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Active Suffolk Award
We were delighted to be nominated for an Active Suffolk award and honoured to be the winner of the Inclusive Organisation of the Year . This award comes as a result of a massive team effort from everyone involved in the project, so a huge thank you to everyone who supports us so much - volunteers, sailors, friends and funding bodies. Your support is hugely appreciated. We are delighted that this work is recognised
Published 09:18 on 26 Nov 2025
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Watching us, watching them
With the end of the season at Woolverstone we towed the Wheelyboat across to Titchmarsh Marina and during the course of October have run a number of seal-watching trips for our sailors. A range of groups have taken advantage of this and had some great trips. The seals played ball (not literally!) as well and often admired the Hweelyboat as we went past. The trips out also gave us a wide range of birds. To
Published 15:32 on 31 Oct 2025
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Nancy Oldfield visit
Sailors from the Woolverstone Project recently had a short break staying with the Nancy Oldfield Trust at Neatishead in Norfolk. The Trust offers accessible boating on the Norfolk Broads. We stayed in the onsite bungalow which is well adapted for disabled guests. We self-catered, the community shop in the village was good for topping up supplies! We went to the village pub for an evening meal on our last night. Each day we had
Published 12:25 on 26 Oct 2025
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Breaking our record?
In September this year we took Penny Saunders out sailing. Peggy is a resident of Kentford Manor in Newmarket. She was born in 1926 in Lincolnshire - a countryside girl with an adventurous spirit. She took up sailing with her husband Tony when they were both in their 50s. They took various RYA courses and owned several boats together - even sailing across to the Netherlands together. Through a scheme run by Kentford Manor known as the 'Wishing
Published 00:00 on 26 Sep 2025
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2025 AGM
The Woolverstone Project AGM was held on February 17th at Stutton Village Hall. The session opened with the Chair of Trustees (AB) thanking all volunteers for the extraordinary commitment and dedication they have made to the Project over many years, a commitment that has helped us get to the position we now find ourselves in one of financial and operational strength. He then reported on the changes made to the Trust in 2024 and
Published 15:35 on 12 Mar 2025
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2024 Awards
Our Christmas Party took place at Stutton Village Hall and it was delightful to see so many of our sailors and volunteers there. We took the opportunity to hand out all the awards for the season. Awards were given as follows: Platinum Chris Reubens Townsend Gold Michael Bell Donal Madden Bronze Dash Kermal Chris Nunn Roger Wilson-Hines Entry Isaac
Published 15:25 on 4 Jan 2025
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Blue Mermaid Trip - 2024
The 2024 Blue Mermaid trip was funded by a generous grant from Norfolk Boat with additional funding from Alpkit, The Clay Family, Active Thames, The Worshipful Company of Builders, and ASTO. The Blue Mermaid does not have an engine and like any other sailing boat the details of the voyage are determined by the wind, weather and the tides. However this trip had a definite goal, we had an appointment with Tower Bridge and the
Published 15:44 on 2 Nov 2024
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A visit from the local MP
We were delighted recently to welcome our local MP to visit the project to see what we do. We started the visit at the Royal Harwich YC and then headed out for a trip on the river on our Wheelyboat. After a look round the local area, taking in a bit of local history, we headed back in to meet the staff from Woolverstone Marina and Lodge Park and then finished off with a cup
Published 15:03 on 2 Sep 2024
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Wildlife watching trips
Over the last month we have been running a series of wildlife watching trips at the weekend using our Wheelyboat. Over 10 sessions we took 52 people out on the water and with the help of a wildlife expert we all realised the extensive wealth of bird life on the Orwell. While we regularly see it on our trips, we perhaps hadn't fully realised just how many birds regard the river as their home (and
Published 11:11 on 22 Aug 2024
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Hansa TT Results
The results for the Hansa TT Event were as follows: Hansa 3.03 1-person class 1st Rory McKinna (Glasgow Bonnet) 2nd Mike Everitt (Jaguar) 3rd Leslie Philip (Hansa Yellow) Hansa 3.03 2-person class 1st Lynne & Stuart Swann (Lady Jane) 2nd Philip Hall & Denise Bryant (Hansa Blue) 3rd Rick & Sue Jillings (Hansa Red) Liberty 1st Paul Pearson 2nd Paul Phillips (Saoirse) 3rd
Published 00:00 on 16 Aug 2024
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Hansa TT Event
The Woolverstone Project were delighted to welcome the Hansa Class Association to Alton Water for a TT event on August 14th. The last time the Project hosted the Hansa Class was over a decade ago, so it was exciting to be a venue for the class once again. The total entry was 19 boats with 15 visitors and 4 local Woolverstone Project sailors. The 1-person Hansa Class had 9 entries, the 2-person 6 entries and
Published 00:00 on 15 Aug 2024
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Project 21 sailing day
As well as our regular sailing, we often do some special sailing days for various groups. One of those is Project 21. They run activities, clubs and events for people with Down's Syndrome in the East of England and we are delighted to be one of those activities. We were really lucky with the weather and, though it was a little chilly, there was a perfect sailing breeze allowing them to take charge of the
Published 20:27 on 1 May 2024
