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The Old Pangbournian Yacht Club was founded in January 2012 and membership is open to all OPs and members of the wider Pangbournian community.
The OPYC was founded to enable Old Pangbournians with a love of the sea to sail together and to foster and grow the interest in sailing amongst not just Old Pangbournians but the wider Pangbournian community globally. The Club organises, takes part in and promotes social, cruising, sail training and inter-public school racing events. Over time it will become the only surviving Yacht Club of the three Nautical Colleges (Worcester, Conway and Pangbourne) and will seek to support matters nautical, and in particular sailing, at Pangbourne College. Old Pangbournian owners of motor boats are also encouraged to join.
The OP Yacht Club's chosen charity - named in honour of one of our Olympic Gold Medal winning OPs - is the Andrew Simpson Foundation - read below to find out more
The Andrew Simpson Foundation gives thousands of young people the opportunity to enjoy and benefit from the life changing challenges of sailing. Participating in sailing and watersports builds self-confidence, develops essential life skills and enhances young people’s wellbeing.
The Andrew Simpson Foundation believes that every single young person deserves to feel confident, be healthy, and know their worth. We’re passionate about making sailing available to every child, teenager, and young adult because it can do all of this and much more.
Jeremy Owen
Commodore
Pangbourne College is delighted that the representatives from Pangbourne's alumni will be acting as Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer of the Arrow Trophy yacht Racing Association Managing Committee for the Arrow Trophy in 2022, 2023 and 2024.
The Arrow Trophy Yacht Racing Association sponsors a sailing competition between Independent Schools, raced as an annual weekend regatta, normally in one-design yachts crewed by former pupils.
The event normally takes place on the challenging waters of the Solent, in yachts chartered especially for the event.
The Organising Authority is the Royal London Yacht Club and the race format is short fleet racing on Saturday, finishing up in Cowes late afternoon, followed by a very social Arrow Trophy Dinner for all crews in the evening.
The top four teams from the fleet races then go into a series of match races on Sunday to determine the overall winner, for the Arrow Trophy, whilst the remaining competitors race to determine the winner of the Charterhouse Bowl. In total, there are five trophies to be won.
To find our more about the Arrow Trophy please click here.
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