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We're on Sport England's website!
17 Jul 2010 at 03:40 PM

Sport England are proud of their Sport Unlimited grant programme, with which we ran very successful windsurfing courses last year and again this year. They have picked up on our activities and now feature a photo of Ashley and Jack, who were on a course last year, on their home page. Nice to see windsurfing getting some publicity!

Ashley has recently qualified as an instructor and has joined our staff. Not bad for a beginner...


Storm!
17 Jul 2010 at 03:16 PM

People sometimes tell us it all looks too good to be true! Well, to balance things up a bit, here's a photo from Thursday July 15th. The beach hut walls were flattened and we feared for the boats on the moorings.

See also the Beach gallery


Double deal on RTM kayaks
03 Jul 2010 at 05:03 PM

Sit-on kayaks are very popular and Polkerris is the perfect place for them, with a great shoreline from here to Gribbin to explore.

We now stock RTM kayaks from £355: the very popular double Ocean Duo, the Mambo single kayak and the smaller, nippier Loko. You can try before you buy on any of these, as our hire stock has all three.

DOUBLE DEAL: buy a package consisting of kayak, backrests, paddles and stoppers, saving you over £77 on the individual prices. Now we offer top quality buoyancy aids at HALF price when bought with a new kayak between now and the end of August.

We also sell Handirack inflatable roofracks for simple and easy transport.


Lynn gets to cuddle Mika!
03 Jul 2010 at 03:48 PM

So Mika and friends came to Polkerris Beach to chill out for the day after a Eden Sessions performance that won great reviews. Bella taught Fortune and Austin to windsurf and they all said they'd be back at the end of Mika's European tour, in September.


Summer holidays courses
13 Jun 2010 at 05:43 PM

A programme of courses for the summer holidays is coming together, based on individual requests. For starters, here are a few that we have booked in:

  • Junior Stage 2 sailing course, Monday 12th and Tuesday13th July
  • Junior Stage 1 sailing course, Monday 19th - Wednesday 21st July
  • Junior Stage 3 sailing course, Monday 19th - Wednesday 21st July
  • Junior Stage 1 sailing course, Monday 9th -Wednesday 11th August

Let us know what you'd like to do and when and we'll come up with a plan.

 


George goes nuts in Wales
18 May 2010 at 08:44 AM

Deprived of wind and waves in Rhosneigr, Anglesey, where the Wales round of the national wavesailing championships was held at the weekend, George resorted to extreme measures to get some action.

Ably assisted by his Tushingham team mate Chris 'Muzza' Murray, he bolted a windsurfing rig to a snowboard and threw himself down a dry ski slope to get some spectacular air. Without thought to what might happen on landing...

Check out the full story on the Boards website (photo by Dave White, Boards mag editor).

The lengths he'll go to to get publicity for his sponsors (Tushingham/Starboard, O'Shea, Gul, Dirty Dog - and of course Polkerris Beach).

Miraculously still in one piece, they've now gone to Brandon Bay on the West Coast of Ireland.


Polkerris Beach gets OnBoard
18 May 2010 at 08:33 AM

Polkerris Beach has now joined the RYA's OnBoard programme to promote and develop its work with young people in South Cornwall. We are currently working with five schools (Tywardreath, St Winnow, Lanlivery, Whitemore and Roselyon) as well as having a vibrant Team15 windsurfing group, the Polkerris Pirates.

The photo shows Mark Belshaw of the RYA presenting Bob Shillito with an OB plaque in the company of the enthusiastic Pirates and George Shillito, chief windsurfing instructor.

OnBoard is a national initiative run by sailing's National Governing Body, the RYA, OnBoard is a highly successful industry supported grass roots programme which seeks to make sailing easier to get into for young people. Over a ten year period the programme aims to introduce a minimum of 500,000 children to sailing in the UK, converting over 10% of them into regular participants. So far it’s nicely on track.


Amazingly cheap windsurfing course!
22 Apr 2010 at 08:15 AM

Thanks to a Sport Unlimited grant from Cornwall Sports Partnership, we are running windsurfing courses for beginners. Open to all secondary school pupils, the course costs just £30 for nine weeks - about a quarter of the usual price (payable in two lots of £15). It's an RYA Stage 1 course but with an emphasis on having fun on the water and learning something new.

Running on Thursday evenings from 6th May to 8th July (missing out half term), there are two sessions available: 5-6pm and 6.15-7.15pm

All equipment, including wetsuit and buoyancy aid, is provided (just swimming gear and footwear required).

Note that it is a condition of the grant that you complete the whole course.

Contact Bob at the beach now! This course was extremely popular in 2009.