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Scam Alert! RYA develops ‘Sail for Gold’ Olympic Activation Programme


We have had reports from a number of training centres regarding email scams. These crop up fairly frequently, so you may already be aware of them, but everyone needs to be alert to make sure you’re not drawn into the ones that appear quite plausible.


One recent scam that has been circulating was from a person under the guise of a potential customer emailing to enquire about booking a course.


As the booking progresses, they overpay the course fee, with a request that the centre refunds the difference to someone else. The overpayment will look genuine until later, when the original payment is back- charged, leaving the centre out of pocket.


This is not the only scam, but in this case it was clear that our centres were being specifically targeted on quite a big scale. We therefore informed the Police.


General advice is to contact your own local Police if you are on the receiving end of similar scams and have lost money as a result.


Moving address or changing email?


Please do remember to inform the RYA if you move or change telephone numbers or email addresses.


With 24,000 instructors on


the database, keeping track of everybody is a mammoth task. email: training@rya.org.uk


The 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games are now only 18 months away and we want to help bring the excitement of the world’s biggest sporting event to your club or training centre.


The RYA will be launching Sail for Gold which will provide a framework of on and off the water activities, tailored to your club’s needs. We hope to inspire new and existing sailors to get out on the water, making you the focal point for members to join in the spirit of the Olympics, and maximise support for “Skandia Team GBR”.


“This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to use the interest in the 2012 Olympics to inspire our sport. We hope our programme of special events will encourage both newcomers and existing sailors to get involved and to follow the British sailing team through 2012 Olympics and Paralympics’’, commented RYA CEO Sarah Treseder


Planned activities for 2012 will have something for everyone, including:


• ‘Sail For Gold’ regattas and a national ‘Push the Boat Out’ event


• Exhibitions/ events to celebrate our Olympic & Paralympic sailing heritage


• ‘Have a go’ events across the country for new sailors


This year there are great opportunities for you to tie your open days in with national events such as the medal day of the Skandia Sail for Gold


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Regatta; the ISAF World Cup Sailing series held in Weymouth & Portland or the LOCOG Open Weekend on 22 – 24 July 2011.


Full details of the programme will be


announced at its launch at the 2011 RYA Volvo Dinghy Show on 6-7 March. In the meantime we will be writing to clubs, recognised training centres and


marinas with details of the programme and calling for volunteers to assist in coordinating Sail for Gold events and activities.


If you have any questions please contact Celia Edgington


our 2012 Coordinator at celia.edgington@rya.org.uk.


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