The club will be celebrating the start of 2012 with the launching of a new boat which has been purchased through the donations of a number of club members and topped up with funding from Sportsmatch, a Sport England scheme which matched the money raised by the club. The boat will be launched by John Carruthers on Sunday 8th January 2012 at 12noon everybody is welcome and the Bar will be open.

The Vikings are coming.
Following on from the recent first class Newsletter the club is delighted to announce that Professor Steven Harding will be making a major presentation on this subject at the Boathouse on Monday 9th January starting at 2.30pm and finishing at 4.00pm places can be reserved by e-mailing myself.

The presentation is open to the public and will also be attended by Mayor of Wirral, Moira McLaughlin, and Paul Mercer from the boatyard in Haugesund (where the Draken is being constructed) who is also in charge of international co-ordination of the Draken project. During the meeting we will also describe plans for the training sessions.

I have placed on attachment a summary of this amazing adventure which will see the club playing a major role in both the training of the many volunteers who have already registered through Steven’s blog and with the agreement of Peel Ports acting as a media centre for the boat during her three day stay on the Wirral.