Ken Skates AM, Deputy Minister for Culture, Sport and Tourism, attended the Welsh Youth and Junior Championships on 25th April and had an opportunity to visit the new Plas Heli building.

He could see how Plas Heli, the operating company for the Welsh National Sailing Academy and Events Centre, was placing Wales firmly on the World stage in international sailing events. He also saw how we are catering for grass roots entry to water sports, our excellent community engagement, how Plas Heli is embracing the Destination Management Plan and contrubuting substantially to the local economy.

He enthused about everything on offer and hopes to return for one of our international events in the summer.

He has a keen interest and experience with our sport that augurs well for the future.

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Report - For the Pwllheli Harbour Consultative Committee

24th April 2015

By the following Stakeholders:

• Partneriaeth Pwllheli Partnership
• Plas Heli
• Clwb Hwylio Pwllheli Sailing Club (CHPSC)
• Pwllheli Chamber of Trade
• Pwllheli Marine Traders Association
• Pwllheli Mooring and Berth Holders’ Association (PMBHA)

Introduction and Background

The stakeholders were invited to a meeting at Clwb Hwylio Pwllheli Sailing Club to consider a joint response to the ‘Gwynedd Council Pwllheli Harbour maintenance dredging strategy’ prepared by consulting engineers ARUP and dated 25^th March 2015.

Copies of the Draft Strategy had been circulated to the stakeholders with the meeting invitation.

Those present confirmed that they represented their respective organisations and it was concluded that we were all likeminded and approved a joint response to the report.

Stakeholders’ Response

The Strategy was welcomed and the stakeholders asked that the report’s conclusion could be implemented as soon as possible as a full suite of measures required to provide a credible maintenance dredging strategy for Pwllheli harbour.

The group concluded that the reports presentation and future usability would be improved if the conclusions on page 39 were repeated as part of an Executive Summary at the beginning of the document with an indication of a timetable for the actions outlined and to include the following bullets:

• Remove Stockpile – immediately
• Groyne Reinforced and raised – immediately
• Depth and width of the Channel – adjusted to new design – as soon as practicable
• Annual dredging of marina basin using procured machinery – winter 2015/16
• Seek out and arrange offshore disposal – start as soon as practicable
• Trial water injection and ploughing in the harbour approaches – immediately
• Start work on a study for the construction of the sheltering structures (groynes) as soon as practicable

The stakeholders were also of the opinion that the suite of measures should also include the following:

• a sand trap in the Harbour entrance – if there is a time lag in providing regular ploughing or water injection clearance of the harbour approaches
• Consideration to widening the channel (to reduce flow rates) and methods of removing material without double handling and stockpiling on the harbour edge
• that the harbour approaches (Channel) should be maintained by ploughing water injection at 1.5m
• the marina basin should be maintained at -3.5m  CD instead of the 3.0m
• Special consideration for the area of erosion on the north side of the newly created Academy basin

Attendees and Organisation (in the order of introductions)

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RYA Cymru.Wales is pleased to be able to award a Special contribution Award to Stephen Tudor for his work at Clwb Hwylio Pwllheli sailing Club and the huge personal contribution he has made in the development of the new Welsh National Sailing Academy and Events centre at Pwllheli.

Stephen Tudor has been a member at CH Pwllheli SC since the age of 8 and has been on various committees since an early age. He has been Rear, Vice and Commodore(2012/14) and has been Honorary Secretary for a long time.

He is a keen and an accomplished J109 sailor and competes on a regular basis in the ISORA racing series and has won the Wolfs head Trophy on two occasions. He has also taken on the role as ISORA secretary and has forged great links with clubs and sailors on the other side of the Irish Sea.

Over the last 5 years Stephen has been the driving force for the development of a new sailing academy in Pwllheli. The new facilities that are now in the final stages of construction has gained £8.3 million pounds of support from the Welsh Government ,the Welsh European Funding Office and Gwynedd Council. The iconic shore side facilities will rival the best the world and put Wales firmly on the international stage as a destination of choice for world and European sailing events.

Stephen is the Chairman and Company Secretary of the new operating company Plas Heli. In the last two years Stephen has given hours of his time on a daily basis to meet with contractors and government officials, whilst running his successful family estate agency business.

Jane Butterworth the Pwllheli Youth Section Chairman says, ” Stephen has worked tirelessly for the club, without his commitment this project would never have eventuated and his hard work deserves to be recognised”.

Stephen Tudor a very worthy recipient of our Special Contribution Award for his drive and passion at Pwllheli Sailing Club and helping to make Wales one of the best places in the world to be a sailor.

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