We have just confirmed our AGM for the 8th. of March at 8pm.

For the first time in a few years we are able to do meet in person, so we have plumped for the Chivenor Arms as a fairly convenient location for both coastline’s members.

Bring your membership card along and the club will buy the first beer for any current member.

The Pub does food so if you want to eat we would suggest to arrive and eat beforehand, so that we can start at 8pm.

To get an idea of numbers could you please drop an email to chairman@kernowkitesurfclub.co.uk if you are planning on attending.

Thanks and look forward to seeing you there!

Our AGM is being held via Zoom on the 19th of Jan at 7:30pm any current members are encouraged to attend.

Meeting Agenda

We managed to hold the AGM via Zoom on the 3rd of November.

The full minutes are below.

KKC AGM Author/QA:SC/MT

Date Venue 03/11/2020 @ 20:00hrs On-line Zoom Meeting
Attendees: All Committee Members and some club members
Apologies: None.

1.0 Introductions and Apologies

1.1 These minutes have been approved as a fair reflection of the key points of the AGM, by the KKC committee.
1.2 The AGM was not held in March 2020 due to lockdown, it was recognised that an AGM was required and decided that the meeting should be held remotely on Zoom, the meeting took place on Tuesday 3rd November at 8:00pm online. Despite the remote nature of the meeting sufficient members joined showing a healthy interest in the future of the club. Info

2.0 Membership

2.1 The chairman reported that membership is on the increase with the latest BKSA figures indicating 205 current KKC members, an increase of 57 on the previous year.
3.0 Local Beach Rep Updates Info
3.1 Par and St Austell: – No update was provided, assumed no change and all working well.
3.2 Marazion: – Following storms it was noted to have large amount of seaweed at times especially near high water. A general problem was noted with some people (mainly visitors) occasionally launching at high tide in turbulent air, it was noted that all should remain vigilant and where possible provide friendly advice.
3.3 Gwithian and The Bluff: – It was reported that more sand was present at the bluff than in previous years making high tide kiting a possibility, however the goat path down from the carpark is becoming very slippery when wet and sections are crumbling extra care should be taken. It is noted that there is a designated access path to the beach, however at hightide this is cut off by the high water.
3.4 Perranporth and Perran Sands: – It was reported that there is no change, and all is working well with current restrictions.
3.5 Watergate: -All were aware of sad accident in 2020, it is understood that the BKSA will be submitting a further statement in time. Otherwise, no further update was given.
3.6 Daymer and Hawkers Cove: – All were reminded that summer restrictions had ended and all was working well.
3.7 Fistral and Crantock: – The chairman reminded everyone that kiting is not permitted during lifeguarding hours. Info

4.0 Club Events

4.1 It was noted that Lockdown had prevented ‘planned’ events identified at the last AGM. Currently it is not possible to plan events for 2021, but it was agreed that events with a social bias would be of benefit to the club and supported.

5.0 Accounts Update

5.1 The treasurer reported that the KKC account contained £4,455.00, it was agreed to retain a reserve.
5.2 The treasurer reported that despite a reasonable rate of spending over the past year on training subsidies for youngsters and KKC members, commitments to lockdown prizes, etc, club reserves remained stable.
5.3 It was noted that the amount of BKSA funding per member had dropped and the club committee would seek clarification from the BKSA on this point. Action NH

6.0 Competition Prizes

6.1 Prizes were donated by Peter Stephens, Lee ‘pasty’ Harvey, Lawrence Smith, Angus Tobey and Alex Simmons / Richard Lane. The club noted thanks and appreciation for their support.
6.2 Angus identified the following winners:
Highest Jump – Matt Taylor 21.1m, prize: signed Hadlow T and a slingshot bag .
Best Photo – 1st place Lee ‘pasty’ Harvey, prize: a Duotone Mug and North T Shirt. Runners up Jamie Crossman, Alex Simmons and Dom Moore.
Girls – equal position Julie Hanson and Kimi Ko, prize: a leash, lanyard and wristband each.
Over 40’s – 1st place to Dan Glazebrook 16.3m, prize: a Mystic poncho and a slingshot T shirt. 2nd place to Lee Foster 14.5m, prize: a ride engine Hoodie and T shirt.
General Legends – 1st place Ian Butt, prize: a kite lesson with Angus, a T shirt and a Duotone facemask. 2nd place Loïc Rich, prize: Hoxton T shirt, Duotone facemask and a leash. 3rd place goes to both Peter Stephens and Craig Smith, prize: Hoxton T shirt each.
Most Improved – 1st Place Luke Costa, prize: a kite manual and some training with Lee ‘pasty’ Harvey. 2nd place goes to Steve Townsend, Otto Mead and Louis Williams prize: a duotone mug each.
6.3 Duo to the current COVID-19 pandemic, prices would be posted to avoid social contact and postage costs claimed from club funds. Angus will post details online.

7.0 Training Subsidies

7.1 It was agreed to retain the existing system with subsidised training for KKC members and young persons.

8.0 Club Committee Members

8.1 The following club officers for the forthcoming year where proposed and elected as followings:
Chairman: Matt Taylor
Vice-chairman: Neil Harper
Treasurer & Child Safety Officer: Lawrence Smith
Club Secretary: Simon Crabb
Beach Safety Officer: Nic Costa
Events Officer: Craig Smith
BKSA rep: Pete Stephens

9.0 Beach Reps

9.1 The beach representatives were identified as follows:
Marazion – Angus Tobey
Gwithian and The Bluff – Kimi Ko, Lee Foster, Mark Pickup
Perranporth and Perran Sands – Rory Jenkins
Watergate – TBC
Daymer and Hawkers Cover – Mike Perry
Par and St Austell – TBC

9.2 The committee will issue an invitee to paid KKC members to secure beach reps who regularly attend the above locations where reps are required to ensure regular beach updates are provided.

10.0 Current Chairman

10.1 The current chairman (Rory Jenkins) welcomed Matt Taylor as the new chairman confirming that he thought the club would be in great hands.
10.2 The club all thanked Rory for his time as chairman and for setting the sails for the last 5 years.

11.0 Any Other Business

11.1 It was agreed that the club would like to attract new members, with a view of potential marketing looked into.
11.2 A debate took place about the Facebook page, generally it was agreed to keep it open to non-members of the KKC, it was identified that the page operated well as a catch net for visiting kite surfers directing them to spots, restrictions and local schools. Within the admin it was noted that there are questions that need to be answered for people to become members and rules which need to be adhered to.
11.3 It was noted that other clubs attract membership successfully through social events. Events were identified as a priority when Covid allows.
11.4 It was suggested that the local kite schools promote membership of the KKC.
11.5 It was confirmed that membership was only possible at the time of joining the BKSA.
11.6 It was suggested that a member profession/business directory or similar may be beneficial for members.
11.7 It was proposed that Wing surfers could be included within the KKC given that support for insurance was available through the BKSA. Peter Stephens agreed to manage the inclusion of wing surfing/ers within the club. It was identified that there would be details to be worked out, the membership voted in favour of the proposal.
11.8 It was agreed to contact Hayle Harbour Master to confirm the inclusion of wing surfers within the KKC.
11.9 It was suggested and agreed that the club should hold an AGM in November 2021 when the evenings are dark.
12.0 End of Meeting
12.1 The new chairman closed the meeting.

We cancelled the planned 19th of March KKC AGM as the initial Covid lockdown kicked in.

It was hoped we would be able to have our normal, at a pub, AGM later in the year. That now looks unlikely so the current committee are organising a Zoom AGM. The Zoom details have been emailed to all paid up KKC members.

Proposed Agenda (please send through details of anything you want added to the Agenda):

• Apologies
• Membership update
• Area representative updates:
  • Par & surrounding area
  • Marazion, Bluff & up to Godrevy
  • Perranporth & Perran Sands
  • Crantock & Fistral
  • Watergate
  • Daymer Bay
• Event updates
• General club updates
• Accounts update (including the normal of any ideas on how to spend club funds):
  • Carry on using club funds to pay for the Bluff permission and have the Bluff pass as free for KKC members?
  • Carry on the training subsidy system (http://www.kernowkitesurfclub.co.uk/lesson-voucher/)
• Any Other Business (AOB)
  • Pete Stephens proposal to allow Wing Foilers to join the KKC.
• Elect the club officers and beach representatives. The current positions are held by:
  • Chairman, Rory Jenkins
  • Vice-chairman, Matt Taylor
  • Treasurer & Child Safety Officer, Lawrence Smith
  • Club Secretary, Simon Crabb
  • Beach Safety Officer, Matt Taylor
  • Events Officer, Angus Tobey.
  • BKSA representative & local kite don, Pete Stephens
  • Beach representatives:
    • Par and other beaches around St Austel, Denzil Williams
    • Marazion & The Bluff area, Lawrence Smith, Mark Graham & Alex Pickup.
    • Perranporth & Perran Sands, Rory Jenkins
    • Watergate, Craig Smith
    • Daymer & Hawker, Mike Perry

Regards

Rory, Kernow Kitesurf Club chairman

The current KKC committee have majority voted to postpone the KKC AGM.
This was with the awareness that the Facebook vote to go ahead or not with the AGM, was majority yes, as it stands, to go ahead.
It was 5 of the 6 voted to postpone Vs 1 who hasn’t yet voted (email stated their position).
It seems the situation is continuing to worsen and we need to make a decision sooner rather than later.

We are going to:

1. Interim ask if anybody wants to propose any changes to the current committee who are:

• Chairman, Rory Jenkins
• Vice Chairman & Beach Safety Officer, Matt Taylor
• Treasurer & Child Safety Officer, Lawrence Smith
• Club Secretary, Simon Crabb
• Events Officer, Angus Tobey.
• BKSA rep local kite don, Pete Stephens

2. Interim ask if anybody wants to propose any changes to the current beach representatives who are:

• Par and other beaches around St Austel, Denzil Williams
• Marazion & The Bluff area, Lawrence Smith, Mark Graham & Alex Pickup.
• Perranporth & Perran Sands  Rory Jenkins
• Watergate, Craig Smith
• Daymer & Hawker, Mike Perry

3. Get Lawrence (our current club treasurer) to give us an accounts update which we’ll put on the Website. When that is done we’ll let the members know via email and the Facebook Group.

Regards

Rory, Kernow Kitesurf Club chairman

These minutes have been approved as a fair reflection of the key points of the AGM, by the KKC committee.

The AGM was on Thursday 21th March at 7:30pm at the Hawkins Arms, TR4 9HU.

1) Apologies:

• Apologies were given in advance of the meeting by Denzil Williams, Paul Frost and Steve Townsend.

2) Membership:

• The chairman reported that membership is on the increase with the latest BKSA figures indicating 148 current KKC members which is up 3 on the previous year.

3) Local beach reps provided an update on locations as follows:

• Par and St Austell area:
  • Denzil reported in advance of the meeting that there was little or no change.
• Marazion Gwithian and The Bluff:
  • It was reported that the works to the waterfront to install rock armour are due to commence in Penzanace/Long Rock shortly and that there was debris at the Bluff.
  • It was noted that the bluff passes and parking permits are due to expire at the end of March 2019 and that replacement permits will be available for Down the Line and Lodeys from March 25th and will be Free to KKC members.
  • There is evolving coastal erosion, revealing localised hazards at The Bluff. Matt Taylor is going to write this up and will put this on the KKC Website page about The Bluff.
• Perranporth and Perran Sands:
  • It was reported that there is no change and all is working well with current restrictions.
• Watergate:
  • Again all reported as being well.
• Daymer and Hawkers Cove:
  • Paul Frost, with his apologies had said all working fine.
• Fistral and Crantock:
  • The chairman reminded everyone that kiting is not permitted during lifeguarding hours.

4) Club Events:

• It was reported by Angus that the club had raised £200.00 for the RNLI.
• A lengthy discussion took place about the Woo off. It was agreed that for the past year prizes would not be given. It was agreed that the competition would commence in 2019 with registration by the internet. It was agreed that for the coming year there would be a prize for the highest overall jump, the highest jump for each of the main kite beaches* and a prize for the best improved rider. Prizes will be made available for the coming year and it was decided that trophies should be obtained. (*no one individual can claim the highest jump for multiple beaches. Their best jump will win for the beach that was at, leaving other beaches for others.)
• It was decided that for the coming year 4 advance event dates would be identified by the events secretary with final confirmation given on Thursday before the weekend based on the forecast; the type and nature of event will be selected based on the forecast. If there is no wind then a simple social may be arranged.

5) General Club Updates:

• It was confirmed that there was one free place for someone to attend the Kite Armarda during the last week of June. It is hoped that a group will attend form the KKC. Jamie Crossman agreed to shepherd those attending and will be given the free ticket. Any members interested in attending should contact Angus Tobey who will coordinate transport, logistics etc.

6) Club Equipment:

• It was generally noted that some of the club equipment (Woo & Piq’s) has been lost.
• It was agreed that no additional expenditure would be used to purchase additional Woo’s or PIQ’s.
• A tally is required to determine where the club equipment is being held.

7) Accounts Update:

• The treasurer reported that KKC account contained £3,500.00, it was agreed to retain a reserve.
• It was noted that the training subsidies approved for the previous year had not consumed a lot of funding.
• It was identified that the bluff passes are paid for with club funds each year.
• Generally it was reported that the club gains a surplus of funds year on year.
• It was agreed that the board found at perranporth would not be auctioned and would be put toward the RNLI.

8) Woo prizes:

• As reported above it was agreed that there would not be prizes awarded for the previous year. Although it was acknowledged that Matt Taylor was repeatedly flying higher that anyone else.

9) Training subsidies:

• It was agree to retain the existing system.

• The chairman reported Lee from Pasty Adventures suggestion that he run some club coaching days, at £300 for a half day (12:00 to 17:00). Perhaps one for advanced jumping, unhooking and loops and another for more intermediate skills of toeside, backloop and pop. He would need the date to be pre-booked. Maza, Gwithian or The Bluff. Lee has said it’d make sense to pre-book 2 dates and that if neither have any wind, so the coaching doesn’t happen, there would be no fee. There did not appear to be any interest from the members.

• It was agreed to add the youth development to the system. See below.

10) AOB / Any Other Business:

• Matt Taylor suggested a youth development scheme. The following items were agreed.
• It was agreed that the club would subsidise training for under 18’s at 4 KKC schools, Ocean High, Atlantic Riders, The Hoxton Special and Pasty Adventures.
• It was agreed that club funding would be limited to £200.00 per school initially and that this could be reallocated by the committee based on demand.
• It was agreed that the club would fund 75% of the cost of lessons for under 18’s as children of KKC members.
• It was agreed that parents would be required to stay with the child during coaching sessions.
• It was agreed that the club would purchase 3 trainer kites, Lodeys agreed to provide the kites for the sum of £400.00.
• Steve Townsend has asked if we can get a functioning wind meter at Lodeys. The members were told that the meter at Lodeys was being relocated. Purchasing a wind meter with club funds was discussed and it was decided that this was not a good use of monies.
• Following the tragic report of the loss of a life at Saunton Sands, a discussion about kite safety took place. It was agreed that all sailors could learn from the details of accidents if available.

11) The election of club Officers for the coming year was completed and all of the current representatives were re-elected; the list is as follows:

• Chairman: Rory Jenkins
• Vice-chairman: Matt Taylor
• Treasurer & Child Safety Officer: Lawrence Smith
• Club Secretary: Simon Crabb
• Beach Safety Officer: Matt Taylor
• Race Officer: Jack Ridel
• Events Officer: Angus Tobey.
• BKSA rep local kite don: Pete Stephens

12) Beach representatives were re-elected, it was agreed that most representatives would continue their roles; changes are highlighted in bold font:

• Par and St Austell area: Denzil Williams
• Marazion and The Bluff area: Lawrence Smith, Mark Graham & Mark Pickup
• Perranporth and Perran Sands: Rory Jenkins
• Watergate: Craig Smith
• Daymer and Hawkers Cove: Paul Frost

13) Additional notes from the secretary:
Thanks to Adam at the Hawkins Arms for continuing to support the club and providing some great food.
Thanks to the Chairman for keeping the club ticking.

14) End of 2019 AGM Minutes.

Thursday 21th March at 7:30pm at Hawkins Arms, TR4 9HU.

• The Hawkins Arms is in Zelah, just off the A30, just north of Chiverton roundabout.
• As usual, the club pays for the drinks for the evening (provided nobody abuses this !)
  Please bring along your BKSA card with your KKC membership to get the free drinks (or we do have a list of current paid up members).
• On the food side of things The Hawkins Arms will have it’s normal menu, plus these there £7.50 options:
  • Pastie chips and peas
  • Salmon pasta bake
  • Veggy Lasagne garlic bread and salad.
• Minutes from last years AGM are at http://www.kernowkitesurfclub.co.uk/kkc-2018-agm-minutes/
• Historically we’ve included a Swap Meet with gear being swapped (including for cash). So do by all means, bring any gear along that others might want.

Discussion about the next meeting is on the KKC Facebook page.

AGENDA (let us know if you have agenda suggestions)

• Apologies:
  • Denzil Williams & Paul Frost.
• Latest BKSA figures are 148 paid up KKC members (145 at the 2018 AGM)
• Area Rep Updates (including Bluff update):
  • Par & surrounding area
  • Marazion, Bluff (aka Hayle) & up to Godrevy
    • Current Bluff passes expire end of March. 2019 to 2020 passes and parking permits will be available from Down the Line & Lodeys from Monday the 25th.
  • Perranporth & Perran Sands
  • Crantock, Fistral
  • Watergate
  • Daymer Bay.
    
• Event Updates
• General Club Updates
• Club equipment tally. Please bring along any club gear eg The Woo’s.
• Accounts Update
  • Any ideas on how best to spend this, or leave it ticking along as usual?
  • KKC match (with a cap?) bidding on lost board found at Perranporth, where the money will go to the RNLI?
  • A thank you something to Ian Butt who takes kitesurfing photos of so many in the club.
• Woo prizes (highest jump for each area & overall highest)
• Do we carry on with the training subsidy system in place ?
  • Lee from Pasty Adventures has suggested he run some club coaching days, at £300 for a half day (12:00 to 17:00). Perhaps one for advanced jumping, unhooking and loops and another for more intermediate skills of toeside, backloop and pop. He would need the date to be pre-booked. Maza, Gwithian or The Bluff. Lee has said it’d make sense to pre-book 2 dates and that if neither have any wind, so the coaching doesn’t happen, there would be no fee.
    • “For demos I use a speaker system so that everyone can hear me talking through manoeuvres as I do them, then people would hit the water before coming back in for feedback and the next demo.”
    • That way there is no limit on numbers, would also make great footage for a club video and pics as will give set areas for people to practise moves running in a loop to avoid collisions.
• AOB / Any Other Business:
  • Matt Taylor, our current Vice-Chairman has a youth training idea.
  • Steve Townsend has asked if we can “Please please please get a wind meter at Maza that works -the Ocean High cam/meter was superb, but hasnt been functioning for the best part of a year. Any ideas welcome – maybe even consider a camera upgrade – I would certainly be happy to contribute to a quality and reliable cam/anemometer, if the club can’t cover it.”

• Elect the Club Admin and Officers for the next year.
  • Current club officers are:
    • Chairman, Rory Jenkins
    • Vice-chairman, Matt Taylor
    • Treasurer & Child Safety Officer, Lawrence Smith
    • Club Secretary, Simon Crabb
    • Beach Safety Officer, Matt Taylor
    • Race Officer, Jack Ridel
    • Events Officer, Angus Tobey.
    • BKSA rep local kite don, Pete Stephens
  • Current beach rep’s are:
    • Par and other beaches around St Austel, Denzil Williams
    • Marazion & The Bluff area, Lawrence Smith, Mark Graham & Alex Hapgood.
    • Perranporth & Perran Sands Rory Jenkins
    • Watergate, Craig Smith
    • Daymer & Hawker, Paul Frost

Rory Jenkins (current KKC Chairman)

Thursday 15th March

7pm at Hawkins Arms, TR4 9HU at The Hawkins Arms is in Zelah

• Area Rep Updates (including Bluff update):
  • Par & surrounding area
    – Denzel Williams. ‘Winter free parking is still in affect. There was the incident of some equipment stolen from the beach recently.’ Denz had a cycling accident so can’t attend the AGM, happy to stay on or be replaced as Par rep.
  • Marazion, Bluff (aka Hayle) & up to Godrevy
    – Lawrence Smith, Mark Graham & Alex Hapgood
    – The winter swell has dug up the beach such that foot access, especially in bare feet, is hazardous.
    – The Harbour Master seems happy with kitesurfing and the arrangement with the club.
  • Perranporth & Perran Sands
    – Matt Taylor
    – All OK
  • Crantock, Fistral
    – Nothing to report. All OK.
  • Watergate
    – Less kitesurfing here compared to previous years. Rare to get more than a dozen kites out.
  • Daymer Bay.
    – Paul Frost
    – Summer restriction unlikely to change.
    – Nothing to report. All OK.
• Event Updates, including the CRX meet, jump meet … Jack ridel was going to look into the options associated with running a event at daymer Bay.  Discussion also took place about possibility of the club providing rescue cover.  It was noted that Grant funding may be available for a club of our nature. Things discussed for expenditure of Grant funding included either the purchase of a rescue cover both Strokes key or the purchase of a set of CRX racer kit.  The club decided that both options were impracticable to pursue without commitment to ongoing maintenance costs.
• General Club Updates
• Club equipment tally.  It was noted that some of the club equipment had gone missing or was broken.
• Accounts Update
• Woo prizes (highest jump for each area & overall highest)
• Do we carry on with the training subsidy system in place ?
  – Majority vote was yes.
• Do we want to order KKC hoodies +/or robbies (see below) ?
  • We’ve got these prices in for KKC.  branded hoodies:  other items I robey’s were objected I local firms already selling similar products.
  • 80% cotton, 20% polyester. Black with a grey inner to hood.
  • Not yet got minimum order levels, but want to guage interest:
  • One off setting up for different logo designs
    • Small logo if we put on front of hoodie – £15 inc. vat (from club funds ?)
    • Large logo if we put on back of hoodie – £20 inc. vat (from club funds ?)One these logos have been created can be used for other garments such as tee’s beanies etc at a later date.
    •  Quote one – hoodie with Small KKC logo on front – £25.00 inc. vat
    •  Quote two – hoodie with Large KKC logo on the back – £30.00 inc. vat
    •  Quote three hoodie with KKC logo front and back – £32.50 inc. vat
• Elect the Club Admin and Officers for the next year.
  • Current club officers are:
    • Chairman, Rory Jenkins – re-elected
      
    • Vice-chairman, Matt Taylor elected
    • Treasurer & Child Safety Officer, Lawrence Smith – re-elected
    • Club Secretary, Simon Crabb – re-elected.
    • Beach Safety Officer, Matt Taylor – re-elected
    • Race Officer, Jack Ridel elected 
    • Events Officer, Angus Tobey – re-elected.
• Events planned for the next year ?
  • Legend of the Bay is back, April 28th & 29th, with the suggestion that club funds again subsidise KKC members entry fees:
    • Single entry for the kite competition would £20.00 (KKC members £15.00)
    • Entry for both kite and sup competitions £35.00 (KKC members £30.00)
    • Who is interested in entering?
    • Should / could the club give a prize, eg £50 to the best non sponsored rider, that’s a KKC member?
  • Lee from Pasty Adventures is running some clinics as we move into summer:
    • Intermediate TT 24th March
    • Refresher 7th April
    • Intro to Wave 14th April
  • Angus, current events officer, wants to organise a summer social.
• Any Other Business (AOB)
  • Pete Stephens suggestion that we all adopt a beach clean ethos. If all of our membership picked up 3 or 4 bits of rubbish, especially plastic after each session, it’d collectively make a difference.

Rory Jenkins (current KKC Chairman)

Thursday 15th March

7pm at Hawkins Arms, TR4 9HU.

• The Hawkins Arms is in Zelah, just off the A30, just north of Chiverton roundabout.
• As usual, the club pays for the drinks for the evening (provided nobody abuses this !)
  Please bring along your BKSA card with your KKC membership to get the free drinks (or we do have a list of current paid up members).
• Minutes from last years AGM are at http://www.kernowkitesurfclub.co.uk/kkc-2017-agm/.
• The 2017 KKC Swap Meet that was repeated at the AGM went well with gear being swapped (including for cash). So do by all means, repeat bring any gear along that others might want.

Discussion about the next meeting is on the KKC Facebook page.

AGENDA (let us know if you have agenda suggestions)

• Area Rep Updates (including Bluff update):
  • Par & surrounding area
    – Denzel Williams. ‘Winter free parking is still in affect. There was the incident of some equipment stolen from the beach recently.’ Denz had a cycling accident so can’t attend the AGM, happy to stay on or be replaced as Par rep.
  • Marazion, Bluff (aka Hayle) & up to Godrevy
    – Lawrence Smith, Mark Graham & Alex Hapgood
  • Perranporth & Perran Sands
    – Matt Taylor
  • Crantock, Fistral
  • Watergate
    – Craig Smith
  • Daymer Bay.
    – Paul Frost
    • Last years kite incident (apparently Bristol based kiters) was going to progress to a conversation with the harbour master re KKC funded signage on the Hawkers side and approaching the RNLI re training.
• Event Updates, including the CRX meet, jump meet …
• General Club Updates
• Club equipment tally. Please bring along any club gear eg The Woo’s.
• Accounts Update
• Woo prizes (highest jump for each area & overall highest)
• Video prizes (best 90 second Cornwall Kitesurfing Video).
• Do we carry on with the training subsidy system in place ?
• Do we want to order KKC hoodies +/or robbies (see below) ?
  • We’ve got these prices in for KKC branded hoodies:
  • 80% cotton, 20% polyester. Black with a grey inner to hood.
  • Not yet got minimum order levels, but want to guage interest:
  • One off setting up for different logo designs
    • Small logo if we put on front of hoodie – £15 inc. vat (from club funds ?)
    • Large logo if we put on back of hoodie – £20 inc. vat (from club funds ?)One these logos have been created can be used for other garments such as tee’s beanies etc at a later date.
    •  Quote one – hoodie with Small KKC logo on front – £25.00 inc. vat
    •  Quote two – hoodie with Large KKC logo on the back – £30.00 inc. vat
    •  Quote three hoodie with KKC logo front and back – £32.50 inc. vat
• Elect the Club Admin and Officers for the next year.
  • Current club officers are:
    • Chairman, Rory Jenkins
    • Treasurer & Child Safety Officer, Lawrence Smith
    • Club Secretary, Simon Crabb
    • Beach Safety Officer, Matt Taylor
    • Race Officer, Lee ‘Pasty’ Harvey, who doesn’t want to stand again. How about CRX Jack Ridel who organised the CR-X event?
    • Events Officer, Angus Tobey.
• Events planned for the next year ?
  • Legend of the Bay is back, April 28th & 29th, with the suggestion that club funds again subsidise KKC members entry fees:
    • Single entry for the kite competition would £20.00 (KKC members £15.00)
    • Entry for both kite and sup competitions £35.00 (KKC members £30.00)
    • Who is interested in entering?
    • Should / could the club give a prize, eg £50 to the best non sponsored rider, that’s a KKC member?
  • Lee from Pasty Adventures is running some clinics as we move into summer:
    • Intermediate TT 24th March
    • Refresher 7th April
    • Intro to Wave 14th April
  • Angus, current events officer, wants to organise a summer social.
• Any Other Business (AOB)
  • Pete Stephens suggestion that we all adopt a beach clean ethos. If all of our membership picked up 3 or 4 bits of rubbish, especially plastic after each session, it’d collectively make a difference.

Rory Jenkins (current KKC Chairman)

19:00, Thursday 16^th March 2017 at Hawkins Arms in Zelah.

Welcome and thanks for coming from Rory Jenkins, current KKC Chairman.

Area Rep Updates:

Generally, all is going well. Current beach reps gave an update.

Par and surround area has the notable detail that the current development in Carlyon Bay means a bigger area for launching and landing.

Marazion has had some problems with those on foil boards struggling to re-launch their kites and even get RNLI rescued. The RNLI has and will be repeat approached if they want kite specific training from the club or BKSA. This is to be perused at a Cornwall level and at all beaches where the beach rep’s have contact with the RNLI.

Bluff (aka Hayle) pass system and kitesurfing there is working out well. The rest of the beach up to Marazion is all working well.

Perranporth, Perran Sands, Crantock, Fistral and Watergate all working well.

Daymer Bay did have an incident with some kitesurfers, apparently from Bristol. The rep is going to approach the harbour master re the KKC paying for signage on the Hawkers side of the estuary and also re kite rescue training for the RNLI. The hope is that by working with the current authorities, there may in years to come be strong understanding so that the full 9am to 6pm kitesurfing ban in July and August can be reviewed.

Club Equipment:

We have Club Woo’s and GoPro cameras.

We need to get a tally of these, with the beach rep’s doing an inventory update, so that we can decide what (if any) additional club equipment we get.

Woo Off Prize giving

By show of hands there was a virtually autonomous view that prizes should only go to those who were not only a club member at the time of a club competition, but who are still a club member at the time of prize giving.

The figures, and prizes were organised by Angus Toby / Hoxton Special.

Combined total of all jumps in the competition period, who did the most:

• 1^st prize to Andrew Larder
• 2^nd Tim Allingham (to be confirmed by Angus)
• 3^rd Matt Dennett

Single biggest jump:

• 1^st, Matt Taylor with 12.2m
• 2^nd Andrew Larder
• 3^rd Matt Dennet

Best Cornwall Kitesurfing Video

As at the last AGM, a prize for the video shown at the AGM that got the best show of hands (or vocal noise from the crowd). Had to be Cornwall kitesurfing related and no more than 90 seconds. This year the clear winner was a great video by Angus that had most of us laughing, https://youtu.be/8rD5odrJNuI. The prize was arranged by Loz / Lodey’s.

Accounts update:

We started the last financial year with £3069.

Over the year, we’ve had £1560 in from the BKSA. The Bluff fee to the harbour master and the cost of the Bluff passes (£187) is pretty much exactly the income from selling the Bluff passes (over 100 sold last year, raising around £700).

We end the year with £3700.00.

Subsidised Training in 2017 to 2018

Post the AGM the committee agreed to increase the amount of money spend on subsidising kitesurfing training for members.

The agreed detail is:

• Any KKC member can get £20 off a lesson by a local BKSA approved kite school / instructor.
• No training will be less than £25, so that there is always a contribution to the training by the KKC club member.
• The KKC member gets this by presenting their BKSA card with the KKC as their local club, to the BKSA school / BKSA instructor, who will note the details and get the £20 from the KKC.
• The KKC member gets this discount a max of twice in the year. Last year it was once per year.
• An annual cap of £700 for training related spend. Once the club has paid out £700 in training in the year, the scheme will be reviewed based on available club finances.
• Conceptually we hope that this will be spread across BKSA schools in Cornwall. But if one BKSA school or one BKSA instructor is more pro-active, that should also be encouraged.

Events

The last year has had some great events, thanks to active effort by club members. This included a Swap Meet Up and a Winter Warmer with Santa Costumes on the beach.

The Legend of the Bay event was great and is due to repeat this year (April 1^st and 2^nd at Watergate).

Events planned for the next year include a pub quiz evening, further swap meets, ride your own DIY board, and the CRX race system.

Any Other Business

A word of on-going thanks to Jan for his photography of many club members. He has now had some kitesurf lessons himself.

The club sadly lost a great member and supporter of the club. Ted Moir, who was instrumental in getting kitesurfing back at the The Bluff via the Bluff Pass system, sadly lost his battle with cancer. While many never met him, the cake he got from the club at his bed on his birthday and the level of comments he received on Facebook were very much appreciated by him and his family. Many KKC members attended his memorial service. He will be missed, but not forgotten.

Election of Club Committee and Beach Representatives for the next year

The current list of club committee people was read out. An initial question was asked if anybody wanted to stand as a new Chairperson or propose a new Chairperson. Nobody did. It was then asked if anybody wanted any change to the club committee, to which there was a clear majority no. So the existing committee were asked if they were happy to stay in their positions. They all said yes, so no change there.

Same for beach officers with the exception of an extra Bluff beach representative.

The meeting was then concluded with quite a few people staying behind to continue the social meet up.

Thursday 16th March 2017

7pm at Hawkins Arms, TR4 9HU.

• The Hawkins Arms is in Zelah, just off the A30, just north of Chiverton roundabout.
• As usual, the club pays for the drinks for the evening (provided nobody abuses this !)
  Please bring along your BKSA card with your KKC membership to get the free drinks (or we do have a list of current paid up members).
• Minutes from last years AGM are at http://www.kernowkitesurfclub.co.uk/kkc-2016-agm/.
• The recent (9 Feb 2017) KKC Swap Meet was at the same Hawkins Arms. It went well with gear being swapped (including for cash). So do by all means, repeat bring any gear along that others might want.

Discussion about the next meeting is on the KKC Facebook page.

AGENDA (let us know if you have agenda suggestions)

• Area Rep Updates (including Bluff update)
• Event Updates, last years Swap Meet and the Santa Kitesurf & Winter Warmer.
• General Club Updates
• Club equipment tally. Please bring along any club gear eg The Woo’s.
• Accounts Update
• Woo prizes (highest jump for each area & overall highest)
• Video prizes (best 90 second Cornwall Kitesurfing Video)
• Legend of the Bay and North Kiteboarding demo weekend (April 1st & 2nd @ Watergate).
• Elect the Club Admin and Officers for the next year.
• Events planned for the next year ?
• Any Other Business (AOB)

Rory Jenkins (current KKC Chairman)

19:30, Thursday 19th March 2015 at The Seiners in Perranporth

Welcome and thanks for coming from Rory Jenkins, current KKC Chairman.
Apologies from: Lee Harvey.

General Club Update

The club continues to exist, with increasingly active beach rep’s around Cornwall and no reported problems with the The Bluff passes at Hayle.

We have 110 paid up members.

During the last 12 months the KKC supported a Wave event that was well attended by club and national riders.

Club Admin and Officers

By show of hands, majority vote, based on those present at the meeting, the 2015 committee and beach officer line up is:

Committee

• Chairperson: (Rory Jenkins)
• Treasurer:  (Lawrence Smith)
• Child Safety Officer: (Lawrence Smith)
• Club Secretary: (Simon Crabb)
• Beach Safety Officer: (Matt Taylor)

Beach Representatives:

• Par & St Austell – Denzil Williams
• Marazion & The Bluff area – Lawrence Smith, Marke Graham & Alex Hapgood
• Perranporth – Matt Taylor
• Watergate – Craig Smith
• Daymer & Hawker – Paul Frost

Accounts Update

We have £3443.00.

Locations and Bluff Pass Update

It’s all working well.

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Plans for 2015

Who can jump the highest ?

We’ve voted to buy 5 club Woo tracker devices (thankyou to Lee “Pasty” for the idea).
There will be one with the beach beach rep at the main locations:

• Par & St Austell,
• Maza & The Bluff,
• Perranporth
• Watergate
• Daymer Bay

At the next AGM the highest jump (by a KKC member) at each of the locations will get a £50 voucher for surf gear and the highest overall jump £100.

The vouchers will be valid at the 3 main shops in Cornwall that the meeting felt do the most for the KKC. Not least of all because they sell the Bluff passes for the club:

• Down The Line, Hayle ( Map, TR27 4EA)
• Lodey Sails, Marazion ( Map, TR20 9TT)
• Westcountry Watersports, Truro ( Map, TR1 2EG)

Hopefully, our KKC Facebook page will have a year of people posting their jump attempts !

Who can create the best 90 second Cornwall Kitesurfing Video?

We voted to buy 5 of the new cheap (circa £100 each) GoPro cameras.

These will again be with the beach rep’s.

At next years AGM we will show anybodies Corwall Kitesurfing video, max 90 seconds and vote on the top 5.

First prize will be £100, with 2nd to 5th getting £50 each. Again, these will be vouchers, valid at the same 3 shops (Down The Line, Lodey Sails & Westcountry Watersports).

You can also enter clips from your own GoPro or other video device.

Again, open to all KKC members & hopefully, our KKC Facebook page will have a year of people posting the videos.

Watergate Legend of the Bay

This event is back !
It’ll be this spring over the weekend of April 18th & 19th.

The format remains the same as last time one day kite, one day SUP.
Competitors can enter individual competitions or should they wish enter both. The Individuals with the highest combined scores will be crowned Legend of the Bay.

Divisions will be Open Men and Open Women. Individuals wishing to enter must be members of either BKSA or BSUPA to enter competition.

Any KKC member, by producing their BKSA card that shows they are a KKC member will get £10 off their entry fee.

Wind (&other weather) Feed for Marazion

We voted to contribute up to £300 of club funds towards a wind and other weather info station on the top of Lodey Sails, so that we can on-line see what the conditions are like down there.

KKC Holiday ?

There was the suggestion of a club organised holiday to perhaps The Canary Islands or the Scilies. The discussion suggested this could be a challenge, but perhaps one or several club members will be able to talk to a travel operator or Lee “Pasty” who organises coaching trips, to see what can be done.

General

If there is info on the Website ( http://www.kernowkitesurfclub.co.uk/) you want (or want updated), please let Rory know (rory@kernowkitesurfclub.co.uk).

2015 AGM –

Thurs 19th, 7:30pm

Seiners (TR6 0DP) in Perranporth (Google Map Link)

Free first pint.

Do pay & display if you park in the beach front car park.
– it’s a 24/7/365 pay & display car park !

Kernow Kitesurf Club, 2014 AGM Minutes

19:30, Thursday 3^rd April 2014 at Royal Standard Inn in Hayle

Welcome and thanks for coming from Rory Jenkins, current KKC Chairman.
Apologies from: Lee Harvey, Pete Stephens, Ryan & Simon Crabb

Area Rep Updates:
All is going well. Current beach reps report no problems and they are happy to carry on in their respective areas. Some conversation about increasing the number of beach reps if other people want to be a beach rep for any areas.

General Club Update
The club continues to exist, with the principle objective that that there is a single voice and point of contact for The Bluff passes at Hayle.

This is working well and can be used if other beaches need a similar singular voice in Cornwall.

The club has some hoodies and other clothing. It was agreed this would be given out to club reps so that they have a “uniform” when at spots.

During the summer, Rory Jenkins & Craig Smith are going to look at chatting to the RNLI about providing safety cover for a “down winder” from Perranporth to Watergate.

Bluff update:
This is working well from the point of the view of the club, it’s members and the harbour authority.
An increase in bluff pass visibility would be great, but all alternatives to a tag on your kite harness that you always have, have other problems.

Lawrence Smith is going to see if the main Marazion car park will take £1.00 of the parking fee on presentation of a Bluff Pass. The club will make up this £1.00 at the end of the month. This extra benefit to having a Bluff Pass will help increase the number or riders in the area having a Bluff pass.

Accounts Update:
£2,334.

If any club members want to organise any club events for which funding would help, they should contact the committee.

Club Admin and Officers:
All existing members of the committee were re-elected.

• Chairperson: (Rory Jenkins)
• Treasurer:  (Lawrence Smith)
• Child Safety Officer: (Lawrence Smith)
• Club Secretary: (Simon Crabb)
• Beach Safety Officer: (Dom Moore)
• Race Rep: (Lee Harvey)

All beach reps were re-elected and some new beach reps were elected:

• Denzil Williams – Par & St Austell
• Joz Donohoe – Marazion & The Bluff area
• Mark Graham  – Bluff
• Matt Taylor – Bluff & Perranporth
• Watergate – Craig Smith

The KKC AGM is scheduled for early next month:
– 7:30 pm, Thurs 3rd April 2014
– Royal Standard Inn in Hayle

The Royal Standard Inn is on the corner by the harbour opposite the big Philps pasty shop. https://plus.google.com/104009928867715628489/about?gl=uk&hl=en.

Agenda

• Area Rep Updates
• General Club Update
• Bluff update
• Accounts Update
• Club Admin and Officers
  As previously agreed there are 3 committee officers (Chairman, Secretary & Treasurer) with a subcommittee & beach reps.
  The sub-committee will report to the committee and organise club activities for the benefit of the members.  Bluff rep will take care of the Bluff pass.
  Beach reps will simply be a point of contact for the kitesurfers or land owners etc on the main beaches who will then pass details onto the committee.

The pre AGM minutes are here in PDF form.

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KKC 2013 AGM Meeting Minutes

27th March 2013, 19:00 at The Station House, Marazion

Welcome and thanks for coming from Lee (Pasty) Harvey, KKC Chairman.
Apologies from a few that couldn’t make it including Denzil.

Area Rep Updates:
Carlyn Bay parking has changed.
– information to be sent through, to update the Website re this.

Generally all areas, beaches are working well with no problems.

The latest we have heard from Phill Drew at the RNLI is that there have been very limited kitesurfing related incidents. It seems that there were only 2 that required a rescue or any other active intervention. In both everybody was OK and the RNLI had no complaints.

General Club Update
Clubs from elsewhere (Bristol, Poole etc.) in the UK have made contact with the KKC when visiting the area to get the local info and hook up with locals re where to go for what conditions, socialising after kitesurfing etc.

Bluff update:
– new signage has gone up, that should be good for a few years.
– £625 gross revenue from passes, £500 fee to the harbor master + printing of the passes etc. fees, so it’s roughly self funding. (the signs were in part paid for by the BKSA). But it means anybody who is kitesurfing there without a pass is being subsidised by those that pay for their pass.

Accounts Update:
Last year closing balance about £1,600.
Current balance is around £2,400.

So there are funds if anybody has an idea for an event or some such.
Any ideas should include what the people making the suggestion are going to do, to help create and run the event.
These ideas should be put to the club officers.

Club Admin and Officers:
Updated constitution proposed (as below) with unanimous vote of YES

The committee of the club shall be members of the club and will consist of a chairman, a secretary, a treasurer. One of these should be nominated as a beach safety officer and one a child safety officer. All kite surfing members of the club shall be eligible for re-election.
The Committee shall manage the affairs of the club and shall cause the funds of the club to be applied solely to the objects of the club.
The committee can appoint a sub-committee or temporary officer to assist with organising events or carrying out specific tasks. Beach reps should be encouraged to organise events/socials in their area with help from the committee.

Proposed chairperson, secretary and treasurer to stay the same, unanimous YES.
– Chairperson: Lee “pasty” Harvey,
– Treasurer: Lawrence Smith
– Club Secretary: Rory Jenkins

Some new beach reps were proposed and accepted.
– details to be put on the Website.

There was then extensive discussion about events, insurance for events and a general catch up with outline plans for the next year.