Toronto Windsurfing Club

Annual General Meeting (AGM): January 30th 2010, Keating Channel, 2.00pm to 5.00pm
To see a list of our BOD Nominees and information about them, please click here.

Calling for new directors for the Board of Directors for 2009/2010.
For more information click here.

The Elections for the 2010 Toronto Windsurfing club board of directors will be held at the Annual General Meeting January 30 ,2010. At Keating Channel from 2.00pm to 5.00pm. Please send your Information & Profile (see this form) to elections@twsc.ca . This can be filled in by candidates and posted on the TWC website if you wish (this is optional) . New Candidates can also be taken at the AGM. However it is preferred if candidates apply ahead of time to allow voting slips etc. to be prepared. An e mail service will also be available for candidates to contact members directly beginning Jan. 9 2010.
Applications should be sent in no later than January 20 ,2010. (if you want your profile posted on the TWC website, access to the e mail service and access to a yourname@twsc.ca email address)
If you have any questions please contact one of the directors via the contact information on the TWC website.

Mike Tindall President on behalf of the
THE TORONTO WINDSURFING CLUB BOARD of DIRECTORS.

Free youth windsurf clinic Sunday Oct. 18 12pm
With coach Murray Mccaig (Olympic Windsurfer)
Murray Mccaig (Olympic Windsurfer) will do a free youth windsurf clinic on
Sunday Oct 18 12pm (to 2 or 3pm depending on conditions) at Toronto Windsurfing Club.
If it is windy and warm enough, Murray will start with "on land" clinic first
and continue on the water as well.
Come prepared to windsurf. Please let us know if you need equipment for the clinic.
If its too cold to windsurf, it will be on land only.
There will be free prize draw for youth that attend.
Murray has offered to do a "mid-winters training session" prior to race in Florida this coming March. http://www.calema.com/midwinters.php
There will be a brief disscussion after clinic with parents that may be interested in participating with their kids/carpooling to the mid-winters.

From TWC to Gold Fleet RS:X Worlds
TWC member, David Hayes (20), is one of five Canadians currently competing in the RS:X World Championships in Weymouth England. Videos and results at http://www.theresults.org/earth/rsxworlds/center.jsp# http://http://www.theresults.org/earth/rsxworlds/center.jsp How did a kid from Toronto who enjoyed playing hockey, skateboarding and hanging out with friends end up racing Gold Fleet (top half of the competitors) at the Worlds? When he was about kid's camp age, he began competing in the TWC weekly races and the Mammoth. He kept trying to get closer to the other TWC racers so he could figure out what they were doing to beat him. TWC racers make it easy to figure out by sharing their secrets. While international competitors don't share their secrets as easily, they do share a passion for windsurfing, enjoy good times together and help each other out. How else could Dave get his gear around when he?s away from the family car? After the Worlds, Dave will be back at Queen?s University where he is studying engineering. He is looking forward to competing in TWC's 27th Mammoth Marathon race.

Coaching opportunity for youth, now available at some races in Ontario. Olympic Windusrfer Murray McCaig's coaching/Youth Intro to Racing has been RESCHEDULED to Thurs Aug 20 430 pm. at torontowindsurfingclub.com .
Click here for more info and to register

Congratulations to Jessica Campbell, Caroline deAlcala, Artem Lavrynenko, Eric O'Brien and Jamieson Keltz, who all competed well for Canada at Chatham Yacht Club 2009 East Coast Jr. Windsurfing Championship!
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New for 8-12 year olds "Windsurfer in Training Program" - Sundays 12-2pm
Please call Tom Mae 647 267-2401 to arrange an orientation time and day with a volunteer instructor (dependant on availability). Parents and their children participating in this program must sign in and out with the CYA Instructor each session. Practice is self administered by families that have had their orientation. You need to register/pay, check in and out with the onduty windsurf instructor. Families participating in this grassroots program are responsible for rigging/unrigging. launching and putting thei gear away. They must sail within the "Windsurfer in Training" sailing area, which is same as for the LTW program, defined approx. by the white buoy in front of the club and west to the "point" between TWC and Cherry beach lifeguard station. (There is a map on the LTW trailer door.)
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Toronto Star - June 19th 2009
Article about windsurfing by Paola Loriggio (fitness writer at Toronto Star) written with the help of our Ivan Dimic (LTW program): http://www.thestar.com/article/652509

Mandatory PFD Wear Survey CSBC Safe Boating Awareness - "Wear It!"

Ontario Sailing is a member of the Canadian Safe Boating Council (CSBC) and works with Transport Canada, the Recreational Boating Advisory Council (RBAC), and the Canadian Marine Advisory Council (CMAC) on behalf of its members.
The CSBC PFD Task Force created a "Best Practices" position as follows:
"The CSBC believes that all operators of all sizes and types of kayaks, canoes and self propelled vessels and all types of other craft that are 6 metres or less in length, while passengers are on deck and while the boat is underway, should wear lifejackets or PFDs."
Lifejackets and PFDs come in many various styles and types and some of these include inflatable PFDs.
Please go to our Mandatory PFD Wear Survey and take a moment to answer whether or not you agree with the above statement. Thank you!