.
We are awaiting the BMFA AGM on 24th November, where they decide on next year's membership fees before we can let our new members know what we will be charged for our first year. It would be great if we could get at least 10 confirmed members, thereby making our club one of the cheapest in this area to join !

If you have been considering flying from a flat field with your glider (whether thermal, electric or DLG), please let Paul or I know and we can explain the benefits of  our new field and maybe talk you into joining us ?
I would like to send my thanks to all those who have joined us so far
Very best regards

Rob

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