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.

I'm pleased to announce we are running two Start Windsurf Instructor Courses this year

Some of you may have noticed the weed starting to grow again in the lake. We have the following update for you:

A chance to say thank you to all our amazing volunteers who help out at the club, from those of you that help with maintenance, to safety boats, instructors, our junior reps and the committee. We thank you and you're part of the reason our club keeps going.

To let all our members know that the annual update of our gate and door codes will happen on 1st June. The new codes will be updated in your members area.

Hi everyone,

A huge thank you to everyone who came down to the club this weekend to help with painting and general maintenance of the club. We had a fantastic turn out and hopefully you will all see the difference when you next visit!

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"Our dinghy sailors experienced sunshine and very light winds today at NL&HSC but this didn't deter the 9 boats racing.For the second week running our younger members did very well, Evie won the first race and Russ the second.

A fantastic, but cold evening last night showed the return of our junior T15 windsurf training. It was good to see the kids out on the water, having fun and practicing their skills.

NL&HSC saw thirteen dinghies on the water today in bracing easterly winds, eleven of the dinghies were racing. A very welcome sight after months of lockdown.

I wanted to update you on the current situation and the changes to our COVID-19 policy that we have made in response to the latest Government announcement and RYA guidelines.