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Sport and Leisure

Try it in a dinghy with Bowmoor Sailing Club

Bowmoor Sailing Club near come and chat to members of the training and racing. Training Centre and the first club
Lechlade will be holding its second club to find out more – whether it’s Junior and youth training courses to achieve Volvo Champion Club
and last 'Come and Try' day this social sailing, enjoying the fresh air are held on a regular basis to status.
year in conjunction with the RYA ‘s on a fine day or competitive racing. improve sailing skills and are a fun As well as their racing and
Push the Boat Out campaign on the They also cater for Windsurfing, way of getting children into the training programmes they can offer
20 May 2017 from 10.30am until Open Water Swimming, Paddle exhilarating sport. cruising, social events, camping
3.30pm. Boarding, RC Boats and Canoeing. Bowmoor Sailing Club is a family and caravanning. Included in their
Bowmoor helms will be on hand The sailing club has just purchased friendly club open 365 days a extensive club house facility is
to take potential new members out 3 RS Terra dinghies with the year, with a year round racing a staffed catering arrangement
on our lake. help of the Eric Twiname Trust to programme together with one operating on race days and other
Visitors are advised to bring a give junior sailors an alternative of the largest youth fleets in the special events.
change of clothing and a towel just choice of boat. These will be made country. Sign up for a sail at www.
in case they get wet. Visitors can available to junior members for They are an RYA Recognised bowmoor.co.uk

Swindon teen’s charity skydive in
memory of best friend

A Swindon teenager is fulfilling her in 2015 and thoughts of their
promise to her best friend who died friendship will help put her fear
of a heart and lung condition and of heights behind her when she
jumping 10,000ft from a plane for skydives from Netheravon Airfield
Rainbow Trust Children’s Charity, in Salisbury on 24 June.
which supports her friend’s family. Ash said: “Erika was truly thrilled
Ash Cleverly, 19, from Grange when I told her I wanted to skydive
Park, wants to keep Erika Cowie’s for her and a charity so dear not
memory alive and also Erika’s love only to her but to me as well. Our
for Rainbow Trust, which supports friendship was all about living in
families caring for a child with a the moment and purely just having
life threatening or terminal illness. fun. We knew when to be serious
Erika, from Rodbourne, who and we also knew when and how
Ash describes as the “sister she to be silly and sarcastic. Erika really
never had”, died of idiopathic was the sister I never had.”
pulmonary arterial hypertension Rainbow Trust has nine care
two months after her 18th Birthday teams of Family Support Workers
in September last year. across England, including Swindon,
She was diagnosed when she helping families at home, in
was 13 and was not expected to hospital and in the community.
reach her 14th birthday. The life- To sponsor Ash visit http://
threating disease prevents the heart uk.virginmoneygiving.com/
from sufficiently pumping blood AshCleverly
through the pulmonary arteries. For more information visit
Ash and Erika met on social media rainbowtrust.org.uk
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