January Highlights…
The new year got of to a thrilling and very busy start at the club with the ‘little’ dip we organised turning into a ‘BIG’ dip and an amazing event at the club! Massive shout to the team for pulling this off!!!!!
See more pictures and a wonderful review by Chris Shaw News Years Day Swim Post 2024
See February’s events for the start of a regular monthly swim meet up.
21st January 2024 – Wallasey Beach CIC Extraordinary General Meeting and WCSC Annual General Meeting, we gave an oveview of the meetings in the 2023 review… looking forward to 2024 section here… The 2023 Review Newsletter
Following the EGM/AGM the social team had a bit of a planning session, whilst we would love to hear from members about what social event you would like to see at the club, we have made a start and are currently working to acheive the following:
- Maintain the already established Sunday Social
- Continue to build Monday Games night
- Introduce Friday eve social starting 2nd Feb 2024
- New monthly social swims – Starting 11th Feb 2024
- 16th March – start of season party
- April (date to be confirmed) – race night
- 6th May -Dave Hall – Work Retirement Party – Open to all members
- Insert your suggestion here? We want to know what social events you would like to see going forward…..
Membership Notices
We’re looking at opening the bar, initially Friday to Sunday, probably 10am to 6pm to sell coffees and drinks. Anyone coming in will have to become a social or full member. We’re going to invest in a barista coffee machine and full training will be provided by the supplier.
We need people who are available to cover some or all of these hours on a flexible rota’d basis and will be paying £12 an hour on a freelance basis.
We’d like to have club members doing it if possible so if you can and are willing to cover some of these hours please let me know. Or if you can introduce anyone who is honest and reliable that would be good too. Full training will be provided.
It will be for a trial period initially, and hopefully we’ll extend it to opening every day.
Any questions, feel free to message me. Adrian Patterson club@wallaseybeach.org.uk
MEMBERSHIP RENEWALS UPDATE:
https://wallaseybeach.clubforce.com/products/membership
We have a new updated and easier to use membership portal 🙂
All memberships will now start from the 1st of April. For all people who have signed up previously. When you come to renew, the system will be prorata for your membership to run until the 31st of march. You will then renew each year on the 1st of April.
We have also added a payment by installment option for full membership of £7.50 a month to help spread the cost. All storage fees are to be paid in full on the 1st April each year.
Bringing all memberships to end on the same date each year will also allow us to hand out membership cards (with a different colour each season) So the bar staff can easily see who are members etc. Membership cards will be available from the bar from the 1st of April.
Historically we have has a 1st of Dec renewal which isn’t a good time as its on the run up to christmas and its a tough time to pull together money to renew.
This will take a quite a bit of administration from the Membership team for the first year so please keep an eye out for your membership renewal dates and emails from the team, then head over to the new system. We will look into cancelling all Direct Debits on the old system.
Memberships can be renewed online or at the bar with the bar staff. We are also looking at mounting an ipad in the club to make it easier to sign up new members etc.
We are introducing a new “free” training membership for anyone who isnt currently a member and wants access to our in house training providers. This will inc activities like yoga, fitness class, wellness sessions, kitesurfing and SUP. The training memberships are paid for by the training providers. The training membership does not provide access to the club house (apart from when people are carrying out their activity) or discount on the bar. It has been proven that people partaking in training then move onto becoming social or full members.
February 2024 Socials
We have some fantastic news, February will see the inaugural Friday Evening Social and the start of a monthly dip event…
Every Friday starting 2nd February 2024….
Sunday 11th February 2024 from 11am first official swimming meet up.
Keep your eyes peeled on the socials for any further updates, but Kinga’s preliminary report was “High tide is closer to midday, so will aim to open the club at 11am. It’s a 10m one so very good for our end of the beach!
Please join us at the club, even if you may not dip. A warm fire and welcome return for the brave ones is always appreciated. Someone has to stoke the fire! he he he.
MEMBERS SATURDAY SOCIAL 24th February 2024 2pm to 5pm.
The club will be open for members, and new members are very welcome to Join Us
Sup Event 25th February 10am
We’re going to be doing a paddle on the Llangollen canal from the Chain Bridge hotel into town, have some chips for lunch, then paddle back.
This will be on Sunday Feb 25th . Meet at the roadside carpark on the B5103 just behind the hotel for 10:00. For more information contact MerseySupClub
Weekly Socials
Every Tuesday 10am – 1pm – DIY and Social Club
Your Club needs you. Join our volunteers every Tuesday to help maintain and improve our club. Lots of tea and biscuits are provided.
March and beyond… Save the date notices…
Starting Monday 4th March 2024 9:30 to 10:30 Move More Exercise Class
They are aimed at anyone who wants to improve their, posture, flexibility, stamina and focus and mental health.
The class is aimed at all abilities and all the exercises can be done standing or seated on a chair depending on individual choice.
During the 6 weeks the class will focus on different joints and muscle groups to help alleviate stiffnes/ pain and increase strength and flexibility.
I will introduce some breathing and mindfulness teqhniques.
The classes will be small and friendly with the aim of building confidence to maybe join other exercise classes or my Yoga Class.
Please don’t hesitate to contact me if you wish to have more information.
Places are limited to 12 so please book on with us Email : kathyr64@hotmail.co.uk or Tel : 07720949430
16th March 2024 – start of season party
All members welcome hosted by the Kitesurfing Community, keep your eyes on our socials.
More details in the March newsletter
23rd March 2024 ShakaSup Social / BackYard Record Fair
SUGARSHACK SOUNDSYSTEM present BAKAYARD VINYL FAIR
Our BAKAYARD vinyl fair sessions in 23 were solid, this year we look to develop our gathering into a culture hub. Get ready for collaborations all round with guest selectors, more creatives, communities and of course everything will be taking place at our ancestral home of @wallaseybeachclubcic
Our 1st BAKAYARD session of 2024 will take place on Saturday 23rd March followed by 25th May / 27th July & 28th Sept all starting from 12pm till 4pm.
We’ll have some extra ingredients to our sessions so keep an eye out on the network as we expand our collective.
The event is completely FREE entry (Donations are welcome for the CIC), LIMITED FREE PARKING available & beer / refreshments available throughout the day.
Who is ready for the 2024 season ???
Grab your SUP and head to the beach for one of our upcoming social paddle events.
This year ShakaSup will be running 4 open day social paddle events at Wallasey Beach CIC
Please put these dates in your diary and keep an eye on all our socials for more information as we move into the 2024 season.
If you fancy a day out at the beach or want to meet loads of new friends to paddle with, then wallasey beach club is where its all happening this season.
Within the Watersports area of our club we have built an awesome space to hangout and bbq in the sun.
We have a new outdoor shower block, bar facilities will be open for after the paddle and music will be provided courtesy of @sugarshacksoundsystem to make for an epic day out at the beach.
Stay tuned to our socials for some exciting update’s.
Watersports Shop, Kitesurfing & Wingfoiling lessons
Check out our inhouse watersports shop provided by Northern Kites. Items can be bought online at www.northernkites.co.uk or members can pop into the container shop located in the Watersports yard (Open when the wind is blowing onshore from April
Wallasey Beach CIC Whatsapp Groups
To keep in the loop or have a chat about what’s going on please click the link from your phone to join our whatsapp chat – https://chat.whatsapp.com/ChJ23y48GVb8fVFHEruktP
As always, please keep up to date and active on the socials and you never know we may spotlight some posts in future newsletters.