UKS Żeglarz Wrocław
UKS Żeglarz Wrocław is a school sports club (Uczniowski Klub Sportowy) based at Marina Osobowice in Wrocław that has offered professional sailing training for children and young people since 2000. The club cooperates with the Polish Yachting Association and uses its own Optimist boats as well as other racing classes; training and camps take place on the Oder and on venues such as Mietków, Charzykowy and the Baltic Sea. The programme includes a sailing school for ages 6 to 12, racing sections in Optimist, Cadet, Open Skiff and ILCA, and a Masters section for adults aged 35 and over. Summer day camps “Wrocławscy Piraci”, regular regatta starts and a qualified coaching and instructor staff shape the club’s offer. The club is particularly known for strong youth development and the success of its juniors at Polish, European and world championships.
History
Uczniowski Klub Sportowy ŻEGLARZ has existed since 2000 and is registered as a school sports club in the register of Uczniowskie Kluby Sportowe kept by the Mayor of Wrocław. The club organises sailing training for children and young people and, in cooperation with the Polish Yachting Association, ran programmes such as “NIVEA Błękitne Żagle”, “ENERGA Saling” and “Polsaling”. Over more than a quarter of a century the association built a qualified coaching and instructor staff; the instructors are experienced racing sailors with results in Poland, Europe and worldwide. Their pupils have won Polish and European championship titles and placed highly at world championships and in national rankings. Today UKS Żeglarz Wrocław is regarded as one of the leading competitive sailing clubs in Wrocław, with a sailing school, racing sections in several youth classes, a Masters group and summer day camps “Wrocławscy Piraci” at Marina Osobowice. The club is non-profit and is funded among other sources by membership fees, donations and grants; club work relies strongly on the voluntary involvement of parents and guardians.
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Youth section
Active youth development with a sailing school (ages 6–12), racing sections Optimist, Cadet, Open Skiff and ILCA, plus summer day camps “Wrocławscy Piraci” (ages 6–15).