Sorry for the delay in posting these. A reassuring shift downwards

All welcome to join Dan, our bosun for a working party weekend on 4th/5th December.

When you next go to the club, you will notice some large barley straw bales we have had delivered to continue breaking down the BGA.

If anyone has any empty plastic containers (2L or 5L like that pictured) that are in good useable condition (including the lid), we would ask if you could leave them in the red bin under the metal stairs please. We will be using them as floats for the barley straw in the water. Thank you

A small drop, but not significantly different to last week. Please take this information in conjunction with the previous post, thanks

As you all know, we have been keeping a close eye on the water and sending samples off regularly for testing. The BGA levels were falling and we were hopeful we had passed the worst, but for the last month they unfortunately have been rising again. A club member and committee members have also recently reported visual evidence of a new bloom within the water which would therefore correlate with the evidence from the water samples.

As per club rules, during winter months (November to March inclusive), unless safety boat cover is available, sailing is only permitted if there are at least 2 unpowered craft on the water.

Latest results from the samples taken on the 4th November. The continued rise was discussed at the last committee meeting this week and we are trying to organise more barley straw to use in the water to keep breaking it down.

We still have a few clothing orders to be collected. All can be paid for via the portal and then collected from the club please. You will find them in the training room. Thanks a lot

Hopefully you have all seen your emails and our Facebook post inviting you to attend our AGM on 8th November 2021 at 7.30pm.

Apologies for the delay in posting this information.

Afternoon members,

At our forthcoming AGM (date to be announced soon), we will have some vacant positions on the committee. Two positions that are coming up are president and vice president. Whilst these positions do not have voting rights, you would be able to attend the monthly committee meetings and take part in discussions, helping to steer the club forward into 2022. Your other important role would be to chair the AGM next year. These roles would be a great opportunity for members who cannot committ to an indepth role but would still like to be involved.

A further drop which is great news! We think we have passed the worst. It is still over the WHO threshold of 20,000 for short-term health issues but from the analysis it also looks like the filaments are breaking up and we are not noticing any new scum formations either. We will continue to send samples off weekly and report back to the members

For all members to help in the decision making process, here are the sample test results. We will continue to post updates when we receive them.

OPENING OF THE CLUB WATER AS OF 20/09/2021

Message from our commodore:

"An update from our EGM this evening. The voting outcome was for the water to re-open. Members wishing to use the water must use the RYA guidelines. Further information will follow shortly."

Please accept this notice as notification of the NL&HSC Extraordinary General Meeting to be held in the Clubhouse at 7.30 p.m on Monday 20 September 2021.

Huge thanks to Eric, our rear commodore and some of our junior members who have been busy netting and placing barley straw in the lake to start working against the blue green algae. This straw will work by releasing chemicals which inhibit the growth of algae. Please note the lake is still closed at present but we will continue to provide updates when we can do

The Committee decided on Wednesday 11th Aug to keep the water open under the RYA guidelines and with a general club Blue Green Algae assessment that has been formulated, however a situation has arisen with the insurance and as a result there is no alternative but to temporarily close the water until it is resolved.

The General Committee has this update for it's members in respect of the blue green algae situation on the lake.

The general committee have met again this evening to discuss the situation with blue green algae at the club.After much discussion, we have decided to postpone the reopening of the water until Monday 9th August, dependent on clarification from our insurers.We appreciate your patience and understand your need to get back on the water but we have to make sure the decision is right. Thank you everyone.

The general committee has met tonight in light of the situation with the lake closure.

We have found today evidence of what we initially believe to be blue green algae. We have to take the immediate step to close the water to everyone until we have the results from testing.

A good time was had by all at our Start Sailing course this weekend! Great to see so many new sailors out on the water enjoying the use of our Quest boats.