Bournville Radio Sailing and Model Boat Club
News
Lake Status
14th Jan Thawing but still 75% covered with ice about 10mm thick
The Club has received some excellent news to start the new year. The Environment Agency have informed the club this week that they will not be proceeding with the plans to use Valley Parkway as a flood storage area.
The statement from the environment agency is below.
Key decisions made:
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Valley Parkway – After consideration of numerous design options in conjunction with our consultants Jacobs, we’ve concluded that temporary flood storage here would be too impactful and not cost-effective, even with smaller-scale options. We have made the decision that we will not be pursuing this location for temporary flood storage, and no embankment or wall is proposed in this park.
Posted 7/1/26
Nigel Lawson receiving the Wednesday cup from Roger Hopper
The newly introduced trophy for the Wednesday Handicap Racing of IOM yachts has been won by Nigel Lawson, with second place going to John Burgoine and third place to Martin Taylor.
The silver cup, which was donated to the club by Ian Green, was presented to Nigel by our Sailing Team Leader Roger Hopper.
The h/cap system is based on starting time intervals between three fleets, dependent upon the experience of competing skippers. The final scores of the series were evenly distributed which indicates successfully balanced racing.
The event is held monthly, and it is planned that there will be two six monthly series each year. Yellow, Green and Red h/caps fleets will be reset at the start of each series to reflect the experience levels of skippers. This takes in knowledge of racing rules and improvement in boat handling.
Our thanks go to Roger for running the sailing competitions, to John Burgoine for compiling the results and to Ian Green for providing the trophy.
Posted 27/11/25
Club 500 Racing is coming to Bournville for club members on Sunday afternoons.
We are planning to race in the afternoons on the third Sunday in each month starting in February 2026.
If you would like to join us please check out the new club 500 page at the link below and complete the registration form so that we can allocate you a race number.
2026 subscriptions for Club, M.Y.A and M.P.B.A. are now due.
Please complete our new online membership form and send your payment to our treasurer as per the instructions on the membership page.
Posted 5/11/25
Richard Phil and Martyn along with others have made excellent progress on the Boathouse floor maintenance. As the saying goes "many hands make light work" A big thank you to all who have helped and we are please to announce that the boathouse will be available again from Thursday 21st August.
The IOM Handicap racing on Sunday 24th August has been reinstated now the work has finished early
Posted 19/8/25
The wind had very kindly blown all the floating algae down to the Bournville Lane end of the pool.
Alan and several volunteers spend several hours this morning clearing the algae so that racing could proceed.
At present the pool is now clear again and we continue to monitor the situation.
Posted 13/7/25
Sailing during the morning of Saturday 12th July was unfortunately impacted significantly by isolated clumps of subsurface weed along with an area of the pool being covered by mats of floating surface weed.
As the situation is unlikely to improve buy tomorrow Sunday 13th July our sailing team lead has made the decision in the interests of fair racing and meaningful results that tomorrows scheduled IOM Victory racing will be replaced by IOM Informal Racing.
Posted 12/7/25
Listed Building Blue Plaque
A smart Blue Plaque has now been affixed to the exterior wall of the boathouse!
This looks terrific, adding a real touch of class and gravitas to the building and to our club.
Many thanks go to Peter Moore for specifying, sourcing and placing the plaque for the club.
Posted 31/5/25
Club Boathouse and Lake listed as Grade 2
On the 27th February 2025 Historic England granted grade 2 listed status to our boathouse and lake for the following reasons.
Architectural Interest:
The boathouse possesses special interest as an example of a rare type of recreational building and demonstrates a good level of craftsmanship in its design. These buildings are a carefully considered and cohesive scheme demonstrating the intrinsic link between the boathouse and lake.
Historic Interest
The Bournville boathouse and boating lake form an important part of Birmingham’s social history, both through the association with the Cadbury family and business, and as a relief scheme for the unemployed.
Posted 19/3/25