Historic Berkshire sailing club closes

A final meeting of historic Wraysbury Lake SC was held on 17 April 2014. The RYA affiliated club was formed in December 1956 at a meeting in the News Chronicle offices in London.

RYA Regional Chairman Alan Woolford said: “WLSC was a leading dinghy club in the Thames Valley before the opening of the reservoir clubs that are on either side. The membership has kept the club active with training schemes and support for regional activities, and we're sad to lose the club.”

Though very attractive to family members, the club's sailing waters were taken over by a new landlord earlier this year with plans to transform it into a dedicated fishing lake. The last sailing day at Wraysbury was in late November.